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ONE of Bahrain's pioneering hotel groups is planning to build a BD2 million spa, after yesterday announcing its highest net profits since it was launched more than 40 years ago.

Work on the 1,800sqm spa, featuring latest top range treatments, will begin soon, said Gulf Hotels Group chairman Farouk Almoayyed.
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An active 12-year-old, Isaiah Ogasawara dreaded the severe daily headaches he endured after skateboarding. Because he was smart and functional, doctors weren’t concerned about the pain he had after cranial surgery, and medicines didn’t help. So he was understandably relieved when CranioSacral Therapy (CST) ended his headaches.
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Laura Palovich-Binder ran her massage business for nine years in Worthington, accepting annual rent increases and the occasional bonus of a free month’s rent.

But when her lease was set to expire last summer, she and her leasing agent shopped around. They found an list of eager suitors dangling free rent and offers to build out shell spaces to land her Water For the Soul Massage Therapy LLC.
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There’s nothing like a good massage at the end of a long, stressful week. And isn’t it so much more relaxing if you can relieve stress and muscle strain in the comfort of your own home? There’s all sorts of massage chairs available, but many of them are excessively large and to be honest - not particularly blessed with good looks. The Foldaway Massage Chair not only delivers a relaxing massage to the legs, feet, back and buttocks – it folds up into a colorful, funky-looking footstool that can be used as an extra piece of furniture or stored neatly away.
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The words ‘luxurious massage’ and “affordable” rarely go hand-in-hand, especially in the Klang Valley. Much to her delight, P. SELVARANI discovers that such a sanctuary exists at her doorstep
I WOULD like to think that I am quite generous when it comes to sharing information about places and things.
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The words ‘luxurious massage’ and “affordable” rarely go hand-in-hand, especially in the Klang Valley. Much to her delight, P. SELVARANI discovers that such a sanctuary exists at her doorstep
I WOULD like to think that I am quite generous when it comes to sharing information about places and things.
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Many massage therapists use aromatherapy—in custom blends or pre-packaged products, during massage sessions. Some types of aromatherapy—which utilizes essential oils from plants and flowers—calms, while others uplift. There are additional healing properties associated with aromatherapy as well.
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Let me tell you a story about prostitution, human trafficking, massage law, and special interest groups. This is a timely story because of Sen. Cecil Staton’s introduction of SB 364.

First, let me say that I congratulate and support Staton in his efforts. In short, SB 364 is designed to provide harsher penalties for licensed massage therapists who are convicted of prostitution. Unfortunately, in its present form, Staton’s bill will be ineffective because of one very important fact: the crux of the problem is that approximately half of the people practicing “massage” in Georgia are doing it without a license and hiding under the guise of the term “bodywork.”
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Money can't buy you love, but it can buy satisfaction-–if you spend wisely.

Consumers found that satisfaction with "experiential purchases," from massages to family vacations, starts high and increases over time. In contrast, spending money on material things feels good at first, but actually makes people less happy in the end, says Thomas Gilovich, Cornell University professor of psychology, and Travis J. Carter, Cornell Ph.D. '10.
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