SiSpa Palm Beach, Florida: An Introduction to a Very Unusual Treatment

Palm Beach, Florida, is well known for Mar-a-Lago, beaches, Mar-a-Lago golf courses, Mar-a-Lago, extraordinary wealth, Mar-a-Lago, John F. Kennedy’s Winter White House, MAR-A-LAGO and oh yes, spas.

I don’t golf. Or have extraordinary wealth. So that’s where I focused my energy.

Spas are ubiquitous – and most offer similar services: massages, facials, reflexology, hot coal treatments. I sought out the unusual.

I’ve had several different massages over the years and a couple of facials. But they all had one thing in common: Tactile manipulation of various body parts. That and soft New Age-y music in the background to induce relaxation.

Neither was true at SiSpa at the Palm Beach Marriott on Singer Island. My body remained untouched, at least by a masseuse. Also, the sounds more resembled bells, Tibetan bowls to be exact, more reflective of a spiritual journey or an affirmation of self rather than the usual relaxation escape.

The Tibetan Bowl Treatment at the SiSpa Marriott Resort is One-of-a-Kind

I experienced every kind of sound, different tones and pitches, highs and lows, soft and loud, close and far away. I felt the reverberations throughout my body, a magical, musical symphony coursing through every organ.

And there’s a theory underlining the enchanting experience based mostly on aligning the chakras. Apparently, there are seven of them, points along the spine said to represent energy sources in the body.

Each is associated with physical, emotional and spiritual functions. ranging from the root chakra between your legs up to the crown chakra atop your head. There are also the heart, throat, and solar plexus chakras, each controlling a different body part. If the energy in any is blocked, it can have physical and emotional repercussions.

A Lesson on How the Chakras Determine Our Emotional Make-Up

Enter the Tibetan Bowls, a sort of sound therapy to entice your brain to incorporate relaxation, health and peace; to release tension in the body; to bring clarity, improved self-esteem and the healing of negativity.

One bowl was placed on each chakra and emitted its own sound when struck. I know one bowl was on my solar plexus, which is related to survival, heart, and communication and another on my head,
connected to prayer and intuition. I lost count after that.

Elsa, a Reiki-trained master (a step-above my chakra-addled brain), encouraged me, in her soft voice in my dimly lit room, to be calm and listen to the sounds of the bowls, to close my eyes, breathe in and out and connect with the bowls, to focus on their message. Meditation was key.

I did the best I could, while trying not to think about all these notes (paper ones, not musical) I should be taking. There’s a separate chant for each chakra, which Elsa repeated while circling the table on which I was lying.

Apparently, each chakra also has its own color, but fortunately, I didn’t have to concern myself with that.

Different bowls were struck at different times, sometimes in conjunction with each other, other times in concert. The concert, I mean the treatment, ended with a grand finale (crescendo?) of all seven bowls playing in unison. It was mesmerizing. 

The Tibetan Bowl Master circled my body while chanting, almost as if in a trance, and I think I was supposed to be as well.

I may not have understood it all; I may have been a tad preoccupied with trying to remember the experience for this article rather than just experiencing it. But it did feel somewhat mystical and magical and I really didn’t want the session to end.

SiSpa Also Offers More Traditional Experiences

But there’s even more to the overall spa experience to explore at leisure, either before your scheduled procedure or afterward. And yes, you can get all kinds of massages and facials you want at SiSpa.

There’s a nail salon, a fitness room, a room with stone beds to lie on with cold cucumbers on your eyes (don’t ask — or at least don’t ask me….), a steam room, a relaxation room with tea, infused water, fruit and a Chex Mix assortment and of course a jacuzzi.

The actual treatment may be the least of the relaxation options. The Mimosa at the end satiates the only sense not yet gratified.

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Fyllis Hockman and Victor Block are a husband-wife team of experienced travel journalists who have gallivanted throughout the United States, and to nearly 80 countries around the world, and written about what they have seen, done and learned.Their articles have appeared in newspapers across the country and on websites across the Internet, and they each have won numerous writing awards. They love to explore new destinations and cultures and uncover off-the-beaten-path attractions.

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