Ocean Therapy

Just as ground water provides beneficially therapeutic qualities, the bountiful oceans offer rich marine botanical elements to aid in relaxation, detoxification, and well-being. This page offers some insights to the miraculous cures found on the shores, surfaces and depths of the oceans.

Most people go to the beach to sunbathe. Just beyond the shoreline, lies a world rich in beauty and plant life. The wonders of the oceans are virtually undiscovered by the majority of the world's population, but marine plants are becoming more popular for use in spa treatments, skin conditioning and anti-aging products.

Ocean therapy encompasses the understanding that the element of water provides a restorative balancing of emotions through tuning-in to the cyclical rhythms of the ocean. From swimming with dolphins to incorporating ocean healing into traditional Ayurvedic medicine, Ocean Therapy is becoming more popular as a tool for healing deep emotional scars.

Ocean Therapy also includes the bathing hydro-therapies that have applications to skin nutrition. Traditionally these therapies are referred to as Thalasso Therapy. More information on Thalasso Therapy is provided below.

Marine mud and algae contain a high concentration of minerals and powerful trace elements that have an ionic exchange capacity through skin. Marine elements therefore provide powerful detoxification through topical bathing applications such as mud and soaks.

Marine-based elements also provide an excellent source for anti-aging skin care products as they have a natural ability to promote skin cell renewal.

Seaweed is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients like vitamin A to assist in cell production, and vitamin E to promote softness. Seaweed also contains anti-inflammatory essential fatty acids.

Dr. Rene Quinton, a French biologist, biochemist, and physiologist from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, set out to discover where all life had begun. His journey led him to study seawater by comparing the microcosmic ocean environment and its similarities to blood plasma. His studies, grounded in the rich live mineral content found in plankton-fed seawater, led to his publication, L’eau de Mer Milieu Organique (Seawater, Organic Matrix) in 1904. His discovery became known as Ocean Plasma. Dr. Quinton's work led to the belief that seawater contains every mineral and trace mineral known in organic form and provides all the necessary elements needed by human tissues when applied in the proper ratios.

Marine phytoplankton contains life-giving properties that provide for cell
sustenance and healthy cell growth. Phytoplankton contains essential fatty acids such as Omega 3 and Omega 6. Also found in marine phytoplankton are beta carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, cobalamin, Vitamin C, and tocopherol. Plankton also have an alkaline pH which provides a neutralizing effect.

Ocean therapy is pure, and simple. It provides the important life-giving properties needed to promote healthy and balanced lives. Enjoy a natural bath from the oceanic ingredients, you will feel great.

For seaweed or other ocean bathing therapies (Thalasso), it is best to exfoliate the skin first. By utilizing a body scrub or a dry brush technique just prior to treatment, the marine elements will more easily penetrate the epidermis and ultimately be more effective as a treatment. The other factor involved with properly applying Thalasso therapies is the use of heat. Heat also aids the penetration of oceanic ingredients.

The recommended protocol for utilizing a Thalasso home care treatment is as
follows:

1.   Wash with a pure and natural soap, preferably olive oil soap.
2.   Exfoliate with a natural scrub.
3.   Fill tub 1/2 full of warm water.
4.   Add a Thalasso mixture to bath.
5.   Add hot or cold water as needed to obtain a 100 F degree temperature.
6.   Soak for 20 minutes.
7.   Rinse with cool or cold water.
8.   Apply an after-bath oil or body butter rather then lotion.

The result is a detoxification treatment that will leave you feeling light and clean.