Southern Spas Blue Skies Cottage

22/10/2024

A mess becoming more. Perhaps a little distracted by the beauty of the Garden. At least I've got Spa shoes…

12/06/2024

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27/08/2023

I charge half what these guys in Bangkok are charging! Go figure. Massage is 1/4 the price, teeth whitening double. Today i enjoyed treating myself to a 4.5 hr Thai Spa treatment. My scrub is way better but i enjoyed the herbal compress and thought i might make my own version with herbs i grow.

18/08/2023

I made up a big batch of Myrrh ointment before leaving Australia because i read that skin conditions were the no2 health problem in Nepal. I never guessed that i would be using it so much myself. When i contracted a very nasty case of viral conjunctivitis which was pandemic in the lowlands, it instantly eased the pain and itching in my eyes. When i kicked my little toe and the nail ripped half off it instantly stopped the throbbing. Ive previously used it to relieve the pain and halve the healing time of shingles. I underestimated its use for pain relief. I just read that it is good for back pain and one of my Nepalese friends is booked in for a spinal fusion operation but has had no physical therapy only medicine for pain relief.

Myrrh is a reddish-brown dried sap whose oil may provide numerous health benefits. Here are 11 science-based health benefits and uses of myrrh essential oil.

15/08/2023

One of the reasons I'm in Nepal is to see how I might be able to help provide opportunities to benefit the people here. I have discovered many shocking injustices that keep people in hard poverty. The people are effectively in a jail of corruption where fat cats line their pockets first, leaving the rest of the people to pay high prices for education, land, vehicles and imported goods but their labour is only valued at $5/day. Education is seen as their only hope to escape overseas but they have to pay for pretty much all their education themselves. Many families fund this by selling their homes and lands, not realising that this will only further impoverish them in the future. Teachers are paid a pittance and education should be way cheaper than it is. For example in Australia 10-15+ students are needed to fund a teachers wage. A good school here it is 1 student/teacher yet the class size is the same. Here a massage will cost a minimum of 1000 rupee ($12 AUD), but that is 2 days labour for the common man. Joel, pictured here will become my head therapist and trainer. He has worked in a local hospital to provide physical rehab in the form of Thai massage, working 10 hours a day, making up to 10,000 rupee a day for the hospital and only earn 10,000 in one month for himself!
My thoughts now are this:
1. Secure a contract for a world class Day Spa in one of the top hotels to serve tourists and the rich, paying fair wages to my staff who will then also be required to work 50% of the time in remedial clinics where the common man can afford treatment.
2. Create a unique Nepali style Spa industry using my treatment protocols and products which can be grown and manufactured here. We can do better than Thailand and Bali because the environment here is more pristine and inspirational. I think the heart of the Nepalese is also more generous and generosity is an essential characteristic of an exceptional Spa experience.
3. Create healing retreats like the Ayerveda hospitals in Kerala india where people can come from all over the world to live, detox, reset and heal.

15/08/2023

When I moved to Blue Skies Cottage it was my intension to be able to provide an intensive lifestyle therapy that immerses my client in goodness over a number of days, weeks or even months. I'm talking about a health and relaxation reset that goes deep. The south coast is full of natures refreshing beauty. We have it all; beaches, lakes, mountains and rolling green hills, farm life and organic gardens. There is such great healing power to be found by letting the rhythm of nature bring us back to centre. By adding this to what I already bring as a natural therapist I hope to be able to give answers and relief that is genuinely transformative. When I get back from Nepal I have a 3 day stay booked here with someone recently diagnosed with cancer. I'm very thankful to have this beautiful to space to share. Lifestlye therapy packages start from just $500 for two days and includes accomodation, food and treatments both here at the farm and at Wallaga Lake near Bermagui.

16/05/2023

Im designing chickens, having fun learning more about genetics. I currently have single combs, walnut combs and i guess rose combs have got to be in the mix too. Because im wanting a fluffy crest, i think the single comb will hide it on the roosters. What do you think.

16/05/2023

Fancy the ultimate reset? Working on a variety of Digital Detox retreats, one for couples at wallaga Lake, the other in Nepal. we spend too much time with our face in a device. These holidays will help you rediscover what you didn't know you'd missed. 

16/05/2023

This was a little interlude on the trip from Sydney with  a friend who did a  two week rest and recover with us recently. Every little thing helps.

14/05/2023

I've been enjoying the garden and taken moments to stop and breathe, look and enjoy and I'm reminded again, how simple is to be at peace. 

Most of the time when I go out to my garden, I'm bending, weeding, pulling and shovelling. I know that's not everybody's idea of fun, but movement in the garden as a Gardener is important. Gardening w...

27/04/2023

A new discovery and a very special place to enjoy snorkeling, swimming and fishing.

09/03/2023

Now in the testing phase of my new exfoliating whipped body butter product. I think its the best, easiest treatment ive come up with. To kick it off and get some feedback im offering a 90 min full body polish and massage for $120, the cost of the massage. If you want a lush, relaxing regresh, book in. Narelle 0405178663