We all know that consistent, high-quality sleep is fundamental to both our physical and mental health. With the potential to add years to our lives, sleep does wonders for our brains, supporting memory, concentration, and emotional regulation. It’s also crucial for reducing our risk of chronic disease, strengthening our immunity and helping us maintain a healthy weight.
Unfortunately, with the pressures of fast-paced, modern life, it doesn’t take much for our sleep to suffer. Our internal body clocks can be affected by everything from too much artificial light or screen time to anxiety and symptoms of the perimenopause.
Once you’re out of sync, it’s hard to return to healthier sleep habits. Luckily, the Spa and Med team at ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA are on hand to support you with a unique four-night sleep therapy retreat: embrace crisp blue skies and daytime highs of 19°C, before a night of sweet dreams.
While you’re not embracing specific sleep therapy treatments, you will also have full access to the expansive spa and wellbeing area.
ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA takes a holistic approach to your wellness journey, integrating modern diagnostic tools and traditional healing wisdom. As you develop a better routine and enjoy calming meditation, the team recommends several therapies to enhance your sleep.
Soothe away insomnia with Shirodhara
Shirodhara is an ancient Ayurvedic ritual that involves the slow, steady pouring of warm, medicated oil on your hair and forehead, just above the third eye between the eyebrows. Afterwards, you will receive a gentle head, neck and shoulder massage, before being cocooned in warm towels. This soothing treatment brings balance, calms your nerves, and lulls you into a state of deep relaxation, so any mental exhaustion, stress or worries fade away, resulting in improved sleep quality. It’s also known to alleviate migraines, panic attacks, and conditions like sinusitis, vertigo, and tinnitus.
Unblock your energy pathways using ancient tradition
Acupuncture – where fine needles are inserted into specific parts of the body – has been a key Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy for centuries and is another method to help you improve your sleep during your stay at ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA. Before your acupuncture, enjoy a Tuina massage, which focuses on the body’s energy pathways and further promotes relaxation and wellbeing.
Let your head be ‘In the clouds’
Give your hair a hydrating glow with an ADLER hair spa ritual. Not only does this pampering experience indulge your senses and uplift your mind with the nourishing and moisturising properties of a warm coconut oil pack, but you’ll also enjoy a face and head pressure point massage that promotes natural slumber.
Sicilian Sleep Therapy Retreat – What’s Included
- Receive an assessment of specific phytotherapeutics for sleep at an ADLER Med doctor’s appointment. Your doctor will support you throughout your stay with the principles of integrative medicine.
- Receive a specialist acupuncture treatment with a preparatory Tuina massage (optional, at the doctor’s discretion).
- Unwind with a 50-minute Shirodara Ayurveda Massage and a 50-minute ‘In the clouds’ Hair Spa wellness ritual.
- Experience an exclusive 45-minute private meditation coaching session.
- Access a rich programme of sports activities, guided tours, and tastings in the local area, and enjoy complimentary access to the daily yoga and fitness programme.
Four nights on a half-board basis in a Junior Suite. From €1.313,00 per person. incl. half board – Junior Suite
ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA
Contrada Salsa 92010 Siculiana (Agrigento)
+39 0922 145 7000