Four disciplines, over twenty therapies. Nothing here is ordered from a list — your physician assesses you on arrival, prescribes a sequence, and revises it each morning. What follows is what that sequence can be drawn from, and why each therapy earns its place in it.
Heat, cold and mineral water used in deliberate sequence to move circulation, calm inflammation and reset the nervous system.
01Short, guided immersion in chilled water, always supervised and always paired with a warming phase afterwards.
Why it matters02Representative imageMineral-rich hot bathing taken slowly, in the Japanese manner — long enough for the heat to reach the deeper tissue.
Why it matters03Representative imageA warm water bed delivers pressure waves along the spine and limbs without a therapist's hands touching you.
Why it matters04Representative imageA still, warm room lined in Himalayan salt where you simply sit and breathe the dry saline air.
Why it matters05Representative imageThe full circuit in sequence — onsen, salt room, aqua bed, cold immersion and herbal tea relaxation.
Why it mattersLicensed practitioners trained in the Royal Palace lineage work along the body's energy lines to release held tension.
01Representative imageAssisted stretching and rhythmic compression along the sen energy lines, performed on a mat, fully clothed.
Why it matters02Warmed glass cups create gentle suction that lifts the tissue rather than pressing into it — the opposite of deep-tissue work.
Why it matters03Representative imageSteamed muslin bundles of lemongrass, camphor, turmeric and kaffir lime pressed along the muscles.
Why it mattersWarm oils, medicinal herbs and steam prepared fresh each day, chosen for your constitution rather than from a menu.
01A continuous, unbroken stream of warm medicated oil poured across the forehead for thirty to forty minutes.
Why it matters
02Representative imageSynchronised full-body massage by two therapists using warm herbal oil matched to your constitution.
Why it matters03A warming herbal clay and botanical wrap applied full-body, followed by rest under linen.
Why it matters04Representative imageSeated herbal steam infused with the same botanicals used in your oil therapies.
Why it mattersSound, breath and stillness practices that teach the body how to fall — and stay — in deep restorative sleep.
01You lie still while hand-hammered metal bowls are played around and on the body, so the tone arrives as vibration.
Why it matters02Representative imageGentle morning practice on an open-air deck, scaled to your body on the day rather than to a class level.
Why it matters03Representative imageEvening guided rest that walks the body down into the threshold between waking and sleep.
Why it matters04Representative imageA quiet tea service closing the thermal circuit, poured from herbs grown on the property.
Why it mattersFour stations, taken in sequence on most programme days. Heat opens, cold closes, and the tea at the end is not an afterthought.
Mineral hot bathing taken slowly, long enough for heat to reach deep tissue and drop your evening core temperature.
Warm water pressure waves along the spine and limbs — deep release with no hands on the body.
A still, warm salt-lined room where you sit and breathe dry saline air. Nothing to do.
The circuit closes with tea poured from herbs grown on the property, so the body settles gently.
The circuit is included in every ZEN Escape programme and available to Nexa Sanctuary guests as part of a resort stay. Cold immersion is always supervised and always followed by a warming phase.
You will not be handed a treatment menu at reception.
Not sure which of these you need?
That is the physician’s job, not yours. Tell our concierge what is wrong and we will tell you what a programme would look like.