Category Archives: taking care of self

Power Point

Posted on April 24, 2020 by jyourist

Indeed we could all use a Power Point right now. No, not the one with the digital slides and the lecture (which is hopefully not just read off the slides). This is about an acupuncture point with real power! Classical … Continue reading →

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Relaxing in the very warm and toasty here and now

Posted on February 12, 2016 by jyourist

Even though a large man was snoring in the Ocher Room Sauna (aka Yellow Soil Crystal Room), and the man who was giving me an hour long foot massage talked a bit too much to his fellow masseur while kneading … Continue reading →

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Gam Cho is in the house

Posted on October 20, 2014 by jyourist

I spent four hours at King Spa yesterday with a good friend. In the hot whirlpool, a staff member told us to use our “spa voices.” We were having way too much fun catching up, telling stories. Way too loudly apparently. … Continue reading →

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King Spa– surreal adventure

Posted on July 25, 2013 by jyourist

I’m really not quite sure how to describe it. It’s a little tacky, a little Las Vegas, the Disneyland of Spadom (as a friend of mine describes it), but at the same time an idyllic paradise. King Spa in Niles … Continue reading →

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