Rhythmic Massage and Dr Hauschka Facial Treatments

The Dr Hauschka Treatment is a renown treatment for its effectiveness to bring about radiant skin and heal stubborn skin conditions.  The treatment goes much deeper then addressing the health of the face, it is a whole body experience, which is why so many people feel truly transformed by the treatment, and report that they experienced a profound level of relaxation during and following the treatment.  The depth of healing that the Dr Hauschka treatment produces can be attributed to a unique form of massage called Rhythmical massage.

Rhythmical Massage uses a gentle rhythmical breathing quality of touch which can penetrate the tissue deeply.  The movements are rounded with an element of suction rather then pressure and are designed to influence the flow of fluids through the body.  It enables the life processes in the tissues to be stimulated and lifted out of gravity into levity.

These forms were developed by Ita Wegman MD, and Margarethe Hauschka MD, in an effort to help the body to recover its own internal rhythms, thereby renewing life and vitality.  This rhythmic treatment is remarkable in that it is able to enter deeply into the tissues, but without forceful, pressing gestures.

In a the Dr Hauschka Classic treatment leg, feet, arms and hands all recieve the healing benifits of Rhythmic massage.

Sage Bath: The perfect companion for autumn

  Dr.Hauschka Sage Bath has a warming and regulating effect on the body.  During the fall when we are transitioning from the warmer summer temperatures to the cooler fall temperatures, Sage Bath can help us regulate our inner warmth processes, keeping us away from feeling the chill in the autumn air.  Sage is also excellent for clearing the mind, I like to use it in the bath after a day were I may have found myself in negative conversation or company.

When to use Sage Bath

• Because Sage is effective at regulating perspiration, we recommend Sage baths after sport or if suffering from excessive sweating.

• A Sage foot bath will help to revitalize tired, itchy, burning feet and at the same time help to reduce the appearance of hard, callused skin. Soak your feet for 10-20 minutes twice a week.

• The inflammation inhibiting properties also mean that adding a few drops of Sage Bath to face washing water can help calm acne or spotty skin conditions.

• Sage Bath is also helpful if you have spots on your back or chest. Soak a muslin in the bath water and apply to the affected area. Next cleanse with Cleansing Cream using press and roll movements. Remove the cream with the muslin and more water.

• Chaps - if you suffer from infected in-growing hairs, then use Sage bath in your cleansing water after shaving, to soothe and heal the inflammation.

How to use:

Just a couple of teaspoons added to your bath water give an intense, beautiful scent as well as being easily absorbed and therefore benefiting our nerve and lymphatic systems. 

If you suffer from hot flushes or night sweats, or if you perspire too much or too little, try a Sage foot bath. One 7 minute foot bath every day, for 28 days, will help to regulate and normalize your condition.

Dr Haushcka a Company of Social Change

WALA, where Dr Hauschka Skin Care is made in Germany

 The people at Dr Hauschka Skin Care are not ordinary employees. They are responsible for their own work and share in the company profits. Indeed, Dr Hauschka Skin Care has been practising since 1969 what the German President Horst Köhler called on German industry to implement: to allow employees to share in the profits or productive wealth of their company in this era of globalization, to counteract the growing gap between rich and poor.

In 1986  Dr Hauschka Skin Care was transformed from a general commercial partnership (OHG) to a foundation.  Accordingly, all profits of the limited company belong to the Foundation, which invests them primarily in Dr hauschka skin Care or distributes part to  employees. This is because the primary function of the Foundation is to preserve the Dr Hauschka idea and to promote the continued development of Dr hauschka Skin Care. 

Dr Hauschka Skin Care wasn’t established primarily as a business concern but because they believed that people need high-quality natural skin care based on the concepts of anthroposophical medicine. They  regard there work more as a cultural mission.  
There is no private owner, no one who can say ‘I want to buy myself something special so I’m going to take 100,000 euros out of the company’. That’s not possible. Profits that go to the Foundation are reinvested, and no member of the Foundation can take money out.

 Dr Hauschka employees also share in the company profits.  Foundation management board determine each year how much of the annual profits will go to the employees and how much will remain with the company or be transferred to the Foundation. The employees’ profit-sharing model is the outcome of our conviction that we should encourage every employee to take responsibility for his or her own work and workplace in pursuing the company goals. No one had the attitude it wasn’t their problem. Every employee cares about Dr Hauschka Skin Care's wellbeing, which is why they decided that they should share in its profits

Why Does Dr Hauschka No Longer Produce Sun Screen?

Why does Dr. Hauschka no longer produce sun screen?

This is a question I  often get asked as an esthetician . The answer is sadly down to regulations.

The official statement we recieved from Dr. Hauschka reads as follows:

Our sunscreen products used the well known and accepted Australian Standard to measure our UVA protection which is a 90% filter.  The EU Commission on Standards has stated that sun protection must now have a ratio of 1:3 UVA to UVB protection, which we were not able to reach with our natural physical sun protection.  This EU requirement ratio is not difficult to achieve for chemical sun protection factors (those products that you wait for ½ hour before exposure to the sun).  Whereas with natural mineral titanium dioxide, it works as a physical pigment that remains on the surface of the skin and performs with an extremely high UVB protection.  It’s this high performing UVB aspect that makes the ratio difficult to achieve with the technology we have at this time. 

No Dr Hauschka Sun Screen ...What To Do ???

With Dr Hauschka no longer making sunscreen here is amazing site to help you make the best health supporting choice for your skin.  EWG( Environmental Working Group)  list brand name sun screens and evaluated their safety to help you make that choice.  With summer on its way, you can get ahead start on your fun in the sun. http://breakingnews.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/

Neem Hair Lotion

My whole family is enjoying using Dr Hauschka Neem Hair Lotion.  A water based tonic for the scalp, Neem Hair Lotion helps correct, dry scalp conditions, oily scalp, fine thin hair, and general lack of luster in the hair.  How does it do this?  With the amazing neem plant. 

 Elisabeth Sigmund the founder of Dr Hauschka Skin Care, traveled to India and brought back this amazing medicinal to study.  What was discovered was extracts of neem leaves  have a wide range of therapeutic uses because of their mild antiseptic and strengthening action. For example, they are used in states of weakness and excessive nerve-sense processes such as hair loss, dandruff, head lice, fungal infections of the nails, chronic periodontitis and eczema and for excessive metabolic processes such as blemished skin, acne, nailbed inflammation and poorly healing wounds.

Neem Hair Lotion because it is water based can be used directly on the scalp and left on as a healing treatment during the day.  It smells great and feels invigorating.  

• Returns sebum production to normal,
• Gives new fullness to fine hair and
• Prevents dandruff and hair loss.

Look forward to the results: shining, healthy hair and a hairstyle with resilience and vitality.

Celluite care with Dr Hauschka Body Care

With the warmer Spring weather under way it is time to give yourself and your skin an invigorating boost with Dr Haushcka Lemon Body Care Products.  Dr.Hauschka Skin Care’s Lemon Bath, Lemon Lemongrass Body Oil and Lemon Body Moisturizer are full of the sun healing properties and work to firm the skin.

Lemon Bath increases the tone of the connective tissue, stimulates the skin’s functions and firms skin that is prone to cellulite.  A contrast shower (alternating hot and cold water) every morning stimulates the circulation. A massage in the shower once a week with refreshing Dr.Hauschka Lemon Bath can have a further firming effect on the skin. This counteracts weak connective tissue and stimulates the skin’s natural functions.  Simply place a small amount of Dr.Hauschka Lemon Bath onto a moistened bath mitt (made of wild silk, for example) and use it to massage affected areas while showering.

  Cellulite can only be combated with a comprehensive treatment plan, starting by stimulating the circulation in the affected areas.  Daily massages of the affected areas with Lemon Lemongrass Body Oil after showering can strengthen the connective tissue. This composition of jojoba oil, lemon peel, mistletoe, horsetail and lemongrass firms the skin and strengthens the connective tissue.

 Lovingly prepared extracts of sage and sloe berries activate and firm the skin in the easily absorbed Lemon Body Moisturizer.  It activates and firms the skin all over the rest of the body and has a  wonderfully invigorating fragrance

From Wala newsletter.

Dr Hauschka New body Lotions... Love all 3 of Them.

I have just tried all 3 new body lotions by Dr Hauschka.  I am in love with the texture of the Lavender Sandalwood lotion.... rich and buttery...perfect for my parched legs after all the sun and salt water from our Mexico vacation.  The Lemongrass lotion smells so uplifting... a great pick me up in the morning.  The Almond lotion is softly sweet in a lovely natural way.  So fun to play with these new scents to suit my moods and whims.

Ohh La La New Body Moisturisers

This is exciting.  I can't wait to play with the new line of Body Moisturisers.  During a Dr Hauschka treatment I can carefully tailor the treatment to each individuals unique temperament using the healing qualities of essential oils each of the Body Moisturisers contain.  I love to help my clients achieve the deepest benefit's from their treatment and now I can customise for greater harmony and balance.