Amenities

Oxygen Lounge Session

At an altitude of 9200 feet, some guests may experience some discomfort or have trouble sleeping from a lack of oxygen.  Oxygen can help the body to boost its oxygen levels back to sea level percentages and assist with sluggishness, headaches, loss of appetite or nausea caused from altitude sickness.  Everyone will experience a pleasant boost in energy, even if you have no signs of discomfort.  Alcohol will be better tolerated, and your appetite will return.

Aromatherapy Blends

Eucalyptus

This is a wonderful aromatherapy for opening up the chest area.  If you have any form of mild anxiety, it will assist to open the breath pathways for optimum airflow. Eucalyptus oil is antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and a decongestant in nature.  Another reason you may choose eucalyptus oil is that it creates a cooling and refreshing effect. Individuals suffering from certain conditions and disorders may be slightly sluggish. Eucalyptus oil, which is a stimulant removes exhaustion and mental sluggishness and rejuvenates the spirits of the sick.

Silver Fir

Possessing a soft, sweetly resinous fragrance, the clean, fresh aroma of silver fir exerts a powerful calming influence and encourages restful sleep, while at the same time providing an uplifting and refreshing feeling. Fir essential oil promotes mental clarity. This oil blends very well with many other oils. It is one that we often use to promote a clear, effective mind.

Like other conifer oils, silver fir has an affinity both for assisting the lungs and complaints of sore bodies. A warming oil par excellence, silver fir can help boost energy moving throughout the body and is thus soothing to joints and muscles. This oil is highly effective when used daily, especially when there may be inhibited flow through breathing channels during the difficult winter months.

Lavender

Do you have trouble sleeping?  Feel restless or want to relax a bit more?  This aromatherapy will do the trick. Lavender has been used as a remedy for a range of ailments, from insomnia and anxiety to depression and fatigue. Research has confirmed that lavender produces slight calming, soothing, and sedative effects when its scent is inhaled. Scientific evidence suggests that aromatherapy with lavender may slow the activity of the nervous system, improve sleep quality, promote relaxation, and lift mood in people suffering from sleep disorders.

No Blend | Good, Plain Oxygen

Not all guests can tolerate an aromatherapy blend, and just want the benefit of the oxygen itself.  We have that, too.  You will still notice immediate benefits from increased levels of oxygen to the body.

*All of the essential oils used in our formulas are food-grade and organic. They are infused with 90 percent purified oxygen through a base of pure, distilled water for a perfect delivery system

Pricing | 20 Minute Session for $10      

            

Yi Jing & Life Planning Reading

Decode your DNA and life patterns through an Yi Jing (I Ching) Reading.  Yi Jing uses your birthday, time and additional information to understand your life path, tendencies, weaknesses and strengths.  Guidance can be found through one of these readings for the following, yet not limited to:

  1. Personal character strengths and weaknesses – how can we adjust and turn our weaknesses into strengths
  2. Your life’s mission: what is your gift and goal for this journey
  3. Relationships with friends, family, spouse, nature and others
  4. Career strengths, choices and the way to succeed and be happy
  5. Health and wellness concerns and how to maintain your body inside and out to prevent dis-ease
  6. Life change guidance from where and when to move, where to and how to make it the easiest on your family
  7. Life strategy, including a plan for the next year using your strengths and abilities to avoid conflict with your surroundings; maximizing your quality of life

Pricing | 1 Hour private session with a Wu Dang Guidance Practitioner

                Sliding Scale $145 - $225

Herbal Foot Soak or Foot Steam

Perfect for cold winter days, or cool evenings to warm up your feet, detox and replenish your body with a special herbal formula.

Pricing | 30 Minute Herbal Foot Soak for $45    

                45 Herbal Foot Steam for $60

Internal Martial Arts

Internal martial arts practitioners utilize whole-body movements, as a simultaneous exercise of the mind and body, to improve their health and well-being.

Through practice one develops the nervous system and building body control which achieves mind-body unity.  Among other things, regular practice results in increased muscle strength, flexibility, balance, sense of calm and peace of mind.

There are many styles of internal martial arts. Dao House offers four: Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Meditation and Dao Yin.  All are taught by experienced instructors skilled in their ability to clearly express how to perform the movements, their meaning, and associated health effects.

Practice the style of your choice, or any combination thereof throughout your stay at Dao House.  Join one of our regularly scheduled classes for $10/person, or receive private or group instruction. Inquire with front desk for offerings.

    
Tai Chi – Moving Meditation
Tai Chi is often described as “moving meditation” due to its slow, continuous movement set to deep, gentle breathing. The mind is completely absorbed in the movement of the body, which moves holistically between each pose. Its slow, circular movements loosen joints and the spine, relaxing tension in the body, relieving stress and improving concentration, muscle strength, flexibility and balance.

Qi Gong – Dynamic Energy Balance
Qi Gong encompasses both active forms of movement exercises and still meditation poses. Great emphasis is placed on regulating the breath in order to calm the nervous system and stabilize the mind. By releasing tension not only in the external muscles, but those deeper within the body and the fascia surrounding the organs, more blood flow and thus energy can reach within and support the healing of both acute and chronic conditions. When we increase our internal awareness with Qi Gong exercises, the body releases and the mind is free to simply rest in the simplicity of our true nature. We become relaxed, yet alert and ready for life.

Dao Yin – Chinese Yoga
Dao Yin is a sequence of guiding and stretching movements for the tendons, ligaments, joints and muscles similar in its effects to calisthenics for flexibility and strength. Dao Yin can be either a standalone practice or it can be used in conjunction with more active forms like Qi Gong or Tai Chi. Dao Yin movements improve balance, increase mobility in the body, and support greater functionality of the healing mechanism, blood flow, and immune response. Additionally, Dao Yin trains the mind in concentration and memory, energizes the spirit, improves the mood and strengthens the character.

Meditation – Still Mind, Healthy Body
Practiced for thousands of years across many philosophical and religious traditions, meditation spans a wide variety of approaches, but inevitably brings both challenges and delights whether one practices for five minutes or for several hours. Like other self-awareness practices, meditation creates the opportunity to rest the mind, calm the heart, and see oneself and the world with new eyes. In the Daoist tradition, stillness is the foundation for balancing one’s life in order to experience true health, happiness and longevity. Meditation can be practiced by anyone, anywhere. Begin with quantity and quality will follow.

Pricing | 1 Hour private session with a Wu Dang Instructor  

               Sliding Scale $85 - $185

 

Massage

We offer a unique Finesse Massage Technique (FMT) with our House Practitioner Deb who specializes and discovered this massage.  You'll find it gentle, relaxing and rejuvenating to your body.  Your therapist will use precise and sustained gentle pressure with small movements to pinpoint the areas of discomfort in your body.  This releases tension and realigns your muscles and tendons to make you feel anew!

Pricing FMT Massage | 1.5 to 2 Hour Session for $200

We also offer the more standard massage with different levels of tissue pressure and styles with our Guest Practitioners.  Please inquire to our Guest Practitioner in house and availability!  See their bios for their specific styles, techniques and schooling.

Pricing | 1 Hr. Massage for $150   

               1.5 Hr. Massage for $200

Biomat Therapy Session

Enjoy a full body regenerative experience.  The biomat stimulates both your circulatory and nervous system providing relief from soreness and pain, while energizing your body systems.  The biomat is filled with the calming energy of amethyst stones, which themselves soothe the body by reducing stress, anxiety and restlessness.  The biomat assists to reduce stress, facilitate soft tissue repair, boost the immune system and detoxify your body.

Benefits of the Biomat

  • Reduce inflammation
  • Soothes and relaxes
  • Supports the immune system
  • Improves sleep
  • Relaxes muscles
  • Reduces stress and fatigue
  • Relief of minor sprains and strains
  • Temporary relief of muscular back pain
  • Increased tissue oxygen
  • Eases joint pain and stiffness
  • Increase blood circulation
  • Increase in energy

Pricing | 30 Minute Biomat Session for $30   

               45 Minute Biomat Session for $40

Infrared Sauna

Relax with immediate relief from pain, assist in detoxing your body, improve your cardiovascular health, assist in weight loss, clear up your skin, relieve stress and relax, improve sinus congestion and feel better overall with a 30 minute session.  Each session includes a shower following the sauna treatment.

Benefits of the Infrared Sauna

Pain Relief |Experience a noticeable reduction of pain and swelling in just a few sessions.  Sauna sessions are an ancient remedy for pain relief, with an extensive history.

Detoxifying |Toxins are dissolved within your fat and oil cells just below the skin’s surface.  If your body has too many toxins in it, you can’t perform at your best. The sauna helps bring those toxins out of you.

Cardiovascular Health |The sauna assists in regulating your blood pressure and cholesterol, eases hypertension and improves your circulation by expanding your blood vessels.

Weight Loss |By regulating blood pressure, cholesterol, and detoxifying our body, we are creating a better internal environment within our bodies.  This naturally assists the progress for weight loss.  Combined with proper exercise and a balanced diet, weight loss is an attainable goal.

Stress Relief & Emotional Balance |Some emotional imbalance can occur from a deficiency in essential vitamins and minerals as a result of heavy metals and toxins in the body.  The infrared energy of the sauna emanates natural sunlight to assist the body with emotional, hormonal and mental balance, while increasing circulation. This triggers an endorphin release that loosens tight muscles and calms the mind.

Skin Beautification & Decongestant |After using the sauna, you will notice your skin properties become softer and smoother by bringing fresh nutrients to the skin’s surface.  Internally, the heat not only opens capillaries to increase circulation, it can also open up nasal passages, encouraging the sinuses to drain.

How Does The Infrared Sauna Work?

The infrared sauna elevates your core temperature, which dilates your capillaries, arterioles and venules.  During this process, your muscles, joints and soft tissue experience relief and assistance in the natural healing process by boosting blood circulation which carries off metabolic waste products that in turn transport oxygen-rich blood to depleted muscles and joints.  Also, by increasing the heart rate and blood circulation, the infrared sauna detoxifies the body in a unique and stable fashion.  A layer of fat and oil exists below the skins surface, and as the heat increases the skins temperature, it causes the fat's and oils to sweat out of the skins oil glands.

Pricing | 20 Minute Sauna Session for $30   

               30 Minute Sauna Session for $40