A Slithery Spa Massage
I’ll present you with a spooky Halloween-like story. But it will only spook you if you have ophidiophobia – a fear of snakes, that is.
It seems that in Israel, there is a spa that gives massages using snakes. It all started because the owner, Ada Barak, had a farm, where she’d showcase all her best plants, that ate many different living things, like insects, reptiles, and small mammals. At the end of this showcase, she gave her guests a small snake to hold. Many of these people felt that the snakes were soothing because of their cool bodies and slithering ways.
And so was born the idea for a snake massage. Using non-venomous king and cobra snakes, the weight of the snakes and slithering of some other small snakes provides a great, relaxing massage. But I don’t think I could sit there calmly as reptiles wriggled away on my body. And I certainly could not pay at least $80 for what seems to me to be a non-luxury.
But it is interesting how things come about and what kinds of holistic practices exist out there. It may be a great thing for some, but I just could not bring myself to get a snake spa massage. Could you?
Read up some more about this crazy spa treat? Or maybe it’s just a trick?! Happy Halloween!
-Amanda Fornecker
Photo: Uriel Sinai / Getty for TIME
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January 8th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I hate snakes, what kind of a spa is this.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:20 am
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