Health & Wellbeing

The tradition of visiting Loop Head for therapeutic purposes dates back at least as far as the early 19th century. Apart from the restorative effects of just being on the peninsula – breathing the ozone-rich air, soaking in the unpolluted seawater, striding the windy cliffs and revelling in the unhurried pace of life – there are specific therapies to be found here that offer many health benefits…

Health & Wellbeing Posts

Thalassotherapy

Thalassotherapy, from the Greek word ‘thalassa’, meaning sea, is the use of seawater and seaweed for therapeutic purposes, a tradition dating back to Roman times. Kilkee Thalassotherapy Centre, winner of the Best Day Spa award in 2004 from the Irish Beauty Professionals Association, is a family-run health spa and guesthouse… ..Read more >

Yoga

Yoga classes are available in the peaceful surroundings of Purecamping, on the southern shores of the Loop Head peninsula at Querrin. Trea Heapes, who runs Purecamping with her husband Kevin, is a Satyananda yoga teacher affiliated to the world-recognised British Wheel of Yoga. She has been teaching in West Clare… ..Read more >