The recently renovated integrative wellness centre The Health Lodge in Byron Bay was also named the best wellness centre.<\/p>\n
Mullumbimby-based BeeAlive received the gong for best wellness product for its bee healing huts, in which people lie in a bed in a small, hexagonal-shaped cabin and experience the healing power of bees humming from a hive below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The awards were launched by spa consultant, speaker and author Kris Abbey in 2022.<\/p>\n The ceremony was held at the end of a two-day Wellness Summit, which brought together more than 100 wellness businesspeople and practitioners from around the country.<\/p>\n It featured sessions with wellness industry leaders including gold medal-winning Olympian Dr Lauren Burns, Aro Ha Wellness Retreat’s co-founder Damian Chaparro, and Australia’s leading wellness professor Dr Marc Cohen.<\/p>\n People who attended the summit had the opportunity to experience more than a dozen immersive wellness experiences, including contrast therapy, guided meditations, red light therapy and a cutting-edge wellness check to determine both biological and cognitive age, and take part in pre- and post- tours.<\/p>\n “It was wonderful to bring the changemakers in the wellness industry together in such a calm, inviting setting,” Ms Abbey said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SEVERAL local businesses took home awards at the 2024 Spa & Wellness Awards held at Crystalbrook Byron resort this week. Mullumbimby-based Mukti Organics won the People’s Choice Award for best skincare product. It was also runner-up in the best hair care category. Retreatment Botanics, which was co-founded by Olivia Newton-John in the Byron Bay hinterland, […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/10\/WillowHankinsonandCa_20385.jpeg\")