Earth

The earth, associated with female symbolism, is the basis from which all life emerges. The original Bad Sobernheim healing mud treatment with its individual forms of therapy has given Felke the nickname “Mud Pastor”. The healing earth, “mud”, is harvested from a pit very close to the hotel, in the Nightingale Valley.

Mud is one of the oldest remedies in human history and has a great significance for health in all cultures. The classic mud bath can be taken daily in the open-air bathing facilities near the Nahe riverbank or in the heated mud hall. Each guest receives their designated mud bath for the duration of their stay. In hot months the mud bath is a cooling oasis, in cooler temperatures the warm mud halls facilitate a pleasant bathing climate.

Alternatively, there is also a modern application of mud bathing originating from old Egypt – the “Rasul bath”, a full body inunction of medicinal mud in an herbal steam bath. Regular mud baths promote blood flow, relieves the connective tissue through its strong drainage effect, stimulates the lymphatic circulation and acts as an alkaline remedy, draining and deacidifying.