Kemara promotes complete and lasting wellness benefits

Inspired by the power of essential oils as a form of natural healing, and alternative therapies helping people stay well in every aspect of life continues to drive the Kemara ethos.

Established nearly two decades ago to enhance lives through holistic wellness, Kemara’s founder Kishani Gunawardena’s deep-seated dedication to promote health and well-being continues to manifest. Kishani says, “Wellness has become an integral part of lifestyle;Kemara goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring positive and lasting benefits using everything natural.”

Successfully promoting the powerful benefits, aromatic qualities and tropical applications of essential oils, Kemara’s essential oil range is based on a comprehensive wellness philosophy. “We use essential oils for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications. They can be used as single essential oils or in complex blends depending on the desired benefit,” she noted.

Emphasising the ‘choice of oils is important as it can vary for each person’, Kishani explained, “The choice of oils for stress, fatigue, work related issues would be oil of basil, rosemary, lavender and bergamot. Apart from helping you to relax these oils help you to focus and enable clarity.”

“For depression we use frankincense oil, which has amazing anti-depressing properties helping to deeply calm the person and open up the lungs. For an uplifting aroma, citrus orange and mandarin oils are ideal. For anxiety, oils such as ylangylang and sandalwood are suitable. Apart from emotional wellbeing we also use oils for physical ailments such as a cough and cold where oils help decongestion,” she added.

A common thread that echoes in all Kemara’s therapies is to inculcate holistic wellness in mind, body, and spirit. Thus, Kemara’s Wellness Center is positioned as a destination that inspires healthy lifestyles. “When a client comes in, even though we have a menu, we never do a treatment without a consultation – we take into account their diet, exercise program and day to day activities which gives us an idea of their lifestyle,” Kishani noted.

“While consumers today are better-educated and more aware, many still think a spa is a luxury. But I want people to understand that holistic therapies have amazing powers and their highest purpose is the prevention of illness rather than treating symptoms. Please don’t wait till you fall ill,” she added.

Kemara’s Wellness Center also offers unique treatments designed to improve health and wellness naturally. “Our 10-day detox program, treatments for pregnant women and for athletes are among some of the very unique treatments where we focus on overall wellbeing, and importantly such treatments are not offered by any other local facility,” said Kishani.

Combining innovative health and wellness practices, with organic products, Kemara’s Boutique offers over 180 products. The personal care range including face, hair and body solutions contain naturally derived ingredients infused with pure essential oils.

While the personal product range has been carefully formulated to meet the daily health and beauty needs of its customers, Kemara also offers a unique feature of customised blends ideal for clients with specific issues. The ‘mix and blend’ range caters to clients who have very specific needs, for example eczema and psoriasis or even a sore throat. “We blend it in the presence of the client taking into account their preferences and sensitivities,” she explained. Promoting wellness at home in creating an environment free from toxic chemicals and where total wellness begins, Kemara’s Aromatic household product range presents a natural and effective alternative to traditional cleaning products. The green range uses natural aromatherapy products made with 100% certified products.

Kemara proactively pursues socially-conscious and environmentally friendly practices including encouraging clients to refill and reuse their glass bottles. While some of the company’s products are sourced from the UK Farmer Association, all raw materials used fall within the approved list of ECOCERT. This approved list consists of raw materials which are permitted to be used in green and Natural beauty products. (ECOCERT is a worldwide certifier of organic farming products). Kemara also strictly adhere to not using any Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (commonly known as SLS), paraben, artificial fragrances and colours in its products.