We put together a comprehensive holistic timeline to help you navigate your upcoming year of skin and body treatments at Koru Medical Spa. Use it to help realize your health and beauty intentions for 2024 or to plan pre-event and post-event treatments so you will look and feel confidently radiant whatever the occasion!

In honor of National Gratitude Month and Thanksgiving, we asked the Koru Medical Spa and Island Dermatology team to share what they are grateful for. Here’s what they shared!

In this journal entry, we explore everything about Craniosacral Therapy, it’s benefits, and what a session is like at Koru. If you're feeling a bit stressed and out of balance like many in the modern world, Craniosacral Therapy (CST) can help relieve the stored emotional and physical tension you may be experiencing and help restore your peace.

In honor of National Gratitude Month and Thanksgiving, we asked the Koru Medical Spa and Island Dermatology team to share what they are grateful for. Here’s what they shared!

So what exactly are antioxidants and what makes them so beneficial for our skin and what are the best antioxidants for you skin? Here’s more info from the team at Koru.

Fasting seems to be all the rage right now. Is it just a fad? Or is there a reason so many people are jumping on the bandwagon? Before you decide whether you should fast or not, let’s first educate ourselves on what fasting really is.

Gua Sha is a beautiful natural skin therapy derived from Ancient China that involves scraping the skin with a stone massage tool to increase circulation and lymphatic drainage.

Here are some tips to help you take care of your skin this summer and come out of the season looking as refreshed as you feel.

Let’s normalize Men’s self-care- because self care is for EVERYONE.

Benefits of regular Gua Sha include releasing facial tension, toning muscles, firming and sculpting the face and de-puffing and defining. Here are 6 reasons you should book your Gua Sha Facial Today!

Looking good is all about feeling good first. Achieving peak health relies on a number of factors like exercise, food and water, and getting enough sleep. Feeling our best requires a steady intake of healthy vitamins and nutrients. A fantastic way to make sure your body is getting these much needed nutrients is with weekly vitamin shots.

We are dedicated to healing our guests skin from within, that’s why we offer the Inside Out Facial. We are the only medical spa on the Big Island with our very own naturopathic doctor who is here to help by giving you a better understanding of how your inner health affects your outer beauty.

What do you think of when you hear the words “self-love?” For many people, self-love isn’t usually something that sits at the top of the priority list. However, studies are showing that prioritizing compassion and love for oneself is more important for our mental health and well-being than we think. Here are some reasons on the importance of self-love:

Answer this honestly, do you make yourself a priority? When asked the question of whether we practice “self care” most of us would say yes- but in what ways do you take care of yourself? It’s time to start making yourself a priority in your life! Start your self-care journey by taking time out of every month that is all about YOU with a Koru VIP Membership.

You may have heard about the “Rejuvenation” trend (clicking back the clock through treatments) but have you heard of “Prejuvenation?” Think prevention for the future! Younger people are now seeking to maintain their looks and youthful appearance through PREVENTIONS of wrinkles, sun spots and sagging skin.

Today’s Challenge: Ralph Waldo Emerson -  Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. 

We feel out of balance when life is chaotic and unbalanced around us. People, events, and situations distract us from reality and battle for our attention. When we allow ourselves to get distracted and pulled away from what we want to do it creates an imbalance state within us.

We are blessed in Hawaii to have nature all around us. That is why we are one of the healthiest places to live in the United States. We have blue oceans, blue skies, green mountains, birds, and colorful fish to enjoy. So much beauty to heal our souls and bodies.

With two more weeks of quarantine left in Hawaii, it can sometimes be hard to stay upbeat and positive. Sometimes I feel strong, peaceful, content, and optimistic about the future and other times I feel sad about two more weeks of isolation. So i’ve made a list of some of the positive things that have happened in the world since Covid-19.

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” - Buddha