“Now is the moment of your being.”

Steve Lyons gave three Mala Mayi body treatments in less than a week’s time, and afterward he felt an unusual, lasting sense of peace and calm.

“I can specifically attest to the obvious effect,” Lyons said of the Aboriginal treatment he provides as a therapist at Keystone Lodge and Spa.

Often, service employees can feel tired after giving to guests. But this particular treatment is different. Not only does Lyons work with all-organic products produced specifically to honor the Aboriginal wisdom of the human body and the earth, but also, the treatment incorporates a spiritual element with words and intentions.

During the 100-minute body scrub, mud purification, scalp and body massage, Lyons sets the tone with four tenants, which he speaks only once, but which can resonate for days, months and years. They are: Everything is one; truth is the path; now is the moment of your being; and a varied perspective is the key to perception.

“We’re treating the body as a whole, (focusing on) spiritual, psychological and physical ailments,” he said. “It balances everything out.”

An Aboriginal medicine woman actually visited the spa to teach therapists how to administer Mala Mayi.

Using Li’tya products, the journey begins with guests choosing the oil and mud that’s most needed for their bodies; as the therapist passes scents under the nose, a guest picks which ones smell best.

After a comfortable body scrub, warm mud is spread over the body, which is then cocooned in warm blankets as the mud delivers essential nutrients through the skin. Meanwhile, a Paudi scalp massage releases tension in the head and neck.

After showering the mud off, the therapist returns to give a 50-minute full-body Kodo massage, specifically choreographed based on centuries of Aboriginal tradition, which connect the natural world with that of the spiritual.