Wrapped up in a woolly cloud
Hardly any other natural fibre has as many beneficial properties as sheep's wool.
Hardly any other natural fibre has as many beneficial properties as sheep's wool. You can feel this in its purest form while enjoying a wool bath.
Did you know that sheep have superpowers? Wool has such versatile properties that farmers put them to use in lots of ways. Their positive effects may be transferred to your skin in an old Alpine wellness ritual. Enfolded in pure sheep's wool, body and soul will feel utterly pampered.
From head to toe
Doctors in ancient Greece were convinced of the beneficial properties of sheep's wool. Its natural fibres hardly ever crease, are self-cleaning and excellent at maintaining body temperature. When it's cold, wool keeps you nice and warm, while it has a temperature-balancing effect in hot weather. It is also adept at regulating moisture: its inner fibres absorb water, while the surface of wool is water-repellent. Lanoline, which coats each fibre of wool, is a really unique substance and it contributes towards wool's positive effects.
As you can see, wool is a great all-rounder. Thanks to its circulation-boosting effects and warmth, it can soothe aches and pains of the motor and muscular systems. Wool also has an anti-inflammatory effect that cares for the skin. A bath in soft, cosy sheep's wool will relax your limbs and help you to forget everyday stress and strain.
From sheep to wool
Sheep are undemanding, happy to wander around on steep terrain and provide people with milk, meat and wool. These factors make them popular farm animals in South Tyrol. Whether black, white or speckled, sheep love spending their summer holidays on mountain pastures. Before and after summer on the pastures, these good-natured animals are shorn of their coats. Shearing sheep is not an easy task, and the trick is to shear off as much of the coat as possible in one piece. A farmer can get on average of three to five kilogrammes of wool from each shearing. This can't be used immediately, though and has to be carefully washed by hand in clear water first. After thatn, when it's dry, it is teased and carded until it becomes fluffy. Now it's ready to be used and unfold its many benefits.
Did you know?
Interesting numbers and intriguing facts about sheep and wool baths on farms in South Tyrol.
a year is how often sheep are shorn
sheep live in South Tyrol
live in the west of South Tyrol
is the direction to wrap yourself in for a stimulating bath, from the left for a calming one
is how high your body temperature will go during a wool bath
sheer relaxation in pure sheep's wool
Wool bath not full bath
What do you think happens during a wool bath? Quite simply, the farmer wraps a pure wool fleece around your bare skin and tucks you into a tub made of Swiss pine wood. Is it scratchy? No, not at all - in fact, the wool feels fluffy on your skin. Slowly, the beneficial effects of the natural sheep's wool unfold without placing your circulation under any strain. Thanks to the pleasant room temperature and cosy atmosphere, your body switches into relaxation mode for the next 45 minutes. It could well be that the feeling of laying on clouds is so relaxing that you fall asleep. Curious? Then try it out on one of our farms. But be warned that this Alpine woolness ritual will have you will have you coming back for more.
