It’s no secret that scents contribute to wellbeing and health. Especially on a psychological level, good aromas help to spread a good mood. Health, fitness and wellbeing are factors that are valued more highly than ever these days. With the right diet, enough exercise and a healthy lifestyle, anyone can get the best out of themselves. But what actually is the best for me? How can I optimise my diet and exercise to take my fitness to the highest level? These are exactly the questions that the Stoffwechselinstitut Innsbruck (SWI), a metabolic institute, can answer. The health centre is dedicated to “biohacking”. Drawing on top-level know-how from science, technology and medicine, it works out the optimal therapeutic approach for each patient. From a sound blood analysis to the use of a cold chamber or deeply relaxing mental health training in the Deep Oasis with a VR headset and a massage chair, body, mind and soul are brought into peak form. From the top sportswoman to the businessman, people of all ages and backgrounds come for the treatments. To ensure a feel-good ambience from the initial consultation through to therapy, AROMEA fragrances are used. We spoke to Petra Körber, head of marketing at the SWI, about biohacking, scents in health therapy and, of course, AROMEA.
With scientifically sound analyses and state-of-the-art therapies, Stoffwechselinstitut Innsbruck practises “biohacking” to get the best out of health and performance. What exactly does that involve?
Körber: We are an innovative, preventive-medicine biohacking institute dedicated to reactivating your self-healing powers and thus promoting your health, and to increasing your performance, regeneration and resilience. Biohacking means understanding how your own body functions and the complex biological connections, finding your weak points and optimising your lifestyle accordingly, so that body and mind can perform to the full again. We support people who want to work on developing their full potential. We have also made it our goal to slow down biological ageing and to support you in developing a healthy, life-extending lifestyle.
What does a treatment with you look like?
Körber: At our Stoffwechselinstitut Innsbruck we offer a comprehensive assessment of your current status, known as a BioCheck, because targeted change requires biological data.
Our BioChecks include a wide range of in-depth analyses to determine your current state of health and performance. Based on this status quo, an individual, holistic biohacking programme is drawn up. In other words, we put you as a person at the centre and look at your body as well as your soul and mind, in order to change your lifestyle and performance in the best possible way.
At our institute we offer you innovative biohacking applications*:
- Cryotherapy / cold chamber at -110 degrees
- Relaxation therapy / Deep Oasis
- Detox / electrolysis foot bath
- IHHT (intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia training)
- Infusion therapies
In addition, individual coaching in mental health, nutrition and training complements our programme.
*Our biohacking applications can also be booked independently of a BioCheck, as a single session or a subscription.
You use several AROMEA diffusers, such as the AROMEA Flex and the Aera. What part does scent play in health therapies?
Körber: Our institute is a place to feel good and recharge your batteries. A suitable room fragrance with high-quality essential oils that regulates the autonomic nervous system of our visitors is an essential part of that for us. Our brain is very strongly controlled by scents. Thanks to AROMEA, we immediately bring our visitors into a relaxed, comfortable state of mind.
How are the fragrances going down with patients and staff?
Körber: We chose the two fragrances “Revive Morning” and “Forest Therapy”. They go down extremely well with the visitors to our institute and our staff. We are very often asked what creates this cosy, pleasant scent here at Stoffwechselinstitut Innsbruck.
What do you particularly like about AROMEA scent marketing?
Körber: We love that the fragrances are all 100% natural and have a very specific composition of active ingredients to stimulate the senses of the visitors to our institute and our staff. We also really appreciate that the AROMEA fragrances are medically developed and have both antiviral and antiseptic effects.
Petra Körber on the AROMEA fragrances at Stoffwechselinstitut Innsbruck
