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Congratulations to RAKxa Wellness, Thailand winner of the Tatler Spa Guide Awards 2023 - Remote Retreats
Just a short hop from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok on the peaceful, jungle-clad island of Bang Krachao, RAKxa Wellness is a fully integrative luxury wellness and medical retreat, which blends the latest medical science with holistic, traditional therapies such as Ayurveda, Traditional Thai and Chinese Medicine. You can do it all here, from genetic testing or an immune-boosting programme, to weight-loss and detox.
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Congratulations to Lanserhof Sylt, Germany winner of the Tatler Spa Guide Awards 2023 - Supercharging Sojourns
Located off Germany's North Sea coast on the popular holiday island of Sylt is the ultra-luxurious and uber-stylish Lanserhof Sylt. Its beautiful setting and stunning architectural design aside, the main reason that people are drawn to Lanserhof Sylt is Lanserhof's world-renowned LANS Med Concept, which combines the Mayr Cure, traditional naturopathy and the most advanced medical techniques.
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Congratulations to Kamalaya, Thailand winner of the Tatler Spa Guide Awards 2023 - Healing Hideaways
Blending Eastern and Western philosophies, science and spirituality, nature and nurture, Kamalaya on Koh Samui's serene south coast is more than just an enchanting beachside spa resort, it is a place where life-altering – sometimes life-changing – moments occur. You can do it all here - there are programmes to detox, to lose weight, to get fit and to deal with burnout, with all of them designed to help you relax, renew and revitalise.
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Thought For The Day "The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure." - Tibetan Proverb
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15 Years Of Excellence With SHA Wellness
It’s a rarity indeed to find a Spa that is just about to celebrate 15 years at the very top of its game whilst remaining in the hands of the same family – in this instance the Bataller-Pariettis, but then this is SHA we are talking about. They are used to being trailblazers, the head of the pack, being leaders and innovators and always at the forefront of what the wellness traveller seeks; cutting edge techniques, programmes that deliver big, and the very best experts in the business. It is no wonder SHA has such a high percentage of repeat guests, this speaks volumes for the efficacy of its treatments - guests take a pilgrimage for their annual MOT or go to lose weight, to detox or to get fit, and they know they will get the results.
However SHA offers much more than this – there are also programmes to help you quit cigarettes, improve your sleep, or manage your stress levels. The very affable Dr Ribeiro, Master in Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, heads up the Cognitive Development Unit to help sharpen your concentration and memory, and to work on your weak areas – which is a big part of their new leader's performance programme, perfect for anyone who has a lot of stress in their job and needs to make sure they are fit for the challenge without compromising their health.
There are programmes for better sexual health, where your hormones and stress levels are observed and consultations with gynecologists & urologists arranged to review your overall physical health in relation to sexual function. No health subjects are taboo at SHA, they are constantly on the lookout for the next scientific innovation that will effect real and lasting change to people’s lives.
Keen to expand their award-winning footprint, SHA are due to open new outposts on Mexico’s Costa Mujeres coastline and in the United Arab Emirates over the next 24 months, so today we celebrate a true wellness innovator and look forward t
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Thought For The Day “When life feels overwhelming, remember that you are worthwhile, you are needed, and you are enough exactly as you are." – Sarah Hartley
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National Fitness Day
For many, finding the time to work out can be a challenging task. Between work and family responsibilities, a daily trip to the gym can be tough going. That doesn’t mean you still can’t get in a good muscle-building workout. You’ve just got to be a little creative when it comes to your exercise regimen.
This quick-arm circuit from Davide Zangrilli at The Ranch Italy is the perfect way to get your body moving when time is of the essence.
1. 4x15
2. 4x15
3. 4x12
4. 4x12 (each side)
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Thought For The Day "Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savouring the journey." - Roy T. Bennett
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Fixing Your Issues
As we juggle more and more into our lives, we need to deal with any niggling health issues that stop us in our tracks. Whether we are having trouble sleeping or staying asleep, have that lower back problem or are seeing the start of osteoporosis, or have migraines that no drug will shift, we at Healing Holidays have the very best places for you to go so that you can finally find the root cause and fix the problem once and for all. So this video is dedicated to the very best that there is in the business, to those who consistently deliver high standards, excellent service and palpable results. In no small way, our recommendations put your Wellbeing in our hands, which is why our team of experts make recommendations based on first-hand experience, all tried and tested. In an uncertain world no one wants to take a gamble when it comes to their health, and that’s what we are all about.
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Thought For The Day “Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.” - Lao Tzu
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Yoga And The Benefits Beyond The Mat
Yoga is beneficial for the body, mind and soul in equal measures. Research over the past 30 years has shown that the practice of Yoga and meditation, mixed with a good diet and active lifestyle, can greatly reduce the fraying of telomeres, the part of our DNA that is related to ageing – just in case you needed another reason to take up the practice of Yoga!! You will instantly feel calmer and more focussed after a Yoga class led by a great teacher. Combining it with meditation is a potent elixir – together they are proven to reduce blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, as well as increasing your flexibility, endurance and blood flow. Yoga is all-encompassing with almost limitless physical and mental benefits; the principles can help you focus when you need it, and enable you to turn off and sleep when you don’t - and who doesn’t need that?
Yoga is a practice without judgement, without winners or losers, with no age limit nor fitness level. You are doing something where no one is in competition with anyone, and it is as beneficial for men as it is for women. So if you don’t know your Asthanga from your elbow, fear not as we have lined up the very best places to learn, to perfect and to fall in love with the ancient practice of Yoga.
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Low in sugar and high in vitamins A and C, watermelon is the perfect refreshing, low-calorie snack for the hot late summer days we're experiencing this week. Studies suggest it could also potentially lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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The Best Places For A Post Summer Reset
And as the summer holidays come to an end, now more than ever we need to redress the balance after months of the ‘Good Life’. We convince ourselves with all the swimming, the walks and outdoor living that there is simply no way we could have gained any extra weight, but of course this is a fool’s paradise - the sun is shining, we eat out more and up our alcohol intake. It’s time to take the blinkers off and dial back on the good time living, but there are lots of changes we can make to improve our physical state whilst helping our mental health along the way. Not all of them are drastic though. Implementing simple tweaks to our daily routine can actually benefit our overall well-being in noticeable ways. That is why a Detox, Weight Loss or Fitness Retreat is brilliant for a reset; they will give you the motivation and the tools to improve your lifestyle for the months ahead. A great, Healing Holidays-approved Retreat will support you with sensible advice on positive, (and crucially, achievable), habits to adopt once you return, and help you maintain a routine in the months ahead.
Watch our short video to find out more
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Palazzo Fiuggi Launches Two New Autumn Retreats
To celebrate autumn, Healing Holidays’ favourite Palazzo Fiuggi has just launched two new expert led group retreats that allow you to be in the company of likeminded people with similar concerns and goals who can hold your hand and act as your support system, prompt and push you when you need to be, or step back when you don’t.
In October, there is the Developing A Healthy Relationship With Food retreat led by Certified Nutritional Health Coach, Katerina Berglas which is designed to help you realise how truly amazing it feels to eat balanced meals and to help you establish a healthier relationship with food.
In November, there is the Stress: Balance & Wellbeing retreat led by mentors, teachers and former monks, Rajesh Ramani and Smitha Jayakumar which allows you to explore, understand and dissolve the sources of your stress and change your response to it.
Watch our short video and follow the link to find out more https://buff.ly/44Ks3Il
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Gut Instinct
There are more and more studies that show the importance of good gut health, for better overall mental and physical wellbeing, and with the BBC recently highlighting a study which suggested a possible link between Parkinson’s disease and poor gut health, this is a subject that is indeed a very important one.
There are many great approaches to help us achieve better gut health – the ecosystem unique to each of us which contains around 1,500 different bacteria. This highly complex system, known as our ‘microbiome’, can shape the way we feel mentally and physically, so getting it shipshape should be top of all of our lists. Up to 70 per cent of our immune system is concentrated in the gut, and it’s where we also store up to 90 per cent of the body’s serotonin, the neurotransmitter responsible for mood, so it’s no wonder that so many of our clinics and spas have dedicated Gut Health Programmes at the very top of their repertoires, all with their own bespoke approaches.
There is the traditional, no-nonsense Mayr Cure, a non-faddish approach to long-term good health and wellness. Named after the Austrian scientist Franz Xaver Mayr, its philosophy holds that digestive health is key and that many health disorders and illnesses originate in the gut – from depression and mood disorders to deep-rooted inflammatory conditions. We exclusively partner with some of the world’s very best Mayr Clinics – which is testament to how seriously we take our role as THE Mayr experts. We have the Lanserhof Group, for when only the height of luxury will cut it, VIVAMAYR Maria Worth, when pared-back style lakeside is what’s needed, and the award-winning Park Igls, when small and intimate is the order of the day.
For those seeking high-tech solutions to optimise their gut health, we have in-depth medically-driven programmes at RAKxa Wellness, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and Palazzo Fiuggi, or for a more holistic route, we can offer Chiva Som, Kalari Rasayana an
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The Power Of Breath⠀
"Breathe deeply, until sweet air extinguishes the burn of fear in your lungs and every breath is a beautiful refusal to become anything less than infinite." – D. Antoinette Foy
If you’re feeling stressed or anxious, why not try this simple breath technique from breathing expert, Stuart Sandeman to keep you calm.⠀
Technique:⠀
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1) Breathe in (nose) for 5 seconds⠀
2) Hold for 5 seconds⠀
3) Breathe out (mouth) for 10 seconds⠀
Repeat as needed!
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Thought For The Day "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Thought For The Day “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
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Intensive Health Overhaul At Europe's Swishest Outpost
There is no question that Palazzo Fiuggi has been the most talked about Spa since it opened in 2021, and it has certainly been a huge hit with our savvy spa-goers. Nestled within a private 8½ hectare park overlooking the medieval spa town of Fiuggi just an hour south of Rome, it marries the deepest holistic traditions with the most advanced Western medicine and the very best facilities, allowing you to totally rewind and bliss out.
There are programmes for Detox and Weight Loss, with an exquisite menu plan created by the three Michelin-star chef Heinz Beck. The food is sustainable, organic and all locally sourced, with much coming from the vegetable garden inside the Palazzo’s park.
Fiuggi is rightfully celebrated for its thermal waters, which are naturally purifying, and they are a fundamental part of the programmes - you can also bathe in their rich mineral properties in the pools. There is an assembly of Doctors and Practitioners, all experts in their field, and an exquisite Gym with the very best trainers.
And for those who would like to do a taster at Palazzo Fiuggi, perhaps as a bolt-on to your Italian holiday, new 2-night and 4-night programmes have just been launched – offering a great way to get an insight into why this Spa is so lauded, and giving you all the information you need to book a full programme in the future.
Follow the link to find out more https://buff.ly/47lJfWU
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Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa, Mauritius
Our Wellness Advisor Angelica travels to Mauritius to experience what Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa is really like.
Think of Mauritius and images of white sandy beaches, azure waters and luxury resorts will invariably come to mind - spa and wellness probably not, beyond perhaps a pampering massage in a hotel’s spa. Serious wellness in the Indian Ocean normally means Sri Lanka, India, possibly Bali, but few consider or even know that Mauritius is home to a rather good wellness property called Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa which offers a whole lot more than just that pampering massage, or manicure or pedicure.
The wellness team at Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa are either of Indian heritage or have undergone extensive training in India, so the Ayurveda here is as authentic as it gets, but for those wanting something different a wide range of programmes is available, covering the spectrum from Fitness, Weight Management & Detox, to Stress Management and Sleep & Recovery. They even have a post-Covid Recovery programme.
Travel there on your own for some solo wellness, or with your partner or family, and let them race off to enjoy other activities and attractions whilst you sit back and focus on your wellness journey.
If you are interested in finding out more then follow the link to read Tara's full review of Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa. https://buff.ly/3ObtdGd
