Phuket – June 26, 2017: The 18 wellness participants got their health checked and jumped for joy at the 5th Reboot & Reevaluate Your Healthy Reality Check’, hosted by JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Mandara Spa, luxury spa in Phuket. The annual wellness workshop took place from June 15 – 18 and was conducted by life coach extraordinaire Hayden Rhodes from Royal Phuket Marina Health Club; The nutritional specialist Craig Burton; Phuket’s own yoga aficionado Kim White; The gifted artist Christine Reilly and last but not least, certified pure therapeutic grand essential oils Kathy Russell. The Executive Chef Dietmar Spitzer and his skilled kitchen team spiced up the wellness workshop with 4-day nutritious meals.

All participants who are passionate in health and wellness, embarked on a journey toward a more complete understanding of the relationship between mind and body, learned the basics of yoga, meditation, life tips and personal nutrition, apply aromatherapy and art therapy to healing on every level; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

The wellness workshop kicked off with a gentle rise & shine find your flow and movement as medicine session by Hayden Rhodes, a vitality and celebrity coach who quoted that “Sitting is the new smoking”, the participants practiced the mindful walking and breathing – being aware of each step and of our breath while moving over thousand steps around in the tropical scenery at the Phuket beach resort and being by the Sea is the greatest medicine. The wellness participants also joined in a variety of movement to awaken the body and mind among the gentle rise & shine wake up yoga; steps to meditation; Vinyasa yoga and face off yoga to help build strength, flexibility, balance, focus and inner peace with renowned yoga and the enigmatic Kim White.

Throughout the weekend, wellness retreat was followed by comprehensive range of health talks and hand-on workshops, from Oh Crap Dr. Help; reducing inflammation; balancing blood sugar to cooking demonstration and samples from 3 wellness practitioners as well as ‘Healthy by choice and cooking by heart’ a cooking class with Executive Chef Dietmar Spitzer along with Chef de Cuisine Andrea Genio and their skilled kitchen team. The highlights of healthy cooking menu including Asparagus salad with roasted chickpeas, Melon rice noodle salad, marinated Asian turnip in cucumber wild herbs brew and red radish and roasted vegetables with cauliflower mashed potatoes, thanks to the generosity and support of organic foods sponsor, Pura Organic Foods Limited (www.puraorganic.org)

Symbols are a universal means of expression and are a central part of our daily lives. “Art As Therapy: Explore Your Visual Symbols” workshop conducted by talented artist Christine Reilly. The participants created a visual sketchbook of their personal symbols, took time to draw, paint, doodle and notice what symbols are parts of their life and affected them.

Aromatherapy workshop conducted by Kathy Russell, it was another fun, nurturing and informative class that the participants learned to apply essential oils to improve the health and well-being of themselves and enjoyed making their own toothpastes, face spritz, Lavender spray and more

Passed it to Craig Burton, the nutritionist was on hand to do blood screening to evaluate the participant’s blood sugar levels, proteins, lipids, inflammatory markers and solutions, helped determine their own health challenges and as with all nutritional advice, moderation is key and recheck the blood test in every 3 – 6 months to see the better healthy blood results.

Linda Overman and her Mandara Spa’ therapists ensured that the participants were pampering and relaxing at the Mandara Spa throughout the wellness weekend.

Stay tuned with us for the next energising wellness workshop which will be taking place during October 2017. Do not miss out; limited numbers 15 – 20 participants only to ensure VIP treatment.

For more information, please contact Linda Overman, Spa Director, Mandara Spa, email: linda.overman@marriotthotels.com or call +66 7633 8000 ext. 3752. Logon to website www.jwmarriottphuketresort.com

Phuket – 11 May 2017: An award winning Phuket beach resort, JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa will host the 5th Reboot & Reevaluate Your Healthy Reality Check’ which will be taking place from June 15th to 18th, 2017.

The inspirational 4 days 3 nights program flow is designed to educate, motivate and understand such things as health and fitness, aromatherapy, mediation, art therapy and much more. The programs conducted by experienced wellness practitioners Hayden Rhodes, Craig Burton, Kim White, Christine Reilly and Kathy Russell. The woman behind this amazing workshop is Linda Overman, Director of Mandara Spa who connects the Phuket’s local specialists together on this event.

Hayden Rhodes’s Workshop Talk; life coach extraordinaire is on hand to rev up your energy levels with his personally designed programs like, ‘Oh Crap’ – focusing on the importance of Dr. Help Yourself, and nourishment. He offers you reality checks, with answers & solutions on nutrition and has a wealth of knowledge on health & fitness to share with the group and is a steady favourite with past retreat guests. His movement as medicine workshop is legendary.

Craig Burton’s Workshop Talk; our nutritionist, is on hand to do blood screening to evaluate your blood sugar levels, proteins, lipids, inflammatory markers and much more, to help determine your own health challenges. Nowadays, people’s lifestyle combined with high sugar content in foods, dining out or even the odd glass of wine may affect your results dramatically. Learn what you can do specifically to enhance your personal wellbeing.

Kim White’s Workshop Talks and Classes; Joined by the enigmatic Kim, Phuket’s own yoga aficionado who has some awesome talks on how to meditate using pranayama breath work and participants will feel instant benefits on how and why we meditate. Kim has an uncanny ability to provide valuable educational yogic advice on how to strengthen your own practice and is able to accommodate all levels of yoga lovers.

Christine Reilly’s Workshop Class; Christine Reilly is a gifted artist who presently continues her healing modalities integrating her background as a psychiatric nurse and art as therapy. Through collage, drawing and language you will construct a personalized sketchbook to deepen and broaden an ongoing visual dialogue with yourself which you will uncover an auto-biography to take home with you.

Kathy Russell’s Workshop Class; The fun-filled activities and informative hands – on experience with Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils.  You will be introduced to 8 essential oils; Lavender, Wild Orange, Peppermint, Cinnamon, Grapefruit, Lemon, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca  or Tea Tree and learn how to apply them most effectively and  how to use them in our daily life for extreme well-being, topically, Internally, aromatically, for cleaning and cooking.  Learn how to make our own toothpaste, face masks and spritz. The workshop includes a fantastic journey in knowledge and understanding, keychain 8-vile holder zip pack with 1 dram of high quality, edible, CPTG DoTerra Lavender essential oil and the products you will make.

‘Reboot and Reevaluate Your Healthy Reality Check’ is priced at THB 25,000 net per person for a 4 Days 3 Nights that includes:
Healthy daily meals: 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners
Two spa massage treatments at Mandara Spa
Daily seminars and activities with practitioners

Day package and single class are available if you are not able to attend the full program however naturally for the absolute best benefits, we highly recommend the entire program to fully integrate the benefits of each therapy to heal the mind, body and soul where you will learn your new skills to take home and implement into your day to day lifestyle. The single class price starts from THB 900 net per session.

Early bird promotion, receive 15% discount when made a booking within 31 May 2017.

The size of the Wellness Workshop will be between 10 – 15 participants, and is open to the public.

Bookings can be made now by contacting Mandara Spa Director, Linda Overman at linda.overman@marriotthotels.com or Tel:+66 76 338 000 ext. 3752. For more information, log on to jwmarriottphuketresort.com