Luxury hotel operators embrace Buddhist monk-led spa programming
By Helen Andrews 13 Apr 2015
Buddhist monks are being recruited by luxury hotel operators to teach meditation to guests Credit: Shutterstock / NICOLA MESSANA PHOTOS
A number of luxury hotel operators around the world are enhancing their spa offerings by inviting Buddhist monks to carry out meditation classes and teach guests ayurvedic wellness rituals.
For example, The Chedi Andermatt in Switzerland has added yoga retreats by Buddhist monk Loten Dahorstang to its spa programme. The retreat is offering three hour-long mindfulness meditation and Lu Jong yoga sessions, led by the Tibetan spiritual advisor, as a way to market its 2,400sq m (25,833sq ft) wellness facility – which features Finnish saunas, plus scented salt and steambaths.
The Peninsula Hotels is launching a ‘rest, relax and rejuvenate programme’ at the Peninsula Spa in Bangkok, which is a spa, wellness and healthy lifestyle programme in collaboration with Wat Pho Traditional Thai Medical and Massage School. ‘Wat Pho’ is referred to as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.
Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts are also in the process of creating a Buddhist Trail for tourists, taking in resorts from Nepal to Bodhgaya, Nalanda and Varanasi in India.
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Luxury hotel operators embrace Buddhist monk-led spa programming
POSTED 13 Apr 2015 . BY Helen Andrews
Buddhist monks are being recruited by luxury hotel operators to teach meditation to guests Credit: Shutterstock / NICOLA MESSANA PHOTOS
A number of luxury hotel operators around the world are enhancing their spa offerings by inviting Buddhist monks to carry out meditation classes and teach guests ayurvedic wellness rituals.
For example, The Chedi Andermatt in Switzerland has added yoga retreats by Buddhist monk Loten Dahorstang to its spa programme. The retreat is offering three hour-long mindfulness meditation and Lu Jong yoga sessions, led by the Tibetan spiritual advisor, as a way to market its 2,400sq m (25,833sq ft) wellness facility – which features Finnish saunas, plus scented salt and steambaths.
The Peninsula Hotels is launching a ‘rest, relax and rejuvenate programme’ at the Peninsula Spa in Bangkok, which is a spa, wellness and healthy lifestyle programme in collaboration with Wat Pho Traditional Thai Medical and Massage School. ‘Wat Pho’ is referred to as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.
Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts are also in the process of creating a Buddhist Trail for tourists, taking in resorts from Nepal to Bodhgaya, Nalanda and Varanasi in India.
Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts and developers Summit Group of Nepal have
signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the first of four hotels
to be established across the country as part of a major development rollout.
A former Buddhist monk, Ibu Fera, has been appointed as the new resident
wellness mentor at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan and is already ‘shifting the
vibration of the resort’.
Remedy Place, a US-based social wellness club brand, is poised for steady expansion in the
coming years, with plans to open two new clubs annually moving forward.
Swiss longevity brand Clinique La Prairie (CLP) has inked a deal with Montara Hospitality
Group
to operate a resort at Tri Vananda – a purpose-built wellness community in Phuket,
Thailand.
Recovery, social wellness and longevity were talking points at the
recent PerformX Live, tipped by many
speakers as upcoming trends, while the exhibition halls featured infrared
saunas, compression
therapy and ice baths.