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The Om Experience
 For those having the luxury of time to dedicate and focus on balancing and healing themselves, Relâche Spa now offers its unique program, the Om Experience, which includes self-discovery and assessment, coaching, Om Facial and Om Massage, Chakra balancing, journaling, meditation and strategizing on creating a realistic life plan. However, the Om Facial and Om Massage are available as individual treatment therapies. The Om Experience occurs in three incremental sessions of eighty-minutes each, culminating with a sixty-minute wrap-up session; for optimal results, it’s recommended that a sixty-day period be allowed for all segments in order to maximize the intended benefits. Although my time was limited while visiting the resort and experiencing its beautiful spa, the two treatment therapies I experienced were restorative, relaxing and very enjoyable, and I found the staff well trained and capable.
Spa Miscellany: Opened: July 2005. Total area: 27k s.f., which includes all Spa areas (reception, 12 treatment rooms, full-service salon, co-ed relaxation room, men’s and women’s locker rooms, each with its own steam and sauna, and an impressive retail area), Fitness Center, and indoor pool. Director: Yolanda Harris-Jackson. Total staff: seventy. Software: Spa Soft. Equipment and treatment tables: Touch America. Treatment lines: Eminence, Aromafloria, Phytomer, Jan Marini, and OPI. Bathrobes and sandals: Boca Terry and Sensi. Libation: White Lion Tea. The Fitness Center exclusively uses Life Fitness equipment (14 treadmills, 20 strength training, 5 cross-trainers, 2 upright and 2 recumbent bikes, 5 ellipticals, and 2 steppers. (n.b., all fitness instructors and trainers hold undergraduate and/or advanced college degrees in their areas of specialty, in addition to being certified and/or licensed.)
Fitness Classes include Water Aerobics, Sunrise & Sunset Yoga, Core Tighten & Tone, Total Body Boot Camp, Cardio Kickboxing, Center Point Meditation, and specialized workouts for the sports’ enthusiast. Classes are conducted in the indoor Motion Studio, with Water Aerobics being conducted in the indoor pool, located in the Fitness Center. For large groups, the resort will customize additional classes, including a 5k-run. The Retail Area is beautiful and includes all of the treatment and salon products, as well as other spa treats and must-haves for that at-home spa experience.
Unique: Spa Concierge Reservationists, who not only are trained on all of the spa treatments and their “vernacular”, including individual treatment benefits, but each has personally experienced the treatments, making this a highly effective marketing and booking tool.
Spa Cuisine: Creative and thoughtfully healthful. The hotel’s “goal” for its spa cuisine is: “Conscious and mindful cuisine created by the chefs of Gaylord Opryland to nourish and energize the mind, body and spirit while promoting healthy living.
© SPA MANAGEMENT JOURNAL - JULY/AUGUST 2008
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