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[m7-desislavapetkova]

End of our first week

Saturday was our fourth and last day this week. We were making juices together with Ayten according to the Juice Schedule at 10 30; 12 30; 14 30 and 17 30. We had a German guest, who have been many times before for Detox and Weight loss programs. So it was not necessary to sit with her and explain about the juices.

Later on I went to kitchen and Ayten went to reception. Mostly I was learning what produces they use, also I did some vegetables chopping and get to know one of the chefs. That was until lunch.

The rest of the day until 17 30, except making twice juices, we had the assignment to do Inventory of the products in the kitchen. It was time consuming and not one of the most fun tasks to do, but we did it and we were happy with the results. Wednesday (tomorrow) we will hand it to the manager Christine for evaluation. 

[m7-desislavapetkova]

Great third day at ShantiSom :)

Today's agenda was: 

- working at the reception;

- Studying and analysing two health questionnaires of guests who will come in March;

- Meditation session;

- Hike;

- Core workout;

- Yoga session;

As you can see from the agenda one amazing day went by again. We started with the analysis of the health questionnaires, we look through medical history, allergies and sensitivity from food and typical day's meal. Both guest are for Detox program. One of them is form Ukraine and another one from France.  They are coming March, so Vicki asked as to study their questionnaires and get to know their health condition.

Usually we work together with Ayten most of the time. But today we had about 2 hours where she went in the kitchen and I - at the reception to be educated about how the hotel works, how bookings are made, how you can check what program the client has signed to and much more.

After the reception fast training we went to 30 minutes Meditation session. 

I find it difficult to do meditation when I am so excited about all that is going on. But maybe with more practice I will be able to relax more :)

After the meditation we had lunch which is provided form the hotel. And then we went  for a hike in near by region, surrounded by beautiful mountains.

The view was mesmerizing and breath taking. On a clear day when you watch at Marbella from up here you can see Marocco (Africa). Me and Ayten promised to each other definitely to go back there for a hike.:)

You can find a video above this post from the hike which i managed to make on the way ;)

When we came back to the hotel after the hike, we went straight to core workout with Javier (the personal trainer). It lasted about 25 minutes and we worked mostly about abdomen and lower back.

After that we attended yoga class with Lydia - one of the yoga teacher. We practiced yoga called Sivananda yoga. She encouraged us to keep our eyes closed most of the time and to focus on our movements.

[m7-desislavapetkova]

Second day ...

We received our uniforms today and as you can see below we look really colorful :)

Today in the hotel, we have been fortunate to be invited to Heath and Well-being Seminar hosted by Alexandra Kureneva (Russian holistic health coach and wellness expert) and Reggie Lenney (American health coach, therapist, speaker and author, who have worked with a lot of famous Hollywood stars).

For the seminar, the hotel provided their Yoga studio, where also was arranged a healthy meal buffet, freshly squeezed juices and water with ginger, cucumber, lemon and mint - yummy :) 

All participants were Russian ladies, some of them even famous, such as Natasha Romanov - singer. For more info or photos you can check out the Facebook page of ShantiSom: https://www.facebook.com/shantisom?fref=ts

Alexandra and Reggie talked about natural beauty and how to be true to our self; body image and masks people put on; how to reverse aging; systematic body detoxing; environment and how it affect our health and much more. Furthermore they talked about what are the keys to successful, happy and healthy lifestyle. Really good stuffs :) I took a lot of notes.

……. After the seminar ended and we helped the staff to arrange everything back to normal in the yoga studio, we met with the personal trainer. We had the meeting in the gym and we talked about methods and exercises he uses with the guest of the hotel. We are going to work more with him this flowing week, so I will keep you updated.

After that meeting which lasted about 1 hour, we attended  Dynamic Meditation session with one of the Yoga teachers in the hotel. Something that I have never experienced before. :) She had us blind-folded, then she putted on some special music with different frequencies and then told us to move, dance, shout, just to feel the music and to do what our body tells us. In the beginning it was really awkward, I wanted to laugh all of the time and I felt vulnerable with my eyes folded, but once I just relaxed it was great experience and I enjoyed it very much.. 

[m7-desislavapetkova]

What happened the past week at ShantiSom well-being retreat.... :)

This past week has been just simply amazing. :) We had experienced so much in the past week, that feels like we have been here for a month already :) Let me tell you more about it. 

We started our internship at ShantiSom Monday 2nd of January. We started at 10 o clock, meeting with the Nutritionist in the hotel. She explained us about the different program they offer and what methods she is using. Then she showed us the juice schedule for the Detox program and how to make a juice. Later in the day we had a meeting together with Vicki (the Nutritionist) and the manager of the hotel Christine and talked about our schedule and what we will do there. We also talk about the policies of the hotel.  We talked also that February will be more of learning what they do, experiencing different treatments, such as Turbo Detox program, foot healing, soul reading and attending yoga classes, so we know how the retreat works and and what offers to its guests. And then March will be more of we practicing what we have learned at the hotel and at the university. So far sounds really good. I can see already that we will have many of our objectives accomplished, and we will learn even much more, which we could not even anticipated, before to come to the hotel. 

It is really amazing, the staff work together as one big family. They are all very friendly, supporting each other and work in harmony. We talked about the story behind the hotel (I will talk about that later in the blog). The manager told us that we will have assignments during the internship, such as counting the calories of each meal in the restaurant; helping the personal trainer to create Pilates program; to evaluate the health questionnaires for the detox and weight loss’ guests and etc. Later during the day we made our first detox juice and had a chat with one of the hotel's guests. The nutritionist explained us the detox system. They have 4 juices per day with some extra supplements, broth for diner, one enema each day, yoga classes, massages and cleansing treatments at the SPA.