EDITOR’S PICK


modern life leaves more and more of us failing to prioritise health. You probably don’t look after yourself properly and many of your clients don’t either. But there’s a growing sense that people want to but don’t quite know how yet. The speed of the growth in this sector suggests they’re working it out fast, so right now would be a genius time to get up to speed on wellness. There’s a lot of science and


FEELING BETTER?: Guests at the


SHA Wellness clinic in Spain undergo a wellbeing programme of diagnosis, controlled diet and exercise


clever people at SHA – more than 250 clever people, in fact – whose expertise spans the likes of nutrition, regenerative medicine, preventative medicine and lots of other long words. If you feel like you want to geek up and learn all about it, speak to SHA or to Wellbeing Escapes, who took me and the two agents you’ll hear from over the page. They would love to hear from you. My job is to get you intrigued


macrobiotic, which is a word worth Asking Jeeves about. What sort of sick (as in unwell, not the modern use of the word as a replacement for wonderful or excellent often used by young people) holiday is this? Who are these white-coat torturers and why make the place so aesthetically pleasant and put it on a glorious stretch of Spanish Mediterranean coastline if you’re literally going to stick pins in people? I used the word prison over supper


on evening number two and was given a look similar to that my grandmother gave me when I said b*llocks as an eight-year- old. It’s not really anything like a prison; I apologise. No iron bars, no men with guns on watch towers and no barbed wire. But for the first couple of days I


really wanted out. I wanted to sprint into town and down three cappuccinos with a side of KFC mega-bucket. I could have gone; nobody would have stopped me. But somehow I stopped myself. And on day three I fell head-over- heels in love with my captors, Stockholm Syndrome kicked in and I wanted to stay forever. Essentially I handed over my body and trust to the clinic and they fed me, watered me, prodded, poked, stroked and pinned me. I wanted them to be in charge, for them to decide what I did and when, because the sad thing is that I can’t be trusted with my own body. Not many of us can. Left to my own devices I’ll ruin it. Bad eating and drinking choices, stress, lack of sleep –


enough to want to know more. On page one of the SHA guest booklet it says: “Welcome to your new life.” And that is exactly what’s on offer. SHA was inspired by a man called Alfredo Bataller Parietta whose life was saved by a nutrition expert who now works in the clinic. Along with his family, Alfredo has been committed to sharing and spreading the knowledge that saved him – centuries of wisdom and the latest western medicine. And aside from all that, it’s also a seriously nice hotel. But don’t just take my word for it: turn the page to see what the agents thoughts. WELLBEINGESCAPES.COM/SHACLINIC


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