Mandarin
Spa & wellness
Going above
ack at the start of 2021, luxury Utah desert resort Amangiri was adding the final touches to its new spa package: the sleep retreat. Set to have spanned four days in February 2021, the sleep retreat would have been a masterclass in the art of rest, informed by genetics and psychology. “The inspiration for the sleep retreat started pre- pandemic when we started to identify the focus on restorative sleep as one of growing interest,” Julien Surget, managing director of the Canyon Group, explains. “At around the same time, we were introduced to Dr Breus, a well-known psychologist who lives relatively close to us.”
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Dr Michael J Breus – otherwise known as ‘the sleep doctor’ – is a clinical psychologist and a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Author of The Power of When, a guidebook to biohacking,
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and beyond
The spa and wellness sector is no longer limited to pampering – the focus has now shifted to the importance of health and well-being. Mae Lossaso looks at the rising popularity of these new therapies as she speaks to Julien Surget, managing director of the Canyon Group, and Ferbâl Yaman, marketing & communications manager at Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, to fi nd out more.
Breus was poised to collaborate with Amangiri to deliver a “combination of workshops and learnings, nutrition, post-sleep analysis with the help of a tracking device, and other curated activities to take our guests to a level of well-being for optimal sleep and recovery”. But, as 2021 rolled in, and the Covid- 19 pandemic showed little sign of letting up, the retreat never materialised.
The proposed sleep retreat was just one among a number of packages offered by the wider Aman group that Amangiri belongs to. “Aman is fortunate to have a number of practitioners that travel from property to property to facilitate such programmes,” Surget explains. “We had a very successful meditation- oriented retreat and are in planning stages for a silent retreat, which is also an interesting theme to explore. Other practitioners include disciplines as varied as yoga, Pilates, and cold-water therapy.”
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