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December_Pulse12 11/14/12 4:18 PM Page 35 NEED TO NOURISH YOUR MIND? Visit digital Pulse on experienceispa.com to view a video of Deborah Szekely’s keynote speech at the General Session. @deborahjh Found the passion I feared lost @avedainstituteflorida while at the @ispa in Kissimmee, FL. Thanks #deborahszekely & LouisSchwartzberg. Meeting of the Mind. Aptly opening the first-ever Mind, Body & Spirit Session at this year’s Conference, Rancho La Puerta founder and the “godmother of spa” Deborah Szekely talked on the importance of nourishing the mind. “Every one of us need to find [one’s] own method of bringing intentional silence to one’s mind. You need to set a time when the mind is open and change can find a home in it,” she said. Sound Body. Feed the Spirit. “Beauty is nature’s “Think about and love your kinetic chain,” advised Dr. Jordan Metzl during his keynote speech on how to build a sound body. While he emphasized the idea that “exercise is medicine,” he challenged the spa industry to continue to spread the message of “healthy mind in a healthy body” to the general public. tool for survival because we protect what we fall in love with,” said filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg whose talk and video on nature and gratitude resonated to the heart of Conference attendees. @LouieFilms Was honored to be a keynote speaker at 2012 Int. Spa Convention. Met some great people. December 2012 ■ PULSE 35