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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.
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