Of Veronica Grimaldi
According to the Treccani dictionary, a guru is someone who performs the function of a guide. Not just as a spiritual master, but who it also teaches how to live better, harmonizing the needs of the mind with the equally basic needs of the body. Well, the wellness gurus we sought out and found, apart from being beacons in their respective fields, have proven in the field that they deserve the fame and charisma they enjoy. In fact, the excellent results of their treatments on physical and mental health prove it.
We will meet the doctor Adrian Haneymedical director of Clinique La Prairie in Montreux, a longevity guru which implements targeted programs to prevent and slow down aging. His secret to fighting time is called chronobiology and is based on the study of biological rhythms. The doctor Denise Giardini Instead, she specializes in manual lymphatic drainage, a special massage technique practiced at the Ermitage Medical Hotel in Abano Terme, on the first slopes of the Euganean hills. Guru of healthy eating he is the doctor Zach Fricker, a nutritionist at the Bichat Hospital in Paris who has developed a diet capable of making you lose weight without ever running the risk of gaining it back. At the end, guru of the spirit he is the master Acharya Yogi Kailasha, who at the Luce della Cognizance school in Desenzano del Garda (Brescia) teaches how to achieve inner order through the discipline of Sadhana. Four people who can make our lives happier and more enjoyable.
Dr. Adrian Heini, anti-aging guru at Clinique La Praire
Dr. Adrian Heini (pictured right) is its Medical Director Clinique La Prairie in Montreux, on the shores of Lake Geneva, a Swiss clinic, a world leader in longevity, founded in 1931 by Professor Paul Niehans, a pioneer in the development of cell therapy. Longevity definitely means living long, but above all live better. To achieve this goal, Clinique La Prairie created the exclusive Longevity Method, a holistic protocol based on four pillars: medicine, nutrition, wellness and exercise. Following this philosophy, Clinique La Prairie offers state-of-the-art wellness programs that focus on preventative medicine and fight aging and inflammation.
“To fully experience the best holistic approach to longevity, even at home, we have developed Holistic Health, a collection of supplements consists of four health routines: Age-Defy, Balance, Energy and Purity,” says Heini. “Each supplement,” continues the expert, “combines immune system enhancement, stress management, anti-inflammatory action, rejuvenation and cellular longevity, in an exclusive complex of ingredients called the Holistic Complex. Age-Defy, to name a few, is our rejuvenating longevity routine consisting of two bottles containing Immunity and Regeneressence supplements. The first, to be taken in the morning, contains 11 antioxidants and active ingredients that support natural defenses, including powerful astaxanthin. while the second, to be incorporated in the evening, is a powerful combination of 8 essential vitamins and active antioxidants with an innovative ingredient, the fixentinewhich contributes to cellular protection and stimulation”.
The findings from the Clinique La Prairie study represent a turning point and a new direction for a better life. “Aging is a combination of time, inherited genes, environment and lifestyle, all of which have a direct impact on our epigenetic landscape. Highly personalized medical and holistic programs will be the key innovation of the next decade, and in the future specialists are likely to be able to prevent diseases born of genetic predisposition.” This is an ever-evolving field where new solutions are being explored, including brain mapping, neurofeedback-based exercises, nootropic supplements that improve brain cells, and lifestyles that can promote neuroplasticity and speed of learning. Food science is going to develop with high-tech devices able to monitor the body’s nutritional needs and nutrients, which favor the body’s normal processes, will be increasingly important. Diet and gut health are among the factors that most influence the immune system, and highly personalized nutrition, which takes into account the individual’s genome, is another of tomorrow’s most promising trends.
Dr. Denisa Giardini, Expert Manual Lymphatic Drainage Guru at Ermitage Medical Hotel
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Specialist and Medical Consultant atErmitage Medical Hotel in Abano Termethe doctor Denise Giardini (pictured right) is a “student” of Emil Vodder, a Danish biologist and creator in the 1930s of the method of manual lymphatic drainage, a special massage technique. Today, Giardini is a guru in this field: the pressures on the body are very slow, rhythmic, with light intensity and aim to accelerate the lymphatic outflow from the stasis areas to the drainage channelsin order to free the tissue interstitium from accumulated fluids.
The result is immediate well-being and the patient feels a sense of lightness in the affected area. In addition, the appearance and color of the skin is improved, even in the presence of, for example, trophic ulcers, wounds and an acceleration of the healing process is noticeable from the first sessions. Manual lymphatic drainage finds its main field of application in the treatment of lymphedema, primary and secondary, but also in vascular, orthopedic, chronic ENT diseases and some dermatological diseases.
The Ermitage Medical Hotel in Abano Terme is the first Italian medical hotel. Within everyone’s measure and with advantageous prices, this spa facility has agreements with the main European insurance companies and responds in an innovative way to the needs of prevention, rehabilitation and rehabilitation. The applications and benefits are many: prevention and treatment of pain associated with aging jointscorrect lifestyle factors responsible for cardiovascular disease, reduce excess weight by improving muscle strength and aerobic capacity, regain independence after trauma and surgery, or presence of disabling neurological and lymphatic pathologies. Finally, a diagnostic and control service with ultrasound technology and laboratory analysis completes the therapeutic offer of this innovative spa facility.
Dr. Jacques Fricker, nutrition guru at Lily of the Valley
Jacques Fricker (pictured right) is a French nutritionist who works at the Bichat Hospital in Paris and is the author of several books on nutrition. He became known for his “two-speed” diet., which allows you to lose weight in a very short period of time without regaining it. This has been wrongly called a “flash diet”, because in reality the system takes a long time, to say the least if the intention is to maintain the ideal weight achieved, without risking regaining the lost weight. It’s the philosophy applied at the Lily of the Valley Shape Club in Le Croix Valmer, Var, at the foot of the French Alps, where the nutritionist is a guru for hotel guests looking to lose weight and get back in shape.
Fricker developed a two-phase program that has stood the test of time and trends. Called the TGV method, it is based on a balanced, flexible diet and allows you to continue to enjoy the pleasure of eating. In the first high-speed phase, the Fricker diet allows the introduction of foods such as meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and fruits, while bread, starchy foods and sugary foods are prohibited: therefore it is based on the intake of animal proteins. , fiber, vitamins and minerals, essential fatty acids. While the second, moderate speed, brings back foods that are prohibited in the first, such as carbohydrate sources. It should be monitored for at least 8 weeksto stabilize the weight achieved (but in fact it is possible to adopt it for as long as you want, as it is balanced).
If you want to know more you can find in Jacques Fricker’s book Eat better to lose weight (Ed. Techniche Nuove, €14.90) more details. Lily of the Valley offers its guests an elegant and welcoming environment, where you can pursue your weight loss goals with the support of a team of experts. The spa includes two thousand square meters for wellness, weight loss and sports.
Master Achariya Yogi Kailasha, guru and spiritual guide at the Light of Knowledge school
To understand who is really the master Acharya Yogi Kailasha (pictured right), we must delve into his teaching through Sadhana. This term denotes the spiritual work that a person constantly applies every day in his existence, so that difficulties become opportunities to reach Moksha, liberation.
Almost nothing is known about this spiritual master: he has taught at the Luce della Cognizance school in Desenzano del Garda (Brescia) since 2004 and through his achievements and a deep Sadhana (spiritual, physical and contemplative discipline), in constant development and extension, transmits the ancient traditions of yoga and Vedanta. Furthermore, through his vision of the world, human nature, and spiritual and divine designs, guides the researcher to find internal orderdiverting it towards a personal and new perspective of life without neglecting the spiritual part, which exists in everyone and gives this much-desired peace.
In Master Kailasha’s discipline there are also teachings from ancient spiritual traditions, incorporating traditional yoga. These are real, concrete and disturbing, beyond theory, practical means and initiations. In the beginning there is a single spring which divides into a thousand streams, and it is the teacher’s duty and mission to draw from it and impart his knowledge. Inspired by Acharya Yogi Kailasha, the Light of Knowledge Yoga Institute was officially born in 2011 on the shores of Lake Garda. Already known in previous years, thanks to the subversive personality, seriousness and integrity of its founder, remains a point of reference for those who feel the urge to approach yogatoday unknown in its fullness and as to its deepest roots.
(Photo of Dr. Jacques Fricker: novemberstudio.co)
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