Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru Introduces Yoga Therapy Courses

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May 19, 2019

Are sedentary desk jobs yet fast-paced lifestyles keeping physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing out of balance? Are the world’s marvellous technological advances actually hindering health? Are excess and addiction becoming coping strategies?

Under the leadership of Ayurvedic guru Dr. Shylesh Subramanya, The Spa & Ayurvedic Retreat at Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru – the first to introduce AntiGravity yoga, a Yoga Energy Trail, and Panchakarma to the Maldives – is the world’s first Resort to offer Yoga Therapy Courses: personalised condition-targeting programs devised in conjunction with S-VYASA, the world’s first "university for yoga" and pioneer of yoga therapy through scientific research.

“If guided by a medical doctor, most people wouldn’t hesitate to take prescription medicine for a personal condition,” explains Dr. Shylesh. "That’s exactly how we invite our guests to view the new scientifically-backed courses: personally prescribed movements and breathing to be ’taken’ daily for long-lasting improvements.”

From its new Yoga Therapy Centre – in the pulsing jungle heart of Landaa’s Spa & Ayurvedic Retreat – each Yoga Therapy Course is open to all ages and conditions.

Each three or five day program begins and ends with consultations – including comprehensive questionnaires – to help align each course to individual needs and lifestyle. Daily 60-minute sessions then teach bespoke breathing techniques and postures designed for each ailment, aim, injury or intention.

“Yoga isn’t restrictive – it is a healing tool to help you subtly adjust the way you do things to better serve you,” continues Dr. Shylesh. “Healthy changes aren’t going to stick if they don’t integrate with your lifestyle or serve a real purpose. And that’s our goal – to make sure individuals leave equipped with all the knowledge they need to be the masters of their own wellbeing.”

Starting modules target specific common ailments and lifestyle diseases – Stress Management, Diabetes Care, Spinal Care, Thyroid Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Addiction Management – across Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

Guests are invited to consult with the Resort’s Yogis to tailor a program to suit other symptoms too, as well as any combination of the above. Follow-up care and support come in the form of personal video conference sessions, as well as on-site access to complementary Spa & Ayurvedic Retreat treatments, classes and cuisines.

“Yoga can be life-changing,” concludes Dr Shylesh. “Our goal with these programs is to share this life-changing gift with others.”

Four Seasons Resort Maldives

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa is part of Four Seasons collection of properties in the Maldives which also includes the overnight vessel Four Seasons Explorer and Four Seasons Private Island Maldives Voavah at Baa Atoll.

The Resort will play host to the world’s most luxurious surfing event in August 2018: Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy. The Resort was also ranked among the top Resort Hotels in Asia.

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru, perfectly combining an idyllic island atmosphere with innovation and conservation, is located on a 44-acre atoll within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The resort was the first to launch personal submarine excursions using the DeepFlight Super Falcon 3S that can take two guests on a sub-aquatic dive to explore the coral reefs and other marine species of the beautiful Maldives. The Resort was also ranked in among the top Resort Hotels in Asia.

Along with Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, Four Seasons ranked three additional times on Travel + Leisure’s list of Top 100 Hotels in the World; with Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, Thailand, and Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam, making the top list. Four Seasons also ranked as one of the top 20 hotel brands in the world, along with 30 additional rankings in regional categories. For more information about Four Seasons Resorts Maldives, please visit fourseasons.com/maldives.

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