Archive for May, 2010

Watsu at the Golden Door Spa at The Boulders

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Watsu floating water massage, is based on the principles of Zen Shiatsu.  The warm water of the Golden Door’s Watsu pool, is the ideal medium for the gentle stretches and point work of Watsu.  The support of the water takes weight off the vertebrae and allows the spine to be moved in healing ways impossible on land. 

What happens during a Watsu session?  A Watsu massage is based on the therapeutic principles of warm water and Shiatsu massage by incorporating gentle twists, stretches and pressure point work into the massage.  The person receiving Watsu is stretched and floated in the water while the therapist uses the weight of the guest’s body to perform Shiatsu pressure point work.  The continual support that warm water can provide is ideal for allowing the spine to become free.  The water makes vertebrae weightless and allows the muscles to completely relax.  The combination of water resistance, buoyancy and a weightless environment make a Watsu massage a truly multi-dimensional experience. 

The benefits of Watsu include:

  • Deep relaxation
  • Strengthening of muscles and increased flexibility
  • Increase blood circulation and decreased muscle spasms
  • Pain control

 Watsu will benefit those guests with:

  • Fibromyalgia and Arthritis
  • Neurological disorders and orthopedic dysfunctions
  • Chronic and general aches and pains
  • Sleep disorders and stress related challenges

 After you step into the warm Watsu pool (about 98 degrees, body temperature) your therapist will give you a few simple instructions.  With your eyes closed and your ears submerged (ear plugs provided), you will be floated in blissful silence.  Throughout the session, the therapist will connect with your breath, being sensitive to your individual rhythm and response.  You will experience stretches and deep point work.  All of these movements will blend into one, deep, healing dance of relaxation!

 The results of a Watsu session … Watsu brings relaxation to the body, mind and spirit.  Guests can experience heightened awareness even when reduced oxygen requirements in the weightless water environment help calm respiration and achieve great relaxation.  Watsu involves both letting go and a new awareness of what is means to be relaxed!  Just let go and enjoy the ride!

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Glee Club to Perform at el Pedregal at The Boulders

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The world-renowned University of Pennsylvania Glee Club, known for their unique blend of musical excellence and theatrical showmanship, is bringing its legendary song and dance to el Pedregal at The Boulders on Saturday, May 22, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  The all-male musical group performs an expansive and diverse repertoire, ranging from old traditional songs to contemporary pop music, from American spirituals to German drinking songs, opera choruses and Broadway show tunes.

 The Penn Glee Club is a choral group of men that has been around for 148 years, the original Glee club beginning as early as 1862. This group has performed all over the world wowing audiences in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica, among others!

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Chakra Balancing at the Golden Door Spa at The Boulders Resort

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Have you ever wondered what chakras are and how they relate to our health and well-being?  Here is a brief overview of chakras:

The chakra system is an energy system we can use for personal growth.  Ayurvedic tradition recognizes seven main chakras, which are junctions between consciousness (the mind) and matter (the body) and which link the various aspects of what makes us human: our physical, energetic, emotional, mental, social and spiritual selves.  When we focus on the chakras, we can connect to these aspects and move toward balance, health and well-being.

The chakra system is located in the core of our being, in a channel that encompasses the spin and includes the tailbone to the crown of the head, as well as the nerve bundles associated with each individual chakra.  When working with the chakras, think of health as being on a continuum.  Depending on your diet, exercise, stress levels, emotional states, and many other factors, you are either mvoing toward greater health or away from it.  it is similar with chakras.  Close or imbalanced qualities of the chakras are on one end of a health continuum and open or balanced qualities are on the other end.  Depending on your lifestyle, you are either moving toward greater awareness and balance within the chakras or away from it.

Each chakra relates to a different aspect of life and by focusing on that chakra you can become more aware of those issues in yourself and then work with them to achieve greater health and happiness.  The seven chakras and corresponding meditative works are:

  1. base of the spine – grounding
  2. lower abdomen – nourishment
  3. solar plexus – intention
  4. center of the chest – harmony
  5. throat or base of the neck – expression
  6. between the eyebrows – insight
  7. top or crown of the head – wisdom

Of course the Golden Door Spa at The Boulders offers chakra balancing.  Learn more about the Golden Door Spa at www.TheBoulders.com or call 480-595-3500 to schedule your Chakra Balancing session.

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Arizona Highways TV at The Boulders Resort

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Arizona Highways Television Host Robin Sewell, and her film crew, was at The Boulders Resort on May 5 to tape an upcoming show that will air in June. This show will feature our Chef Wiener cooking a recipe that includes items from our organic garden.  Also featured are our Managing Director and Director of Golf. 

The recipe that will be featuring during the show,  by Chef Wiener, is Herb Encrusted Loin of lamb, Maui Onion Puree, Spring Carrots and Parsnips, Pinot Noir Reduction. Chef Wiener began by picking items from the Organic Garden that included Maui onions, carrots, blueberries and fresh herbs.  The lamb is seared with a little olive oil and then baked for a few minutes until perfect mid-rare.  A sauce is made of blueberries, red wine, Maui onions and fresh rosemary. This sauce is reduced.   

The maui onions are blanched in boiling water and then pureed to make a second sauce.  The vegetables are also blanched and then cooked in olive oil with a pinch of fresh chopped herbs until tender. When the lamb is finished baking, it is plated accompanied by both sauces.  The tender vegetables are added. After the meat rests, the lamb is cut into three beautiful slices.

From start to finish the taping of the segment for Arizona Highways Television may have been about 5-8 minutes.   They only had to do one retake, right in the beginning. There were a few times that they stopped filming to adjust the cameras or get still shots. The lights were bright and a little warm.

Overall the day was a huge success, and the crew loved the food. Many of them stayed after and asked Chef Wiener food questions and tips on how to cook.

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