I tried a spa program that invites you to leave the grip and rely on the flow

It normally happens to return from a stay in spa Feeling more relaxed, also thanks to the feast of massages, sweet to do nothing in heated pools and detox breaks in the sauna. It happens less often to return home from a Weekend in Wellness Hotel feeling he has a real with him tool kit to manage stress and emotions of anxiety and fear Whenever they get to the door (and, willingly and nolent, they will busse). This is the feeling that accompanied me to return from Lefay Resort & Spa Lago di Gardawhere I tried the new package Let it be (launched in early spring). Beyond the relaxing effect guaranteed by Location immersed in naturewith a side dish of trees, hills and blue lake on the horizon, the experience that I lived during the Three days of overnight stay (minimum duration of the program) they left me a precious lesson: Stopping to fight always and in any case is the key to letting life flow and things will come by itselfin a natural and continuous flow to rely on. But let’s take a step back: I’ll tell you in detail what the program consists of Let it be. And why I recommend giving it (perhaps together with a special person, to enjoy together of his benefits and treasures).

Day one: away the superfluous, time to slow down and observe

Just arrived in the structure (happily isolated on top of one hill overlooking Lake Garda), i perfumes of spring nature They gave me the first welcome, immediately slowing down my breath. Then it was the turn of officially start the path “Let it be,” not before having received one Brief theoretical introduction about it. I discovered that this program, conceived by drawing on Lessons of Chinese classical medicinehe was developed to help melt The blocks that arise from our continuous fight and want to dominate life, without reflecting on the importance of remain to observefollowing the flow, relying on it. Keep things, concepts, people close and keep us in constant state of control does not create space in us, but on the contrary weighs us down and trapped, preventing us from living new events and embracing the possibilities of existence. These the concepts-cardine of the program, which opens with one Body scrub with bran and olive oil Which, I will discover firsthand, is much more than a simple exfoliation. The energy action of the brushing along the meridians allows vital energy to flow fluid through the body and immediately after treatment I have the feeling that Many burdens have been kindly shake off my doss. And we are only in the very first step of the program. I go back to the room perceiving one certain lightnesswhile I find myself spontaneously to reflect on the idea of ​​abandoning myself to the flow and leave control. Dinner at Gourmet Restaurant Gramenwith tasting menu based on seasonal fish and vegetables, satisfy the palate and is a new invitation to enjoy slow rhythmsbrought after course. The night is the most peaceful: I sleep like a baby.

Day two: conscious breath and the advice of the angel-guida

After one Breakfast with lake view of those who put the world, it’s time to try the experience Here is my breath. Led by the therapist, I find myself in the terraced garden surrounding the hotel, between aromatic plants and olive treeslearning what it means breathe consciously and deeply. Nothing taken for granted, indeed. As many of you will already know, often and willingly what we do is live in a constant state of apneabreathing quickly and in trouble. Conscious breathing, to be considered a real practice anti-anxiety and anti-stressprovides for Actively focusing on the breathfirst what starts from the abdomen and then the one that reaches the thoracic case from the abdomen. To breathe consciously it is necessary dedicate the right attention to this activityslowing down the rhythm and letting Every inhale-Exhale “cleans” the mind from debilitating thoughts. During the morning I have the possibility of enjoy the cake do nothing Between heated swimming pool, detox sauna and Turkish bath. Everything seems to compete to Release of negativity and now I realize that I am more serene and, no small aspect of see some areas of my life from a new perspective. As if everything I have learned so far “worked” inside me. Everything is amplified during the Signature Treatment of the Program, The flight of the angel. A Total body massage slow and enveloping during which, instead of traditional relaxation music, you can listen to a recorded voice narrating The story of an angel and his flight between heaven and sea. All this, of course, is The metaphor of a self -exploration path: phrase after phrase, the history of the angel resonates inside, strengthening with his echo i values ​​of trust, abandonment, connection with life and with nature. The muscles soften, but once again it is at the level of mind and heart that I perceive the knots melting. I go to dinner with a sense of gratitude and later, when I’m under the duvet, I breathe for a few minutes by activating abdomen and chest as I was taught. Who knows if I will dream of an angel who plans on the sea.

Credit @Andrea Iemma

Third day: Herbs collection, hands in pasta and total abandonment in water

The third day opens with Terso sky and hot sunafter days of rain and wind. The ideal weather conditions for fully enjoying the activity expected after breakfast, i.e. The collection of spontaneous and edible herbs in the resort garden. I learn to recognize the lanceolate and the sage of the meadows and, led by the expert, I delight in this bucolic pastimewith birds background in concert. The same spontaneous herbs become the Gnocchi of potato gnocchi that I will cook personally in the cuisine of the Gramen restaurant. Here, lo Chef Campano Mariano Melluso guides me to the preparation of a first course that falls fully in the category comfort foodbut above all brings me back to me once again to the here and nowwith the complicity of thedough which, slowly, takes shape under the hands. The last activity expected to return to one fetal dimension and rhymes with total abandonment: a shiatsu session in water and not any water. Everything takes place in the Salino lake, a swimming -effect swimming pool, where hot water and hyper salted Create a floating-coccola effect without any effort.

Credit @Andrea Iemma

So what do I bring me to the house of this program?

Among the tools of that famous Tools kit I was talking about at the beginning and that I take me home From this experience Wellness is primarily the awareness that true well -being It is not born only from taking a break, but fromLearn to be with what is thereeven when it is uncomfortable, even when it creates discomfort or makes painful sensations resurface. Fromlearn to observe without judgment and, before biting the brake immediately and getting back in the fighter position, breathe deeply, grasp the meaning of what is happening, Cultivating a more confident vision (which – attention – does not mean passive). Let it be does not promise extemporaneous escapes from realitybut offers concrete tools to face it with more lucidity and less resistance. It is an invitation to defuse the automatism of controlto cultivate presence, listening and trust. And if today I feel even in a small part different, it is why I know I can call those practices every time it will serve: not to escape, but to stay, with more roots and less resistance.