Oetker Collection’s Caribbean private island resort, Jumby Bay Island, Antigua has announced its first Wellness Retreat. “A Journey Through the Senses” will be offered in collaboration with Paper & Diamond from March 26 to 31, 2022; it will be an immersive five-night/four-day wellness retreat that will aim to equip participants with the tools to live a healthier, balanced and optimized life.
Throughout the duration of “A Journey Through the Senses,” the Paper & Diamond wellness team will guide guests through a custom itinerary featuring daily culinary workshops, meditation, movement, mindfulness, breathwork and more. Emphasis is placed on an Ayurvedic approach to the five pillars of health, including sleep and rest, breathing, nutrition, movement and thought, all while activating the senses for a full sensory immersion. Beyond this initial framework, the Paper & Diamond team can also build individual wellness programs around particular challenges and personal agendas of retreat guests, allowing them to understand and empower their own healing across emotional, nutritional and spiritual realms.
Paper & Diamond wellness retreats are designed to awaken mind, body and soul, guided by an expert team of health and wellness practitioners, holistic nutritionists, health coaches and more. Each retreat is enhanced by a curated selection of sponsoring brands across apparel, beauty, travel, wellness and more, with whom Paper & Diamond has exclusive agreements. Jumby Bay Island’s “A Journey Through the Senses” will be led by Australian native and Health and Wellness Expert Claire Grieve, alongside certified Health Coach and Chef Neda Varbanova.
A sample day during the “A Journey Through the Senses” retreat will incorporate:
- New Moon Meditation: As the New Moon rises, Grieve will lead a New Moon Meditation Ceremony and Crystal Alchemy Sound Bath, for guests to define their goals for the retreat, relax deeply and recharge from day one.
- Chakra Invitational: Utilizing the Hatha practice of breathwork, this opens the body’s chakras, the seven energy centers, to create balance.
- Self-Care with Claire: A restorative spa session including a full body volcanic ash and clay mask, followed by a CBD Epsom salt and botanical oil soak, and a guided journal session with Grieve follows.
- Hacking Your Microbiome: Claire and Neda will provide insight into the complications that can arise when gut health is out of balance and offer tangible ways to improve microbiome health that can affect mood and mental health, energy levels, sensitivity to particular foods, autoimmune symptoms and more.
- Feeling vs. Seeing: Aiming to immerse participants into a full sensorial experience, guests will practice a sequence of floor yoga and stretch poses while blindfolded, relying on Claire’s instruction to learn to think via feeling rather than seeing.
- Integrative CBD Cooking Instructional: In a live demonstration sponsored by brand partner RESET BIOSCIENCE CBD, Neda and Claire will showcase creative ways to integrate CBD tinctures into recipes, while further teaching about its health benefits, dosage recommendations and other essential take-home tips.
- Dinner at The Farm: As the sun sets, visitors will savor local island flavors at dinner on Jumby Bay’s farm. Working with local farmers, The Farm presents seasonal culinary workshops and an ever-changing menu.
- Moonlight Sound Bath & Catamaran Cruise Intention Ceremony: To conclude what will be a deeply curative day, a Moonlight Sound Bath will take place on the beach, followed by an Intention Ceremony aboard the resort’s private catamaran. Based on ancient healing techniques, vibrations of sound work at a cellular level to recalibrate the mind, body and spirit. These healing frequencies stimulate alpha and theta brainwave frequencies, balance the hemispheres of the brain, and promote a sense of inner peace.
In addition to the full itinerary, the Paper & Diamond wellness team will be breaking out into private sessions with guests. These will include reiki crystal sound healing, individual nutrition coaching, stretch and mobility sessions, mindful mixology workshops and kundalini yoga.
Jumby Bay Island is located just two miles off mainland Antigua. Ringed with coral reefs and reachable only by boat with no cars in sight, the isle comprises three white-powdered beaches and countless winding bicycle paths. Retreat guests will have the option to stay in one of 28 recently refurbished suites or one of 35 Villas and Private Residences. All accommodations are designed in a tropical residential style, in a color palette of turquoise Caribbean blues and vibrant coral reefs. Private Residences offer additional amenities such as infinity pools, tennis courts, gyms, yoga pavilions and even private beaches, and come equipped with dedicated staff, butler and chef.
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