Health and wellness program BALANCE FOR LIFE
Reklama's guest is Yulia Leshchinskaya, well-known to many, the owner of the successful sanatorium and health resort "Ostrov Zdorovya", located in Florida. Today Yulia talks about a new partner project - an elite sanatorium with a comprehensive health program Health-Wellness Retreat BALANCE FOR LIFE.
Tell us about your partner in this project
I am implementing this project in collaboration with a very famous person in the field of wellness, his name is Harold Lebovic. The first retreat he created started working 35 years ago. BALANCE FOR LIFE is his third wellness project, which he opened in 2018. I recently joined this retreat.
Please tell us about yourself.
I am a health and wellness coach, a certified naturopathic nutritionist, that is, a specialist who provides clients with knowledge about the food they eat, vitamins and microelements, and creates diets depending on their health condition and request. I have always been interested in medicine and various methods of healing, I had a pharmacy in Chicago for 17 years, and then I opened a sanatorium and health resort "Health Island" in Florida. And now, in partnership with Harold, I am participating in the BALANCE FOR LIFE retreat
What is the essence of the wellness program offered by BALANCE FOR LIFE?
Let's start with the fact that Health&Wellness Retreat BALANCE FOR LIFE is located in a magnificent five-star hotel - Wyndham Hotel & Beach Resort, right on the ocean shore in Deerfield Beach Florida. So the sun, the ocean, the sea air are our first assistants in recovery. The program is designed for 7 days and 10 days.
One of the main differences is the plant-based diet. 100% whole plant food with no added salt, oil or sugar. If necessary, we can add fish to the diet, but basically it is plant base food. And it is very tasty, plentiful and beautiful. Dr. Frank Sabatino, the wellness director of our retreat, who developed the complex plant-based diet, is one of the world experts in this field. In addition, under his guidance, you can go through a water fasting program. It is in demand among people who have undergone cancer treatment, water purification is an excellent means of detoxification after chemotherapy, and not only.
What other methods and approaches to cleansing the body do you use?
I am implementing in BALANCE FOR LIFE a method that was developed by professor and lymphologist Olga Butakova. Her endoecological program is used in many sanatoriums around the world. It is aimed at cleansing the body at the cellular level, because the cause of many chronic diseases is slagging of the body. So through detox we try to understand the origins of the problem and improve the body, and not just relieve symptoms. One of our innovations is that each patient receives a jug of cleansing green cocktail (asparagus, parsley, spinach, cucumbers, etc.) per day, and an oxygen cocktail with vegetarian protein for breakfast.
What do you offer besides healthy eating?
Guests can attend a variety of fitness classes, stress management programs using Tai Chi. Therapeutic classes in water aerobics and yoga classes - daily, 45 minutes each class. Morning jogging along the ocean shore. You can also attend various lectures and seminars teaching a healthy lifestyle, so that when you come home, you can continue to improve your body.
Many people are interested in procedures, especially
us - people from the Soviet Union, who know what Karlovy Vary is and so on, what spa treatment is...
Yes, each of our patients receives at least four wellness treatments per day. The set of treatments is individual for each patient, depending on the problem. Lymphatic drainage, acupuncture, infrared wrapping, different types of massage – classic, cupping, visceral, reflex, hot stone. We offer ion detox – this is liver and kidney cleansing, especially good for diabetics. We do electromagnetic therapy – it improves microcirculation and helps those who have numbness in the limbs or problems with joints. There is a procedure of wrapping with jade – a healing stone that removes inflammation. For weight loss, we use wrapping with collagen. Mud, ultrasound wrapping. But I repeat – everything is selected individually.
Do the procedures take place right at the hotel?
Basic procedures - yes, we have a special room in the hotel. Some procedures we do in the medical center, which is located six minutes away, we provide transportation.
How does the healing process begin in your retreat?
When our guests arrive, the first thing we do is collect anamnesis, look at the blood tests they brought, and also conduct computer magnetic resonance diagnostics. Diagnostics shows the level of work of all systems, the degree of intoxication of the body, kidneys, liver, how the excretory systems work. Are there parasites in the body, Candida fungi, heavy metals, and so on. And already on the basis of this we decide which procedures will be useful and which are contraindicated.
Let's clarify - what problems do you help with?
Diabetes, insomnia, depression, constipation, problems with excess weight, allergies, joint pain, liver disease, gastrointestinal tract and much more. People who just want to improve their health for prevention also come to us.
Sounds tempting. And the ocean, and a five-star hotel, and an extensive health program...
I would like to add that for those who find this retreat a bit pricey, we offer the option of staying in a three-star hotel five minutes from the ocean. You will get almost all the same services, but for less money. So there are different options. Oh, and I haven't mentioned that we meet you at the airport and organize excursions.
Trust us with your health and rest - and you will not regret it!
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