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Are you looking to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life? Then a West Indian holiday at BodyHoliday’s Oasis Villas is the perfect destination for you! With its luxurious setting and amenities, Oasis Villas are amongst the best villas you can find in the Caribbean. The villas are designed to provide maximum relaxation and… Continue reading What makes BodyHoliday’s Oasis Villas so Special

We’re sure that you’ve planned a healthy lifestyle of going to the gym and giving up bad habits but unfortunately, committing to this is difficult. Let us talk about how an early visit to BodyHoliday Saint Lucia can help you achieve these goals. The idea of dining with us is to indulge in delicious cuisine… Continue reading How BodyHoliday makes your Wellness Resolution easy

Saint Lucians are rightly excited by the return after three years of its annual Jazz and Arts Festival. In previous years many global music icons have graced the Pigeon Island stage. Performers have included George Benson, Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men, Ciara, En Vogue, Herbie Hancock, and Lauryn Hill, India. Arie, The Isley Brothers,… Continue reading Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival 2023

If you’re the one running around buying and wrapping presents as well as preparing dinner, it can get super exhausting over the holidays. It’s more important than ever during this time of year to ensure that you take time to relax, reflect and rejuvenate in preparation for the year ahead – and what better way… Continue reading Four Benefits of Spending Christmas at BodyHoliday St. Lucia

On Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 BodyHoliday & StolenTime by Rendezvous embarked on another initiative that fell in line with their Corporate Social Responsibility vision:    To change situations, the community and the environment of people through authentic, purposeful, resource-filled interventions. For many teenagers on the island especially those in the fifth form, the thought of… Continue reading BodyHoliday & StolenTime by Rendezvous Contributed to Entrepot Secondary School in Saint Lucia

Breast Cancer Awareness Initiatives by BodyHoliday and StolenTime by Rendezvous   As part of our ongoing initiatives in support of Breast Cancer Awareness in Saint Lucia, we invited a representative from the Ministry of Health and a registered nurse from the Victoria Hospital to host a seminar about importance of self-testing and diagnosing. None was left out.… Continue reading Breast Cancer Awareness

Passionfruit and Turmeric Dressing with our Wellness Chef Juliana Join Juliana as she puts together one of our signature, immune-boosting dressings in our beautiful ITAL kitchen. Both quick and easy to make, try it yourself in your own kitchen. You will need: 1 large passionfruit 1/4tsp turmeric powder himalayan salt, crushed black pepper, freshly ground… Continue reading Passionfruit and Turmeric Dressing with our Wellness Chef Juliana

We are proud to announce BodyHoliday was featured in the Telegraph with a full-page review after the wonderful Kathy Lette visited us to experience our unparalleled wellness holiday. See what she had to say here.

What makes BodyHoliday so unique?   Since BodyHoliday St Lucia opened in 1988 we have developed a reputation as the leading wellness resort. We introduced a pioneering concept to the hotel and spa industry at a time were hotel spas were limited in their facilities and benefits to guests, and we are famed for our unique approach to health, fitness and wellbeing. Situated… Continue reading What makes BodyHoliday so unique?

The Power of Stretching – Combatting Poor Posture When Working at Home  For many of us, Covid-19 has meant working from home and creating a new ‘office space’ within the house. This could mean your dining room table and chairs now double as a desk space and that your posture is dealing with the impact of this.   Most of… Continue reading The Power of Stretching – Combatting Poor Posture

A Zesty Refreshment for a Summer’s Evening    As lockdown continues and summer is getting into full swing, we wanted to continue our series of recipes with a refreshing zesty spritz that is sure to add a refreshing moment to a warm sunny evening and create a spot of indulgence within your balanced lifestyle.  The… Continue reading BodyHoliday’s St Lucian Spritz

How gratitude journaling can help boost your mood and create a positive mindset  We can dream of the places we’d rather be, look back on fond memories and long for the people that we miss and aren’t able to see right now, but what if we paused and thought of all the things we can do?  … Continue reading The Benefits of Gratitude Journaling

Looking to add some flavour and spice to dinner? This week, Executive Chef Alan shows us his take on a healthy chicken curry that is sure to impress!  Whilst the current pandemic has brought out the head chef in many a home cook, the weeks in isolation may mean motivation in the kitchen is beginning to wane and ordering a takeaway might seem the easiest way to get a hit of flavour.  However, with this easy recipe, Executive Chef Alan shows us how to… Continue reading Healthy Chicken Curry Recipe

Craving something sweet? BodyHoliday’s Executive Pastry Chef, Julian Broome, has just the recipe to top up your five a day whilst sating that sweet tooth.   Whilst the majority of us may require routine in our lives to keep us grounded and to help us think clearly, it has never been more apparent that doing the same thing in the same place, day-in day-out, can prove mentally taxing after a time. It therefore comes as no great surprise,… Continue reading Plum Dessert Recipe

Incorporate the ancient holistic art of Ayurveda into your daily routine to create balance and harmony   During self-isolation, with our immediate future shrouded in uncertainty, few of us may have given much thought to the idea of achieving inner balance.   Indeed, cultivating the ability to cope with the current difficulties is as admirable as it is essential. However, by incorporating just a few elements… Continue reading Incorporate Ayurveda into your daily routine to create balance and harmony

A Trip Down Memory Lane – How Looking Back at Your Memories From BodyHoliday Can Improve Your Wellbeing  Gone are the days of the post-holiday photo display to friends and family, instead replaced by instant social media posts and live stories that share your moments as they happen. Now that the most ‘travel’ we are doing is… Continue reading A Trip Down Memory Lane

Cook up a healthy ‘Singapore Noodle’ style “steam-fry” this lunch time, courtesy of BodyHoliday’s Executive Chef, Alan Wichert.  With our usual midday haunts remaining closed for the foreseeable future, now is the time to get more creative with your lunchtimes and try your hand at something you’ve never made before. This week, BodyHoliday’s Executive Chef Alan tell us how to make ‘Singapore Noodles’, a take-away staple, with a nutritional twist to help keep us nourished… Continue reading Immune Boosting Singapore Noodles with Chef Alan

Monday motivation: Top tips to help you wind down before bed   Sleep is a sought-after commodity at the best of times. With an industry worth billions of dollars, a plethora of new sleep-improving products constantly being conceptualised and a population soaking up reams of information on the subject, it is an innate bodily function most of us are always seeking to enhance.  Here are our top tips for a better… Continue reading Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep

Find calm amongst the chaos, through meditation with BodyHoliday’s Tendel   Meditation is a booming movement in today’s popular culture. Once considered a concept reserved exclusively for hardcore yogis, the practice has, in recent times, amassed an impressive and varied following, resonating with everyone from highflying city types to country-loving retirees.     Here, one of BodyHoliday’s master practitioners, Tendel Zangpo, talks us through how meditation can help us to unwind and forget our daily worries and troubles.  The art of meditation is almost as old as… Continue reading 10 Minute Guided Meditation with Master Practitioner Tendel

Boost your immune system and lower your stress with Dr Maha’s Breathing Exercises   Of course it’s impossible to ignore the importance of breathing when it comes to our immediate physicality, but we are not always aware of how the way we breathe can have a long-term effect on our vital organs, internal processes and immune system, as well as our… Continue reading Lower your stress with Dr Maha’s Breathing Exercises

As we are all spending much more time at home, now is the perfect opportunity to focus on nutrition – making sure we’re adjusting our diets to fit our new ‘normal’, while incorporating ingredients that help boost, not only our immune system, but also our mood.  Alan Wichert, Executive Chef at BodyHoliday, offers his top tips on maintaining a… Continue reading Maintain a healthy, balanced and immune boosting diet during isolation with Chef Alan.

So we looked at the nutritional awesomeness of snacking on nuts, but it doesn’t stop there, oh no as variety is the spice of life mix your snacks up a little to really see the rewards of eating regularly. When a snack attack occurs, look to include fresh or frozen berries for a super satisfying,… Continue reading Very Berry Smacking !

If you’re anything like me you might just throw in a teaspoon of whatever spices you have knocking about in the cupboard to your dish in the hope that it will add some flavor. Well the brownie points go to us, that little sprinkle, all be it a last minute thought, can actually boost the… Continue reading Time to get spicy

Not your everyday sauna. The use of saunas date back to ancient times where different cultures around the world used it for detoxification purposes. As an inclusive part of your BodyHoliday, we offer you twenty-minute sessions of Far Infrared Detox therapy. If you are asking yourself what makes this treatment so beneficial, apart from being… Continue reading Far infrared detox therapy