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WINVIAN’S 3-NIGHT HEALING PROGRAM

July 20, 2008 on 8:08 am | In Cabinweb, East Coast, Labrador, New Brunswick, New England, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Spa Resorts, Toronto |

BEGINS AUG. 22 LITCHFIELD HILLS, CT,

Connecticut’s Winvian will host its first Journey to Renewal, a three-night wellness and spa retreat, Aug. 22-25.

The program begins with yoga and meditation on arrival night followed by two intensive days of restorative activities and pre-check-out yoga before Monday morning departure. Additional Journey to Renewal programs will take place in 2009 in late May and again in late August.

The rates start at $6,250 for three nights, including private cottage accommodations for two, all retreat activities, three meals daily, afternoon tea, all cocktails and spirits and in-cottage wet bars. Tax, service charges, wine and spa treatments are additional. Leading the three-day wellness journey will be Kristina Berano, BS, RYT, a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and member of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Association as well as the Yoga Alliance. Kristina blends her Kripalu training with her background in Kundalini Maha Yoga.

She is a devoted disciple of Shri Anandi Ma, the spiritual leader of the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga. She received Shaktipat Initiation in July 2003 from her beloved Guru and has continued her trainings in this lineage. In her sessions she incorporates meditation, Pranayama techniques, overall lifestyle integration, the science of Sanskrit, as well as the ancient science of Vajra Panjar.

The daily early morning and afternoon activities will include yoga, walking meditations, and workshops focused on mind, body and spirit. “We’ve designed this weekend to be as physically and spiritually intensive as possible so that in just a few days our guests can truly feel they’ve left day-to-day concerns behind,” says Heather Smith, managing director of Winvian. Berano says that her work on behalf of guests is assisted by the resort’s setting in one of the most beautiful and pristine areas of New England, Litchfield Hills, as well as the privacy guests enjoy in individual cottage accommodations set amidst 113 acres of nature.

Between arranged activities guests will also have access to Winvian’s 5,000 square-foot spa highlighting two of the UKs most sought after specialists. Eve Lom is commissioned to lavish care on longing-to-be-loveliest faces. REN is assigned to pamper the body. Their respective UK-trained clinicians will receive guests in six treatment rooms including the Forty Winks Suite with a circular wood burning fireplace and another suite with an Ayoura Chromotherapy tub for multiple therapies, both ideal for couples.

While the senses are pampered through the retreat activities, on-premise Chef Chris Eddy, who trained under Alain Ducasse and Daniel Boulud, will embellish the overall experience with cuisine themed to mindful living. Standard nightly rates at Winvian are from $1,450 per night and include all meals (full breakfast, lunch, picnics, snacks, afternoon tea, dinner, after dinner petit-fours, in-cottage wet bars and carte blanche at all of the property’s 24-hour bars). Also included is a selection of on-site activities.

A 13% gratuity and 9% CT State tax will be added per night to the room rate. The entire property can be taken over for large destination gatherings (think over-the-top weddings and family reunions!) and rates are available upon request.

For additional information on Journey to Renewal or Winvian, please call (860) 567-9600 or visit www.winvian.com