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R&R for Stressed Professionals : Does a Discreet German Five-Star Spa Hotel in Traben-Trabach Have the Answer? The Daily Telegraph Reports

By Andis Kaulins

The Daily Telegraph just featured an article by Adriaane Pielou, Ayurvedic spas: Detox is a girl's best friend, reporting about the Parkschloesschen, a discreet five-star spa hotel in Traben-Trarbach, Germany, which offers professionals and executives from around the world "a welcome antidote to a stress-filled life".

Adriaane Pielou writes about why the Parkschloesschen has become such a unique place for people from around the world to go to, in order to genuinely improve their health and/or to sensibly counter long ingrained lifestyle habits. Here is an excerpt from her article:

"The Parkschloesschen was set up 15 years ago by a wealthy German businessman who was inspired after visiting a small, very basic Ayurvedic hotel in Germany launched by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (which has since closed). In charge now is the businessman?s wife, Brigitte Preuss ? a slim, energetic, glamorous 48-year-old with long blonde hair. ?My husband used to smoke a lot, he ate the wrong things ? he really needed to detox, and when he did panchakarma at that little hotel he was so blown away by the results he came home and said: 'I want to set up a place like that, but I?m going to do it really well.??

When Mr and Mrs Preuss found the Art Nouveau building ? previously a spa owned by a German conglomerate for the use of its employees, and before that a bathhouse built in the 19th century near a thermal spring ? it was very run-down. Since it?s an Ayurvedic principle that your surroundings exert a big influence over your health, they renovated it using only natural materials ? slate, marble, wood, silk and wool. The thermal-water pool, saunas, fitness rooms and therapy wing were added in 2002.

?It is never going to make any money,? says Brigitte. ?It?s more a sort of hobby, because we believe so passionately in the power of Ayurveda. But we get busier each year. So many people want to detox, yet there are so few places where one can do it seriously. It is very rewarding for us to see the difference in how people look when they arrive and leave, and to see how Ayurveda is gradually becoming better known in the West. Our 24-year-old daughter has already told us she wants to take it over one day.?"

Full post as published by LawPundit on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).