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Chiva-som International Health Resort Thailand
AN UPBEAT BUZZ AT CHIVA-SOM
Thailand
Chiva-Som was built in 1995 by the late Boonchu Rojanastien, a former Thai deputy prime minister and the man credited with kick-starting Southeast Asia’s booming spa industry. It is, without a doubt, Thailand’s most famous spa. Even people who have never stepped foot inside know about its rules and quirks. They gasp and shake their heads when you tell them you’re going to stay there. Chiva-Som is, after all, not everybody’s cup of tea. But those who do check in usually find their way back-60 percent of guests are repeat clients, most staying for a week or more.
With six staff per guest room, more than 150 spa treatments to choose from, an exhaustive daily programme (aqua aerobics, Bosu yoga, cardio kick, Pilates and so on) and a constant string of visiting psychotherapists and other such specialists, the resort buzzes with an upbeat, healthy—if not hippie—energy. Intrigued, I booked a session with Emotional Freedom Technique “tapper” Paul Emery, who believes many of our aches are actually stress, fear and anxiety that have transmuted into pain.
I was hoping he could drum away the knots in my shoulders, and after half an hour chanting positive words while being rapped on the head, I did feel slight relief, but it was possibly just the power of persuasion, as the knots were back two hours later. I opted for a more traditional way of straightening out the lumps. Chiva-Som is renowned for its highly trained therapists and Khun Poungthong is no exception. Half my size but probably twice as strong, I didn’t have to tell her where my shoulders were knotted; she found them, along with half a dozen others, after two minutes on the table.
Chiva-Som was built in 1995 by the late Boonchu Rojanastien, a former Thai deputy prime minister and the man credited with kick-starting Southeast Asia’s booming spa industry. It is, without a doubt, Thailand’s most famous spa. Even people who have never stepped foot inside know about its rules and quirks. They gasp and shake their heads when you tell them you’re going to stay there. Chiva-Som is, after all, not everybody’s cup of tea. But those who do check in usually find their way back-60 percent of guests are repeat clients, most staying for a week or more.
With six staff per guest room, more than 150 spa treatments to choose from, an exhaustive daily programme (aqua aerobics, Bosu yoga, cardio kick, Pilates and so on) and a constant string of visiting psychotherapists and other such specialists, the resort buzzes with an upbeat, healthy—if not hippie—energy. Intrigued, I booked a session with Emotional Freedom Technique “tapper” Paul Emery, who believes many of our aches are actually stress, fear and anxiety that have transmuted into pain.
I was hoping he could drum away the knots in my shoulders, and after half an hour chanting positive words while being rapped on the head, I did feel slight relief, but it was possibly just the power of persuasion, as the knots were back two hours later. I opted for a more traditional way of straightening out the lumps. Chiva-Som is renowned for its highly trained therapists and Khun Poungthong is no exception. Half my size but probably twice as strong, I didn’t have to tell her where my shoulders were knotted; she found them, along with half a dozen others, after two minutes on the table.
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