Saga Fitness is a small spa/fitness consulting company with a global reach. In the last 10 years we have worked in Bali, Indonesia, in Cancun, Mexico, in Hua Hin, Thailand, in Washington DC, US, in Hawaii, US, and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are still going strong, exploring projects in Florida, US, and Vietnam.
We – thanks to our expert colleagues and associates – keep doing innovative, functional and well-functioning spa and wellness centers, destination spas and day spas.
Some of the best new ideas are old ones when it comes to healing practices. Healing professionals are reintroducing ancient methods like the Tibetan Singing Bowls into their practices. Use of singing bowls originated in the pre-Buddhist Shamanic Bon Po culture in the Himalayan Mountains.
Traditionally, the bowls were made of seven sacred metals, corresponding to the seven planets: GOLD- Sun, MERCURY- Mercury, IRON- Mars, LEAD- Saturn, SILVER- Moon, COPPER- Venus and TIN- Jupiter. The iron originally used to make these bowls was from meteorites found high up in the mountains. The tonal vibration of each metal contributes to a complex blended sound when a bowl is activated.
To activate the sound, a wooden rod is lightly dragged around the edge or sides of a bowl. Often several bowls of different sizes and therefore different tonal ranges are rung together creating a “sound bath”. The ringing induces a deep relaxation state in a listener. Healers say the vibrations activate water molecules in a person’s cells to promote healing.
The healing power of the bowls was shrouded in mystery. Unlike other Tibetan practices that were well documented, as part of the Tibetan Buddhist Cannon, there was nothing written about the healing powers or spiritual practices of the singing bowls. Mention of the Tibetan bowls was limited to its use by pregnant women for eating. Metals in the bowl would leach into the woman’s food in very low levels giving her a homeopathic dose of minerals. It is hard to believe that a precious handmade object as this was intended only as a food container.
A deeper look at Tibetan culture reveals the Singing bowls as much more. These bowls were found in both monasteries and private homes. The highest Lamas were using them in ritual offerings to their Gods and Deities, but it was forbidden to talk about these bowls, even within the monasteries themselves. It is said that the highest Lamas used these bowls for their rituals to travel to another level of consciousness. The singing of the bowls deepened their meditations.
Practitioners perform sound baths for groups of people or for individuals. Using the singing bowls in a clinical or spa setting prior to performing physical treatments helps clients to relax deeply. This in turn enhances the benefits of treatments that follow.
Taking a sound bath can be a relaxing or spiritual experience. This is something our ancestors knew and we are learning anew.
Godspeed Vineyards is an artisan grower in the Mt. Veeder Appellation of Napa Valley situated at an altitude of 1500ft. At their Mt. Veeder estate, Larry Striker has over time sold his world-class fruit to recognized wineries including Ed Sbragia, Mayacamas, Robert Craig, William Hill, and Newton & Monticello. Since 1990 Larry has taken advantage of his exceptional vineyard by bottling half his production under his own label. Three wines are produced at Godspeed: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Trinity. All three are made in a very elegant, almost “European” style with an emphasis on the vineyard’s unique micro-climate, as expressed in the wine’s balance and fruit element.
The vineyard is the project of the Larry Stricker family. Larry is an acclaimed architect who has created world-class resort hotels, including the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona; the Marriott Desert Springs Resort and a series of Hawaiian properties including the Halekulani, Kahala Resort, Kapalua Bay Hotel and the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel. Saga Fitness worked with Larry Striker to design and develop destination spa facilities and programs at his hotel projects.
A great destination hotel and spa is the result of planning, creative design, and good management. A great wine starts with the soil and attention to detail at each step of the wine making process. Larry continues to merge these skills is his architecture and wine making. Click here for additional information about Godspeed Vineyards: http://www.godspeedvineyards.webs.com
“We had a bountiful harvest and 2014 promises to be a great vintage” – Larry Stricker, owner, Godspeed Vineyards
Lisa Dobloug has assembled a professional team of architectural, interior design and financial managers to assist in the planning of your resort spa, day spa or wellness center. Saga is known throughout the world for its excellence in concept development, in planning and design with client architect or Saga’s architects. The team’s attention to form and function for each component in the concept plans provides an efficient and practical facility where highest quality services can be administered by the well-trained and professional staff with ease and graciousness.
USA IHILANI RESORT & SPA, Oahu, Hawaii, USA – Authentic Thalasso (with sea water) systems 
Voted Top Five Spa Resorts by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
BACCARAT RESORT & SPA, Maui, Hawaii, concept development
GRAND CHAMPIONS RESORT & SPA, Indian Wells, CA 
MARRIOTT’S DESERT SPRINGS SPA, Palm Desert, CA 
Voted Top Five Spa Resorts by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
MARRIOTT’S CAMELBACK INN & SPA, Scottsdale, AZ 
WILLIAMS ISLAND SPA, N. Miami, FL. 
MINERAL SPRINGS WELLNESS DESTINATION SPA, Salinas, CA
ROBLES DEL RIO RESORT & SPA, Carmel Valley, CA
OMNI HOTEL AT CHARLESTON PLACE, Charleston, SC 
BONAVENTURE RESORT AND DESTINATION SPA,, Fort Lauderdale, FL 
MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL, Washington, DC
These are just a few of the many Spas that Saga Spa Consulting has assisted in being the best that they can be.
For further information or assistance: www.sagafitness.com
Lisa is still here for your spa consulting needs. Lisa Dobloug’s an internationally recognized spa and fitness expert. She has designed and managed spas from Thailand to Hawaii to France and has been the personal trainer to presidents and movie stars. Both her destination spa and spa/resort expertise and personal training methods are highly regarded and sought after worldwide. Her experience is synonymous with excellence in, spa management and development.
Hiring a spa consultant is a crucial step in creating an economically sound and successful project, while avoiding the pitfalls through expertise, planning and spa savvy.
Thank you for your interest in Saga Fitness! We will respond via e-mail or telephone at your request. www.sagafitness.com or 954.474.9475
Sukha Journey is a Happiness Journey
Sukkasart means “the science of happiness” and its path to learning, educating ourselves in a way that balances our Spirit, Mind, Body, and instills serenity within oneself.
Sukkasart represents an institution that aims to help people become aware and reveal their own individualized self help techniques in order to enable attainment of happiness and promote general well-being.
Sukkasart Institute of Healing Arts is your resource of body–mind and spiritual well-being; focuses on health enhancement, lifestyle, and education for anyone seeking health conscience balancing of body, mind and spirit, Sukkasart will provide training and workshops for health and wellness spa professionals.
Enjoy the transforming energy of this great video with our new partner Sukkasart Healing Institute.
♥ Namaste ♥
“It is far better if we can heal ourselves without relying on doctors and health practitioners. And wouldn’t the world be a much nicer place if it was filled with healthy, happy people?” – Dr. Buathon
After several years of practice as a healer, Dr. Buathon Thienarrom Ph.D., has developed an integration of healing methods to formulate her own healing technique called ZenNaTai, which means the state of freedom and emptiness connected to each individual’s own manifestation of health and well-being. Through her comprehensive background in nursing, psychology and health sociology, Buathon has been able to grasp the fine balance between traditional/alternative medicine and modern medicine. She fully understands the need for harmony between body and mind in order to achieve well-being from physical and mental development, which are the keys to personal & spiritual fulfillment. Hence, ZenNa Tai was created.
ZenNa Tai is a powerful healing technique that restores, rebalances & rejuvenates the entire body as a whole. Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizing functional channel on the front part of the body which stores the yin energy hidden deep within the interior body where the flow of chi is circulated. It comprises a combination of: Taoist Chi Massage, breathing techniques and posture analysis. Taoist Chi Massage focuses on the abdominal area (the center of chi or energy) which is connected to the internal organs that represent elemental emotion and personality. Breathing promotes better circulation or chi (energy) flow, releasing physical tensions or blockages in the body and training the mind to sustain inner harmony. Posture analysis evaluates the spinal column, gait and other relative muscles and then custom exercises are created that improve sitting, standing, and walking. The combination of these therapies will ensure an overall healing experience in spirit, mind & body creating a harmonious environment for the very best in health and well-being.
Some of the benefits are:
Dr. Buathon is a spa professional who is always seeking to deliver an integration of the body, mind and spirit through good health, with her with her background in Nursing, Psychology and Health Sociology, Buathon approaches health and well being in a holistic way.
Dr. Buathon will conduct a 5 day training program in the Ft. Lauderdale area during the last week in October. The 5-day training program, at the end of which each evaluated participant with appropriate skills and knowledge will receive the ZenNaTai Certificate of completion.
Dates: October 28 through November 1, 2013 The cost per participant / therapist is $ 995.00 (for 5 days) with a minimum of 5 participants, maximum 10 participants; with 8 participants the fee is $925.00 each. More details about seminar to be forthcoming.
Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this extraordinary educational opportunity.
For further information or inquiry, please contact: www.sagafitness.com or 954-474-9475
Sukkasart founder/holistic practitioner, Dr. Buathon Thienarrom, and spa consultants, Saga Fitness, will teach her powerful method of healing, ZenNaTai, to therapists and destination spas seeking alternative therapies to enhance their clients’ spa experience, October 28-November 1, 2013 near Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Following her success as the Medical Manager and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner at the renowned Chiva-Som Health Resort in Thailand, Dr. Buathon continued her extensive studies and training in holistic / alternative medicine through Taoism, Chi Nei Tsang, Meditation, Posture Training and Thai traditional medicine. Through her comprehensive background in nursing, her Masters Degree in Counseling and Ph.D on Health Sociology, she understands the fine balance between alternative and modern medicine, and also the need for mind-body harmony to achieve personal and spiritual wellbeing.
After several years of working as a holistic practitioner, Dr. Buathon developed her own healing technique, ZenNaTai, an integration of healing techniques found in Traditional Chinese Medicine. ZenNaTai – The Transformation Touch – is the Touch that guides the mind to be free and empty, allowing the energy to flow. This promotes a state of wellbeing by also integrating simple breathing techniques to generate and circulation energy through the body’s energy channels, thus vitalizing the body as a whole.
The treatment combines Taoist Chi Massage with other elements to promote Chi energy flow in the body to enhance elemental emotion, personality, breathing techniques and postural conditions.
Corporate and destination health retreat clients where spa consultant Dr. Buathon’s ZenNaTai technique has been introduced include: The Mandarin Oriental Spa, Hong Kong; One&Only, Maldives; Six Senses Spas, YaiYa Spa and Resort, Thailand; and Damai / Grand Hyatt, Singapore
As a spa consulting service, Dr. Buathon will conduct a 5-day training program in the Ft. Lauderdale area the last week of October. Each participant in the full training program will receive the ZenNaTai Certificate of Completion.
The cost of the seminar per participant / therapist is $ 995.00 (for 5 days), with a minimum of 5 participants, maximum 10 participants; with 8 participants, the fee is $925.00 each. Details about the seminar to be announced.
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About Saga Fitness
Saga Fitness Inc. / Saga Middle East LLC is a spa consulting, spa design, wellness consulting and spa management company, with more than 30 years of experience and expertise, specializing in planning and development of destination spas worldwide, day spas, health clubs and spas for resorts and hotels, free-standing spas and wellness centers. For more information, contact:
Tanya Lee, Saga Fitness Director, Operations and Training 1-954-474-9475 [email protected]
https://SagaFitness.com
“Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” ~Zen proverb
In the chaos of the modern world, there is a beauty in simply doing.
We’re buffeted wildly by whatever emails, conversations, news, events, demands, that are going on around us. Our minds become a constant deluge of thoughts dwelling in the past, worries of the future, distractions pulling us in every direction.
Today more than ever we share countless communications amongst ourselves and others. We can multi-task at the speed of light and connect domestically and internationally all at the same time in this savvy era of technology. This has created wonderful ways to keep information at our finger tips. Nonetheless it has also given us ways of distracting ourselves and overindulging at work and play, because of our need to stay connected. Therefore sometimes in our quest to be in touch we found ourselves out of touch.
But all of that melts away when we focus on just doing.
It doesn’t matter what the doing is: sitting, walking, writing, reading, eating, washing, talking, snuggling, playing. By focusing on the doing, we drop our worries and anxieties, jealousies and anger, grieving and distraction.
There is something profound in that simplicity. Something ultimately heart-rendingly breath-takingly gorgeous.
“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” ~Zen proverb
You are in the middle of your day today, and you’re caught up in the sandstorm of thoughts, feelings, to-dos, meetings, readings, and communications of this day.
Pause. Breathe. Let all of that fade.
Now focus on doing one thing, right now. Just choose one thing, and clear away all other distractions. Seriously, clear it all away. Turn off your Internet. Stop reading this article (OK, read a couple more sentences, then close your browser!).
Let all thoughts about anything other than the doing also fade away. They’ll come up, but gently make note of them, and then let them go. And return to the doing.
If you’re washing a dish, do it slowly, and feel every sensation. If you’re eating a fruit, taste it, feel the textures, be mindful of your hunger or lack of it. If you’re writing something, pour your heart into that writing, become the writing, inhabit the words.
Just do.
The rest of the world becomes meaningless distraction. It’s just you, and your doing.
And you realize: this is all that matters. In this, there is everything.
“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.” ~Shunryu Suzuki
Sharing the Gift of ZenNa Tai
Dr. Buathon Thienarrom, Founder of Sukkastart Institute of Healing Arts & Holistic Practitioner and Saga has formed a joint venture to provide her powerful method of healing called ZenNaTai to licensed massage therapists in the United States, Destination Spas and others who are searching for alternative therapies and concepts to further enhance the spa experience for their clients, guests and themselves.
Dr. Buathon was the former Medical Manager and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner at the renowned Chiva-Som Health Resort in Thailand. Following her successful work and accomplishments there, she continued her extensive studies and training in holistic / alternative medicine through Taoism, Chi Nei Tsang, Meditation, Posture Training and Thai traditional medicine. Through her comprehensive background in nursing, her Masters Degree in Counseling and Ph.D on Health Sociology she understands the fine balance between alternative and modern medicine, and also the need for harmony between body and mind to achieve personal and spiritual wellbeing.
After several years of working as a holistic practitioner Dr. Buathon developed her own healing technique, ZenNaTai, an integration of healing techniques found in Traditional Chinese Medicine. ZenNaTai – The Transformation Touch – is the Touch that guides the mind to be free and empty and therefore allows the energy to flow. As the body and mind is one, the method promotes a state of wellbeing by also integrating simple breathing techniques to generate energy and its circulation around the body’s energy channels, thus vitalizing the body as a whole.
The treatment itself as in TCM emphasizes the functional channel on the front part of the body, which stores the Yin energy, deep in the body. It combines Taoist Chi Massage and other elements, mainly focusing on and starting with the abdominal area (the center of Chi energy flow in the body) which is connected to the internal organs that also represent elemental emotion, personality, breathing techniques and postural conditions.
ZenNaTai’s gentle touch and methods allow the mind to guide the body to release excess negative emotions, thereby inducing a deeper state of relaxation and the Chi energy to flow through the body. This stimulates the lymphatic circulation, which detoxifies the body and gets rid of negative energy, brings comfort to the abdominal area and a feeling of inner calm to the spirit.
This is a most comprehensive approach to energize, strengthen and detoxify the internal systems, embracing the holistic approach and treating the person as a whole.
Part of the treatment by the therapists as the participant is guidance on proper breathing, visualization, understanding and knowledge of one’s power to use these energies to heal oneself and become an actual active practitioner.
Dr. Buathon’s corporate and destination health retreat clients where ZenNaTai and other therapies have been introduced and successfully administered and continue to be her clients are : The Mandarin Oriental Spa, Hong Kong, One&Only, Maldives, Six Senses Spas, YaiYa Spa and Resort, Thailand, Damai / Grand Hyatt, Singapore
Dr. Buathon will conduct a 5 day training program in the Ft. Lauderdale area during the last week in October. The 5-day training program, at the end of which each evaluated participant with appropriate skills and knowledge will receive the ZenNaTai Certificate of completion.
Dates: October 28 through November 1, 2013
The cost per participant / therapist is $ 995.00 (for 5 days) with a minimum of 5 participants, maximum 10 participants; with 8 participants the fee is $925.00 each.
More details about seminar to be forthcoming.
Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this extraordinary educational opportunity: www.sagafitness.com
Saga Fitness Inc.
2805 E. Oakland Park Blvd.,
Suite 330, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL 33306 USA
954-474-9475
