Excerpts from the USA Today - Friday, March 5, 2004 article: "As a Pepsi Generation baby boomer, I've always though I was young. But when I passed the half-century mark, you're forced to face the fact that you're not as young as you feel. So a vacation that promises rejuvenation - without plastic surgery or weird injections, both of which scare me - is too tantalizing to pass up."
"Forget fat-farm deprivation: Guests eat what they want and can order wine from a dinner menu that includes filet mignon and a to-die-for, 165-calorie almond cake. They design their own daily schedules - for weight loss, outdoor adventures or to de-stress. A small but growing number focus on holding back the years. They opt for the spa's anti-aging facial, slatherings of vitamin E and C, algae and other plant essences. It leaves my face radiant and younger looking."
"I take meditative walks in a snail-shaped labyrinth marked by desert stones, breathe mesquite scented air and sample treatments from reflexology to Native American card readings that offer apt guidance on life's journey. After two days, my jaw is unclenched and my step is lighter." |
