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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Spa and Wellness – Sweden’s Finest
From Gothenburg to Africa – a holistic approach to an active, healthy lifestyle With countless awards in its bag, and listed in the Top Luxury Hotels category in this year’s TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, Sankt Jörgen Park has found a recipe that really works. Combining holistic spa treatments for the whole body with an 18hole golf course, healthy food and a complete gym and sports club, the Gothenburg city centre resort is a celebration of a mindful, active lifestyle – and this year, it ups the ante with the city’s first and only obstacle course.
Think steam bath with aromatic African mud, a good salt scrub and hair treatment with exclusive Argan oil. It is spicy and exotic, with cedarwood and ylang ylang scents and African beats in the background.
By Linnea Dunne | Photos: Sankt Jörgen Park
The holistic motto about a healthy, active lifestyle means that the concept of wellbeing reaches far beyond facials and massages. “There’s a deeper meaning, a level beyond the skin,” says marketing manager Lisa Thorén. “It’s about the whole body – a belief that good energy creates balance in our lives.” And there certainly is plenty of good energy to be found at the resort: start with a round of golf on the world-class 18hole course or practise your swing in one of the three advanced simulators at the Park Golf Academy, then join an exercise class in the gym. For next-level fitness, get a personal trainer to join you for a session in the
The spa at Sankt Jörgen Park is all about the ayurvedic school of thought, taking a holistic attitude to wellbeing through the three doshas: the vata, the pitta and the kapha, three spa rituals to suit different moods and needs. The philosophy is far from woolly: it is held in great esteem in India as well as western medicine. But the 2015 Special Edition Spa Ritual leaves the east behind, travelling south for a more fiery, joyful spirit. The Africa ritual is inspired by all the colours, smells and
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rhythms of the world’s second largest continent, using African ingredients as part of a deep-cleansing, hydrating experience.