BLACKADORE CAYE PHOTOS: MCCLENNAN DESIGN
INTERVIEW: DEEPAK CHOPRA
Delos founder Paul Scialla
There will be 68 villas and 48 homes at Blackadore Caye
Blackadore Caye: a Restorative Island
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the island and in the waters around it. The entire project is centred on health, wellness and sustainability. It’s an honour to be a part of a project this powerful and to be able to contribute to the restoration of the people visiting Blackadore Caye in a very meaningful way.
eepak Chopra is to open his second wellness facility in 10 years in a collaboration with
actor Leonardo DiCaprio and wellness
What’s your vision for the Deepak Chopra Center for Renewal and Anti-Aging at Blackadore Caye? As you can tell from its name, the centre will focus mostly on renewal and anti-ageing. We’ll teach visitors practical ways to change their behaviours and help decrease their biological age through things such as stress management and meditation techniques, pranayama breathing exercises, yoga, exercise, healthy cuisine, emotional wellbeing, restful sleep, mind/body coordination and detox procedures. We’ll also offer our SBTI (self-directed biological transformation initiative) programming. Even though we all have genetic predispositions, it’s now known that biological ageing is influenced by lifestyle and habits and daily activities such as meditation, movement, diet, emotions, stress management and quality of sleep. By making conscious choices and focused awareness we choose to have a joyful energetic body, a restful alert mind and lightness of being.
real estate firm Delos – the company behind the Well Building Standard®. It will form part of a larger wellness centre and luxury amenities within a green development that’s being built on DiCaprio’s private island in Belize. Dubbed Blackadore Caye: a
Leonard DiCaprio owns the island
Restorative Island, the site will offer 68 villas and 48 homes with construction set to begin this year and completion scheduled for 2018. Delos owner Paul Scialla has founded Restorative Islands LLC to build the resort and Restorative Hospitality – a Delos subsidiary – to operate the facilities and also
“It’s leading a new way in eco-tourism, development and green building,” says DiCaprio
manage the wellness programming offered at the resort. All buildings on the island will be
Architect and designer Jason McLennan will use sustainable building
powered by renewable energy. They
techniques with a view to regenerat-
will also promote the health and
ing the surrounding ecosystem and
wellbeing of guests by incorporating
reversing the effects of climate change.
features such as circadian lighting for
DiCaprio, a passionate environ-
better sleep and advanced air filtration
mentalist, says: “This project is
systems to minimise allergens.
leading a new way in eco-tourism, development and green building and demonstrates that human develop-
How will it differ from the original Chopra Center? All of the programming, classes and experiences at The Chopra Center in La Costa integrate the healing arts of the east with the best in modern western medicine to help people find peace of mind, physical balance and emotional wellbeing. The 38 spabusiness.com issue 4 2015
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ment can be truly restorative and beneficial for the environment.” DiCaprio is an investor in Delos and serves on its advisory board, he also reportedly bought one of its first wellness apartments in New York. Chopra and McLennan
Blackadore Caye will open in 2018
also serve on the same board.