WHERE NOW / Fall
2018
WELLNESS
Be Well Inside the world-renowned Chopra Center
Clockwise from top: The Chopra Center's welcoming wellness boutique; a massage therapist at work; founder Dr. Deepak Chopra
techniques to the powerful Marma Therapy that soothes as it removes physical and emotional blockages at vital energy points. Treatments average 65 minutes and feel more like a beautiful choreographed awakening than a typical spa massage. Guests who receive a spa treatment are encouraged to continue their experience with the detoxifying benefits of sauna and steam room sessions, available at the neighboring Spa at La Costa. Because of the Chopra Center’s location at the heart of the expansive Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, all treatments include complimentary access to Spa at La Costa’s rejuvenating facilities and the resort’s lush grounds. The Chopra Center also offers intensive six-day and 10-day Perfect Health programs
nearly every week of the year. Each day includes purifying therapies, an Ayurvedic massage treatment, nutritional guidance, group meditations and yoga classes for all levels. The nutritional guidance is personalized based on your mind-body type, or Dosha. Free group meditations are offered throughout the week as well. There’s even a free men’s meditation group twice a month. On Saturdays, the center offers a complimentary session of Introduction to Meditation followed by the hour-long Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga class. Says Chopra, “If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the world.” —Jordan Fraser 2013 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad, 760.494.1600, chopra.com
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From single-session events to half-hour meditation courses to 10-day integrative programs, there are several ways to partake in the mission of the Chopra Center to feed your mind, body and spirit. Founded back in 1996 by Drs. Deepak Chopra and David Simon, the tranquil indoor/outdoor oasis in Carlsbad aims to improve health and well-being through an integrative approach that combines ancient wisdom and modern science. Both Chopra and Simon credit meditation for aiding them through demanding medical school schedules, so they conceived the center to be a place where Eastern and Western philosophies combine to treat the whole person. Instead of treating only symptoms directly stemming from an ailment, the Chopra Center seeks to treat all of the root causes. Chopra himself has since grown to be acknowledged as one of the master teachers of Eastern philosophy in the Western world. He is a world-renowned speaker and best-selling author of numerous wellness and philosophy books; and is collaborating with Oprah Winfrey on a 21-day meditation experience. A La Jolla resident, Chopra says that his work is about “healing communities in a direction of a more peaceful, sustainable, healthier and happier way.” At the center of it all are the three pillars of wisdom: meditation, yoga and Ayurveda. One of the world’s oldest healing systems, Ayurveda focuses on the health of your entire being to correct imbalances that can cause distress and, ultimately, diseases. It asserts that the mind and body are inextricably connected, and health is not simply the absence of illness, but a state of expanded awareness that opens you up to happiness. Chopra says, “The use of love is to heal. When it flows without effort from the depth of the self, love creates health.” A large selection of Ayurvedic treatments (also called Vedic treatments) are available at the center, from the traditional Odyssey Enlivening Therapy that balances all systems of the body through five different massage 10 SOCALPULSE.COM FALL 2018
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