Relaxation
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5 Surprising Health Benefits of Massage
Mountain Trek includes Swedish massages as part of our all-inclusive retreat package because of the many benefits of massage therapy, some of which you may not know about. Read More
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How to Know if Energy Healing is Right For You
Did you know that at Mountain Trek not only do we have massage therapists on site but we also offer sessions with energy work practitioners? Read More
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Kirkland’s Gift Guide + Tips for Relieving Holiday Stress
We have a look at Head Guide & Program Manager Kirkland’s stocking stuffer gift ideas. Plus 8 tips for shedding holiday stress and our delicious turkey soup recipe. We also explore 10 reasons for visiting the snow and/or sand this season. Read More
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Stress Less on Your Business Trip
Does your career require you to travel? Whether you love or hate it, it doesn’t have be a dreaded journey of indigestion, poor sleep, stress and anxiety. Is it possible to adopt a “spa retreat” state of mind along the way, so your cortisol isn’t sky high? With a bit of planning and intention, there… Read More
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Why Reducing Stress Helps Shed Stubborn Pounds
Unless you’re a Zen Monk in a monastery, stress is in your life, like it or not. It’s said that a little stress is healthy, but chronic stress can sneak up on us in today’s hectic world. Besides other health hazards it creates, did you know that chronic stress can prevent you from losing… Read More
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Meditation: It’s Not Just About Sitting Still
Meditation isn’t about sitting cross-legged and staring off into space. At our health spa we use it as a tool to help drop the body into a state of deep rest or calm allowing for self-repair, alignment of hormone levels, and balance your metabolic state. Blood pressure normalizes, adrenal glands produce less cortisol, and the immune system functions… Read More
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Take Your Mind to the Gym
Living a healthy and happy centered life doesn’t happen without reinforcing our beliefs. Take your mind to the gym by exercising the power of positive thinking. Here’s a simple exercise. Maybe you’ve tried it before. Maybe you’ve wondered if you should try it. Give it a try. We feel pretty confident about this method. Write a… Read More
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The Power of Nature
I’ve discovered the reason Mountain Trek’s program is so successful. I know it’s never just one thing that makes anything successful; the combination of big hiking days working at near your cardio max, delicious healthy meals, detox practices… those sorts of things of course, are major contributors why our guests leave pounds lighter and more… Read More
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Ideas for the New Year
Instead of setting resolutions this year, why not think of the New Year as an opportunity to add some new ideas into your lifestyle. For instant stress release try: Have a cup of tea. Perhaps the English had it right taking an afternoon break for tea. According to a study conducted at University College London,… Read More
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Self Soothing to Replace Stress Eating
Emotional Eating is a common stress release, or reward choice, for most of us. Using food as a way to work through our feelings, we lower the intensity, or even numb uncomfortable emotions by chewing, grazing, searching, tasting, craving, overeating or even binging. Unfortunately, eating can lead to guilt or shame when we do it… Read More