Mauritius Wellness

Over the years, wellness has become increasingly popular world-wide and Mauritian hotels have not been slow in embracing a more holistic approach.  Many hotels now have their own wellness centres with a variety of therapies such as massage, nutrition advice and spa treatments.  Even the hotels that do not have their own spas or wellness centres usually offer the treatments on request.

As far as terminology goes, wellness is a relatively new word in the English lexicon, although the concept behind it dates back hundreds of years.  There does not seem to be one specific definition of the word, although the generally accepted meaning is that of holistic well-being and awareness.  Wellness exists in many different spheres of life, such as the social, occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional, financial, mental and medical, although all of these are interrelated.  Too many people live their lives in the global rat-race, eating fast but unhealthy meals, spending their days cooped up in offices with the demands of work and family overriding the demands of their bodies.  The ideal life in which we would eat only healthy, whole grain food, exercise daily, enjoy leisure time, relax with our families and play in the sunshine becomes just a distant and impossible dream under the pressures of a modern life style.

Consequently, we turn to weekly massages, saunas and the treadmill at the local gym to try and find a slight measure of balance in our lives.  Wellness, however, is not confined to the massage table or hamam.  Mauritius offers a number of other therapies guaranteed to increase your general well being, the best of which is the abundant clean, fresh air which will act as a tonic to the lungs.  Another completely free therapy is the sunshine which will boost the moral, vitamin D levels and skin colour.  Surely there is nothing quite as conducive to well being as lying on a stress-free beach, allowing the sun to melt the tension out of your body while it bronzes your skin.

Something that every doctor and therapist will tell you is that sports activities are essential for overall well being.  There are a wide variety of different activities easily available on Mauritius, such as golf, snorkelling, kite surfing, scuba diving, horse riding, hiking and archery to name but a few.  Even a short holiday of only a week on the sunny and relaxed island of Mauritius will be guaranteed to boost your emotional and physical wellness levels and invigorate you for you return to work and reality.