“Taking the Waters – Women’s
Wellness Weekend” at Bedford Springs Resort January 25-27, 2008
Bedford
Springs Resort - Bedford, Pennsylvania
“Taking the Waters –
Women’s Wellness Weekend” Bedford Springs Resort, in partnership
with Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is
offering a retreat that will feature a line-up of experienced advisors and health
professionals who will offer practical tools for living a balanced life with integrity
and purpose. In addition to diverse breakout sessions and workshops, Dr. Nancy
Mramor, spiritual fitness coach, educational, health and clinical psychologist,
and author of “Spiritual
Fitness,” will be the Saturday morning (Jan. 26) breakfast guest speaker.
Dr. Will Clower, author of “The Fat Fallacy: Applying the French Diet to
the American Lifestyle,” will deliver that day’s luncheon keynote presentation
about the nutritional, social and political science of French and American dietary
attitudes. The de-stressing begins on arrival on Friday (Jan. 25) with 20-minute
pick me ups, including scalp and neck massages, foot reflexology and paraffin
hand treatments, followed by a Life Extension: Stretch and Relaxation Class. After
that evening’s welcome reception, Veronique Paquet, the resort’s spa
director, will offer “Secrets from the Spa” and an introduction to Bedford
Springs Resort. Saturday’s sessions and workshops include:
- Body
Beautiful: Better Bones and Health Through Nutrition - Dr. Susan Greenspan
- Inspiration
Station: The Art of Understanding and Managing Stress,
- Beating the Blues
and Calming Anxiety - Dr. Bruce Rabin
- Intervention Strategies: Preventing
Disease While Promoting Health - Dr. Devra Davis
- Makeovers for Moms:
From Botox to Breast Implants and More - Dr. Kenneth Shestak, Professor of Surgery,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Director of UPMC Center for Cosmetic Surgery
The
weekend package includes yoga and tai chi classes, use of the fitness center and
an interactive Chef’s Table with Executive Chef Konrad Meier. The Women’s
Wellness Weekend package price is $499 per person based on double occupancy and
includes a two-night stay at Bedford Springs Resort, admittance to all presentations,
specified meals, workshops and activities, as well as an in-room spa amenity.
Separate spa services are available at the Springs Eternal Spa by individual appointment.
Jan. 25-27, 2008.
CHOCOLATE EATING LESSON AMONG HIGHLIGHTS
AT INAUGURAL
BEDFORD SPRINGS WOMEN’S WELLNESS WEEKEND
BEDFORD,
Pa.—Jan. 9, 2008 - Who can refuse chocolate, let alone a chocolate eating
lesson? That’s just one of the unusual presentations to be made here at the
inaugural Women’s Wellness Weekend at Bedford Springs Resort, Jan. 25-27.
The three-day event is designed as a journey of renewal aimed to restore and re-connect
with like-minded women.
Dr. Will Clower, author of The Fat Fallacy: Applying
the French Diet to the American Lifestyle and The French Don’t Diet will
deliver his popular lecture, “Chocolate Eating Lessons and the Healthiest
Diet on Earth” at Saturday’s (Jan. 26) luncheon. His presentation shows
why people who live in the Mediterranean are healthier than Americans and how
to lower weight and cholesterol in eight weeks.
The event, co-sponsored
by Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is of
benefit to those who are healthy and want to reduce their risk of disease development,
and for those who have medical conditions and situations in their lives that create
stress and anxiety. Attendees will learn how to manage stress and achieve balance
to work their way through life.
The Women’s Wellness Weekend package
price is $499 per person based on double occupancy and includes a two-night stay
at Bedford Springs Resort, admittance to all presentations, specified meals, workshops
and activities, as well as an in-room spa amenity. The weekend package also includes
yoga and pilates classes, use of the fitness center and an interactive Chef’s
Table with Executive Chef Konrad Meier. (Separate spa services are available at
the Springs Eternal Spa by individual appointment.)
Other well-known experts
in their fields who will be making presentations include:
• Spiritual
Fitness
Nancy Mramor Ph.D., author of Spiritual Fitness and an educational,
health and clinical psychologist, a Spiritual Fitness Coach, a speaker and author
• Body Beautiful! Better Bones and Health Through Nutrition
Susan
Greenspan, MD. Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director, General Clinical
Research Center, Director, Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center Department
of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
• Inspiration Station: The
Art Of Understanding And Managing Stress, Beating The Blues, And Calming Anxiety
Dr.
Bruce Rabin, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Intervention
Strategies: Preventing Disease While Promoting Health
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Makeovers for Moms: From
Botox to Breast Implants and More
Dr. Kenneth Shestak, Professor of Surgery,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Director of UPMC Center for Cosmetic Surgery
• The New Battle of the Bulge - How Everyday Choices can Make Your Life
Easier
Dr. Halina Zycyznski, Associate Professor and Director, Division of
Urogynecology, Medical Director of the Women’s Center for Bladder and Pelvic
Health
For additional information or reservations, access the web site
at www.bedfordspringsresort.com or call (866) 623-8168.
Bedford Springs Resort
- Bedford, Pennsylvania
“Taking the Waters – Women’s Wellness
Weekend” Bedford Springs Resort, in partnership with Magee-Womens Hospital
of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is offering a retreat that will
feature a line-up of experienced advisors and health professionals who will offer
practical tools for living a balanced life with integrity and purpose. In addition
to diverse breakout sessions and workshops, Dr. Nancy Mramor, spiritual fitness
coach, educational, health and clinical psychologist, and author of “Spiritual
Fitness,” will be the Saturday morning (Jan. 26) breakfast guest speaker.
Dr. Will Clower, author of “The Fat Fallacy: Applying the French Diet to
the American Lifestyle,” will deliver that day’s luncheon keynote presentation
about the nutritional, social and political science of French and American dietary
attitudes. The de-stressing begins on arrival on Friday (Jan. 25) with 20-minute
pick me ups, including scalp and neck massages, foot reflexology and paraffin
hand treatments, followed by a Life Extension: Stretch and Relaxation Class. After
that evening’s welcome reception, Veronique Paquet, the resort’s spa
director, will offer “Secrets from the Spa” and an introduction to Bedford
Springs Resort. Saturday’s sessions and workshops include:
Body
Beautiful: Better Bones and Health Through Nutrition - Dr. Susan Greenspan
Inspiration
Station: The Art of Understanding and Managing Stress,
Beating the Blues and
Calming Anxiety - Dr. Bruce Rabin
Intervention Strategies:
Preventing Disease While Promoting Health - Dr. Devra Davis
Makeovers
for Moms: From Botox to Breast Implants and More - Dr. Kenneth Shestak, Professor
of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Director of UPMC Center for Cosmetic
Surgery
The weekend package includes yoga and tai chi classes,
use of the fitness center and an interactive Chef’s Table with Executive
Chef Konrad Meier. The Women’s Wellness Weekend package price is $499 per
person based on double occupancy and includes a two-night stay at Bedford Springs
Resort, admittance to all presentations, specified meals, workshops and activities,
as well as an in-room spa amenity. Separate spa services are available at the
Springs Eternal Spa by individual appointment. Jan. 25-27, 2008
