a sustainable eco-spa for deep healing self and our planet

If you've ever tried to find a refuge that nurtures the human as well as planetary environment, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa in Taos, New Mexico (www.elmontesagrado.com) is the nexus for highly specialized, environmentally friendly and deeply bliss-inducing spa care. As the world's only ecologically sustainable luxury resort and spa, El Monte Sagrado is green, clean and organic in style and substance. Accordingly, El Monte offers life-changing and rare treatments that are unique to the world.

Unlike any other destination spa on earth, El Monte Sagrado's owners and employees actually believe in the sacredness of nature and all life forms, including guests. As a resort and spa, El Monte is taking direct action to protect nature, improve the environment and bring about a fundamental change in the resort spa industry-- and their guests. While El Monte offers spa treatments and special healing sessions that are specifically designed to bring about a fundamental change in the guests who experience them, their offerings achieve this by addressing the root causes of health issues that are rarely-- or never-- addressed by most spas.

A case in point is Trauma Recovery, with licensed massage therapist Terri Picard. Who among us hasn't been traumatized at one time or another by injury, accidents, family goings-on, current events or the sheer challenge of finding balance in the 21st century? It's safe to say that most of us try to move on after weathering physical or emotional trauma, only to be haunted by fugitive anxieties, soft-core or serious depression, back problems or other chronic health issues.

The premise of Trauma Recovery is based on the idea that the tissues in our body record and store all of our experiences, including our traumas, which create patterns of limited expression in our body and mind. The session is designed to help you rediscover parts of you that may have gone missing ages ago, due to injuries or accident, chronic pain and/or emotional stress. Through an empowering body-centered re-education session, stored tensions can be released, leaving you energized, relaxed and refreshed. A discreet and confidential treatment, Trauma Recovery allows you to unleash undesirable energies without discussing them verbally.

Another innovative advantage of Trauma Recovery is that it is performed in the guest's room in complete privacy. A massage table is brought in for the two-hour session, which costs $240.00. While Trauma Recovery practitioner Terri Picard has impeccable Body Work credentials (she's been practicing various types of massage therapy and Chi Nei Tsang for over 20 years), her degree in psychology infuses her sessions with a high degree of intellectual and emotional integrity.

Other highly recommended in-room healing two-hour treatments include sound and Vibrational Therapy with Alex Rentz, who incorporates various forms of massage and Acutonics® sound therapy to help re-balance the body's energy meridians while rejuvenating the nervous system and mind. There is a powerful aesthetic beauty to this treatment, as the tones made by the Acutonics tuning forks sound exquisitely lovely while making your body and mind literally vibrate with the lovely musical notes. This session costs $240.00.

For a complete listing of El Monte Sagrado's life-changing special offerings, go to: www.elmontesagrado.com/spa/offerings.asp