Simply Abu Dhabi XXIV

2 3 0 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I Next, a delicious breakfast with many elements – juice, fruit, tea, muffins, bread, porridge – so many choices and all scrumptious. You won’t feel tired or weighed down so shortly afterwards you can go for a functional assessment and personal training session in SHA’s leading edge gym with a qualified trainer. This is followed by a deep tissue massage or similar relaxing or restorative treatment. Feeling energised and at ease, it would then be lunchtime – always a pleasure to be heading towards Shamadi because you are guaranteed to be enjoying some delicious new treats, some of which you’ve never had before. After lunch could be an afternoon of highly specialised health or cosmetic therapies that ensure you look and feel rejuvenated, with perhaps some yoga or meditation too. The evening meal is a creative and substantial and afterwards guests can relax in the library or enjoy a movie in SHA’s own cinema, replete with oversized reclining leather seats. At the close of each day sleep comes easily and adds to all the goodness being done. Another activity offered at SHA is cooking classes – since a key part of SHA’s raison d'être is to create and maintain healthy habits, they provide the tools required to keep a healthy lifestyle. Based on local organic products and following the principles of macrobiotics, which has helped thousands of people discover a simple and natural way to establish and re-establish health, the teachings mean you can leave SHA with your specific needs highlighted and a healthy plan to stick to. There are simply far too many medical disciplines to list here, but it’s reassuring to know that SHA invests heavily into world-leading experts, cutting edge new technologies and innovative methodologies. Just two experts that were immensely helpful during my stay were Lola García Giménez, the nutritional & health coordinator, and Dr. Maria Dolores Antón Rico, a specialist in aesthetic medicine who has worked in the field for over 15 years.