Our Insider Interview sequence sees us converse to one of many crew at one of many many retreats we’ve got the privilege of working with and sending shoppers to. Angelina Diegues is the Spa Manager at EPIC Sana Algarve in Portugal, specialising in aesthetics and handbook therapies. With years of well being and well-being expertise, Angelina is keen about guaranteeing every visitor feels cared for while offering a transformative expertise. She has a formidable background, having studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Scientific Aromatherapy. Passionate about selling high quality of life, Angelina actively contributes to the schooling of recent professionals by the Spa Management course.
Can you inform us about your journey into spa administration and what led you to EPIC Sana Algarve?
My skilled journey started on the planet of sport – a ardour that took me from teacher to well being membership director. I’ve at all times believed within the significance of taking good care of the physique as a path to inside steadiness. When spas started to realize prominence in Portugal within the early 2000s, I realised there was one thing deeper at play: an invite to well-being, silence, and reconnecting with ourselves.
At EPIC Sana, I discovered the suitable problem on the proper time. An area the place I can put into observe my imaginative and prescient of a spa that goes past luxurious – a spot the place nature is felt, the place pure gentle embraces us, and the place the crew offers its all with coronary heart. I imagine within the energy of contact, the vitality of the weather and the synergy that blends the holistic therapeutic imaginative and prescient of the Orient with the trendy remedy methods of the Occident fully in step with the “East meets West” Sayanna philosophy. And it’s right here, on this steadiness between science, nature, and soul, that I discover that means and inspiration daily.
What does a typical day entail for you at EPIC Sana Algarve?
At the spa, daily is a brand new expertise — between administration, planning, customer support, and the continual progress of our crew. I usually inform my crew that, even in essentially the most intense moments, what we have to convey to the client is our pleasure and serenity. It is that this vitality that creates the nice and cozy and distinctive environment everybody seeks after they go to us.
What evokes you to proceed working in aesthetics and the well-being business?
I like seeing the expansion of my crew and the satisfaction of individuals after they obtain a service on the spa, whether or not it’s a therapeutic massage, a health retreat, or a meditation session. For me, essentially the most rewarding half is seeing how these moments of care and a spotlight remodel folks’s day. Personally, my function is to proceed rising and growing continuously, in order that I at all times really feel energetic and prepared for all times.
If you can advocate one wellness retreat at EPIC Sana, which one would it not be and why?
I might actually advocate all of the wellness programmes, as each has a particular function to realize the specified outcomes. From the yoga retreat to reshape, detox, reconnect, or the personalised à la carte, every is designed to supply a novel and transformative expertise, tailor-made to the person wants of every particular person.
You point out discovering steadiness by sport and nature. How does this private observe affect the wellness programmes you develop?
Sport retains my physique lively and robust, whereas my thoughts turns into calmer. Contact with nature, in flip, energises me and permits me to reconnect with myself, bringing a deep sense of steadiness and inside peace.
What distinctive components have you ever launched at EPIC Sana Algarve that mirror your perception within the transformative energy of contact, environment, and mindfulness?
First and foremost, I deeply worth human capital, the folks, my crew. I share with them the immense privilege of listening to what the physique conveys throughout a therapeutic massage, as if it have been a silent dialog stuffed with that means. Respecting what others should say is important, as each human being carries a novel and valuable story. I imagine that, above all, it’s essential to respect and be pleased about the chance to, even when just for transient moments, stroll collectively on the identical transformative journey, the place all of us develop and join in ways in which solely true care can supply.
Lastly, what are your goals for EPIC Sana’s spa improvement for the long run?
Continuing to boost the providers and merchandise of the spa, creating progressive options that promote longevity, at all times in excellent concord with the essence of Sayanna Wellness & Spa EPIC SANA.
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