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The Tester
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Vishaka Read
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The Holiday
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The Vitality Programme at Carlisle Bay, Antigua
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The Fitness Level
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I hadn't been near a yoga mat for about two years, and a painful ski injury
four months earlier had left me feeling very out of shape and lumpy.
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The Workout Bit
The lynchpin of Vitality week is Kundalini Yoga teacher Maya Fiennes. An eccentric,
Macedonian-boren former concert pianist, she is known for her unique approach to yoga,
which incorporates song, chanting, breathing and movement.
It leaves you feeling light-headed euphoric and sometimes emotional
- it's not uncommon for people to burst into tears during her classes.
Over the week she moves through your body's
different chakras, working on each in turn.
By the end you feel a stretchier stress-free version of yourself.
Classes are held in a small pavilion set back from the beach, or on the wooden jetty, and
accompanied by Maya's hypnotic music and the sound
of chattering tropical birds.
The rest of the day can be spent working up a sweat on one of the
nine tennis courts, doing circuits on the beach and swimming in the
hotel's enormous free-form pool - or the glassy-clear sea fronting it.
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BOOK IT
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British Airways Holidays offer Seven nights at the
Carlisle Bay, Antigua, from £2,505pp inc flights
and accommodation in a garden suite on a full board
basis for the Vitality Programme.
For reservations call BA Prestige Collection on
0844 493 0752.
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