Angiyona i-spa junkie. Hhayi okwamanje. Kodwa ngiyasizwa isidingo sokuthi ngiphakele umphefumulo wami kanye ngesikhathi, ukuze unciphise ubunzima obungase bubangelwe ukuphithizela kwedolobha elinjengeMumbai. Yilokhu kufuna okungifaka endaweni ye-spa njalo ngemva kwesikhashana, nengqondo elangazelele ukuvala yonke into, uma nje imizuzwana embalwa. Ngakho-ke lapho ngizwa ukuthi i-Spa La Vie ka-L'OCCITANE yayivula i-spa yosuku enkulu kunazo zonke eMumbai futhi mhlawumbe ukuphela kwendawo yokunethezeka esinayo kuze kube manje, ngajabula.
Akubanga nzima ukuthola le 8,000 sq ft Mediterranean Wellness Sanctuary egcinwe esakhiweni esihle esizimele esakhiweni se-Apollo Mills eLower Parel. Leyo Spa La Vie ka-L'OCCCITANE ikholelwa ku-L'Art de Vivre, ubuciko baseFrance bokwehlisa ijubane nokudangala umzuzu ngamunye ovusa inkanuko, ibonakala kuwo wonke amagumbi e-spa, kusukela egcekeni le-spa elibonisa ngokuziqhenya udonga oluluhlaza oluhlala ngamamitha angama-20. . Umuzwa omkhulu wesikhala nohlaza olukhulu—izinto ezimbili ezinhle kakhulu e-Mumbai, zikwamukela ezingalweni zazo ezikuzo njengoba ungena emagcekeni e-spa. Kodwa okwangiphumuza khona manjalo kwakuwubukhulu bendawo kususwe noma yikuphi ukunethezeka. Ubuhle obulele ebululani bedizayini nomqondo, obunamandla kodwa obungaxutshwe ukunethezeka, njengemidwebo yolayini yamahhashi enomthelela ka-M. F. Hussain. Ukunethezeka ngezinga eliphezulu!
Ngamukelwe omunye womphathi wezokukhangisa wespa, u-Nikhil Sainani. Wangibonisa indawo, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokuba nginikezwe ama-slippers ukuze ukuchofoza ngokuchofoza izithende zami kungaphazamisi ukuzola kwendawo. Sahambahamba, sibheka indawo yokuphumula eyakhiwe ngokunaka okukhulu kwemininingwane. I-Spa ihlanganisa ukusayinwa kwemithi ye-L'Occitane enemicimbi yokucwiliswa emanzini obhavu omile mahhala nasezindlini ezizimele, ezikhona kuwo wonke amagumbi okwelapha. Ibuye ibe negumbi le-spa lombhangqwana we-VIP elisethwe ngendlela evusa inkanuko kanye ne-Hammam yase-Mumbai kuphela lapho abaxhasi bengazitika khona emikhubeni ephefumulelwe ye-Provencal embhedeni oshisayo we-Hammam. Ukwelashwa okunikezwa e-Spa kufaka phakathi Ukubhucungwa, imikhosi yokucwiliswa kwe-Aromachologie, Ubuso, Ukukhuhla, Ukugoqa, Ukwelashwa kwe-Ayurveda, Amasiko E-Hammam, Ukwelashwa Kwababhangqwana kanye Neziphophothe/Izikhonkwane.
Umuntu angakwazi futhi ukubalekela Egumbini Lokuphumula Elivikelwe Amanzi ngaphambi noma ngemva kokwelashwa futhi alalele umculo azikhethele wona kumadokhi e-iPod afakiwe, axhunywe kumbhede ngamunye wegumbi lokuphumula. Sekukonke, indawo ye-spa inganikezwa udumo ngokusungula ukuzizwisa kwezempilo kanye nokuvuselela esimweni sendabuko esiwubukhazikhazi.
Ngemva kohambo oluqondisiwe lwe-spa, ngangizinze endaweni yokuphumula ukuze ngikhiphe ubuthi nenkomishi yetiye emnandi kakhulu eyayihlanganisa amanani akhululekile kalamula, ujinja noju. Ukuphuza izinkomishi ezimbalwa nsuku zonke kuzokwenyusa izinga lokuzivikela komzimba wakho, kusho uNikhil. Manje ngase ngikhululeke ngokwanele futhi sengikulungele ukwelashwa kwami.
Ngakhetha i-Angelica Fountain of Youth, ubuso obuvuselelayo esikhumbeni sami esikhathele. Umelaphi wami uMonika wangiyisa egumbini lami lokwelapha. Ngemva kokuba ngishintshe ngigqoke izingubo ze-spa, waqala ukwelashwa ngomkhuba wokubhucunga unyawo ukuze ngiphumuze umzimba wami engacelwa ukuba ngicwilise izinyawo zami endishini enamanzi anephunga elimnandi lama-rose petals. Kwabe sekuqala ukwelashwa kwami kobuso okuhlanganisa izingxenye ezi-2 zezingelosi eziphilayo - amanzi namafutha abalulekile, asebenza ndawonye ukuze alethe umswakama ofanele. Ihambisana nokulandelana kwe-massage yobuso besignesha ka-La Vie, lobu buso bushiya isikhumba sibushelelezi, sigaye kabusha futhi sikhazimula ngokwengeziwe umelaphi wami wangitshela njengoba eqhubeka nokuhlanganisa isikhumba sami ngemikhiqizo enamakha. Ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-75 yokutotoswa, ngabona isikhumba sami sikhazimula impilo futhi sibukeka sithambile. Umculo we-spa opholile owawudlala ngemuva wawusiza kuphela enqubweni yokwelapha.
Inkomishi yetiye elishisayo iphinde yanikezwa futhi kulokhu izwakale ingcono kakhulu, isiphetho esivuselelayo seseshini ephumuzayo. Njengoba ngiphuza itiye, ngabona ukuthi yayiyinhle kangakanani le ndawo yokuzola, ye-spa soirée eseduze.
Zitholele uma ufuna okokuzithokozisa kwe-spa okucwiliswe ukunotha kobuciko bendabuko bokuphulukisa nokuphila kahle, futhi uma ukuxegisa izintambo zesikhwama sakho semali kungeyona into ekukhathazayo.
Thola i-Spa La Vie L'OCCITANE e-Apollo Mills Compound, eseduze ne-Lodha Bellissimo, NM Joshi Marg, Lower Parel. Ucingo: 022 2305 9055.
