Viva-Mayr Clinic Trip Day 6

On the dining table at breakfast today, was the quote “The beginning is the most important part of the work” by Plato.

Today being a Sunday, most of the Medical staff are off for the day, so I only have one treatment booked at 9am.  I then have the rest of the day at my disposal.  Viva have a well stocked library of books and DVD’s so may go and investigate.

Breakfast was a piece of poached salmon (very small piece I might add) with rice crackers and Yang tea with honey and orange juice. I enjoyed every morsel.

Before I go down for breakfast, every morning, I take my Epsom Salts and Viva Base Powder. The Base Powder contains alkalising salts. It’s a nutritional supplement that improves the regulation of the acid-base metabolism and provides essential minerals. A well balanced acid-base metabolism is essential to all metabolic processes and good health. It contains calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, magnesium and phosphorous, in specific quantities.  It contains no artificial colours, additives or flavourings.

The Epsom Salts is prepared for you every evening at Viva, and is available in Reception.  You take a glass up to your room when you retire for the night, around 9.30.  In the morning when you wake up, the first thing you drink is the Epsom Salts and Viva Base Powder.   I add a level teaspoon of the Base Powder into the already prepared Epsom Salts, add a little warm water, and drink it. (whilst gagging I might add – it’s vile!)  I then take the Viva Base Powder, but not the Epsom Salts, three more times each day, before meals, and once before bed.  You can imagine how many times I’m having to go to the toilet!!  Viva-Mayr do offer colon hydrotherapy here also, but I certainly don’t need it at the moment.

For people who have a rich diet or suffer with indigestion and/or acid reflux, the Base Powder is very effective.  It can be obtained from Revital in the UK, starting from £30.95 for a 300 gram tub.  If anyone would like any further information on the Epsom Salts and Base Powder cleanse, they can contact me by email – lindabooth@btinternet.com

After breakfast had an hour massage with Gerfried.  Whilst at Viva-Mayr, I will be having many different types of massage, including reflexology, remedial massage, lymphatic drainage massage, cranial-sacral massage and sports massage. I asked Gerfried to concentrate on my back, neck and shoulders, which he duly did, with great gusto.  I like a deep massage.  Not into these body polishing massages, where they skim over the surface.  I like lots of cross-fibre frictioning, trigger point work and deep stripping out of the muscle fibres.  After that, I was advised by Gerfried to have a 45 minute rest then go into the Infrared Box.

This is a booth located near the infinity swimming pool.  It seats two people quite comfortably; it has varying heat intensities from 1 – 10, and it can get very, very hot.  You have a really good sweat.  There is no steam, just dry heat.  Viva recommend this treatment for 30 minutes, at least once daily if you suffer with muscle/joint aches and pains, (which I don’t) but also to speed up metabolism so helps with weight loss too.  It’s beneficial for skin conditions, chest problems e.g. asthma, bronchitis, colds and migraines.  When I was at Viva in 2009 they had a similar booth, but they have now replaced it with a state of the art digital one.

As well as the Infrared Booth, Viva also have a Finnish Sauna, (hot dry heat) a Turkish Sauna, (hot wet heat) an Aromatherapy Sauna (medium dry heat) with lot of lights that change colour. There is also a couple of Saline Rooms where you can go and sit and breath in the ozone and negative ions.  Again very beneficial for people with upper respiratory tract complaints.

Now that I am feeling much more like my old self, I am going to get into the gym at Viva this afternoon.

Went for a walk around the small village of Maria Worth, where the Viva Clinic is situated.  Everywhere is closed now that it’s Winter, but I can imagine it is a different place in the Summer.  There are a few tourist shops now closed, and I know the double-decker boat drops off and picks up from the jetty in Maria Worth, but only in Summer.

They have a beautiful Catholic Church here in Maria Worth, overlooking Lake Wortesee.  It was built over 1,200 years ago, and contains the relics of two Saints.  All the graves in the Churchyard are very well kept with fresh flowers, even the older graves.

My Seminars and studies begin at the Clinic here this evening, so I will have little time to Blog.  For the remaining time I have here, 6 days, my mornings will be spent having treatments, and my afternoons in Seminars with Dr. Stossier.  If I have time, I will Blog in the evenings.