Jasmine Spa opened in November last year and is probably the DR’s only mountaintop spa. Located on grounds that span 40 acres along the Carretera Turistica in the mountains near Puerto Plata, the spa is a four-room retreat surrounded by the organic food the clinic uses in its own menu and its spa treatment. Owners Anis and Zahir Kara supervise a wide range of massages and treatments that are offered, along with yoga, meditation and horseback riding.
As a holistic health centre, the spa promotes a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle to all its guests. “You have to look at your health as a total picture, not just have a massage once in awhile, but also your eating habits and other habits,” says owner Anis Kara. “It’s about helping people.”
Two of the spa’s most dynamic options are its detox and weight loss programs. The detox program focuses on changing unhealthy eating habits and unnecessary stress, while the weight loss program aims at helping people naturally shed extra pounds through healthy diet, treatments and strolls around the clinic’s grounds.
To complete these healthy diets, the Jasmine Spa produces a wide variety of dishes and tailors diets to fit the needs of any guest. These include: Indian, Thai, Chinese, Dominican, Italian, vegetarian and whatever else the guest desires. Nearly all the food and ingredients come directly from the soils around Jasmine Spa and their ultimate goal is to have everything on the menu produced on site.
It’s not only the food that’s organic though, even the spa treatments are performed with the honey, coconuts, avocado and pineapple that grow just outside of the massage rooms. “People ask me when they come here what kind of products I use and I always have a big smile on my face because I say we use natural products. We are very chemical free,” says Anis.
She mentions that the Jasmine Spa’s full package of diet, treatment, spirituality and comfortable prices separate her spa from the competition. “We want to be affordable,” says Anis. “Our place is for everybody who wants to come out, have a good day and connect with themselves and maybe learn something different and go back feeling really good with positive energy.
For more information about the Jasmine Spa you can visit them at: http://dr1.com/directories/spa/jasmine_spa.shtml