HEALTH SPAS FOR FITNESS AND FUN

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Hippocrates World Health Organization. Folks come to the Hippocrates Institute in Boston, Massachusetts in order to learn a new lifestyle . . . a process which involves attending daily classes and participating in a two-week "learn by doing" program. Ann Wigmore is the founder and president of the institute, whose exercise program emphasizes flexibility, proper posture, and deep breathing . . . and whose diet regimen relies heavily on chlorophyll-rich greens and wheatgrass.

The Hippocrates philosophy maintains that the body is always capable of healing itself . . . given proper (raw food) nourishment, a positive mental attitude, and adequate exercise. The institute also offers a ten-week comprehensive wholistic training program. The two-week rate is $1,300, while children aged 3 to 16 and the second person in a couple can stay for half price. The rates are 20% lower from November through March, too. (Contact Hippocrates World Health Organization, Dept. TMEN, 25 Exeter Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, 617/267-9525.)

Kripalu Holistic Health Center. See the sidebar accompanying this article.

Little Switzerland Wholistic Health Center and Mountain Health Retreat. Situated in the beautiful and rugged mountains of western Colorado, Little Switzerland's philosophy rests in rediscovering the ancient laws of Mother Nature that govern body, mind, and consciousness. Founded by Drs. Paul and Marie Farber, the center offers wholistic health-care seminars ... and provides polarity balancing, acupuncture, hot mineral baths, massage, hydrotherapy, biofeedback, and more.

A week-long analysis and treatment program may cost $200 to $500 (depending upon individual needs), and accommodations are arranged for clients at nearby motels — with mineral spa facilities — for about $35 a day per person. (To find out more about this organization, write to the Wholistic World Healing Foundation, Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 236, Ouray, Colorado 81427 . . . or call 303/325-4911.)

New Age Health Farm of Neversink. This rural retreat in upstate New York has combined the characteristics of a "classic" European health spa with a New Age awareness of the interconnection of mind, body, and spirit. The farm specializes in fasting (water or fruit juice) and weight loss, using the wholistic approach, and activities are planned to nourish the spirit and the mind as well as the body. Staff members also offer beauty consultations and treatments, using natural products. Weekly Double-occupancy rates begin at $234 per person. (Contact New Age Health Farm, Dept. TMEN, Neversink, New York 12765, 914/ 985-2221.)

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