No matter what a spa has to offer in treatments, therapies, products, incense, silks and fluffy towels…it is of little consequence to your wellbeing unless the therapist is good. Some are quite good, others well trained,( a few are gifted with healing hands – but that is so rare) and every so often you find an exceptional one. I did yesterday. She’s called Xuba and is at the Chi Spa at Shangri-La’s new Villingili Resort in the Maldives. Not only does she have one of the happiest smiles I have seen in a long time but she has such a strong yet soothing touch. She knew exactly what my jet-lagged body needed before I even lay on the massage bed. Of course you have to fill in one of those rather vacuous questionnaires they now give you at most spas…but she knew long before glancing at that where my aches and pains were. Within minutes I was totally relaxed and spent the 90 minutes drifting in and out of sleep… and left totally relaxed. I had the spa’s signature treatment which used seashells a little like hot stones…except they also asked you to listen to them and the sound of the sea… I slept like a baby last night, and can’t wait to have another treatment with Xuba. There are very few Maldivian female therapists – so she is a rare creature and if you are coming this way…I would recommened booking her.
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