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Body & Soul Beautiful
Mother Nature is one hardcore fitness instructor.
You don’t go to Paraty to get pampered. At least not if you’re planning a retreat to Body & Soul Adventures, the active detox spa that until recently was among Brazil’s best-kept secrets. But now word is starting to spread about this unique rainforest lodge set by the water’s edge on an island just off Costa Verde. “It’s the Venice of South America,” BSA’s founder, Michael Mitchell, told globorati. But no matter how you cut it — 100 miles south of Rio de Janeiro or a 20-minute boat ride from Brazil’s most happening coastal town — this particular patch of paradise has mother nature on its side (think: Brazil’s only fjord plus its most protected tract of rainforest).
Mitchell’s eco-fitness program is geared accordingly: six days of hiking, sea kayaking, yoga, surfing and snorkeling — all rooted in a spiritual as well as a physical workout. Daytime activities are coupled with capoeira classes and live pagode music in the evening (don’t plan on just listening). And starting July 15, BSA is starting its first Family Week adventure. Oh, one more thing: we lied about the pampering — at the end of each day, you’re treated to a full-body rubdown in BSA’s new massage room built right over the water.
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