Tag: Health cruises

  • Holistic Holiday at Sea, Part 4

    Lino Stancich instructs passengers on the art of self-massage for healing on the top deck of the MSC Poesia. THIRTY THOUSAND FEET OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO – It’s hard to believe it was just a week ago that I made this journey in reverse, catching my pre-dawn flight in Guadalajara, deplaning in Miami to…

  • Holistic Holiday at Sea, Part 3

    When Dr. Martha Cottrell turned 50, she was a mess. She suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and severe allergies. She didn’t think it could get much worse – but one day, it did. She was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous lesion of the cervix. “I was doing everything I had been taught,” she told the audience,…

  • Healing on the High Seas – Part 2

    Sunday dawned somewhere over the high seas, and we emerged poolside to find the yoga instructor cheerily calling out over a stiff ocean breeze: “Remember, surrender all resistance; we’re in battlefield conditions. This will strengthen your practice!” A hundred pairs of arms reached for the sky as the last shades of pink faded away, and…

  • Healing on the High Seas

    Freelance writer Tracy Barnett is reporting from the Caribbean from the Holistic Holiday at Sea, She will be documenting the holistic cruise over the next week through a series of blog entries. Stay tuned! Gary Brunk, recently diagnosed with mesothelioma, is fighting for his life with a holistic health regimen, accompanied by his wife Judy…