How do les Parisiennes tone themselves
in readiness for bikini season? With
wine, seduction and dessert...
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Ladies – do you
really
want to get hot
and bothered in your exercise routine?
Why not think French – it’s more fun to
get men hot and bothered. That’s the
principle behind performance-oriented
Love
Dance
classes, created by dance instructor
Naïla Liscia. “Wear your highest heels
because that’s what really trims
the calves,” she advises. The work-out
ends with a lap-dance that clients are
encouraged to share with an appreciative
home audience.
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Traditional spin classes might burn
off calories, but they can flatten a chic
chignon before you shift up to second
gear.
Aquasvelt
is the cool, coiffure-
conscious alternative: a stationary
bike, immersed in fragrant water, in a
pristine private room. Hydro-massage jets
provide gentle, micro-peeling treatments
that smooth the thighs while you’re
pedalling off the love handles.
aquasvelt.waterbike.fr
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At the elegant, wine-oriented Caudalie
spa in Les Etangs de Corot hotel, just 15
minutes west of Paris, six-day weight-loss
programmes start with a soothing soak in
brandy-spiked bath-water
.
What
truly makes cellulite disappear? Ah… that
will be the
Cabernet scrub
laced with a
top-secret ‘Skinny Concentrate’, pressed
from the Grand Cru grapes at the Château
Smith Haut Lafitte vineyards outside
Bordeaux.
etangs-corot.com
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Fitness instructor Régine Petit, who
introduced California’s graceful
NIA
(
Neuro-Muscular Integrated Action)
exercise technique to Paris in 2007,
doubles as a therapist. NIA’s low-impact
pirouettes – part Isadora Duncan,
part T’ai Chi – promote “a sense of joy
and a positive body image”. An opportunity
to tone the body and the mind in 60
minutes? NIA’s 2-in-1 approach allows
gives busy Parisiennes more leisure for
other body-enhancing pursuits like
long lunches and shopping.
nianow.fr
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Don’t skip dessert.
Be
dessert! That’s
the proposal of the spa in brand-new,
five-star hotel Auberge du Jeu de Paume,
in the Paris suburb of Chantilly. Chantilly?
That’s whipped cream, surely? Indeed, and
the spa’s technicians have created
an all-natural,
whipped cream body
wrap
that ensures the smoothest
skin on the planet. The treatment ends
with another reward – a big dish of
strawberries, served with Chantilly. Not
quite so good for your thighs!
aubergedujeudepaumechantilly.fr
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WORDS BY CORINNE LABALMNE / ILLUSTRATION VALERO DOVEL
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