In today's hectic world, more and more people are striving to discover the secrets to a healthy lifestyle, and Spain's La Manga Club will be offering tips and advice in abundance when it stages an innovative new wellness retreat at the end of next month.

Run by a team of experts from the Chopra Center in California, La Manga Club - Europe's leading sports and leisure destination - will host the 'Perfect Health Weekend' from March 28-30, with two-night packages starting from €257 per person.

Featuring a combination of meditative techniques and lectures, the three-day programme will include a number of presentations designed to give participants valuable knowledge that they can use to lead healthier lives.

As well as receiving information on different concepts, philosophies and practice tips for wellness, the workshop will also feature practical activities, with meditative exercises that focus on stilling the mind and relaxation through visualisations, breathing and movement.

A series of lectures will offer expert advice in the basic principles of Ayurveda, meditation, and yoga, guests can learn a range of practices to help use food as medicine and your senses to heal, nourish and maintain your inner self, while hand-outs will be on offer to all participants to help them continue the techniques in the future.

Places on the weekend retreat are strictly limited and package prices - based on two people sharing a room - also include bed and breakfast accommodation in La Manga Club's Las Lomas Village or five-star Hotel Principe Felipe (€330 per person), and access to Spa La Manga Club's fitness centre, indoor pool, saunas and steam rooms.

The health and fitness break is the first of a number of new initiatives that La Manga Club will be unveiling in 2014 as it prepares to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its spa and is the latest in a wide range of specialist courses and retreats that it is offering this year.

Working closely with fitness experts Fitness 12, Spain's flagship resort will be staging a number of camps over the coming months focusing on fitness, detox, triathlon and cycling.

La Manga Club boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

For further details about La Manga Club and to book, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club - www.lamangaclub.com - is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.  Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars. 

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades including being voted Spain's Best Golf Resort by readers of Today's Golfer magazine in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.