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Bound and determined: Energetic Body Wrap
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Lose six to 30 inches in two hours. Not possible you say? Au contraire. I heard about Energetic Body Wrap from a radio advertisement after gorging myself on a too-healthy portion of pasta one evening. I was instantly intrigued. Being regarded as someone who’s “wrapped up” in my image (excuse the pun) I decided to see if this spa treatment was merely new-age mumbo-jumbo or if it was my way to holistic-homeopathic happiness.
After scouring the Energetic Body Wrap website I learned the wrap wasn’t health-hazardous, nor would it dehydrate me. I called right then and made an appointment with the spa’s Owner Julie Peach, whose demeanor was as sweet as her name.
Upon walking in, I looked around to see airy white curtains, crystals hanging from windows, pale-pink walls and relaxing music strumming faintly in the background. Peach had the sort of warm smile and taut-youthful physique of someone who’d lived a long but contented life. I learned she was newly a grandmother, though she had the skin and bone structure we all hope for when we’re grandparents – the kind of face people less fortunate naturally than Peach pay thousands for.
I was handed a shot glass full of “body balance,” and after gulping it down I was instructed to strip down to my bra and panties (I wore hot pink). I was given a white cotton bathrobe and told to leave my clothes and belongings in a small basket in the bathroom. I walked out to find Peach waiting for me.
“It’s time to weigh you and take your measurements,” she said as she ushered me into a small room and pulled the curtain closed. I stood there, nearly naked on the daunting scale – quite possibly one of the most horrifying things one could ask a woman to do. Peach just smiled and asked questions about my eating habits, my cravings and my exercise preferences.
“How about breakfast,” Peach said. “What do you eat then?”
I laughed. “A triple Venti Americano – black,” I said.
“Eggs,” Peach said. “You should eat eggs.”
After she weighed me in at 107 lbs (we’ll call that a white lie) she took measurements from under my chin to my ankles and everything in between.
Peach told me her clients usually lose six inches or more, total, from their entire body. She reminded me that this was not a water-weight loss, but that it was toxins being released from my body.
I was then led into the wrapping room where a metal tub filled with ace bandages soaked in “homeopathic” liquid. I took off my robe, and Peach began wrapping my feet, legs and thighs in the wet bandages. She made polite chit chat and chuckled as she wrapped, referring to herself as a “sculptor.” I told her to go right ahead and sculpt away my cellulite (Not that I have any).
Peach then explained to me that, based on my cravings and where I store weight, I most likely had a “gonadal” type body. Gonadal types usually hold their weight in the lower portion of their bodies, and crave greasy/spicy foods as well as butter, sauces and red meats. After my body-type diagnosis, Peach gave me paperwork and a grocery list for the types of food that best suit my body.
After my lower body was wrapped, Peach put clear plastic bags on both my feet and secured them with rubber bands around my ankles. She told me these bags would catch the runoff toxins, and we’d repeatedly empty them out into the sink. Next, Peach wrapped my torso and arms and then stopped, looked me in the eyes very gravely and asked if she could wrap my head.
“Sometimes clients are a little claustrophobic and don’t like their heads wrapped,” Peach said. I told her I wanted the full treatment – so she kept right on wrapping my head, but left my face exposed.
After my entire body was swathed and bound Peach put plastic bags on both my hands. I waddled behind as she led me into another room. In one corner was an infrared sauna, in another there was a mini trampoline and next to it stood a gigantic vibrating machine called the “Excellaerator.”
Peach helped me into a rain poncho (to “keep in the heat”) and instructed me to jump on the trampoline for 10 minutes while visualizing the toxins leaving my body.
After six minutes of jumping without bending my bound-up limbs, I was exhausted. Peach helped me down from the mini trampoline and then showed me how to use the vibrating machine (insert joke here). She showed me how to hold it in a hug-like
position, and even told me to wrap my legs around it. She instructed me to stand up against it, lean all my body weight on it, and told me to let it jiggle the toxins from my system. After I was done jiggling the toxins out, she led me into the sauna and told me to “relax, meditate or pray for about 15 minutes.”
When the treatment was over, Peach handed me a cold “electrolyte” beverage, and started unwrapping me. She gave me a warm bathrobe straight from the dryer and then took my measurements once again. I had lost a total of 7.25 inches off my entire body and felt more energized than I can possibly articulate.
When I pulled my jeans back on, I noticed they were sub-
stantially looser and my razor-blade hipbones were visible once again. Those interested in having an Energetic Body Wrap can find more information at www.energeticbodywrap.com or call Julie Peach at (208) 353-6379 for an appointment.
HADLEY RUSH
Culture Writer
