Body Toning at Arome!

Mon 30th Nov 2009


Spring can be that awkward in-between-season. Some days you awake to find sub-zero temperatures outside waiting for you, other days the sun is burning down on you bright and light. Naturally on colder days I bundle myself up, layer upon layer and normally I resort to darker wintery shades which my body has become accustomed to over the wintery months.

I, like all red-blooded females tend to go into a state of what some may call 'hibernation' during the cold snap. During this time, it would be fair to say that I can put away my share of snacks and comfort food - after all, who will really see my body? It is after all hidden under all those layers! So you can imagine how I feel when I see the sun shining down on me and it is time to shed my outer coats to reveal the body that lies beneath.... Not good!

Thank God we haven't reached 'swimwear season' just yet! But believe me girls, we are just around the corner. So if you are like me, and need a boost in the right direction I have a secret to share with you. A fat blasting, toning, body slimming secret, and I have saved the best for last...it is completely sweat, pain, and exercise free!

I arrived at Arome to try Christchurch's one and only body toning wonder machine. I wondered what lay before me. In the gorgeous treatment room was a spa bed, and a machine with various wires of all colours streaming from it.

 


Beauty Spa owner Dawn left me to take off my jeans to lay on the bed in my underwear and cami-top. Once I was rested and ready Dawn came back in to begin attaching the various wires to areas of my body which I wanted toned. A Velcro-strap was put around each inner thigh, one around my butt and hips, and another across my waist. These straps held in place damp pads to which wires were attached.

By this stage I felt semi-robotic, but at ease and very comfortable on my soft bed. Dawn began the process by turning on the toning machine, and immediately I felt small pulses in muscles throughout my body - hard to work ones at that. The pulses came in waves, and felt at first as if I were being tickled, I could even see the muscles in my stomach move as if I were laughing. I was exercising, toning and strengthening my muscles without breaking a sweat. The treatment lasted for 15 minutes, and was the equivalent of 150 sit ups! I felt incredible!

Once off the table I put on my almost-to-tight-jeans, zipping them on with absolute ease. This was the perfect spring clean for my body, one that I felt instant results from. We have a beautiful spring giveaway for lucky slynkey girls, simply mention to Dawn at Arome that you read this piece and you can get one free treatment to see the results yourself!

By Melissa Chrisp - Christchurch