Golden Door – Luxury Spa Retreats – San Diego Spas
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it’s one of the world’s most exclusive
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spa resorts a sprawling 377 acres
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sanctuary filled with Japanese koi ponds
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zen sand gardens and shaded bamboo
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forests hi I’m Veronica Hill and today
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we have a very special episode for you a
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peek inside the luxurious Golden Door in
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Escondido cleverly tucked in the hills
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of San Diego’s fabled avocado Highway
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the Golden Door is world-renowned for
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its seven-day health retreats that
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pamper the mind body and spirit since
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1959 its intoxicating blend of Japanese
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hospitality and cutting-edge health
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programs have made it a favorite getaway
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for first ladies royalty and celebrities
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I would say our guests come for many
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many reasons
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often times yes people think of weight
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loss but that’s not the primary reason
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in most cases I think we see people
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going through transition and we provide
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a program that is here for anyone and
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everyone only 40 guests take part in the
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golden doors world-famous programs each
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week allowing a personalized
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one-of-a-kind experience each guest gets
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their own fitness guide and tailor-made
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workout regimen the yoga program is
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especially popular and the Golden Door
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offers more than seven types of yoga in
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there adorn a gym
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there are more than 20 miles of private
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trails at the Golden Door including a
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shady bamboo forest that leads to a
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hidden prayer rock and quiet meditation
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area while you’re here
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don’t miss the resort’s classical
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labyrinth a 4,000 year old practice of
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meditation and reflection this is a very
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ancient tool of meditation it is not a
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maze you’re walking a flowing pathway
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that will eventually bring you to the
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center of the labyrinth was again a
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thought of Debra’s a case and that has
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been a very powerful source again of
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inspiration for our guests using that
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walking meditation as a metaphor for
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life one of the best parts of the
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vacation is the food and the golden
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doors gourmet spa cuisine can’t get any
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fresher or delicious I’m meeting with
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executive chef curtis cook in their four
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acre organic vegetable garden where he’s
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harvesting ingredients for today’s lunch
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the cuisine is is basically based out of
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the garden so anything that comes up I
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come out here for my inspiration I kind
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of do things in Reverse I don’t look at
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the protein and then the vegetables so I
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come out and when these guys are ready
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these are all our beets so we have a
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white beet a Bulls blood beat and then
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golden beets down there and just come
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out and start picking our beets here and
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then I will basically take this back as
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inspiration and create all of my dishes
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off of this our gardeners spend three to
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four months to get it to this point I
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can spend 30 seconds and destroy this so
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I prefer to actually stand out of the
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way roast it properly with a little bit
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of
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and garlic and have that via the
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highlight of the dish to me this is just
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absolutely cuisine at its best
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chef curtis often offers cooking classes
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for golden door guests and today he’s
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whipping up a delicious seafood dish
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that’s low in fat but rich in flavor
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well the cuisine is garden the table so
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we take it from our garden and bring it
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right in and again that dictates
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everything that I’m gonna put on the
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plate you source the right ingredients
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the right proteins you take out fat and
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sugar and you’ve got healthy meal the
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golden door is a very special place and
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it’s easy to see why it’s been a favored
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retreat for personal renewal for over 50
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years from its gracious staff to the
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beautifully landscaped grounds the
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golden door is truly one of America’s
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greatest spy retreats thanks for joining
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us at the golden door I’ll see you next
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time
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you