on Jul 9th, 2006Canyon Ranch Optimal Aging
If you have a few thousand dollars and a week of free time, Canyon Ranch is offering an Optimal Aging workshop. Be prepared for words like longevity, biological, balanced, and vital to make their way into our psyche. Like any behavior modification therapy, repetition is the key.

The Pitch:
Canyon Ranch Optimal Aging
September 10 through 17, 2006
LIVING LONGER, BETTER
People have always wanted the same things - to live long and stay healthy. We’re lucky to live in an age when that’s possible.
The weeklong Optimal Aging program at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, focuses on healthy longevity. It combines leading-edge medical wisdom, behavioral techniques and practical long-term lifestyle strategies. You’ll take home an individual plan for living a long, vital and healthy life, based on personal consultations, full health-risk assessments and comprehensive blood profiles.
LEARN BY DOING
Discover how nutritious dining, moderate exercise and a balanced lifestyle will relax, energize and rejuvenate you in Canyon Ranch’s healthy living environment.
During special activities, individual sessions and group discussions, you’ll explore vitality, memory enhancement, sexuality, grief, spirituality, stress reduction, creative expression and ways to find new meaning in your life.
LEARN ABOUT YOU
You can’t change your chronological age, but you can influence your biological age. Through comprehensive examinations and lab tests, Canyon Ranch physicians will assess your aging profile, risks and indicators of your biological age.
Take home a longevity plan with goals and activities that fit your lifestyle - including exercise, stress reduction and nutrition strategies.