Star shape

For a good cause

Milind Soman has just become our favourite (okay one of our favourite) pin-up boy. He recently took part in the 24-hours NDTV Greenathon. Looks like John Abraham, our current hottest-man-with-a-conscience title holder, has competition.

Fitness Q&A

Bharat Thakur founder, Artistic Yoga

(www.artisticyoga.com)

Can you lose weight with yoga?

Yoga does not believe in burning calories and draining the body’s energy but works on the endorcrinal system and changes the hormonal balance in the body. It’s the secret behind some people who eat anything and always look slim! Weight lost through yoga does not come back. Yogic asanas tone up the body by going deep into each tissue and muscle and eventually the glands as well.

For more details visit www.artisiticyoga.com

Dance pe chance maar le

Amelie Mandet was the Nike Rockstar Workout (NRSW) winner for the UAE, after beating hollow all her competitors over an intensive two day audition. The three day event gave UAE dancers the chance to strut their stuff, gain expert advice and win one exclusive Nike athlete sponsorship package. The 60-minute NRSW class has been devised by Jamie King – the choreographer to stars like Britney Spears, Ricky Martin and Madonna. So don’t forget to check with your gym if they are holding these weight busting dance move classes soon.

This week’s guilty pleasure

Step over to Senso Spa in Radisson SAS Hotel, Dubai Media City, to enjoy a 120-min relaxing treatment consisting of chocolate aroma bath soak, chocolate body polish, aromatherapy express back, neck and shoulder massage and a Dermalogica express facial. The best way for a single woman to get over her Valentine’s Day blues.

*Dhs616 per person

Treatment of the week

What? Hot Stone Massage

Where? Sisters Beauty Lounge, Dubai Mall (04 339 8500)

How long? 90 minutes

How much? Dhs495

The treatment: We have all been there – that point in life when you wonder why we have a neck, shoulder and back, if all it’s meant to do is ache so? At times like these it’s a good idea to step in to the beautifully appointed new Sisters Beauty Lounge at the Dubai Mall for a hot stone massage that will literally leave you begging for more. The temperature of the lava stones are perfect and the pressure applied just right and when you get up you will feel revved up for the rest of the day.

The result: A relaxed and pain free neck, shoulder and back.