About Us

 

Sometimes a tragedy can turn into a blessing.

 

It was three years ago, when a terrible fire burned down our house and we found ourselves homeless. While my wife and I survived, everything else in our lives burned with the memories of the house. Shock and confusion lingered, and eventually, exacerbated my wife’s existing chronic illness: Adrenal Insufficiency. Her worst symptoms among others included extreme fatigue, unexplained rashes and insomnia. Her fatigue was so overwhelming that she had to quit a job she truly enjoyed, a career that lasted 14 years. Eventually, she could not even get out of bed….for over a year! Imagine the frustration of being so fatigued, and yet unable to sleep.

 

We consulted medical experts in every specialized field (endocrinologist, neurologist, rheumatologist, sleep specialists, etc.) relevant to her condition but none were able to diagnose the cause of her deteriorating problem – they could only offer prescription drugs to alleviate her symptoms. Thankfully her primary care doctor was supportive

and had used alternative tests to discover the adrenal insufficiency in the first place, and insisted that she stop working so her body could rest and recover.

 

However, resting at home was not enough. After trying different medications, and exhausted by the whole medical process, she decided to look for an alternative solution. She remembered how her mother cured herself of cancer in 1985 by changing to a macrobiotic diet. Her mother had the cancerous tissue removed (from her colon), but doctors discovered that it spread to her lymph system. Nevertheless, she opted not to undergo chemotherapy or radiation -- she just changed her diet and started practicing daily meditations. She was cancer-free within 5 years! Her mother discovered the simple and the most beautiful truth about the holistic principle: every human being possesses natural healing capabilities, and that optimum health requires enhancing and empowering the immune system to support these natural healing functions. When my wife began to apply this principle to her situation, she noticed positive and dramatic changes to her condition.

 

With the help of a detoxification specialist (and good friend Debbie Mitchell), she changed her eating habits to include organic vegetables and fruits as main sources of nutrition, took herbal remedies and began regular detoxifying sessions in a machine called Vibrosaun from Australia. This machine hastened her body’s natural capacity to eliminate and reverse the accumulation of chemicals and toxins that have been stored in her body due to consuming cocktails of pharmaceutical pills her doctors had prescribed over the years. These dual modalities of treatments have positively transformed her. Her various symptoms, one by one, began to disappear! A tragedy has turned into a blessing! She is back to work full-time in the profession she enjoys.

 

Another part of this blessing is meeting my future business partner, co-owner of Kure Spa, Natural Nutritionist, and Vibrosaun Center owner Steve Geoffrion. He, like my wife, has a similar story to tell. As a health enthusiast, avid Green Juicer and Vegan, Steve has enjoyed the benefits of a diet strong in organic vegetables and fruits. Steve also owned and operated the Vibrosaun Center in Brewtser, NY where my wife frequently attended to help her reverse her condition. The incredible benefits that my wife experienced with Vibrosaun therapy sessions and frequent conversations with Steve about similar goals in opening a Holistic Wellness center, led to an introduction. Several meetings and brain storming sessions later, Steve and I, Greg Lew, an academic, yogin, and a musician, decided to venture into business together and the Kure Spa concept was born.

 

As an academic and a lover of yoga, the concept of Kure Spa emerged as a result of a synthesis of modern and ancient principles of holistic healing and preventative medicine. The best of our scientists today conclude that the human organism is constituted by complex systems (circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, endocrine, and immune systems) that monitor and regulate the body’s inherent desire to attain a homeostatic state. Holistic practitioners, sages, and philosophers of both Eastern and Western traditions believe that homeostasis involves the dynamism of the whole person; that is, an optimal homeostatic state is reached when mind-body-spirit are in proper alignment and balance, providing credence that healing requires a paradigm shift in our understanding and a change in our lifestyle that promote wholeness rather than fragmentation that leads to imbalance and disease.

 

Today we are faced with an alarming amount of data and rising statistics on the prevalence of obesity and disease in America, and unfortunately we have come to accept them as part of our daily living. When disease is diagnosed to a pill, and when a pill becomes an easy quick fix, we miss the golden opportunity to heal ourselves. To live a life free of reoccurring pain and disease: detoxification, fitness, relaxation, and organic nutrition must become a daily routine. Based on this proposition, both Steve and I are committed to providing essential services and education that aim to revitalize and rejuvenate our members by offering alternative source to healthy living.

 

Come and experience the 4 pillar Kure transformative experience and you too can journey with us on the road to wellness and vitality.