Fitness

Fitness

FITNESS AND DANUBIUS PREMIER

At Danubius we recognise that fitness is an integral part of having a healthy body.  At all of our spa hotels you will find a range of fitness activities.  These include inside and outside gymnastics, water gymnastics and many other programs such as running or cycling in the Hungarian countryside.  Danubius Hotels also operate four tennis facilities in our Hotel Lövér in Sopron, Hotel Helikon in Keszthely, Park and Congress Hotel Flamenco in Budapest and Bük Hotel in Bükfürdö. Please look at the spa or fitness services section of your desired location, to determine what activities are on offer.

Danubius Hotels also operate Danubius Premier Fitness facilities in six of their hotels.  In each Premier location you can expect to find state of the art equipment, friendly, qualified trainers and a full group exercise timetable - offering classes such as: Aerobic, Spinning, Step, Yoga, Thai Chi, Qi-Gong, Aqua Aerobics, Fit Ball, Stretching, Body Styling and much more.  For more information click on www.premierfitness.hu

Here are just some examples of our group exercise classes

Aqua fitness

The focus of our spas is water and thermal water from deep below the earth's surface.  Many of our fitness activities revolve around this.  Aqua fitness involves jogging in deep water while wearing a flotation belt. In addition to the basic jog, there is a range of other exercises, which are designed to get your heart rate up and strengthen muscles. It is suitable for non-swimmers too.  It is especially recommended for people who wish to avoid stress on the joints.

Chi Kung (Qi Gong)

It means literally, "Energy Cultivation", and refers to exercises, which improve health and longevity as well as increase the sense of harmony within oneself and in the world. There are thousands of such exercises. In fact, anything you do with the intention of benefiting your energy can be considered Chi Kung. All Chi Kung contains common principles - mind, eyes, movement and breath. Another way to express this is - the mind is the presence of intention, the eyes are the focus of intention, the movement is the action of intention, the breath is the flow of intention. These are the "secrets" of Chi Kung - and they are often taught at the beginning of training. Of course it takes years of exploring these ideas in practice to begin to truly grasp their significance.

Yoga

It has been practiced in the Orient for over 5,000 years. Patanjali compiled and reformulated the yoga philosophy, which was handed down from India's highest age. In his sutras or threads he expounds on the many practices of yoga - spiritual disciplines, meditation techniques - which enable a person to achieve the highest state of man's evolution oneness with god and ever-new-joy. This "special knowledge" spread across the Himalayas especially with the spread of Buddhism to China. Yoga is an exercise formatted to increase longevity, open the meridian system and thereby prevent disease. It is a general exercise form that prevents disease by keeping the meridians open and the qi or energy flowing. Yoga in this sense is like self-massage.