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My work these days is increasingly devoted to architectural photography, which I love, but anything can get stale when you do it all the time, so when opportunities arise to do something more freestyle I jump at the opportunity....
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Enter Mindy Reser and an urge to spread the wonders of Ayurveda, yoga and a sensorial array of holistic spa treatments.
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and comprises pool, main house and spa centre.
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The beachfront setting is idyllic.
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Villa Ananda is many things:
serene
and peaceful.
It is a place of fitness,
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wellness,
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comfort
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and beauty.
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A stay there is soothing,
relaxing
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and is a place to sweat, chant and meditate.
Villa Ananda is a place of healing.
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and is home to the simple, the good, the wholesome.
It is a place for friends
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and groups.
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Villa Ananda is a happy and fun place.
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but be warned; you've got to bring your own beer !
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