Health and Fitness

[click "Play" to hear Susan's interview with Caycee Ames]

Caycee Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts wants to give you the tools to rub people the right way.

Director Caycee Ames of The Connecting Point (and spa manager at the Hotel Telluride) offers a 600-hour/ 20 credit esthetician certification, including coursework in skincare techniques (facials, waxing) plus reiki, ayurvedic therapies, reflexology, aromatherapy and spa therapies. Successful completion of the program enables graduates to sit for the Colorado State Board Exam to become a licensed esthetician.

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook on ruffles] We are not talking about Frito Lay's attempt to revive its brand. Telluride Inside...

[click "Play" to hear Sunny Griffin speak with Susan about skin care]

Sunny at Spa.jpg The Himmel Spa at The Franz Klammer is located in Telluride's sister town, The Mountain Village, a short gondola ride up the mountain from our box canyon.

On Wednesday, the Klammer is hosting Sunny Griffin, founder/owner of Astara Skin Care. The event takes place 3 – 5 p.m. and is open to the general public. Aestheticians are on hand to do free mini- facials (about 20 minutes each). Massage therapists will do chair massage. There is food and Astara gifts.

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook's take on boots] Let's play a game of free association. We live in Telluride, so when we say "boot," you probably say "ski." Right? Not if you are Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts. Telluride Inside and Out's fashionista says,...

[click "Play" to listen to Clint's interview with Nicole Stone-Lankes] Nicole Stone-Lankes, partner in Telluride's 8750ALT, believes that the operating philosophy of many gyms is to sell memberships in excess of what the facility can sustain, in the hope that most members will visit only...

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook on "boyfriend jeans"] We've all been there, alone or in a dressing room filled with women shoehorning their way into jeans that are way too tight.  Ready to exhale? Telluride Inside...