Gaia Restaurant, Spa, and Artist Showcase

3rd Avenue – ½ block south of square

Tel 983 834-2963

gaia.maya@yahoo.com.mx
Open Tuesday to Sunday 7 am to 9 pm (closed Monday)

Gaia Restaurant, Spa, and Artist Showcase is a great place to visit for a meal or more -- less than a block from the fort. Simply walk between the fort and town square south past the Town Offices along 3rd Avenue. Beautiful architecture, a wonderful fountain, and custom-made, rustic, native-wood furniture welcome you to Gaia.

The Gaia Restaurant -- with its beautiful and comfortable dining area -- is a great place to enjoy good natural vegetarian food, drink fresh coffee or juices or natural hot chocolate, or have a glass of wine or a cold beer and botañas with family or friends. Be seated, make your pick from the menu and daily specials, and let Gaia staff serve  the restaurant’s delicious, creative vegetarian fare -- breakfast, lunch, and dinner plus snacks anytime. Home-made breads and desserts, fresh fruit and salad dishes, and freshly-prepared regional and international dishes are as pleasing to look at as to eat.

Gaia Spa brings over thirty years of professional experience to provide a variety of spa/nourishing services, meditation and healthful-movement sessions, as well as periodic healthy body/healthy mind workshops from experts in a wide variety of fields (check the monthly event calendar.) Schedule one of Gaia Spa’s exquisite treatments in lomi lomi, deep tissue, reiki, relaxation, or lymphatic drainage massage. Relaxing massages may incorporate a mix of oil, essence, and scent therapies. Acupuncture treatments may be used jointly with massage or apart to address acute issues. Please visit or call for appointments and prices.

Gaia Showcase gives regional, national, and international artists a Bacalar showcase for live performances as well as for handicrafts, CDs, books, photos, and other craft and art works. The Gaia Tienda offers locally-made, clothes and jewelry, locally-produced organic health and cleaning products, and more. The Gaia studio provides Bacalar visitors with access to live performing artists such as African drummers, Indian dancers, and local musical performers, plus movie night for both famous and new-found films. Check the monthly performance schedule for details.

Gaia was developed and is managed by Mallanalli, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine with a degree from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a trained acupuncturist and masseuse, and studied with various healers in Hawaii and Mexico. Born in Embudo, New Mexico, of Basque, Mexican, Spanish and Ute Indian lineage, Mallanalli comes from a curendera culture and family. Mallanalli's specialty is a form of bodywork -- Hawaiian Temple Bodywork - Lomi Lomi Nui -- that incorporates all of her training, experience, inspiration, and knowledge.

She teaches Lomi Lomi Nui to other healers and bodywork specialists and also provides onsite professional development training to spas, hotels and healing centers. From time to time (see schedule), Mallanalli offers professional development workshops that enable her to share with fellow practitioners her approach to body work done with integrity and to prepare therapists for the spiritual and intellectual challenges of sustained, professional work.  For more information, please visit www. mallanalli.com.