It burns calories and loses weight for you. It helps people with chronic pain, injury, arthritis, fiber mialga and even cancer. It reduces acne, scarring, discoloration and cellulite. It turns up your libido. It cures hangovers. Equipped with NASA technology and LED lights, it’s called The Pod – a spa machine that seems to have traveled through time, landing UFO-style on 59th and Madison in NYC just a few months ago, for those who need it most.   

Let me first introduce you to the “Pod Guru” Amalia “Amy” de Mier who owns and operates The Pod Spa, a one-podded room located in the sleek and modern Office of Integrated Medicine.  She has not worked out in 3 years, yet has defined muscles and tight abs courtesy of The Pod. Amy showed me scars that have diminished thanks to the Pod, although she’s been podding less as of lately, because she is actively trying to gain weight so that she can do a fat grafting from her stomach into her butt. “I’m Brazilian, but right now you would never know it.” Amy recently moved her business from Florida to New Jersey and now to New York in hopes to get her Pod noticed in a grandiose way.   

Amy is a character for sure, filled with undying passion for the Pod way of life and the way she has been able to help others with it over the years.  Amalia is a very smart and highly creative woman - hers is the only location that provides one-on-one service while in the Pod, making it not just a manually operated slim-down or healing session, but a full, head-to-toe spa experience.   

As you’ll see in the video, I left a pretty happy camper. What you don’t get in the 5 minute clip (taken on my iPhone) is that this was a full hour and a half spa treatment with an array of lotions and scrubs and fat-burners applied, in between which I was left to doze off in a state of deep Podding relaxation. There was also a collagen lip and eye treatment (above left), a CO2 mask (right), an oxygen facial, and Amy also gave me oxygen in a tube to breathe, which heightens alertness, boosts energy, promotes healing and is vital to your immune system. Now how often do you get that in a spa treatment! In the video you’ll hear all about the benefits, but if you’re like me and thinking it sounds a like a gimmick and too good to be true, ladies and gentlemen, The Pod Guru’s testimonials speak for themselves. Her clients are loyal and ever-grateful for the way she’s helped them lose weight, get their libido back, clear acne, heal from injury faster than doctors thought possible, and overcome various disabilities. Read these below, in all their unedited glory:

The Miracle PodGuaranteed to Correct Acne, Depression,Weight Gain, Cellulite—You Get the Drift! Are you tired of cutting models from magazines and pasting them over your pictures? Bored of watching the same informercials that promise hard-body abs, and no money back guarantee? If you’re one (of the many) who are popping TrimSpa pills in hopes to look like the late Anna Nicole, or Kim Kardashian, (and tired of not seeing the results) then you’re in for a surprise! Introducing, the Oxy Pod: The miracle pod that shows results in the first treatment.The Oxy Pod, located at The Pod Spa in New York City, is a revolutionary capsule that offers the best in technology. This sleek capsule consists of a LED light treatment of CO2 that reduces body fat without needing to lift a muscle, improving skin elasticity, wrinkles, back pain, depression, and pretty much everything that may needs “improvement”

The Pod Spa: Can It Help You Lose Weight, Clear Acne and Stop Chronic Pain?Would you try a spa treatment based on NASA technology? bettyconfidential.com

Find in Diet+Health Michelle Joni Lapidos of Spa Week  recently road-tested The Pod. It’s a machine that looks as if it wandered out of a science-fiction movie.What can the Pod do for you? According to Amalia “Amy” de Mier, owner and operator of The Pod Spa, the 30-minute LED light treatment combined with a CO2 treatment will help rev up your libido, lose weight, fight depression and wrinkles, get rid of acne, get rid of chronic pain…in short it’s supposed to be a miracle treatment.Read A Lost Child, a Mission to Save OthersHow does it work? Michelle spent an an hour and a half in the machine. Her treatment included body scrubs and fat-burners, collagen lip and eye treatmentsChec, a CO2 mask and an oxygen facial. She left feeling energized and alert. Searching the web, I found reviews of the Pod from across the country. An Amberly Rose in Colorado tried one at the Sun Spot Atlantis  in Colorado Springs. In her review on Eagle County Weddings , she wrote, “So, I don't know what to say other than my butt and thighs looked awesome!!” Check out  Michelle's experience:Depending upon what you want to do: weight loss, acne, skin rejuvenation, you could see a difference after the first treatment. For chronic pain, according to Amy, you might see a difference after only 5 sessions or sooner, depending upon the injury.