Miraval Resort

Tuscon, Arizona
Real Housewives of
Orange County
season
14
| episode(s)
7-9
Shannon Beador is the queen of alternative healing. She has crystals buried in the foundation of her hospital-grade air-filled home! She’s marketing a home enema kit with Dr. Moon! So obviously Miraval is her shit. She jumps at the chance to be in the middle of a sound bath ceremony, complete with a bowl balanced on her head like a hat.

Naturally, Kelly Dodd, a woman who believes calling a gong a “donger” is comedy, grabs a mallet and hits her over the head. As Tim the sound bath healer says, “that was so not cool.” Now the trip is emergency room visits and panic attacks.

Various factions split off to argue passionately in front of sedate personal chefs and butlers who are standing around with their hands neatly crossed. Fights ensue: Gina and Emily, Gina and Kelly, Kelly and Shannon, Kelly and Vicki, Kelly and everyone really. The bright spot for poor Shannon, who missed the private chef while she was in the ER, was Vicki arriving around midnight with In and Out.

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