3 Amazing Wellness Retreats To Inspire You
Today, we’re inviting you to dream about your own health, wellness and most importantly, self-care. You’ve heard this before - you can’t possibly take care of others if you’re not taking proper care of yourself. Let’s dream about a future time when we can indulge in the sensual delights of a one-of-a-kind spa experience. Let’s envision a place where we can receive personal nutritional consultations and engage with our body and our minds. Let’s wonder about tropical oases, restful retreats and spiritual journeys. Join us, as we travel to three of the most incredible wellness resorts in the U.S. and learn about what makes them so special. Your next vacation just got a lot more holistic, centered and properly focused on you.
#1 - FOUR SEASONS LANAI AT KOELE, A SENSEI RETREAT
Recently re-imagined and reopened, the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Koele is an ultra all-inclusive wellness enclave located on the secluded Hawaiian island of Lanai. Unmatched hospitality, reputable experts, luxury and choice combine to offer a completely customized experience and help you discover your greatest well-being. Always included is round-trip airfare from Honolulu on Lanai Air, as well as private wellness consultations, spa treatments, unlimited fitness classes, yoga and meditation, dining by Nobu (including wines, beers and spirits), and enriching island activities in pursuit of movement, nourishment and rest – all in a beautiful and luxurious Four Seasons setting.
Elegant Accommodations
Light-filled rooms offer true indoor-outdoor living. Enjoy the Hotel’s lush grounds not only from your furnished lanai but also from the spacious interiors. Bathrooms feature signature Sensei bath amenities inspired by Lanai, Dyson hair dryers, 75-inch (190-cm) Samsung LED TVs and Four Season’s signature bed linens, robes and towels.
A Sensei Retreat
Fuel your passions and connect with your intentions to become well again. Engage in enriching classes, new adventures, relaxing treatments, private wellness consultations and nutritious foods. The Sensei Way philosophy focuses on three practices – move, nourish and rest – that help you familiarize and maintain a conversation with your body and mind. Movement is how we interact with our environment, nourishment is what fuels us, and rest is how we recover and grow.
Customized Treatments
The resort offers a range of therapeutic massages, all-natural facials, unique aqua therapy sessions, and beauty services and stylings. In addition, Sensei-developed thermal body-mapping technology creates a visual map of your body, revealing asymmetries, muscle tightness and areas of pain, which can help inform more targeted massage treatments.
#2 - CANYON RANCH WOODSIDE, CA
Set among the hills and forests of Northern California, just outside of San Francisco, Canyon Ranch Woodside feels worlds away. With curated programs backed by more than 40 years of integrative wellness knowledge and inspiring rituals grounded in the natural rhythms of our special home, you will leave feeling a renewed sense of wholeness. Spark inspiration during a group yoga session. Hike, bike, and wander the surrounding roads less traveled. Thoughtfully curated retreats lead to transformation, and Woodside’s redwood-covered hills are just the place to kick-off your inspiring journey towards change. Come with intention and find your way to a full rebirth of mind, body, spirit, and soul.
Natural Accommodations
With only 38 rooms, Canyon Ranch is designed to be an immersive and exclusive experience. Accommodations are not just comfortable places to rest your head, but welcoming sanctuaries that invite the outdoors in. Whether you opt to stay in a Retreat Room housed in the main lodge or a glass-clad treehouse lofted 35-50 feet into a canopy of redwoods, from their private decks to their soothing earth tones, Mother Nature’s majesty is always the headline attraction.
Retreats
Canyon Ranch retreats offer thoughtfully curated programming and rituals designed to help you feel physically energized, emotionally connected and mentally focused. Take an invigorating hike among the towering redwoods, try cycling or join a yoga session. Sink into a sea salt massage. Share a healthy meal with new-found friends at our convivial family-style dining table. Attend mind-body workshops and wellness discussions or find clarity during moments of quiet reflection. What does a day at Woodside look like? However you want it to look. Discover a greater purpose and deepened passion for life. A new definition of balance – defined by you.
Amazing Amenities
16 acres of redwood forest. Dozens of intimate spaces. One-of-a-kind amenities. This elegant forest retreat has something for every aspect of your wellness journey. The fitness studio is outfitted with state-of-the-art machines, high-tech physical assessment equipment, and high-touch Canyon Ranch coaching. Do a few laps in the saline pool, then throw the wall of windows open and watch the fog blanket the forest landscape as you soak in our intimate aquatic center’s whirlpool, followed by time in the sauna. Or get in a meditative mood with a journey around the on-site labyrinth. Modeled after the labyrinth found at the 13th-century Chartres Cathedral in France, this tool for walking meditation is the perfect aid to help you focus inward.
#3 - MI AMMO
Mii amo is a world-class destination spa in Sedona, Arizona that defies the imagination. Voted #1 destination spa in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure, it is a place unlike any other. Set within the soaring red rock backdrop of Boynton Canyon, you are surrounded by awe-inspiring, natural beauty and endless spiritual healing. Guests ages 16 and older are invited to embark on all-inclusive 3, 4 or 7-night journeys of discovery and inner peace, which includes: a welcome reception, daily spa credit for spa services and treatments, all-inclusive dining at Mii amo Cafe and Juice Bar (alcohol excluded), access to all fitness facilities, scheduled classes, lectures and resort activities. Journey guests also enjoy a Mii amo robe, tote bag, water bottle and thoughtful turndown amenities.
Artful Accommodations
Artfully arranged in a private enclave of casitas shaded by cottonwood trees, Mi ammo’s 16 casitas provide the ultimate serenity. Bordered by landscaped courtyards, each casita features a private patio or balcony, in-room coffee makers, wood-paneled closets with built-ins and a spa-amenity bathroom complete with a deep soaking tub. All casitas include a beehive fireplace and whirlpool, and premium casitas also include an outdoor shower and private massage area for your comfort.
A Place for discovery
Mi ammo means “one’s path or journey” and is rooted in the Native American culture of the southwest. Authentic Native American traditions and the power and history of the resort surroundings provide the framework for every journey beginning in the place the Western Apache knew as Che Ah Chi, “beautiful red rocks”, with a gift of juniper beads. These Navajo “ghost beads” are a symbol of honor to those who have gone before us and serve as a guide while you are on your own Journey.
A Sense of Wellbeing
Discover soothing body treatments, mindful massages, Native American inspired therapies and more to help you tune out the noise and tune into your unique frequency. It is here you will feel the intimacy and energy of this special place and leave feeling tranquil, rested and centered.
So in the spirit of wellness, let’s all take a deep, collective, intentional breath. Let’s be in the moment, find yourself where you are, and keep dreaming about the future. We will travel again! Let us know in the comments below, which of these 3 wellness resort most speaks to you?