Skip Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws this year, and use your vacation time to rest and recharge at one of your favorite spiritual renewal retreats. If your own backyard garden is as close as you've come to any spiritual renewal retreats, we have a few ideas to get you started on your journey of relaxing and reconnecting with Spirit.
So many options exist for locations, surroundings (mountains,seaside, or desert), and treatments all around the world. We've scouted out some of our favorite picks for really cool places that we tag our spiritual renewal retreats. This is a time to renew your inner being and to recharge your batteries for the year ahead. Why not consider taking a break in the middle of the holiday season, rather than waiting until you're depleted from all the activity. Stop now and breathe, and consider how you want your next year to look. Do you want to be relaxed, abundant, and recharged? Read on!
We love Spa Finders which is the place we've chosen to partner with since they are a perfect Global Spa Resource, which is how they refer to themselves, and it makes the perfect starting point in your search for any number of spiritual renewal retreats. Here's our picks of a few expecially interesting choices for the season, grouped by region.
The Western United States
Arizona offers captivating desert and mountain settings that instantly relax anyone taking in the scenery. There is something that calls to your inner sanctuary with breathtaking sunsets and warm desert air.
Don't miss the meditation garden at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale where you can swim, play tennis, and hike or pedal along the mountain trails.
The unique artist' community of Sedona is about 120 miles away and therapeutic enough just being there, but Mii Amo is a private spa at Enchantment Resort. We think it's appropriate to begin our list of spiritual renewal retreats with a place that has a Native American emphasis. The spa's name translates to 'journey', which is exactly what you'll find yourself on as you choose from one of the five programs offered, including 'Spiritual Exploration'.
If you're looking for Native American methods, the Green Valley Spa & Tennis Resort in Utah also uses them in their treatments.
California has always been a spa hot spot, thanks to its wide range of topography and its popularity as an escape in general. San Diego, known the world over for its consistent climate, hosts the La Costa Resort and Spa, home of the Chopra Center. The programs there focus on meditation, yoga, and other therapies from ancient India and are influenced by the teachings and therapeutic techniques of Dr. Deepak Chopra. Two examples of this spa's available programs are Seduction of Spirit and Journey into Healing.
The Easter United States
Canyon Ranch East is nestled in the rolling green landscape of the Berkshires in Lenox, Massachusetts, a pristine New England community close to Tanglewood and Jacobs Pillow, two places that are jumping with activity in the summer months. This spa is housed on the old JP Morgan estate and carries a powerful energy of days gone by. Here you can revisit a time when manners were a way of life and spirituality was found in long walks in the wood.
In rustic Washington, Conneticut, the Mayflower Spa will help you reduce stress with its Mind-Spirit offerings, outdoor yoga, and meditation gardens.
Even New York City is a place to find spiritual renewal retreats, as midtown Manhattan has its own Chopra Center.
The Lodge at Woodloch sits on a lake surrounded by acres of forest.
Whether you choose a half day program within driving distance or base your spa experience around the vacation of a lifetime, you'll feel long-lasting benefits from any of the spiritual renewal retreats we've mentioned. The techniques you learn for cleansing, healing, and restoring your soul will last you longer than the few days you are there--these are spiritual concepts that will stay in your heart and soul as long as you keep them.
These are only a small sprinkling of spiritual renewal retreats. Spa Finders can lead you to wonderful respites worldwide, from Canada to Mexico, and Brazil to Israel, Thailand, and the Caribbean. Go, go, go!
