It’s the stuff of dreams: Arrive somewhere stunning and health-focused, exhale, settle in, and marvel at the natural environment. Then what? Relax and renew with programs and treatments totally in sync with your surroundings. Here are five of the best wellness destinations in the United States.
Mii amo, Sedona, Arizona
There’s no doubt about it: Sedona is spiritual, in addition to being beautiful. Sandstone buttes and canyons enchant and mesmerize. Some say this special place in the Upper Sonoran Desert is filled with energy vortexes. Surrounded by red rocks and inside a vortex, well-being resort Mii amo designs individual “journeys” for each of its guests. Yours might include a healing sound bath, a custom facial, an ancestral stone massage, and stargazing.
Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona
Take the bewitching beauty of the Santa Catalina Mountains and add 350 annual days of southern Arizona sunshine, and you’ll find the perfect place to slow down. Breathe, and be calm and mindful. Perfectly matched with its setting, Miraval has been capturing that magic for three decades. The resort’s experience planners will help you set your intention. That intention inspires everything else, whether you’re here for self-connection or leadership fulfillment. Take a moment to relax, maybe with some labyrinth quiet time, followed by a sacred sound massage.
Onsite, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee
The rolling hills of central Tennessee, not so far from the bustle of Nashville, provide a placid and perfect place to set you on a path to well-being. Promising a year’s worth of therapy in just one week—and a vacation with purpose—Onsite curates your days with transformational experiences. Just one example: equine therapy (think: riding horseback through the early morning mist) all while supported by a clinical team.
The Ranch (Malibu, California, and Hudson Valley, New York)
Though its two branches are located in very different spots—the mountains near the crashing Pacific coastline of Malibu, and the pastoral and riverine charms of the Hudson Valley—the purpose of The Ranch remains the same. That is: to provide life, well-lived, through purposeful luxury. A vacation here isn’t just a moment in time, or a nice holiday, but a trip that’s meant to spur lasting change. For you, “the ranch life” might be anything from a sunrise hike in California’s Santa Monica Mountains followed by restorative yoga, to fall foliage trail immersions followed by an organic lunch, less than an hour from Manhattan.
The Amrit Ocean Resort (Singer Island, Florida)
Set on South Florida’s Singer Island, Amrit might give the first impression of a graceful luxury beach resort. While that’s true, you’ll find so much more on this stretch of subtropical Atlantic coastline. There are a number of regenerative therapies and integrative wellness offerings. In the middle of it all is the resort’s signature, 40,000-square-foot Aayush hydrothermal experience. Cold and hot replenishment pools combine with a salt inhalation chamber and hydro-reflexology aquatic path. It’s a ticket to refresh and renew spirit, body, and mind.
This article was originally published in American Essence magazine.
