So many of today’s travelers have a different version of what wellness means to them. While some would rather retreat into a peaceful space and round the day out with a carefully curated mocktail, others want to stay active and a glass of wine paired with a sunset speaks to them. Which Wellness Retreat calls your name?
The following resorts answer four specific wellness trends in different and in some cases, over-the-top ways.
The Spiritual Seeker / Chakra Cleansing @ Corazón Cabo Resort & Spa
Chakra cleansing helps you find your center and harmony in a stressful world and the stunning Corazón Cabo Resort & Spa in Mexico offers guests the opportunity take in the vibrant Cabo scene, but also start the day with this spiritual practice. Bookend the day with rooftop, golden hour aqua yoga followed by a choice of one of a variety of mocktails while reflecting on your own mental health and thanking yourself for making you a priority.
OG Wellness / Active Morning and Pampered Afternoon @ Caribe Hilton
For those who embrace a more traditional approach to wellness, go OG at the Caribe Hilton by getting out and getting active, in this case with a private tennis lesson with trainer to some of Puerto Rico’s elite tennis pros including Olympic Gold Medalist Monica Puig, for which the courts are named. Follow this up with 4.5 Hour Day Off Spa Day. (Go really big and book the 6 Hour Total Indulgence package.). Day on the beach? That’s tomorrow, today was about me.Family Wellbeing / Getting Children Off the Screens and into the Sea @ The Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta
AACAP notes that on average, children ages 8-12 in the US spend 4-6 hours a day watching or using screens and teens spend up to 9. Breaking that cycle can be beneficial to the family as a whole through reconnection, memory making, and increasing serotonin, thus positive interaction levels, just by being in the sunlight. Start the morning from the Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta with a family bike ride through the local marina, returning just in time to grab fresh juice and healthy eats at the property. Paddleboarding, or one of the newly added “eco hikes” coupled with a boho picnic are the perfect way to spend an afternoon before closing out the day with a seaside meditation showcasing for the little ones the importance of slowing down. And just like that the day is gone and you’re all too tired for screen time. Just what the family doctor ordered.Silent Self Care / Off-Grid Self Indulgence @ Quintessence
If you choose, an intimate, luxury villa and a long stretch of beach with no one in sight can make for a perfect, silent escape – one the growing wellness trends. Quintessence, a nine (9) bedroom villa, can feel as if you have the whole place to yourself, even if there are in fact other guests. Here, there are no traditional wellness programs in place, as it’s the property and destination itself that organically lend themselves to the ultimate self care escape for those that want very little interaction with the outside world. Silence is easy to find here…so here you set your own wellness pace. It’s you, your book, and as much interaction as you’d like…or not. That’s your call.
