Leave Travel Stress at the Doors of These Luxurious Resorts

A vacation is an escape from our everyday lives, and sometimes, the best places to travel to are the ones centered around relaxation. From Hawaii and San Diego to far-flung destinations like Phuket and the Maldives, travelers can book a restorative getaway and truly refresh with out-of-the-box wellness experiences in various pockets of paradise.

Four Seasons Resort Lanai | Lanai, Hawaii (pictured)

A secluded, oceanfront retreat on Hawaii’s last unspoiled island, Four Seasons Resort Lanai sits only moments away from many of the island’s most scenic spots, where the Hawaii found in vintage postcards comes vibrantly to life. The resort's Hawanawana Spa (Hawaiian for "whispering ocean") gives guests an opportunity to find relaxation and healing. Find low- or no-touch therapeutic care with an expanded collection of private experiences, including:

Cocoon Sound Meditation: Embark on a profound journey through elemental sound and cosmic harmony while being suspended and cradled in a silk hammock. Experience a restorative shift of mind, body and spirit with vibratory instruments such as alchemy crystal singing bowls, gongs and indigenous percussions and no-touch energy healing.
Thought Field Therapy/Emotional Freedom Technique: Healing methods based on the idea that energy flows along a network of pathways in the body and that blockages in the system can lead to physical ailments. Learn tapping sequences that focus on specific emotions and triggers, as well as ways to manage stressful memories and triggers.
Reiki: This ancient Japanese energy healing technique manipulates the universal life force energy, leaving you feeling renewed in mind, body and spirit.

Sensei Lanai, A Four Seasons Resort | Lanai, HI

A luxurious wellness enclave set within the pine-covered mountains of Lanai, Sensei Lanai, A Four Seasons Resort offers the ultimate adults-only wellness experience. Discover your greatest well-being and embark on a personalized journey featuring wellness consultations with a Sensei Guide, who will then curate an itinerary complete with spa treatments in a private hale, fitness and well-being classes, enriching island activities and dining by Nobu. The resort’s 10 spa hales are luxurious, Japanese-inspired oases of calm, each one featuring an ofuro bathtub, infrared sauna, steam, indoor and outdoor showers, oversized massage tables, private plunge pools and cozy lounging areas. The spa experience includes the new Thermal Body Mapping, an exclusive Sensei-developed thermographic technology used to create a visual map of the body to reveal asymmetries, muscle tightness and possible areas of pain. Equipped with this insightful data, practitioners are able to provide custom massages targeting overactive tissues and improving circulation around areas of tension, like the Lomi Lomi, which incorporates the Hawaiian traditions of bodywork, breathwork and aromatherapy passed down by generations of practitioners and designed to stimulate the body’s natural healing process, or Hawaiian Bodywalking using step-by-step specialized techniques drawn from the ancient art and wisdom of Asia and Polynesia.

Banyan Tree Veya Phuket | Phuket, Thailand

Discover a new conscious way of living at Banyan Tree Veya Phuket, where its 8 Pillars of Wellbeing – Sleep & Rest, Dietary Awareness, Bonding & Connection, Physical Vitality, Mind Cultivation, Learning & Development, Harmony With Nature and Sustained Practices – serve as guiding principles throughout each guest’s journey. Guests can completely immerse themselves in the retreat’s verdant setting and rediscover nature’s healing powers through nature-based workshops and outdoor activities. From beachside meditations to barefoot garden walks, guests will find simple yet impactful ways to harness the power and science of nature to enhance their well-being. Enjoy a morning trek along breezy Bang Tao Beach, leisurely cycle to a nearby town for an authentic inside look into local living, paddle through the serene lagoons of Laguna Phuket and get a closer look into its tropical ecosystem, learn to sustainably harness nature’s resources and elements to improve overall well-being with the resort’s signature Natural Well Living workshop or channel the earth’s energy by taking a slow practitioner-guided barefoot walk through the garden.

JOALI BEING | Bodufushi, Maldives

The first well-being island retreat of its kind in the Maldives, JOALI BEING invites guests to reconnect with themselves and with the beauty of nature. Centered around the Four Pillars of JOALI BEING — Mind, Microbiome, Skin and Energy — the retreat leads the way in well-being education, guiding a customized journey to transcendence, self-discovery and renewal through personalized Immersion Programs consisting of a series of educational workshops and experiential classes and treatments with wellbeing experts, culinary maestros, herbalists, tea sommeliers, and beyond. The 68-villa retreat offers various well-being facilities and unique transformational spaces, including a hydrotherapy hall, Discovery Sound Path, herbology center, state-of-the-art fitness center, yoga pavilion and more, allowing guests to fully immerse in the island’s elemental therapies and healing experiences. Nature is at the center of life at JOALI BEING, with the retreat being completely committed to nature-immersive and responsible travel – the pathway to true “weightlessness”.

Alila Marea Beach Resort | Encinitas, CA

Providing ample opportunities to disconnect and reconnect with the natural landscape, Spa Alila at Alila Marea Beach Resort offers a world-class spa and wellness experience deeply rooted in both land and sea. Located at the juncture of beach and bluff in one of the most bio-diverse regions of North America, Spa Alila infuses the natural landscape’s powerful unseen energies (such as minerals and botanicals used by the native Kumeyaay people) in treatments to restore guests’ connection to the earth. Nourish the mind and spirit with new holistic sessions by resident master yoga teacher and healer Dana Damara – to be enjoyed in the privacy and comfort of your guestroom:

EXHALE (Breathwork): The sacred practice of breathwork offers deep healing through an active, breathing-based meditation technique that creates a heightened sense of awareness. This guided breathwork session will soften anxiety, release grief and clear negative energies to expand creativity, foster forgiveness and deepen your love of self and others.
COSMIC (Astrology Readings): An ancient science, astrology readings are a detailed analysis of the stars’ alignment during your birth, revealing patterns, possible pitfalls and potential opportunities to achieve your life's purpose. Your sun, moon and rising signs will be thoroughly evaluated, as well as the placement of other planets, to better understand the influences affecting your energy and life path in the past, present and future.
VIBE (Private Sound Healing): Sound has the power to cleanse negative emotions, dissolve unconscious fears and reset the brain and body to a more peaceful and mindful state. This private sound healing session begins with breathwork and meditation before crystal singing bowls, chimes and other soothing sound instruments lead you on a transformative healing journey.
UNIFY (Elemental Healing): A bespoke, in-depth session utilizing a mix of elements is the most effective and efficient path to recovery. Elemental sessions may integrate reiki, meditation, essential oils, crystals, sound healing, infrared therapy, breathwork and other remedies tailored to the many layers that make up the inimitable you.

Mii amo | Sedona, AZ

Situated within Sedona’s iconic Boynton Canyon, Mii amo, a destination spa, has spent the last 20 years inspiring its guests to “Journey within,” find a connection with nature and truly immerse in well-being. Its signature term, Journey, references the guest’s personal experience coming to the property and how powerful a Mii amo stay can be for its guests through its truly unique spa services — from massages, facials and meditations based on the Celestial Cycles to “Energy and Spirit” programming such as Aura Photography and Astrology readings — with world-class therapists, the destination spa proves a transformative experience for anyone who ventures to Sedona. What’s more, surrounded by a striking landscape filled with towering buttes, desert greenery and red rocks, Mii amo guests can amplify their Journey experience through connection with nature at the property’s Trail House — the outdoor adventure outlet that offers world-class mountain biking and hiking equipment along with guides that cater to an individual’s skill level to make for the perfect map for the trail ahead.

Starting Rate: $4,600 (3-night Journey)

Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal | Cabo San Lucas, MX

Situated on an extraordinary 24-acre site at the southernmost tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, the iconic Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal is a beachfront haven and restorative oasis for wellness seekers in search of true tranquility and revitalization. Visitors can explore the wide variety of offerings at the award-winning Waldorf Astoria Spa, which is comprised of saltwater meditation pools, guided by the four phases of the moon and rooted in traditional Mexican rituals - or for the ultimate wellbeing-inspired escape, embark on a one-of-a-kind transformative journey during one of the resorts’ Wellness Weekends. During the three-day Wellness Weekends, Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal partners with their Shaman in Residence, Fernanda Montiel, to curate an unforgettable itinerary that showcases the best wellbeing offerings the property has to offer, fusing together spa treatments, private breathing exercises, mindfulness workshops, intention work, and plenty of down time for rest and reflection to create an unrivaled opportunity for participants to become enlightened by the true healing powers of nature, awaken their senses, and meaningfully align with themselves and one another.

Guests looking to experience the ultimate VIP wellness treatment without committing to a full three-day journey can book the Diamond Life Infusion Ritual, a luxury treatment and the ultimate anti-aging experience, promoting instant radiance and a powerfully hydrated complexion. The ritual includes a 5-10 minute pretreatment personal evaluation and informational session, a 90-minute hands-on facial, and an additional 10-minute treatment with the NuFace Microcurrent device, providing invigorating microcurrent to the face muscles to instantly provide tone, lift and contour. The Diamond Life Infusion Ritual is special for its three biomarkers - Stem Cell preservation, Telomere protection, and cellular aging control - using cutting-edge science for a more youthful, radiant appearance.

Diamond Life Ritual Price: $550 USD