fitness

Golden Door Spa in Escondido, California has teamed up with celebrity dancer, Karina Smirnoff to create a special Dance Week program at the award winning spa. Guests can meet Smirnoff and experience all Golden Door as to offer all while they are dancing their way to wellness!

Run, jump, dance, do yoga, whatever you fancy — spas and resorts across the globe are devoted to various pastimes, some of which might already be your fave or will become a new hobby to get you moving in the right direction on your path to wellness.

We sweat it out at a Figure Method class, which combines yoga, Pilates, Lotte Berk and classical ballet, and talk to founder Cindy Sites about how she stays motivated and get her tips on healthy habits.

Before we leave our 2011 SpaFinder Spa Trend Forecast behind, let’s review  the “Hot/Getting Hotter” list.   We always have a lot of fun creating these as they become a short, handy way for people to get a sense of what’s in our trend report.  It also gives us a chance to throw in a few things that maybe […]

We love this destination’s bold, unpretentious admission: “More than a fat farm!” Indeed, this South Carolina seashore retreat has changed thousands of lives with their smartly conceived program of calorie reduction and personal attention to mind/body fitness. We salute them for their inspiration and education.

For years we’ve been completely charmed by this down-to-earth, Southern California gem, located in the healthy-minded valley town of Ojai. The Oaks has been welcoming guests for over three decades with its top-notch nutritional and fitness programs and spa treatments. We also love how new habits are forged here—affordably.

Have you heard of Marshall Ulrich? Three years ago, at the age of 57, he ran two marathons and a 10K every day for nearly two months straight, clocking the third-fastest trans-American crossing from San Francisco to New York City. He also set new records in multiple divisions and climbed Mount Everest. We talk to him about physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.

Spa is massage; spa is skin care; and spa is relaxation, meditation and rejuvenation. But above all, spa is about wellness for the body and the mind, and some exciting new changes now make us the ultimate resource to help you achieve that healthy mental and physical balance that we all strive for.

Because Whole Foods Markets believes that what you put on your body is as important as what you put in your body, it created a section in each of its stores called Whole Body dedicated to helping you look and feel your best, inside and out. As a part of Whole Foods’ Whole Body™ program, […]

If vacation for you is typically synonymous with lazy beach bumming, then an active spa vacation could be your dive into a wellness lifestyle. While we are big fans of vegging out, there is something incredible (and possibly life-altering) about spending a few days devoted to activity that is hopefully one of your favorite pastimes or perhaps an erupting new hobby. There are exceptional spas and resorts worldwide dedicated to programs for golf, hiking, water sports, winter sports, yoga and fitness.

We love how creative you can get with these foods on a stick, and they’re a cinch to cook on the grill. Here’s a simple and healthy recipe for seafood kabobs from Killington, Vermont’s New Life Hiking Spa, which is renowned for being an affordable destination spa with some of the country’s best hiking and fitness programming.

Integrating holistic beliefs and cultural tradition, or eco-friendly products and well-experienced therapists, each spa provided its own unique experience, relaxing me into a deeper state of island bliss.

The Boston Marathon is just around the corner and in addition to the intensive training that runners are doing to prepare for the 115th annual race, our spa partner Mandarin Oriental Boston is encouraging participants to indulge in restorative massage treatments before and after

Repetition can sometimes make the once exciting and invigorating into something mundane and blah. Because of this, the idea of exploring and experimenting with new forms of exercise is beneficial for several reasons, says Miraval’s Exercise Physiologist, Andrew Wolf, M.Ed, C.S.C.S.

In exergaming the body, rather than just a handheld device, propels the game forward. One of the first popular videogames to combine body movement and video gaming was Dance Dance Revolution, a fixture of Japanese and American arcades in the early 2000s.

Granola is full of beneficial vitamins and nutrients that your body will thank you for while you’re working out. And, since it’s a great on-the-go snack, no more excuses for not eating before working out! When making or buying granola, make sure to check the ingredients – you want granola with oats and other grains […]

It is a familiar modern requirement: Do more work in fewer hours. Never has it been more necessary to work smarter, not harder.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons Pilates is still one of the fastest-growing exercise techniques and is resonating with the overworked. It is not so much about repetition of movement as it is the quality of movement. “

Check out these two videos that you can incorporate into a quick, five- to 10-minute workout routine each day.

Bikram Yoga can seem intimidating, but it has garnered a solid following of dedicated practitioners. Only recently has the practice become a well-known component to mainstream yoga as more and more people take up the discipline.

We talked to Junelle Lupiani, RD, Mirval Arizona’s nutritionist, who answered all our questions surrounding eating and working out.