health

Make healthy eating smarter with easy substitutions in the kitchen.

Catching your Zzz’s is not only good for your skin, Sleeping Beauties, it’s essential to your health. Spas have awakened to this notion, offering a number of sleep therapies devoted to helping you achieve proper rest.

Here’s a refreshing take on staying healthy and hydrated: Eat your water, don’t just drink it! Howard Murad, M.D., FAAD, tells you how.

Lisa Mercurio of Bedtime Network explains why darkness is key for a good night’s sleep and how it adds the “Zen in Zzz’s.” Find out how you can acheive darkness at bedtime.

Do you find yourself leaving a dinner out with a friend feeling well, stressed and uneasy? It might be time to stage an “inter-friention.” Dr. Darcy Smith Sterling shares six warning signs of toxic friends and gives tips on how to let go.

While there are a number of factors that can affect our energy levels, one key player is the food we eat. We asked Kimberly Altman, MS, RD, LD/N, at The Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa in Miami, Florida, for her top six foods for boosting energy.

It’s well known if you take care of your insides, it will reflect well on your outsides. Healthy skin doesn’t start just with a face cream. The key to showing your best face is by keeping yourself hydrated.

It’s important to be cautious of, yet always remember to appreciate, the sun. Wellness Week spokesperson, Mariel Hemingway, shares how to safely soak up the sun’s benefits.

Think yoga is just for the super-flexible and ultra spiritual? Let this feature by Diet.com’s Erica Bornstein open your eyes and erase those fears as she clears up common yoga myths and preps you for poses with these 7 pointers for beginner yogis.

Calling all foodies! We all know that healthy eating can be simple, gourmet and delicious, and for the first time, SpaFinder Wellness Week™ will be hosting a pilot program in partnership with some of New York City’s leading restaurants to bring you healthy gourmet cuisine at reasonable prices.

From foods to protect against breast cancer to prostate cancer (and boost sex drive!), Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, helps us spotlight a few foods that take particular care of a woman’s body and a man’s body, respectively.

Water is the element that makes us fluid and alive in every way. Mariel Hemingway, Wellness Week™ national spokesperson and Club Spa guest blogger, taps into refreshing ways to help you get your H20 fix.

From managing our schedules to managing our focus, we could all use a little help organizing our time! Dr. Darcy Smith, psychologist, shares her 10 tips for time management.

We love the basic simplicity of Spa Eastman’s Four-Spice Quinoa recipe. Did you know that quinoa is actually a relative of beets, spinach and chard?

Make bedtime a sacred time! Bedtime Network co-Founders, Cindy Bressler and Lisa Mercurio, and the Bedtime Network Coaches give us their seven tips for creating your own Bedtime Ritual.

Giving yourself the gift of a quiet mind transforms you into YOU. Mariel Hemingway, Club Spa guest author and national spokesperson for SpaFinder Wellness Week 2012, shares tips on how to find your silence.

We asked two spa chefs – one from Red Mountain and one from The Oaks at Ojai – what their go-to tips are in making a healthy salad dressing from scratch at home, and for the recipes of a few popular dressings used at each of their spas.

This Valentine’s Day make love an inside job! Kathleen McIntire, author and creator of Guiding Signs 101, shares six benefits for having a loving relationship with yourself!

From recipes for Buffalo Chicken Salad and three kinds of dips (low-fat artichoke dip!), we’ve got your game-day snack spread covered with the help of Canyon Ranch.

Embracing the Ayurvedic concept as a whole, Nita Lake Lodge recently unveiled its “A Taste of Ayurveda” spa and dining package (on trend, we must say!), which we had a chance to check out this winter during ski season.