Just like Spring is a time for renewal, re-birth and growth, every particular season of the year brings a rhythm for self-care and inner work. Fall can prompt a focus on caring for our mental health, preparing for winter, and setting goals for the new year.
Traveling to a wellness destination or retreat during the fall could push us to feel our best and inspire what we want our near futures to look like. Fortunately, there are several exciting opportunities a moderate plane ride away to spark some ideas.
In the island nation of St. Lucia, the world’s only drive-in volcano has become one of the hot spots for a wellness opportunity like no other since visitors can bathe in its geothermal black pools and mud baths at the location known as Sulphur Springs. How unique would it be to leave rejuvenated from this experience and then go rinse off at Toraille Waterfall to re-energize for the next phase of this adventure?
At the historic Diamond Falls Botanical gardens, you have the opportunity to restore your body either at public or private therapeutic mineral baths. On this site, as funded to be erected by King Louis the XVI of France, you can receive the same benefits as bathing at Aix-les-Bains in France to heal some chronic maladies. You may engage in any of these activities either on your own or with a tour guide through an excursion that includes some or all, often times with a delicious creole lunch.
For more prolonged healing tailor-made stays, a few days at Cayo Levantado Resort on a private island off the coast of Samana in the Dominican Republic or a choice from various wellness retreats at the remote Isla Holbox in Mexico’s Riviera Maya could prove to be transcendental.
Choose from four different paths to wellness while at your stay at Cayo Levantado where you can participate in specifically curated activities that Refresh, Restore, Relax, and Renew your being. You can learn to use the Wim Hof method during cold exposure, perform deep breathing techniques, engage in reiki alignment, aromatherapy, flotation relaxation, massage, sound healing, and meditations all while eating the freshest local ingredients and receiving personal nutritional counseling during your stay at all-inclusive luxury accommodations.
Likewise, Isla Holbox , a small, secluded island off the coast of Chiquila, Mexico, is an up and coming wellness destination with many holistic retreats to choose from. It is less developed for tourism than other destinations along the same coast. The retreats and accommodations make use of the unique geography of where the Caribbean merges with the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Yum Balam Nature Reserve. Experience holistic wellness activities such as sound healing, meditations, ice baths, Ayurdvedic local cuisine, yoga, and ritualistic ceremonies. The easiest way to reach this destination is to fly into Cancun Airport, travel two hours by road to Chiquila and then take the ferry to the island proper.
By visiting any of these destinations and enveloping yourself in the activities that they offer, you are sure to depart in a better state of mind, prepared to incorporate the reflections and lessons learned in any plan you may make to ring in the next season.
