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Understanding your health and fitness concerns, wellness spas offer a wide range of programs guaranteed to help you succeed. The holistic atmosphere of a spa motivates guests to focus on meeting their goals and enables them to do it in style. Spa guests can sign up for specific wellness programs or a series of classes or therapies at a day spa. Alternately, spa goers can opt for a weekend or weeklong getaway to a destination spa.
In the January 2010 issue of Bon Appetit, three writers describe their destination spa getaways and what they learned.
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Senior Editor Dana Dickey attended a weekend workshop at Kripalu conducted by Dr. Frank Lipman, author of Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Start Living Again. Expecting to spend three days taking yoga classes, Dickey was surprised to find herself listening to science-based presentations on feeling well that emphasized contemporary dietary ills, such as excess sugar, processed foods, nutrient deficiencies, environmental toxins, food allergies, and media overstimulation. In between sessions, Dr. Lipman’s assistant, Jodi, instructed guests in yoga postures and had them press their feet into tennis balls.