Wellness tourism is a new type of travel that is gaining popularity. A holiday journey is no more about traveling to different places and exploring their architecture and food. The new definition of a journey is to find a place to connect with your soul.
From solo journey to soul journey, so much has changed in how travelers used to think about the holidays. Travelers are now looking for wellness retreats and are even ready to pay a higher cost. Many luxury resorts have already started offering customized wellness retreats for their guests.
Wellness retreats are destinations you travel to connect with your soul, find peace, and focus on your health. Day routine work and life stress leave us exhausted. We forget to focus on ourselves, our soul needs, and the need to relax and be around nature. Wellness retreats are providing travelers with a window to connect with themselves. Wellness retreats are a new travel mantra that is driving travelers to luxury resorts offering best-in-class health and wellness treatments such as Panchakarma, Abhyangam, Shirodhara, NjavaraKizhi, and Kativasthi.
Anyone can benefit from wellness retreats, from children to adults and couples to elders. There is no age bar to take care of one's wellness. Luxury resorts have moved a step forward by providing customized wellness treatments for their guests. They also offer family-friendly wellness retreats in which all the family members exercise together and spend some quality time in a welcoming and soothing ambiance.
Wellness retreats or wellness programs may vary from resort to resort. You can contact the resort before booking about the wellness programs it offers. Here are some of the health retreats you can expect in almost all luxury resorts:
Spa
A luxury spa is more than just pampering the body. It is about relaxing the muscles, massaging the face, and helping the body recover from the stress. The facial spa includes cleansing, extracting, exfoliating, masking, and massaging the face. There are three types of facial spas - Microdermabrasion Facial spa, Lymphatic Facial spa, LED facial spa, and anti-aging facial spa.
The Microdermabrasion facial spa helps remove the superficial layers of dead and dry skin cells for healthy and glowing skin. The Lymphatic facial spa stimulates the lymphatic glands under the skin of the face to reduce puffiness by removing excess fluid. The LED facial spa is a non-invasive skin-care treatment that helps stimulate collagen and treat acne. The anti-aging facial spa uses collagen to reduce signs of aging.
The whole body spa makes your skin feel soft and smooth to the touch. In the body spa, the skin of the body is exfoliated, hydrated, and cleansed using a body scrub.
Yoga
Yoga is the most popular wellness retreat offered by luxury resorts in India. Some resorts in Canada, Sri Lanka, and South Asia also provide yoga programs to their guests. YOGA stands for Your Objectives Guidelines and Assessment. It is derived from the ancient India. It has references in Rigveda and Upanishads, the ancient Hindu texts. Yoga is a spiritual practice to relax the body and connect with our soul.
Luxury resorts are now offering yoga to guests as yoga has been found to be very effective in correcting postures, releasing stress, and relaxing muscles. While staying at a wellness resort, you may expect to have a yoga facility with a state-of-the-art ambiance to rest stressed muscles in a quiet place. Some resorts even provide six senses relaxation therapy where music is played to help you connect with your soul. Yoga sessions at resorts are often carried out under the supervision of yoga experts or yoga teachers. Under the guidance of experts, you can learn how to relax your muscles and mind at home after a stressful day's work.
Gyms
Expect to have a treadmill, weights, stationary bike, and other exercise equipment. The gym of a hotel is usually spread over an area of 350 square feet, which means it is spacious enough to do regular workouts. If you are someone who likes to start the day with a gym, wellness hotels can provide very convenient for your vacation.
Sauna
Sauna baths, wet or dry baths, are one of the USPs of many wellness resorts. A sauna bath is good for poring the skin pores and hydrating the whole body for healthier and smoother skin. A sauna bath is said to be effective for cardiovascular health as it provides a similar effect on the body as that of exercising. Sauna baths are usually guided by experts who know who can and can't take a sauna bath. Pregnant women, for instance, should avoid using saunas. There are other wellness retreats that pregnant women can avail such as relaxing yoga sessions.
Wellness retreats are gaining popularity among travelers for their many health benefits. It is a fantastic feeling to know that whatever you are spending on a holiday is going to relax you instead of stressing you. So, next time when planning a trip, go for a luxury resort that offers wellness support for you and your family.
