| Amid the clamor of obligations, rush hour traffic, | | | | from 3 to 28 days later, based on your needs). |
| nagging bosses and the chaos of daily life, the last | | | | Individualized retreat options include: Chiva-Som |
| thing most Americans want is a high-volume vacation | | | | Experience, Detox Retreat, Ultimate Detox Retreat, |
| that requires a lot of running around and planning. Why | | | | Weight Management Retreat, Fitness Retreat, Spa |
| not try a week at a relaxing yoga retreat, where you | | | | Retreat, De-stress Retreat and Physical Remedy |
| will leave with a deep-seated serenity and | | | | Retreat. |
| awareness? | | | | Prices range from $1,500 to $10,000, depending on |
| You can go anywhere from India to Mexico in search | | | | your length of stay, and include: three meals per day, a |
| of rejuvenation and spiritual connectedness. With a | | | | daily massage (Thai, Chiva-Som or Invigorating), |
| combination of yoga, massages, jacuzzi tubs and | | | | participation in daily fitness program (yoga class, cardio, |
| healthy eating, a yoga retreat is more than just a | | | | aqua fitness, pilates, use of saunas and jacuzzi tubs). |
| vacation -- it's a whole new way of life and in some | | | | Between one-on-one meditation, yoga and spa |
| ways, a rebirth. | | | | treatments, you can socialize with 20-40-year-olds |
| Yoga retreat vacations are great for beginners and | | | | over healthy meals of crab and sweet corn soup, pan |
| advanced practitioners alike. An instructor since 1997, | | | | fried snow fish with salsa, lamb cutlets and organic |
| Jillian Pransky says, "Many of my students are city | | | | garden vegetables. |
| dwellers. Their yoga is fit in between running in and out | | | | Chiva-Som was chosen as the "World's Best |
| of busy streets and wedged into their busy workloads. | | | | Destination Spa" in Travel and Leisure Magazine in |
| They get little respite and often don't get the dramatic | | | | 2006. With wooden Thai pavilions, majestic palm trees, |
| effect they experience on retreat. Your body has | | | | pink and purple sunsets and beachside property, it's no |
| more time to open, change, purify and cleanse in a | | | | wonder why tourists chose this location! More |
| retreat environment than in a daily practice." | | | | information can be found at ChivaSom site. |
| Perhaps one of the most dazzling yoga retreat | | | | All too often we leave our vacation feeling like we |
| destinations is "Chiva-Som" -- located 135 miles South | | | | need another vacation from the grueling tourist's pace |
| of Bangkok in Hua Hin, Thailand. This particular spa | | | | we kept the entire time. Why not choose a relaxing, |
| focuses on individualized attention from the moment | | | | rejuvenating yoga retreat that will leave you feeling |
| you arrive and receive your personal Wellness advisor, | | | | healthier, more well-rested and spiritually cleansed than |
| until the moment you leave (which could be anywhere | | | | ever before? |