Have you ever heard of a Wellness Retreat? If you haven’t heard of one before, a Wellness Retreat is a getaway and travel for the purpose of helping you cleanse and detox while focusing on the well-being of your body, mind, and spirit. Retreats typically offer a blend of classes and educational seminars during the trip, allowing you to learn more about healthy life habits, exercise, nutrition, and much more.
If this is something that sounds intriguing to you and you’ve been looking for a getaway to reset your body & mind, then Wellness Retreats could be for you! Luckily, our partnered studios here in Chicago offer these types of Retreats. Discover the Wellness Retreats that our favorite Chicago studios are offering below!
AIR Aerial Retreat
Location: Xinalani Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Dates: February 4th - 11h, 2023
Description: Join AIR for an unforgettable adventure in paradise. This week-long retreat will include daily aerial classes, meditation, workshops, and excursions with plenty of beach and pool time in between. Stay in luxurious oceanfront accommodations nestled between the lush jungle and a private pristine beach. If you're looking to unplug, reset and deepen your aerial practice, then this retreat is for you! Open to all levels - beginner friendly!
Bookings: Email lincolnpark@airfitnow.com for more details.
AIR Aerial Fitness offers an annual Aerial Fitness Retreat! This year they are headed to a retreat at Xinalani. This week-long retreat will include daily aerial classes, meditation, workshops, and excursions with plenty of beach and pool time in between. Stay in luxurious oceanfront accommodations nestled between the lush jungle and a private pristine beach. Most retreats are yoga focused; however, their retreat is specifically aerial-centered. Every day they’ll offer aerial yoga, aerial fitness, and meditation classes. We know aerial can look intimidating, but their retreat is beginner friendly & you don't need any past aerial experience to attend.
This retreat is all-inclusive: it includes transportation to/from the airport, accommodation for 7 nights & 8 days, 3 meals a day, unlimited coffee, water & tea, all aerial classes/workshops, meditations, unlimited access to a private beach, pool, hiking trails, SUP boards, snorkeling gear, and kayaks.
If you're looking to unplug, reset and deepen your aerial practice, then this retreat is for you!
And if you can’t make this one, then stay tuned for the next AIR Aerial Retreat — coming December 2023 [offering an aerial retreat in Panama- more details to come!]
Live Better Retreats
Locations: Chicago, IL; Arizona; El Salvador
Dates: 1-Day Trip, 3-Day Trip, 6-Day Trip all in 2023
Description: Join Live Better for their all-in-one wellness trips dedicated to physical health, mental health, building community, and more. With daily activities like fitness classes, yoga, self-development workshops, surfing, meditations, and group discussions, these trips are about living life at your full potential; nothing less.
Bookings: Visit https://livebetterco.org/retreats for more details.
Live Better’s retreat experiences are designed around four pillars within our system of wellness — move better, eat better, think better, and give better. Combined, we believe these key practices will help you live better by creating a stronger, more resilient, compassionate, and driven human being. Then, you get to share those gifts at your fullest potential with the world.
These retreat experiences are extremely unique; how rare is it that you return from a vacation feeling better than when you left? You’ll find daily movement, healthy food, social connection, and meaningful self-reflection are exactly what you were looking for.
Next year, Live Better will be offering 3 different Wellness Retreats — a 1-Day Retreat in Chicago, a 3-Day Retreat in Arizona, and a 6-Day Retreat in El Salvador. What will you do? Have fun. Try new things. Take risks. Meet new people. Workout early. Do yoga late. Take a nap. Make a smoothie. Sip coffee. Surf. Meditate. Stretch. Sweat. Hydrate. Share a connection. Sleep. Repeat.
Next year, Live Better will be offering 3 different Wellness Retreats — a 1-Day Retreat in Chicago, a 3-Day Retreat in Arizona, and a 6-Day Retreat in El Salvador. What will you do? Have fun. Try new things. Take risks. Meet new people. Workout early. Do yoga late. Take a nap. Make a smoothie. Sip coffee. Surf. Meditate. Stretch. Sweat. Hydrate. Share a connection. Sleep. Repeat.
Live Better aims to hold space in our community for ALL people to practice and improve their health. They work so hard to cultivate an environment that is inclusive, judgment-free, safe, and welcoming. Attract ages 22-60 from all over the world in wide ranges of ability levels and experience.
Head over to their website to discover all things Retreats!
The Space Between’s Alive + Away Retreat
Location: Pachamama | Todos Santos, Mexico
Dates: March 15-21, 2023
Description: Join The Space Between in Todos Santos, Mexico for a 6-night, all-inclusive well-being retreat. Enjoy daily yoga practices, led by Daryn Schwartz + Jayah Hasson. Enjoy soulful experiences that tap into the more subtle layers of the spiritual practice and invite you to come home to yourself; opportunities for surfing, spa, and charging up in the sun; three locally sourced and cooked meals + snacks a day; deep connection with the Alive + Away community, fostering and nurturing meaningful relationships; time to unplug, unwind and just be.
Bookings: Visit https://thespacebetweenyoga.com/alive-away for more details.
Come Alive with The Space Between in Todos Santos, Mexico at a 6-night, all-inclusive well-being retreat. The Pachamama retreat center + boutique hotel, situated in a desert oasis, with stunning views of the pacific ocean, offers eco-chic, adobe-style teepees that honor the native culture and natural beauty of the area. Each teepee is air-conditioned with en suite bathrooms. For those who enjoy more traditional lodging, a limited number of oceanfront villas are available for booking. At this Retreat, you will have Pachamama all to yourself and will be able to take full advantage of their many yoga spaces, pool, spa, group dining areas, and beautiful grounds.
Enjoy daily yoga practices, led by Daryn Schwartz + Jayah Hasson, and soulful experiences that tap into the more subtle layers of the spiritual practice and invite you to come home to yourself. Also on the itinerary include opportunities for surfing, spa, and charging up in the sun; three locally sourced and cooked meals + snacks a day; deep connection with the Alive + Away community, fostering and nurturing meaningful relationships; time to unplug, unwind and just be.
If this is something for you, head over to their website to get all of the details!
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