Friends in London, New York and Chicago have been imploring me to find them a cleansing and revitalizing retreat in Mexico, post-holidays and pre-2024. I guess burnout, a real thing in our modern era, doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.
The wealth of Mexico’s retirement centers has particularly expanded since the pandemic, creating a niche for foreigners who need to open wellness businesses in paradise – the dream of each and every entrepreneur!Some new rejuvenating fitness retreats offer increasingly high standards, frameworks, and services.
MND sourced three retreats focused on your optimum health, from the most luxurious to the most affordable, in Cancún, San Miguel de Allende and Baja California. Explore what fits for you as we head into 2024.
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SHA Wellness Clinic is located 30 minutes from Cancun International Airport, which offers daily foreign connections from the United States, Canada and Europe. The spa is set amidst lush tropical landscaping, with a white-sand beach that is also home to a cenote. , a freshwater pool that the Mayans had healing properties.
Why am I coming?
Following the good fortune of the SHA logo wellness clinic in Spain – voted the world’s most productive wellness clinic at the World Spa Awards 2023 – SHA Mexico will open its doors in January. The Cancun Clinic offers 4 state-of-the-art comprehensive, healing and fitness programs, fostered through clinical and holistic medicine.
SHA helps you expand your own private fitness program from the four they offer, into your fitness goals for mind, body, and spirit: a detox and cleanse, longevity remedies, stress recovery and leadership tools, or a preventative program for cognitive development. disorders and physical revitalization.
Their programs are all created with the goal of optimum health: good nutrition, “well-aging,” holistic and integrative medicine, cognitive stimulation therapy, advanced preventive diagnostics, and personalized physical fitness. They call it the ‘SHA Method,” which is applied within their “healthy living academy.”
show me around
Overlooking the Caribbean, more than one hundred suites and rooms, each with a plunge pool, are designed to evoke a sense of elegant, minimalist serenity through Mexican architect Sordo Madaleno and interior designer Alejandro Escudero. Infinity pools, zen gardens, tropical spaces, and treatment rooms overlooking the mangroves create a stunning “wellness universe. “SHA has more than a hundred treatment rooms and doctors’ offices, a high-tech fitness center, and the SHAmadi restaurant.
Affordability
It’s fitness and wellness in a sumptuous setting.
Accommodations range from their two-story, three-bedroom Royal Suite for US $4,750 to a double occupancy room at US $675. In addition, you need to book at least one health program in order to stay.
Their fitness systems range from four days, which cost around US$3,000, to their 7-day “age well” program, which costs around US$8,000. Their 7-day leadership program (think senior leaders) is valued at $6,500.
Any other special features?
Visit the nearby coral reef and marine ecosystem.
SHA offers the latest fitness technologies, such as clinical mapping of electromagnetic boxes, infrared heat with pulsed magnetic waves, and dermo-aesthetic medicine.
They also have a theater, a fine arts complex – and even a heliport dock for those who need to arrive clandestinely!
MND Verdict:
With such a high-caliber menu of health treatments and experts in this paradise beach spot, it’s no wonder you’re also offered a daily personal assistant. Probably unbeatable if you want to go “all-out.”
Where Is It?
Sagrada Holistic Ranch is 20 minutes from the World Heritage-listed city of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in beautiful mountain diversity at the foot of an extinct volcano, overlooking the Laja River Valley. 1 hour and 30 minutes from León Airport (BJX) or 3 hours 30 mins from Mexico City International Airport (AICM).
Why am I coming?
Sacred means sacred and traditionally has a special healing significance, just like a 300-year-old botanical garden. A young, modern team of fitness practitioners and yoga and meditation instructors from the USAThe U. S. and Mexico have created a bohemian, rustic yet modern and cozy place. Retreat Center.
Sagrada Holistic offers private and organizational retreats focused on selective medicine, yoga, meditation and mindfulness, cleansing and de-stressing, as well as Restore Your Soul and Return to Radiance, two retreats specifically for fitness practitioners who wish to deepen their practices.
Healing offerings include a crystal-embellished massage room, an ancient lava infrared sauna, traditional Mexican temazcal ceremonies, a cold plunge pool, mountain pathway walks and forest bathing, a trending Japanese wellness practice known by the name of Shinrin-Yoku, or “taking in the forest atmosphere.”,
Other offerings include Tai Chi and Qigong, massage, reflexology, chiropractic, acupuncture, and herbal cooking classes. Horseback riding, nature walks, and visits to local pyramids, hot springs, and the town of San Miguel are also offered.
Show me around
With the ambience of an old hacienda nestled on a mountain, far from life, Sagrada offers 8 captivating and spacious suites that can accommodate two to six people.
Recently renovated and redesigned, the gardens, dining rooms, non-unusual spaces and spaces have the touch of an artist’s eye and a warm atmosphere, with surprising perspectives over the valley. The center serves original regional cuisine, as well as plant-based or vegetarian options, and will tailor menus to guests’ wishes.
Affordability
Rates include breakfast, use of the sauna, sacred bath, and meditation teepees, as well as a campfire and a mountain tour. Rates for the 6-person casita are around 600 US dollars, while those for the double room are around 600 dollars. A 6-night Return to Radiance retreat with yoga instructor Heather Smith costs $2,800 USD. All other treatments and activities are complementary.
You can electronically book spaces for the retreat and your accommodation selection through WeTravel. A non-refundable deposit of US$800 secures your spot and the final payment is due forty-five days before the start of your withdrawal. Flexible payment plans are available.
Are there any special features?
Sagrada Holistic organizes center opening ceremonies, sound baths, bonfires for evening gatherings, as well as deep power cleansings and emotional release ceremonies, for those deeper healings. My favorite component is their invitation to befriend the donkeys they offer shelter to.
MND Verdict:
These guys have figured out a delicious menu of treatments, tours and sacred Mexican ceremonies in a setting that is both jaw-dropping and serene. A slice of rustic heaven on earth.
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On the coast between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Fly into Cabo San Lucas International Airport and Baja Cleanse will take you an hour north to the remote location.
Why am I coming?
Baja Cleanse is a simple, herbal escape, away from built-up tourist spaces and luxurious amenities.
They offer a custom-designed, all-inclusive, personalized retreat and can only accommodate a maximum of 6 more people at a time. Ideal for an intimate solo or couple’s getaway, and for those who are “populated” and for a general Detox and cleanse, or a complete reset of the frame!
Baja Cleanse claims to stabilize blood sugar and pH by using a one-day fast, followed by raw Ayurvedic nutrition with indigenous cuisine.
In addition to yoga, meditation, and massage, as a specialized nutritional recommendation with on-the-go tools, Baja Cleanse offers more intense cleansing remedies such as: gallbladder rinses, probiotic implants, ionic detoxifications, microbial soil soaking, lymphatic cleansing and liver rescue, coffee enemas, and heavy metal and pesticide detoxifications, among others.
The retreat hostess, Tanja, is a qualified nutritionist, life coach and massage therapist.
Victor, a shamanic healer, offers ancient sacred ceremony work, with sound and herbal medicines.
Give me the tour
Charming and simple studios and 1 or 2-bedroom casitas are available, in an unspoilt area of rugged beauty close to the beach. There are horses, goats, donkeys and dogs wandering freely but never invading the retreat area.
Affordability
A 7-day retreat for a user costs around 3,000 US dollars, and amounts to 5,000 US dollars for a 14-day stay. The price is flexible, as the retreat is conscientiously planned and tailored to the client’s needs.
Cancellations made within 30 days of the retreat will charge only 50% of the retreat price.
Any other special features?
A metabolic flush with nitric oxide (sounds interesting!) and personal astrological charts are available. For some serious healing, Baja Cleanse offers a ‘spiritual sound bath with Bufo,’ a trending Mexican healing practice using the extract from a Sonoran desert toad. For the more active guest, Baja Cleanse offers kayaking, snorkeling and paddle boarding, whale shark tours, biking, horseback riding, and trips to waterfalls and hot springs!
Do Not Disturb Verdict:
Tanja’s reviews verify her dual mission: to help others “become more mindful eaters than regular consumers” and to detoxify the mind, body, and spirit. Expect an herbal and soulful charm for those with a serious cleansing mission.
From the most exclusive to the most exclusive, there are true corners of paradise in the world of Mexican retreats. These delicious menus of revitalizing techniques offer the latest generation of fitness or the chance to learn about Mexico’s ancient healing practices.
One thing’s for sure: the position is the polar opposite of the big city in winter, and whatever your cravings are, staying in one of those retreats will likely set you up for a tough and productive 2024!
Henrietta Weekes is a writer, editor, actress and storyteller. He divides his time between San Miguel de Allende, New York and Oxford, United Kingdom.
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