Wellness

Sylvan Serenity: Sensei Lana’i, a Four Seasons Resort

To fully express the characteristics of Sensei Lāna’i, it helps to explain what the Hawaiian resort is not. Though located within the tropical isles, Sensei Lāna’i is far from the beach. Though…

Spring Cleaning? Try This for Your Mind and Body.

Lydia is a passionate advocate of healthy living. She has launched and positioned many health and wellness-related companies, products, technologies and organizations receiving more than 100 awards nationally and internationally. Her focus…

Inside-Out Beauty: The Founder of Total Glow MD Shares her Secrets

Terrie Absher’s beauty gleams from the inside out. With a passion for wellness and holistic beauty, the founder of Total Glow shares her decades of education and insider discoveries with her guests, a glitterati clientele,…

Healthy Horizons: Dr. Toni Brayer Talks Holistic Healing

Have you ever considered integrative medicine? Dr Toni Brayer, one of the lead physicians of Sutter’s Institute for Health & Healing, thinks you should. “Integrative medicine is absolutely critical to global health.…

Snow Bound: Tempting Round-the-World Ski Resorts for 2022

There’s a comfort in routine. That may be why so many skiers return again and again each year to their favorite ski resorts. At our preferred winter wonderlands, we know the fastest…

A New You: Spas Visits to Jump Start Your Reset in 2022

It’s a cliché, but in the new year, we all ponder the opportunity to redefine ourselves. It’s as if the calendar gives us permission to recalibrate, even nudging us, sometimes, to make…

A New Year and a New You in Balance!

How to create lasting resolutions this year Here we are once again ringing in another year. It’s time to make New Year’s resolutions, hit re-set, and craft your intentions for 2022. That…

Writers’ Holiday Wish List

Our writers reveal what’s on their Santa wish list this holiday season. We love it that practical items — like a good chair, an exercise bike, a tote and a carry-on suitcase…

About Face: Facials For Party Prep

Let’s be clear: you do want to be another pretty face during the holidays. While no facial alone can launch a thousand ships, enjoying the right facial treatment before your event will not only…

A Healthy Holiday Survival Guide

10 Strategies to Sail Through Successfully Here we are again at the holidays. Wow, weren’t we just there? What a year! While the holidays are a wonderful time to celebrate with family…

Balance At Banyan Tree Mayakoba

Experience a resort dedicated to your wellbeing Banyan tree might seem like an odd name for a world class hospitality group. After all, what does a tropical fig tree have to do…

The Estate Yountville Features the Best of Napa Valley

Home to more culinary star power than any other Unites States locale, Yountville is a dream destination not only for gastronomes, but also wine lovers, art aficionados, and those merely seeking a…

Spa Suites: Not-so-ordinary hotel rooms bring the spa to you

“Walk with me,” says my wellbeing butler at Rosewood Mayakoba. We wander down undulating trails. In a soft voice she tells me to concentrate on my senses. “You must feel the power of the plants,” she…

Saving the Lives of Those Who Save Ours

By Allison Pacatte Joe Alioto Veronese, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The National First Responders Fund (NFRF), Offers Support and Funding for First Responders’ Mental Health Resources  With the The 5th Annual…

Inspired by Nature

Elevating Body, Mind & Soul with Wine Country Botanicals Venture through California wine country in the spring and summer and you’ll find yourself surrounded by stunningly vivid fields of lavender, groves of…

The Healing Power of Pets

How they help us live longer, happier, and healthier No one is sure when humans first started having “pets.” A search on the internet turned up somewhere between 12,000 to 40,000 years…

Stay in Silicon Valley Style at Mountain View’s The Ameswell Hotel

Heralded by its own street sign as well as iconic Silicon Valley neighbors such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Moffett Field, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Levi’s Stadium, and Stanford University, Mountain View’s new The…

Love is a Verb, So Get to Work!

Seven Tips for Stronger Relationships Rom-coms and Disney movies tell the story that once you meet “the one,” then the happily-ever-after comes. With no work. No challenges. Hah! Too many people expect…