September is National Yoga month, and if you are an experience yogi or trying it for the first time, now is the perfect time to center your mind, body and spirit. Here are a few great ways to indulge in National Yoga Month.
Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain
This gorgeous premier desert resort in Scottsdale, Arizona features the Sanctuary’s Satori Wellness Retreat. Satori Wellness includes four or five days of activities custom-designed by a certified personal trainer who will personally guide you through an individualized health and fitness program.
Activities include an automated weight management plan, a fitness assessment, guest’s choice of wellness classes and a selection of spa treatments at the world-renowned Sanctuary Spa. After departure, trainers will follow up with participants to provide further motivation and adjust the guest’s personal plan as needed.
The exclusive resort has also created their own hybrid yoga/tennis program, called Zennis.
Sanctuary’s tennis pros instruct a movement-based tennis clinic, emphasizing the principles of sport-specific yoga along with functional stretches. The Zen portion of Zennis helps promote relaxation, proper alignment and the fluidity necessary for the athletic portion of tennis. Zennis is $50 per person.
Whiteface Lodge
New Yorkers can escape upstate to the Lake Placid, where the Whiteface Lodge is situated in a fairytale woodland setting. The Forbes Four Star all-suite hotel offers yoga classes fireside, poolside or lakeside, all of which are complemented by nature.
In addition to traditional yoga, guests can participate in Yogilates, a style that combines the practices of yoga and Pilates. The Lodge is also home to Yoga instructor Mim Frantz, who discovered the gifts of yoga while training the U.S. Figure Skating Team. She’s been practicing with master teachers for the past two decades. Classes are offered daily and are complimentary to resort guests.
Sea Crest Beach Hotel
This relaxing Cape Cod hideaway is great for relaxing weekend getaways. The resort offers on-site yoga classes weekday mornings year-round. Soothing sea breezes, the quietude of the ocean at Old Silver Beach and gorgeous greenery all around, provide guests with ideal surroundings to center the mind and connect with the soul. Hour-long classes are free to guests of the hotel and take place every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.