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Catching your Zzz’s is not only good for your skin, Sleeping Beauties, it’s essential to your health. Spas have awakened to this notion, offering a number of sleep therapies devoted to helping you achieve proper rest.

Learning a foreign language as a child is so much easier than as an adult. Yoga is much the same way: Start young and you’ll keep the benefits of yoga throughout your life.

In our modern world, most of us spend about 99 percent of our time indoors, which makes it very easy to forget our connection to the natural world. Bring naure indoors as part of your wellness practice and it will bring about a sense of calm and optimism to your life!

It’s important to be cautious of, yet always remember to appreciate, the sun. Wellness Week spokesperson, Mariel Hemingway, shares how to safely soak up the sun’s benefits.

We recently spoke with Dr. Eva Ritvo, co-author of The Beauty Prescription, regarding the actual benefits we get from one of our favorite spa services and you’ll be happy to know it’s not just the complimentary aromatherapy.

From managing our schedules to managing our focus, we could all use a little help organizing our time! Dr. Darcy Smith, psychologist, shares her 10 tips for time management.

Make bedtime a sacred time! Bedtime Network co-Founders, Cindy Bressler and Lisa Mercurio, and the Bedtime Network Coaches give us their seven tips for creating your own Bedtime Ritual.

Guests of Miraval Resort are feeling the good vibrations: The spa’s Taiz Sensorium treatment packs a punch with its rich cascade of vibrational medicine, music therapy, human touch and aromatic oils to engage all senses.

Giving yourself the gift of a quiet mind transforms you into YOU. Mariel Hemingway, Club Spa guest author and national spokesperson for SpaFinder Wellness Week 2012, shares tips on how to find your silence.

This Valentine’s Day make love an inside job! Kathleen McIntire, author and creator of Guiding Signs 101, shares six benefits for having a loving relationship with yourself!

Is happiness the key to the Fountain of Youth? According to a British study, while it may not reverse your existing wrinkles or gray hair, it can help older people live longer.

With everyone running on super-speed this season we think it’s important to take some time out of our stressful seasonal schedules and slow down. Here are some of SpaRitual’s tips for Slow Beauty in a Fast World.

September is National Yoga Month and to celebrate, we invite you to do some yoga! Whether it’s your first class or you’re a seasoned yogi, embracing this ancient practice is known to improve flexibility, strength, posture and mood. And, a yoga practice can help reduce stress. Learn more about the health benefits of yoga, plus find the best type for you and learn 9 basic poses. Read more. >

During times of grief, transition, or other life-changing events, can one find help at a spa? SpaFinder President Susie Ellis touched on this topic last year, and the response is yes.

Did you recharge your cell phone yesterday? What about your laptop? Have you taken your car in for a check up lately? When was the last time you took time to recharge your battery? Not just for a day, a week or even a month – when was the last time you took at least three months for yourself?

Bikram Yoga can seem intimidating, but it has garnered a solid following of dedicated practitioners. Only recently has the practice become a well-known component to mainstream yoga as more and more people take up the discipline.

It’s no secret that tea and relaxation go hand in hand, but we wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about black tea. While so many other teas out there have received plenty of attention, the benefits black tea remain a bit in the dark, when it’s actually a great tea […]

Walk into a spa and you immediately notice the airy music, quiet voices, and lack of clutter. Spa ambiance is one of serenity and calm, and it’s no coincidence that there’s no clutter.

Skincare expert Kate Somerville shares her Wellness Week™ advice with us, because as we know, stress can impact everything in your life, including your skin! Check out Kate’s tips for de-stressing from our Q+A with the celebrity esthetician (check back for the rest of her awesome advice as we get closer to Wellness Week™), and be sure to share your de-stressing tips with us in the comments.

Someone once told me that meditating for 20 minutes is comparable to a two-hour nap. Whether actually true or not, I was willing to try. I sat myself down, legs folded, closed my eyes…but within exactly two minutes into trying to clear my mind, all sorts of thoughts littered my head – work, rent, just […]