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The sweepstakes prize included a seven-night stay at Rancho La Puerta.

Cool down this summer with this fresh fruit sorbet recipe from Rancho La Puerta.

This revitalizing watermelon gazpacho recipe offers a new way to enjoy the thirst-quenching fruit all summer long.

Have a dinner date after your favorite fitness class, or just trying not to look like a sweaty, hot mess after a workout? Try these tips now!

They say everything’s better in twos, and a massage is no exception. Reap the benefits of couples massage.

Being sexually alive can lead to greater feelings of life satisfaction, health, and wellbeing. Here are some great wellness tips on how to increase your libido.

North America is a hotspot for spa enthusiasts

Welcome to our second edition of From the Sparchives! Read on for some fascinating facts about this photo from Rancho La Puerta in Baja California!

From Bikram to Kundalini, National Yoga Month is the perfect excuse for us all to break out our best asanas, balance our chakras and OM out. Check out eight of our favorite retreats and events from around the globe, and get ready to release your inner yogi.

We spotlight 10 classic spa cookbooks that have fed spa and wellness enthusiasts worldwide with deliciously healthy recipes.

Cool down with cold soups.

Fine dining and spa are pairing up to cater to the spa enthusiast foodie for whom total relaxation doesn’t only mean a day at the spa. Here are a few prime examples of SpaFinder’s 2012 Pairing Dining and Spa-ing Trend, providing for the ultimate experience.

On May 18, more than 150 guests gathered at the iconic Golden Door for an evening gala to celebrate spa pioneer Deborah Szekely’s 90th birthday ─ and this golden girl shows no signs of stopping!

Mom + Me + Spa = One Seriously Good Time. Stumped on what to gift mom for Mother’s Day? Don’t stress ─ there’s still time to surprise her with reservations at one of these fabulous resort or hotel spas.

Stay in shape, stretch your yoga awareness and get your Om on at one of these Top 10 spas our readers chose as “Best for Yoga.”

If a yoga session isn’t enough to truly maintain balance, opt for some “me time” at one of these spas, voted the Top 10 Favorite for Mind-Body-Spirit.

SpaFinder readers served these spas with the title of being the Top 10 for Best Cuisine in the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards, and it’s easy to see why.

In 1958 Deborah Szekely, founder of the first destination spa, Rancho La Puerta, opened the pioneering Golden Door in Escondido, California.

Originally named Essene School of Life, the 3,000-acre Baja California retreat looked to the Essenes, a Jewish Sect, as the model for returning to the simple life.