A new era of travel is upon us &mdash; one that calls particular attention to the art of self-care.&nbsp;

THE ART OF MEDITATION (SOMA, AUSTRALIA)
If these ultra-modern hardwood and galvanised steel premises&nbsp;seem somewhat familiar to you, chances are you have been&nbsp;bingeing on the Nicole Kidman-starring miniseries Nine&nbsp;Perfect Strangers. It is a cerebral drama slash thriller that&nbsp;revolves around nine individuals of different backgrounds who&nbsp;put themselves up for what should be a rejuvenating ten-day&nbsp;programme before they start to unravel with every disturbing&nbsp;event that ensues. The place where it all goes down? Byron&nbsp;Bay&rsquo;s Soma&mdash;a wellness retreat enclosed by a 22-acre forest&nbsp;with thousands of plant species that radiates an energy that&rsquo;s&nbsp;anything but grisly.
Offering three restorative on-site packages, Soma promises&nbsp;to cultivate the kind of psychological growth that precipitates&nbsp;tangible and positive changes in one&rsquo;s day-to-day life.&nbsp;Through its Soma Meditate course, for instance, guests are&nbsp;introduced to the ancient practice of Vedic Meditation that&nbsp;will help them them reduce stress and anxiety, increase&nbsp;energy, and improve cardiovascular health, concentration,&nbsp;memory and creative intelligence. This three-day seminar is&nbsp;complemented by Soma&rsquo;s wholesome Ayurvedic meal plans&nbsp;as well as an access to the infrared sauna and magnesium ice&nbsp;bath, among others.

Each of the carefully curated itineraries is led by renowned&nbsp;meditation teacher and one of the visionaries behind Soma,&nbsp;Gary Gorrow. A certified-Vedic Meditation practitioner as&nbsp;well as an Ayurvedic health coach, he brings with him over 17&nbsp;years&rsquo; worth of experience working with thousands of people&nbsp;from all walks of life. Together with Peter Ostick, whose&nbsp;resume is underscored by his successes in growing companies&nbsp;in the media and technology sector, Gorrow has created a&nbsp;sanctuary that combines mental and bodywork treatments, all&nbsp;within a mindfully designed space for one to truly recharge.

THE ART OF PERMACULTURE (LA DONAIRA, SPAIN)
Life in quarantine has turned many of us kitchen illiterates&nbsp;into master chefs. It has opened the floodgates of accessible&nbsp;recipes&mdash;from the rainbow-coloured cloud bread to the&nbsp;whipped and creamy dalgona coffee&mdash;on social media and the&nbsp;trend has yet to show signs of slowing down. For many, the&nbsp;pandemic has been an eye-opener on how fragile a concept&nbsp;health is, and has presented them with an opportunity to take&nbsp;a step back and reassess their dietary patterns. This growing&nbsp;awareness is the reason why luxury eco retreat La Donaira&nbsp;will be a point of interest to budding health enthusiasts, if it&nbsp;wasn&rsquo;t already.
Perched at the top of the Andalusian Serran&iacute;a de Ronda, La&nbsp;Donaira prides itself as a moderator of dialogue between design&nbsp;and architecture, the arts as well as modern-day agriculture.&nbsp;This holistic approach has been in place since its inception&nbsp;when it was striving to cultivate the 1,700 acres of pasture&nbsp;and vineyards following the principles of permaculture.&nbsp;Here, guests are pampered with a wide selection of services,&nbsp;facilities and activities that have been designed in line with&nbsp;the philosophy of the establishment such as indulging in&nbsp;gastronomic delights that use organic produce grown on the&nbsp;estate&rsquo;s land.

Those who wish to have first-hand experience of growing&nbsp;and preparing their food will find the Interactive Farm Tour&nbsp;especially interesting. This package allows guests to participate&nbsp;in farm activities that range from mycology to animal care,&nbsp;herbal medicine and basic plant propagation techniques. To&nbsp;make it an all-encompassing session, they may sign up for the&nbsp;Farm to Fork cooking class where they will spend an afternoon&nbsp;learning to cook some of La Donaira&rsquo;s most popular dishes&nbsp;using fresh, seasonal and au naturel products before enjoying&nbsp;the fruit of their labour, all together at dinner.

THE ART OF POLYSOMNOGRAPHY (FOGO ISLAND INN, CANADA)
Nothing says slow travel like spending your vacation time in&nbsp;deep slumber. Through the therapeutic learning programme&nbsp;dubbed The Secrets of Sleep: A Life-Changing Retreat, Fogo&nbsp;Island Inn is extending an invitation to individuals struggling&nbsp;with insomnolence to heal their relationship with sleep. The&nbsp;four-night course entails daily workshops that aim to improve&nbsp;sleeping patterns and will be spearheaded by Dr. Colleen&nbsp;Carney. The Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory&nbsp;at Toronto&rsquo;s Ryerson University is a leading expert on the&nbsp;cognitive behavioural insomnia treatment for those with&nbsp;comorbid illness.
It perfectly encapsulates the DNA of&nbsp;the resort hotel that&rsquo;s big on stripped-down living and nature&nbsp;preservation if only by virtue of its locale. Tucked away on the&nbsp;furthest edge of the Earth, off the remote northeast coast of&nbsp;Newfoundland, the 29-suite sanctuary hovers over a dramatic&nbsp;and rocky coastline&mdash;a breathtaking view that&rsquo;s readily&nbsp;available to all guests via the wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling&nbsp;windows&mdash;and is surrounded by whales, seabirds and icebergs.

Guests who are keen to explore the history and landscape of&nbsp;Fogo Island may partake in a number of bespoke activities&nbsp;indigenous to the island. Through these experiences and&nbsp;creative adventures, they will be accorded with an opportunity&nbsp;to connect with the elements around them&mdash;something that&nbsp;many often forget to do. Between the inherently calming&nbsp;qualities of a stay here and the science-based sleep teachings&nbsp;of Dr. Carney, Fogo Island Inn guarantees to lull all who&nbsp;walk through its doors into a state of profound relaxation and&nbsp;provide them with all the benefits that will endure long after&nbsp;they have left its shores.
<h6 style="text-align: left;">Disclaimer: The Secrets of Sleep: A Life-Changing Retreat was conducted from 2nd to 6th March, keep an eye out for the next installation.&nbsp;</h6>

Easy Does It: 3 wellness retreat to travel to in 2022

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