Top 4 Benefits of a Wellness Retreat and why you should schedule One Now
How many of us men and women would like to connect with nature, with friends and family,
and refocus our attention on healthy living, eating better, and finding our focus again? With more
and more of us working too many hours and too many days per week, there simply is not the time
to stop and make these worthy goals happen. And yet very often, the busiest people are finding solace in retreats and for good reason. A retreat is, by definition, a getting away from away from the work, the stress, the triggers that cause us to live unhealthy lives. Today’s wellness retreats are different. They’re not the glorified spa packages of old. While there is a healthy dose of pampering just the kind of attention you can’t get back home wellness retreats revive your wellbeing through meditation, yoga, natural foods, and a hearty dose of the great outdoors.
1. Retreats help you battle stress
Stress ranks high on the list of things that many busy working individuals would like to be free
from, and as if coping with stress weren’t enough, the burden of stress also causes such lovely
extras as:
œ Memory loss
œ Weakened immune system
œ Energy loss
œ Premature aging
œ Weight gain
œ Sleeping problems
œ Muscle tension
Modern retreaters tend to be working women who shoulder the primary responsibilities of caring
for others as well as being productive workers. Unfortunately, many of them have let stress
engulf their lives and need desperately to get back on track.
2. A retreat helps you re-center and re-charge
One of the biggest mistakes many busy people make is failing to notice how our lives have
eroded into perpetual survival mode. This adrenaline filled ride takes a serious toll on our bodies
and our minds until we find ourselves facing serious health complications and/or an emotional
crisis that forces us to face facts. A retreat can reset that balance with fresh air, gentle physical exertion, and healthy foods. Once you’ve been able to step back from all that, you can see things more clearly and see where you may be able to make changes that you can take back into your daily life. We’re not talking big changes just the changes that finally work for you.
3. Retreats help you reconnect
Often, when we’re stuck in a daily grind of work, activities, family, and responsibilities, our
relationships suffer. Our relationships with those we love are important factors in our lives and
big indicators of our long term health. A retreat can help you recognize where your relationships are going wrong and what you can do about it. For many of us it’s learning to say no to requests that fail to deliver productive results or joy. Often, retreat goers find themselves excited to return to their offices, their homes, and their families with new methods for defusing arguments and generating healthy conversations.
4. A retreat brings creativity back into your life
How often do you wonder why what you’re doing every day doesn’t seem to make a difference?
How often do you wonder if it’s simply because what you’re doing isn’t working and if you could
just get creative about doing it differently, you’d find a way to make big healthy changes in your
life? It’s acutely difficult when we are stuck in a rut to see new ways of doing things. Wellness retreat goers, on the other hand, have explored new activities and new ideas. They may have practiced yoga on a beach, kicked their old nutritional habits to the curb, spent an afternoon exploring a nearby waterfall, or gone on a hike. When you are trying to find the time to take good care of yourself, you may find that a retreat is the best way to step away from it all, find a little (or a lot) perspective, and return to your life with greater ability to live it better.
Author Bio
Damian Tysdal founded Travel Insurance Review in 2006 on the belief that travel insurance
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your retreat and hit the reset button by scheduling a retreat soon.
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