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Photo courtesy of Kamalaya Koh Samui © 2010
Is life passing you by too fast? Can’t keep up with your own racing thoughts and daily routine? It’s time to plan your escape.
Across the country and around the world health and wellness retreats exist to help you balance your life and meet your personal goals.
Reconnect with the world around you while you relax your mind, exercise your body and rejuvenate your spirit.
Do you salute the sun to start your day? Dozens of dedicated yoga centers offer instruction and practice in beautiful and peaceful environments.
Keep it simple and focus on your form, or explore other activities. Following your yoga workout surf some California waves, explore the diverse Costa Rican wilderness, or kayak the New England coastline.
Feeling under the weather? Visit a holistic healing center, which integrates eastern and western medicine to keep you healthy inside and out.
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Release your tension with therapeutic massage, revolutionize your diet and health by consulting a nutrition expert, and prepare yourself for a lifetime of wellness with classes in herbal medicine and healthy organic cooking.
Maybe you just want to get in shape. Take a week or a month and explore all-inclusive fitness and weight-loss programs.
Novices can take a “boot-camp” approach to get their routines started right, while experienced athletes can take their workouts to a whole other level.
Personal trainers show you the ropes, group classes keep you motivated, nutritionalists help plan your meals and you work out with state of the art equipment - a fitness retreat can change your whole approach to life.
Photo courtesy of Yogatraveller © 2010
Whatever your goals or your destination, treat yourself to something special, rejuvenate yourself from the inside out.
Click here to find health and wellness retreats
BY Seth Newsome, Gordon's Travel Guide
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 The Most Romantic Beach Resort Hotel on Florida's Siesta Key |
 Nestled at the south end of Siesta Key is an Olde Florida Style Resort where you will discover a romantic getaway or a quiet vacation with family and pets. This boutique resort will offer you fishing off private docks, boating, canoeing, kayaking, private hammocks and your own private hot tub.
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| Outstanding service, superb staff, customized activities and gracious hospitality await you. |
 Flying Horse Ranch is nestled along the Pike National Forest, where recreational activities are unlimited. Explore beautiful mountains as you horseback ride, hike or mountain bike across vast meadows, into Aspen groves and around rock outcroppings. Swim, fish rowboat and canoe in the ranch lakes or fly fish along Jefferson Creek and the Tarryall River for native species. |
| Down Home Hospitality on an Unforgettable Costa Rican Vacation |
 Experience a taste of Guanacaste's traditional horse culture, learn about Natural Horsemanship & enjoy riding Spanish Criollo horses. Select from Casagua’s favorite tours & horseback riding activities for riders of all levels. Wake up to the smell of Costa Rican coffee, howler monkeys & horses nickering outside your room.
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| Come to Harbor Landing for all your Boating Adventures on Lake Lanier! |
 With 38,000 acres of water to explore, Harbor Landing at Lake Lanier Islands Resort provides the best way to tour and enjoy Lake Sidney Lanier. With the largest fleet of boats available for rent, choose from ski boats, pontoons, houseboats and group excursion yachts. Harbor Landing also provides a variety of fishing, tubing and ski equipment.
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| Rope a Great Vacation! |
 Imagine taking the best vacation of your life at a dude ranch in Missouri... the cool, fresh Ozark mountain air, the seclusion, the feeling of being one of the ranch hands... the sight and sound of a herd of horses racing on a distant hill... the warmth of shared time with family and friends at the river fishing and swimming.
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| Why Settle for Four Stars When You Can Have Four Million? |
 We all need it. The opportunity to feel the sand beneath our feet, see the stars overhead and reconnect with the things that matter most in our lives. Since 1969 O.A.R.S. has helped adventurers of all ages get in touch with their wild side and see some pretty amazing places in the process. Are you ready for your adventure of a lifetime?
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| Florida's Premier Island Resort |
 On 1,350 acres between the beaches of the Atlantic and the marshes of the Intracoastal Waterway lies a secluded island paradise offering an unsurpassed resort experience – Amelia Island Plantation. When you are finished on the courts, greens or beaches, a variety of restaurants offer sophisticated resort dining.
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| A Peaceful Escape from the Hustle and Bustle of Everyday Life |
 Natural terrain enhances this tranquil haven and pristine location nestled in the mountains of central Pennsylvania and surrounded by Raystown Lake, the best place to enjoy fishing, boating, water sports and everything Mother Nature has to offer. |
| An Authentic Working Cattle Vacation with Upscale Pampering in Wyoming |
 The Hideout is a working cattle ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Enjoy scenic rides or spend your days side-by-side professional wranglers helping them round up the herd. This all-inclusive vacation features spectacular horseback riding adventures combined with service you expect only at the world’s finest resorts. |
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