Good Escapes
Is energy work right for you? Well+Good interviews two top New York City Reiki Masters—and has a handful of healing sessions—to help you decide. Read More>>
Nothing beats the pleasure of body-warming vinyasa when there’s a faint chill in the air. Our favorite New York City yoga teachers are leading some seriously tempting fall retreats within driving...Read More>>
Tribeca’s long had a reputation for high-end dining (the Bouley Empire, for example). Now it can add high-end fitness to that reputation with Soul Cycle and the Tracy Anderson Studio. On the other...Read More>>
Through the eyes of a wellness-obsessed New Yorker, these NYC 'hoods, with a rooftop farm, an outsize pool, and great yoga, take on a rosier, healthier glow. Our guide to the wellness hot spots. Read More>>
Who doesn’t yearn for a mini-journey of discovery a la Elizabeth Gilbert? Eat, Pray, Love is about to hit movie theaters and in preparation for the inevitable travel lust that will follow, we've...Read More>>
Stop climbing the walls, and climb the Shawangunks, world-class rock not even two hours from New York City. Total beginners welcome. Read More>>
Six weeks ago massage therapist Dana Laven was working at Paul Labrecque, unknotting the backs of a Gossip Girls’ starlet and a pop icon who’s biggest hit is about breathwork, as in every...Read More>>
It’s hot, it’s humid, and you’re stuck in the city. The good news? You have a shower and our top picks for transporting spa scrubs. Read More>>
The Berkshires gets kudos for its summer cultural events. But the gorgeous Western Mass region has a healthy side—excellent yoga, healers, spas, and restaurants with deliciously locally sourced...Read More>>
Word isn’t out on the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM). But it should be. This off-the-radar campus on Broadway & 21st Street houses the country’s largest acupuncture school (it has...Read More>>
Beach-reading often gets a bad rap and pink dust jacket to match. Mostly it’s deserved. (Not that we haven’t enjoyed our share of Candace Bushnell and Sophie Kinsella.) But it can leave you...Read More>>
Everyone's been talking about the "plush-rustic" tents at Feather Down Farms Days, a farm-stay–style getaway (without the manual labor) not too far from New York City. But is the cute country...Read More>>
Kripalu and Omega are the mega stores of yoga retreats. But top NYC yoga teachers also take their classes to these bindi-dot-size rural retreats, with no cafeterias or more than 20 guests. Read More>>
It’s not Woodstock. It ain’t Burning Man. It’s the country’s ultimate yoga retreat—with a killer soundtrack, set on the edge of Lake Tahoe. Now in its second year, the four-day Wanderlust...Read More>>