The Healing Power Of Air: Wellbeing Experiences To Make You Feel Alive
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Mountain retreats, aerial yoga, horseback riding and more
These wellness trips invite us to move, flow, expand our lungs, breathe fully and feel alive
Wellness Trips That Harness The Power Of Air
Breath of the Druids
Inspired by the Celtic Druids once believed to have lived in this part of the South Tyrolean mountains, FORESTIS, a 62-suite retreat with endless mountain views, offers ‘Wyda’. It combines breathwork, movement and meditation – and after just one session, you’ll wonder why the technique isn’t more widely known. Leaves you breathing more deeply, thinking more clearly, feeling more freely. forestis.it
Living On Air
What’s not to love at Buchinger Wilhelmi on the shores of Lake Constance? Ten days of liquid fasting might not sound like everyone’s cup of apple skin tea (so good it keeps hunger pangs at bay), but the lake swims, medical check-ins, herbal broths, hiking, early nights and absence of sugar and alcohol instigate profound change. Your senses sharpen, you sleep deeply; dreams return. buchinger-wilhelmi.com
Aerial Yoga
At Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru, aerial yoga takes place in silk hammocks suspended above the Indian Ocean, allowing you to stretch, float and literally shift perspective mid-air. The sensation is both playful and liberating — part yoga, part suspension therapy, part flying dream (fourseasons.com). F Zeen Kefalonia in Greece also offers aerial yoga on open-air decks alongside sound healing, meditation and reformer Pilates. Because sometimes hanging upside down helps us to see life differently (fzeenretreats.com)
Nordic Exhale
On the remote Estonian island of Hiiumaa, deep inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Eha Retreat is built around the idea that humans are not machines and shouldn’t live like them. Opening this September, with just eight suites and three forest cabins, nature will shape the rhythm. Think bog walks, forest bathing, stargazing, herbal rituals, fireside storytelling and long exhalations beneath enormous skies. eharetreat.com
Ride the Wind
On a remote Indonesian island, NIHI Sumba offers the chance to ride the island’s rare Sandalwood horses through jungle trails and traditional villages before riding bareback into the ocean at sunrise. New equine-led wellbeing retreats explore intuition, energy and non-verbal communication (nihi.com). Meanwhile, in the American West, Ranchlands works with ranches striving for ecological restoration. Stay at Paintrock Canyon Ranch, sleeping in safari tents in Wyoming’s Bighorn mountains. Ride all day and sleep next to the white noise of the creek. ranchlands.com
Dance Freely
We often lose the creativity and playfulness we once had as children. At Schloss Elmau, hotelier Dietmar Mueller-Elmau has introduced Gaga, a movement language developed by acclaimed choreographer Ohad Naharin. Gaga embraces improvisation, inviting participants to let go of self-consciousness and cultivate a sense of lightness. After an hour of loosening joints and building fluidity, the room is alive with individuals dancing in their joy. The next full retreat is scheduled for 14-18 March 2027. schloss-elmau.de
