Every year, millions of people take time out of their busy work and life to go on holiday. Some people are looking for rest and relaxation, while others are looking for new adventures and experiences. Each type of vacation has its advantages, but nothing is more revolutionary than a health care home.
Unlike ordinary vacations, ordinary vacations only allow you to take a break from your daily life, while healthy rest is an intentional holiday, providing a deeper and more immersive experience.
Healing can take various forms and scales – from hot spring resorts in foreign countries to intensive group tours designed to help you heal, grow and improve your life. These trips are purpose-oriented and usually include yoga, meditation and other physical and mental activities.
Whether you want to recharge your battery, overcome burnout, promote recovery, achieve personal growth, master new skills, or discover your purpose, this unique way of travel will nourish your soul. Here are ten reasons why you should consider taking part in health care in the next holiday.
What is retreat: everything you need to know about health travel.
What is a retreat? Explore different types of health vacation
Meditation is a way of vacation, which allows you to stay away from ordinary life and find something greater. It usually involves some combination of physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual development, which can be a separate environment or with a group of like-minded people.
Group photo at the “Activate Life” sanatorium in Costa Rica!
The main idea of health tourism is that you go to a place to participate in a pre-planned project. It usually provides special diet, exercise plan and other health activities.
Sanatoriums have existed for thousands of years, but until recently, most of them were designed for religious purposes — involving prayer, fasting, abstinence and other religious methods. However, in recent years, closing has taken many new forms. They cover everything from tribal and shamanist rituals to luxury health resorts that offer mindfulness activities.
Most of the current retreats have spiritual content, but this is not the main purpose.
The withdrawal can continue anywhere, from a day or weekend to a journey of several months. They said that it takes 30-40 days to form a new habit, so the longer the better!
Health retreat is the future of travel. They have existed for a long time, but only recently have these retreats become more mainstream and diversified. These days, almost everyone has a nursing home, and the list of choices is increasing every day. Here are some of the most popular health care methods.
Different types of retreats you can experience
Personal growth retreat.
Provide you with tools and knowledge to improve your level and become the “best yourself”. Generally, these personal development retreats provide coaching, seminars and courses to help you clarify your passion and core values.
Personal development practice at the “Find Others” retreat camp in Mexico.
Self-discovery retreat.
Take you into the inner journey of discovering your true self. Usually, this type of retreat is led by a life coach, spiritual guide or physical work expert. The main purpose is to help you overcome the emotional barriers and thinking patterns that hinder you from reaching your maximum potential.
Yoga retreat.
Promote exercise and adjust the body and mind. These health retreats usually cover everything from restorative yoga and vinyasa to kundalini yoga.
Yoga sanatoriums are now quite popular.
Mental recuperation.
Almost all major religions offer spiritual meditation. Buddhism and Christianity are among the most popular religions in the world. Its purpose is to develop your spiritual practice and gain closer connection with God (or the universe).
Meditate and shut down.
It is an effective way to calm the mind and restore the sense of inner peace. The meaning of meditation is familiar, so I hope that I can also understand my thoughts and behavior patterns when I leave this retreat camp.
Dr. Joe Dispenza’s walking meditation in the advanced retreat.
The breathing work is closed.
Teach you various breathing exercises and techniques to promote physical, emotional and mental health. Intentional breathing has a significant way of connecting consciousness and subconscious. This allows you to break the old pattern and restore your best health. Wim Hof method, Holotropic breathing method, box breathing method and fire breathing method are among many models you can expect to learn in these types of health vacations.
I used breathing in Iceland to overcome the cold.
Nutrition and health care travel.
Promote healthy eating habits of people with various eating habits, from vegetarians and vegetarians to ketosis and meat eaters. The purpose is to reset your mind and body by detoxifying unhealthy eating patterns at home. These retreats are usually held in a beautiful natural environment and are combined with yoga, cooking courses and fitness activities.
Fitness retreat.
Provide a combination of intensive exercise and restorative exercise to promote health and longevity. Some retreats focus on specific areas, such as CrossFit and martial arts, while others focus on yoga, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), surfing, hiking and other outdoor adventures.
Health is an important part of a healthy holiday.
Leadership retreat.
Travel for senior management of enterprises and entrepreneurs is usually through creative seminars and exercises. These comprehensive retreats will help you get rid of the daily grind and clarify how to perform at a high level in business. Some thematic areas include leadership skills, organizational growth and transformation, change initiatives, problem solving, talent management and other strategic priorities.
Spa retreat.
Hotels and resorts offering luxury spa experience, including spa, swimming pool and whirlpool, sauna and steam room, and spa services such as massage.
Archery in Miraval Berkshires, one of my favorite health resorts.
Silent closing.
This is one of the most influential and uncomfortable mindfulness closing activities. As the name implies, meditation requires complete silence during the entire event (usually up to ten days). This means that participants can’t talk with other meditators (or even make eye contact) during the period of closing. The purpose is to make you conscious of every step and every breath. This ultimately provides you with the space for independent meditation and personal reflection. Although most of them are practiced in Eastern culture, solitary meditation has also become popular in the West.
Dance and sports retreat.
Bring together dance lovers of all ages and skill levels. One of my favorite activities is ecstatic dance, where you will get lost in the music instead of following specific steps.
A medical retreat based on plants.
A ritual retreat that uses plant drugs such as water from dead vines, hallucinogenic drugs and DMT to promote treatment and transformation. Because most psychedelic drugs are not allowed in the United States, you must go to places in Central and South America to participate in these retreats.
Emotional recuperation retreat.
Although many of the retreats on this list can certainly help heal emotions, they are specialized in dealing with traumatic events, such as loss and sadness. It provides a safe space for people to let go of these emotions and create space for new things.
Mental health retreat.
In a sense, everything on this list is a mental health retreat. However, this special treatment is for drug abuse and psychological and behavioral conditions. Therefore, it provides rehabilitation and other useful services to help relax the body and mind.
Nature sanatorium.
These trips are also considered as digital detoxification retreats, allowing you to disconnect from the equipment and enjoy the natural world. Nothing can make the body and soul more peaceful than nature!
After diving 10 meters into the coldest lake in Iceland, I felt like a part of nature.
Business virtual meeting.
Appear in the form of leadership retreats and summits, as well as general team/company contacts.
Business Leadership Summit and Seminar
A man/woman’s retreat.
Provide a useful retreat for people of the same sex seeking guidance, community and in-depth understanding of their gender issues.
Emotional and sexual retreat.
Promote self-love and deepen sexual connection. It encourages people to explore their sexual life and awaken their romantic life through sex education and physical work meetings.
Self-care retreat.
All the above retreats involve self-care, but it may mean different things to everyone. Therefore, choose wisely and listen to your heart. It won’t be long before you find a self-care retreat suitable for you.
Sitting in a cold bath is one of the best forms of self-care.
Husband and wife and relationship retreat.
Provide a space to strengthen your relationship through interesting husband and wife exercises and activities. These group trips are designed for people who have experienced ups and downs and want to strengthen existing relationships. Even if your relationship is very good, the husband and wife meditation will make it better.
You should consider the reasons for retreats rather than typical holidays
In a world with increasing pressure and faster pace, travelers are looking for more than just a change of scenery. Although retreat has numerous benefits, here are ten reasons to choose retreat instead of ordinary holiday.
1. You are surrounded by like-minded people
Travel is about people, and this is also true in closed doors.
As mentioned above, there are various types of health holidays. With so many choices, you can choose the focus of your trip. Therefore, it is no wonder that self-help nursing homes will attract people with similar passion and interests. In this environment, it is easy to find your tribe
Find someone else’s retreat in Rosarito, Mexico
In the retreat I attended, I found that other people were experiencing the same things as me. Even better — sometimes the older members of the group have overcome similar challenges, which may be extremely useful. Even if we are not facing the same challenges, we are often moving in the same direction and towards similar goals.
Activate the retreat camp of life. Group photo after taking an ice bath in the rain forest.
The retreat reminds us that we are not alone. They provide us with an opportunity to exchange views with others and ultimately help us grow together. Most importantly, these friendships can last a lifetime. I still keep in touch with people I knew a year ago. This is not common in my usual travel. The emotional ties that took place in the retreat camp are incomparable to anything else I have experienced.
The most important part of travel is to meet new friends.
2. The retreat provides long-term benefits
Although regular holidays can create long-term memories, retreat can bring long-term benefits.
Think about it You go to a foreign country with a clear intention to solve a problem or create a new habit. After several days of learning and practice, making new friends, and clarifying what you want in life, you can create lasting changes in the way you treat life.
Examples showing how the retreat can bring long-term benefits
For example, suppose that people with unhealthy eating habits attend a health retreat. The convalescent center only provides unprocessed organic food and daily exercise plan. You can bet that this participant will experience higher energy levels, weight loss, and better mood. It is difficult not to make lasting lifestyle and diet changes at home just because of the brief experience of this new lifestyle.
Another example is that someone went to a meditation retreat and made a breakthrough. They have a deep breathing method or cold soak therapy. In this way, they realize that the work they have worked for more than 10 years is no longer what they want to do. Or, they deal with the trauma of childhood, thus creating space for new and exciting efforts. As a person who has made many breakthroughs in the retreat camp, I have witnessed how this experience has led to ripples and waves in the long term.
The following sentence perfectly captures this idea. “No one walks twice in the same river. Because this is not the same river, and he is not the same person”- Heraclitus
After attending the health retreat and gaining new and rich experience, you will not be the same person when you return home. From obtaining a new level of understanding to implementing a new ceremony, you can expect to gain long-term benefits from attending the retreat.
Even a course of voice therapy can bring long-term benefits to the body.
3. Build a deeper relationship with nature
From tropical rainforests to pristine mountain destinations, most retreats are held in beautiful natural areas. These beautiful places provide peace, tranquility and space to create new and meaningful things.
Imagine walking along a tropical beach covered with palm trees and turquoise waters, or walking through dramatic snow mountains. This type of scene has an extraordinary way to open the mind and mind.
Like the benefits of grounding, nature has a long list of physical, psychological and emotional benefits for the body. This includes reducing stress and cortisol levels, as well as improving attention and clarity. The following is a scientific study that demonstrates how nature affects mental and physical health.
Unlike urban leisure, urban leisure may be tense and fast-paced, while natural travel is relaxing and rejuvenating. In the natural environment, the air is fresh and plants are everywhere. In addition to organized retreats, meaningful seminars and activities, you will feel fully recharged from this experience.
After immersing yourself in nature in the retreat camp, you will definitely want to give priority to more natural time at home. Is this one of the greatest benefits of participating in the retreat camp? Of course.
Health and meditation will bring you closer to nature.
4. Break old habits, conventions and thinking patterns
Travel to a health retreat is one of the best ways to break the old pattern. Here, you can forget all your work, relationships and other commitments and truly rediscover yourself. Being thrown into a strange environment and surrounded by supportive and like-minded people makes it easier for you to gain a clear understanding and adopt new habits.
In my own life, this has always been one of the biggest motivations for attending the retreat. It’s really hard to make major lifestyle changes at home. On the other hand, holistic meditation enables you to abandon your daily routine and seek clarity in life.
Although routine may be helpful — creating certainty and structure in your life — it is also helpful to break away from them sometimes. Who knows: Maybe you will learn something new about yourself and release new ideas you haven’t received before. For those habits that no longer serve us, they can be replaced by new conventions and rituals.
By leaving your familiar environment and shutting down, you can find the much-needed clarity in your life.
After a week’s retreat, you will want to implement some new habits, such as yoga
5. You can (eventually) relax and release
These days, life may be quite stressful. Self-development retreat can help you get rid of this situation.
Exercises such as yoga, breathing and meditation, which are common in retreat camps, have significant abilities to regulate the nervous system and promote relaxation. They can also help you get a good sleep, so you will feel energetic and energetic when you wake up.
Lying on the snow in Iceland | Entering the wild heart
Other methods usually provided in health care travel include massage, aromatherapy, voice therapy, Reiki energy therapy, Taijiquan and Qigong. Besides, unlike drinking cocktails in the hotel swimming pool, you won’t have a hangover after the event.
By leaving the noise and entering a calm and quiet atmosphere, you can really focus on relaxation. This is one of the main advantages of choosing a sanatorium as your next holiday.
The singing bowl of Tibetan Buddhism plays a significant role in calming the body and mind.
6. Don’t worry about travel planning
Different from traditional holidays, traditional holidays require a large number of travel plans in advance, while closed doors are planned in advance. All you have to do is appear, set an intention, and immerse yourself in the experience.
Most self-help retreats are led by skilled instructors who handle all logistics, accommodation and activities. So you don’t have to worry about what to do, where to stay and how to travel. On the contrary, you just need to focus on your health — so it is called a health retreat!
In the closed period, you can take new risks without the trouble of travel planning.
7. Leaders from subject matter experts
When attending the retreat, you will have the opportunity to meet with professionals in leadership training, seminars and other exercises. These people provide you with information, technology and guidance to help you get the maximum benefit from the experience.
In addition to all their knowledge and wisdom, these experts in the mental, physical and psychological fields are also good interpersonal networks. Who knows, maybe one day you will cooperate with them on a new and exciting adventure! What else do you want? What else do you want from the travel experience of bucket list?
Learn from those who are highly skilled.
8. Improve diet and lifestyle
In health tourism, you don’t have to worry about finding nutritious food. In these sanatoriums, fresh and delicious dishes are given priority. Therefore, you will rarely find yourself in the situation of excessive sugar or alcohol intake.
Wim Hof retreat camp in Iceland and entrepreneurship retreat camp in Costa Rica only provide vegetarian food. During these two week-long retreat camps, I felt absolutely amazing – I experienced clear and clear thoughts and high energy. Needless to say, I came home with the intention of cleaning up my diet
Unlike ordinary holidays, people are more stressed and unhealthy when they return home than when they leave, and meditation often leads to improvements in diet and living habits.
As we all know, the retreat provides healthy and nutritious food.
9. The sanatorium encourages you to exceed your physical and psychological limits
Like other forms of travel, meditation will help you get out of your comfort zone. They also provide a safe space for you to go beyond your cognitive limits.
A good example of this is in the plant-based medical retreat camp, where doctors often take care of participants on site. This sense of security gives participants a green light, allowing them to dig deeper and break through any trauma, difficulties and other obstacles.
The Wim Hof retreat I attended in Iceland gave me a chance to exceed my limits. During this trip, I did a lot of cold dip at minus Celsius. I climbed up a snowy mountain with only one swimsuit, jumped off the cliff from the coldest lake in Europe with a height of 10 meters, and did other (crazy) fearless experiences. By challenging my physical and psychological limits, I feel closely connected with my higher self and my tribe/male part.
Climbing mountains in Iceland in swimsuits| Into the wild nature of the heart
Overcoming such a huge challenge made me feel noble for a while and changed my paradigm forever.
The physical challenge at the time of closing led to a breakthrough.
10. The primary reason for participating in the health retreat: you will get clarity, perspective and gratitude
Last, but certainly not least, on the list of the greatest benefits of the retreat camp: they show you a more conscious way of life.
Holistic recuperation provides many ways of clarity, perspective and gratitude. Without all the noise and interference in daily life, you can really enter a state of acceptance. The sanatorium provides many thought-provoking activities and exercises to help you adjust your mind, body and spirit. From this natural state, you can download new ideas and ideas, which will profoundly change your life.
After this cold dip group trip in Iceland, I gained a new level of understanding| Into the wild nature of the heart
For me, one of my favorite activities in the retreat camp is the cocoa ceremony, which is not only because I claim to be a chocolate connoisseur. These collective ceremonies open the heart and leave room for love and gratitude. Although we are easily confused by self-help and personal development, the most important thing is love. From a place where our hearts are connected, we can overcome any obstacles, conquer our fears and create the life we want. Only from a place of love can we create a better world for ourselves and our future generations.
Cocoa ceremony in Costa Rica.
After the evening yoga and meditation classes, it is difficult not to feel grateful.
Frequently asked questions about the retreat
What is health tourism?
According to the Global Health Institute, health tourism is defined as “travel related to the pursuit of maintaining or improving personal health”. It usually includes physical, psychological and spiritual activities – all of which are aimed at promoting overall health and well-being. In the past ten years, the development speed of this tourism sector has exceeded that of the general tourism industry. A recent study predicts that health tourism will become a $919 billion industry in 2022. This includes domestic and international tourism.
It is important to remember that health tourism and medical tourism are different. In addition to mental health and self-care, there are many health springs, resorts and cruise ships in this field.
Health tourism and sightseeing are on the rise.
Is the retreat worthwhile?
This question is very subjective, depending on who you talk to. However, according to my personal experience, I can say that closing is a very worthwhile economic cost. It is difficult to price your physical and mental health. But I believe that the breakthroughs and gains I have gained from the retreat will make it a worthwhile investment.
Yoga on the beach.
What does a health care home do?
The purpose of the retreat is to provide opportunities for growth and personal development. This includes physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional tools (and exercises) to help guests achieve the best health and well-being. They provide structured, pre-planned activities. Some popular patterns you can expect to find include meditation, breathing, cold exposure, yoga, ecstatic dance, eating in the dark, Reiki and voice therapy, mental state technology, emotion-based seminars, mindfulness exercises, plant-based drugs, intermittent fasting, body work, and more.
Meditate in a tropical health resort.
How long will the retreat last?
The answer will depend on the type of closure. Some may only take a long weekend holiday (1-3 days), while others may take a week or more.
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