Seeking inner peace? Your back muscles are as tight as your work schedule? New York has hundreds of ways to help you loosen up. All you have to do is choose body, mind, soul, or all of the above.
You have the choice of spending just a couple hours or making it a whole vacation. Indulge yourself at a world-class resort or lose your worries in the middle of nature. From Montauk to Niagara Falls, you'll find all kinds of
spas to rejuvenate your body. You'll also find centers for
yoga and relaxation to calm your mind and revive your spirit.
Perhaps you'd love a rose petal massage at a luxury resort or to quietly meditate at a cathedral or monastery. You can practice Tai Chi in a meadow in the
Catskills or reach a higher plane by going through your yoga asanas on a mountaintop in the
Adirondacks.
This may be cheating, but did you know the nuns at the
New Skete monasteries sell divine cheesecakes? Proceed with caution, but you can probably reach a blissful state of mind with a bite of those.