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Travelers feeling overwhelmed and burnt out by technology in their daily lives can partake in Six Senses La Sagesse’s Digital Detox Program, designed to enhance mental clarity, reduce stress, improve sleep quality, boost focus, strengthen real-life connections, and promote mindfulness. The program has four levels of immersion:

Level 1: Unplugged Meals

Guests are invited to enjoy relaxed, communal dining experiences without digital distractions. Phones can be secured in Yondr Boxes placed next to the dining table, while conversation cards are provided to encourage meaningful conversations, creating opportunities to connect with loved ones and fellow guests.

Level 2: Unplugged Moments

Guests can experience the beauty of Grenada firsthand through a 2-3 hour guided adventure, phone free. Options include the Reggae Fields Journey and Hidden Haven: Explore Seven Sisters. Following the excursion, guests are encouraged to continue their mindful conversations over a nourishing meal.

Level 3: Unplugged Rooms

Families looking to strengthen their bond while on vacation can opt for in-room digital detox activities, including board games, bedtime storybooks, or creative activities to inspire connection and mindfulness. Guests can request a Yondr Box for their room via the Six Senses app or Guest Experience Maker (GEMS).

Level 4: Unplugged Experiences

For a full transformative experience, guests can choose a three-to-seven night digital detox stay, featuring grounding meditation, Yoga Nidra and Alchemy Bar sessions, holistic healing treatments, signature massages, wellness meals, and nightly sound healing or storytelling rituals around a bonfire. Rates start at $850/night for Level 4: Unplugged Experiences.

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Contemporary Design

Global Dining
The resort features multiple restaurants with an emphasis on local ingredients and unique flavor combinations.
Azul Coffee Bar and Sushi “n” Raw Seafood Bar provide an open-air setting by day and night. Taste traditional Mexican dishes with a global twist at the all-day, oceanfront La Cocina.
The Grill at 126 serves classic dishes like short rib tacos and USDA prime steaks in an elegant setting and includes kosher options.

Holistic Wellness
Whether you greet the day with sunrise yoga on the beach or get your heart pumping at a spin class, the resort’s wellness program is a highlight of the experience, and the Cenote Spa is its crown jewel. The circular stone space is inspired by the region’s natural healing pools, incorporating water and mangroves in a soothing environment.
Drumbeats accompanied by chanting in English and Spanish reverberate off the Cenote Spa’s curved walls during the Echoes of the Cenote experience.
A shaman guides guests through an ancestral meditation designed for relaxation and release as incense weaves through the space and light pours through the rooftop opening onto a pool below.
Celebrating its natural setting and cultural influences, this property is the ultimate place to recharge on the Mexican Riviera.

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Just two hours from Juan Santamaria Airport or Limon, El Lugar is an enchanting retreat—a sublime sanctuary designed for both the spontaneous traveler and the lifelong seeker of discovery. Rare birdwatching unveils over 130 species aloft and amid the lush canopy, while exhilarating horseback adventures meander through a vibrant rainforest. Guests can then immerse themselves in the quiet luxury of a handcrafted casita or unwind by an infinity pool, where gentle natural breezes invite serene reflection.

Where Sustainability Meets Luxury

Think of El Lugar as a place where the past and present intertwine in a timeless space, where time seems to stand still yet hum with energy and possibilities. Every element has been carefully considered:

•  No trees were cut down
•  No terrain was leveled
•  Lightweight steel structures and helical piles preserve the natural water drainage
•  Thermodynamic water heating systems and gravity-fed water distribution, ensure the resort is as gentle on the earth as it is indulgent for its guests.

The vision was to deliver luxury without compromising the raw beauty of this untouched place. El Lugar was designed to feel as if it had been here for a century, built to last for many more.

The casitas were crafted by hand, down to the one-of-a-kind doors, screened windows, and exposed beam ceilings. The carefully chosen antiques whisper of a journey around the world.  When you step through your casita’s door, the ambiance and bright, airy energy beckons you inside to reflect, rejuvenate and experience wherever the rainforest breeze takes you.

A World-Class Equestrian Experience at El Encanto

A crown jewel of El Lugar is its extraordinary equestrian offering at El Encanto. Home to over 100 beautiful horses and set on 740 acres of protected rainforest, El Encanto invites guests to explore the rainforest on horseback.

Experience the grace of the Costarricense de Paso—Costa Rica’s elegant walking horse, whose noble lineage traces back to Carthage and the Royal Courts of Spain. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned rider, group rides and one-on-one training sessions promise an unforgettable journey through one of the world’s most biodiverse landscapes.

A Living Connection to Costa Rican Culture

Beyond its sustainable architecture and equestrian adventures, El Lugar is a vibrant community hub. The resort proudly employs over 100 local artisans and staff, preserving traditional craftsmanship while fostering cultural exchange and empowerment in the local community.

Guests will find themselves transported to a simpler time—where:

• Oxen and buggy transport your luggage
• Herds of horses roam freely
• Antique furnishings tell stories of the past
• Nature’s sights and sounds envelop you

Yet, modern comforts remain seamlessly integrated—ensuring an indulgent, yet authentic Costa Rican experience.

Future Vision: Stage 2 Expansion

With Stage 2 already in the pipeline, El Lugar is set to become a trailblazer in eco-luxury. The next phase will introduce:

•  Costa Rica’s largest conference center
• A grand restaurant with volcano views
•  Additional handcrafted casitas

This expansion will solidify El Lugar as a place where heritage, innovation, and nature converge for generations to come.

Discover your sanctuary at El Lugar and follow our journey on Facebook and Instagram.

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What are your favorite things to do there?
Jennifer: Molly and I tackle it differently, especially because it’s definitely a feat to orchestrate childcare and all of that to leave for a full week, so I love taking all the classes.
Molly is much more ‘don’t schedule me before ten’ and she will kind of bow out. But she’s also working a little bit of the time as well. So I really do everything from yoga to archery, I tap dance, fence. Definitely, my favorite is archery. I mean, that’s a bucket list, right? To get a bullseye?
Because I live on a farm in Texas, I love the garden and the chicken house, and just being able to kind of walk through that space, and see the sort of nourishment that comes from the land.
Molly: Pretty much for me, every time it’s just to de-stress. I’m not somebody who wants to necessarily lose five pounds, or my goal is to do this or that. Really my goal is to just de-stress because I feel like my job is so stressful. I actually schedule a lot of free time. I don’t like to have my whole day booked. I don’t like to get up at the crack of dawn and go hiking.
I love the pool classes, and I think that’s probably because they’re not super high impact, but it’s also the absolute perfect temperature, and it’s just so beautiful. I love the whole food aspect of Golden Door, so I will always go to the garden. I’m always interested to see what’s going to be on the menu and talk to Chef about whatever it is that he’s got cooking.
How has Golden Door transformed you?
Jennifer: I come back renewed. You kind of come in depleted, and then you’re able to spend all of this time just within yourself, communing with other people, and everything’s so positive and healthy.
Sometimes it’s such a struggle to even nurse yourself because there’s so much thought and labor that goes into it — you have to wake up early to make healthy food or to get that workout in before your chaotic day starts. It requires so much preparation and commitment, and here everything’s handled.
I feel like my soul, my body, my mind, all of it, is nourished, or replenished. I come back just completely reset.
Molly: One of the biggest things is I do feel like I can breathe again. I think when you own a business, and you have clients in the way that I do, you feel an incredible sense of responsibility, not only to them but your staff. And it is just the weight of the world that I feel on my shoulders all of the time.
And at Golden Door, I do feel this sense of letting go. You step across that footbridge, and you’re just like, Oh my God, I can breathe. I can put all that out of my mind and just be here.
And so it’s something that I’m consistently working on. But I think every time I go, it just helps me to have that mindset that everybody deserves to have time off, and time away, and time that’s just our own, and not having to feel like we’re 24/7 attached to a computer or phone or whatever it is. When I left last time, I think I cried on my way home.
Jennifer: I guess the one lightning bolt I was struck by was to be more present in my life and to make time in my life. What do you need in your life? Not a lot – the great people who are important to you, and then finding joy, peace, and the ability to just be with them.
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One striking finding is how the US market, which always ranks #1, is pulling further away from other mega wellness markets, with 8.3% annual growth from 2019 to 2023, compared to 4.9% for China, 5.9% for Germany, and 3.1% for Japan (when measured in Japan’s local currency). The now $2 trillion US market represents one-third (32%) of the entire global wellness economy, with American consumers now spending over $6,000 annually on wellness for the first time.

But the growth story is global. Every one of the top 25 wellness markets has surpassed its pre-pandemic value when measured in local currency. Large wellness markets with exceptionally strong growth since 2019 include Mexico, India, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, the UK and Indonesia, all of which are now worth over 130% of their 2019 market levels. The growth leaders from 2022 to 2023 are: Thailand (28.4%), Mexico (19.9%), Austria (16.2%), Poland (15.9%) and India ($15.9%).

“The United States continues to lead the global wellness economy, not only by its size and per capita spending, but also by its resilience and growth,” noted Katherine Johnston and Ophelia Yeung, GWI senior research fellows. “However, US healthcare spending continues to skyrocket while health outcomes are still among the worst compared to other wealthy countries. So, it is fair to ask if this massive consumer wellness market can spend its way to broad-based health and wellbeing.”

The report is a companion to GWI’s 2024 Global Wellness Economy Monitor, finding that the world wellness economy is worth $6.3 trillion and forecast to reach $9 trillion by 2028.

Top 15 National Wellness Markets  

(Market size 2023 and average annual growth rate from 2019 to 2023)

• United States: $2 trillion—8.3%
• China: $870 billion—4.9%
• Germany: $310 billion—5.9%
• Japan: $255 billion—minus 3.2%
• UK: $230 billion—7.3%
• France: $195 billion—5.4%
• India: $148 billion—8.8%
• Canada: $144 billion—7.3%
• Italy: $131 billion––4.3%
• Australia: $127 billion––7.5%
• South Korea: $117 billion––3.6%
• Brazil: $111 billion––minus 0.5%
• Russia: $108 billion––3.3%
• Spain: $96 billion––5.2%
• Mexico: $93 billion––10.3%

The top ten largest markets represent 70% of the entire global wellness economy. It’s important to note that currency depreciation negatively affected the measurements of some major wellness economies, especially Japan, Thailand, Brazil, Russia, India and South Korea. The report explains how their wellness market performance is stronger when measured in their local currencies.

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