She started out charging $500 for a weeklong, mountaintop program of yoga, meditation and hiking — activities that Swedes did regularly back home but were largely unknown here. “Back then, fitness and nature and wellness were new for Americans,” Hedberg says. Today millions do yoga, Pilates and meditation, and “wellness travel” to far-flung resorts from Costa Rica to Bali is booming, with women the primary clients. Free time for hiking, writing and hot-tubbing. Yoga and writing workshop at Sagrada Wellness is led by Leslie St. John.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 10, 2017 17:18 UTC