Southwest Airlines' brand-new partnership with Icelandair is officially live and available for booking — but be warned, it'll be a bit limited for the time being.
05.02.2025 - 17:41 / cntraveler.com / Sam Altman / Sam Nazarian
The prick to my finger was fast and sharp, but my blood wasn't being drawn by a nurse. Instead, the outstretched arm of a cholla cactus was the culprit. I had come to California's Coachella Valley for Sensei Porcupine Creek's inaugural longevity-focused hiking retreat, and I'd been stabbed by the plant's barbed spine while furiously pumping my arms to keep pace with my group's extremely fit guide, Anthony Purnel, a tribal council member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Purnel, 37, was leading our group on the trails of Indian Canyons, his ancestral land just outside Palm Springs. In a first for Agua Caliente, the tribe has partnered with Sensei to offer exclusive immersive cultural experiences. Our three-mile trek was strenuous, but this wasn't a tough-love boot camp in the vein of the cult hiking retreat Ranch Malibu. We had come because we wanted to feel good, not just look good. After the group stopped at a spot overlooking a rocky outcrop, a mindset coach from Sensei encouraged us to take out the journals we'd been given. We were instructed to scribble down our feelings and recast negative thoughts (I'm not fit enough to be here; I dislike journaling) into positive affirmations (I'm challenging myself in new ways; What an amazing experience to have with others).
Joshua Tree National Park, a 45-minute drive from Sensei Porcupine Creek, has close to 300 miles of hiking trails.
We've long known that movement, particularly in nature, is good for our physical and mental well-being. But mounting data also shows that our attitudes and beliefs about getting older can impact our health. And social connection can increase the odds of long-term survival by nearly 50%. Sensei's new holistic approach to aging well aims to cultivate community, purpose, and a positive mindset.
Longevity has been the buzzword of the wellness space for the last few years, and our fixation with living longer, healthier lives shows no sign of waning. The life-optimization market is predicted to reach $44.2 billion by 2030, and tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman, are pouring fortunes into age-extending diagnostic technology and cellular reprogramming therapies. Hotels and resorts have jumped on the trend too, with offerings that cater to our culture's obsession with data, tech, and biohacking. AI and diagnostics are the foundation of the Estate, a new longevity-driven hospitality brand from hotelier Sam Nazarian that's set to debut in Los Angeles later this year, while longevity vacations rooted in cutting-edge treatments like stem cell and ozone therapies are commanding eye-popping price tags. Trailblazing wellness retreat Canyon Ranch, for example, recently introduced Longevity 8, a four-day
Southwest Airlines' brand-new partnership with Icelandair is officially live and available for booking — but be warned, it'll be a bit limited for the time being.
The novelty of starting your day with a croissant in Paris and eating Italian pasta for lunch is back on the menu this March. The hugely popular train route connecting Paris and Milan is reopening after a 19-month closure.
Eight months after my 30th birthday, I realized that I did, in fact, want children. In my 20s, I was never really sure. I thought of it as a kind of eventuality, something I’d get to once my life no longer revolved around friends and travel and chasing the next story. Something for the next, much more grown-up phase of my life. Then I learned that the choice might not be mine to make. My egg reserve levels were teetering on the edge of “critically low” and all signs pointed towards early menopause, a condition I now know runs in my family.
When you hear about a company retreat, you might imagine traveling to an urban destination with massive hotel complexes just to sit for hours in windowless conference rooms and spend evenings schmoozing over room-temperature drinks. You probably don't imagine jetting off to a charming, nature-filled town along the Pacific Ocean.
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The first wild swimming retreat I did was in Cornwall. It was back in 2020 when swim stays were not quite the phenomenon they are now. Once we’d settled in, the first thing we did was go around and share why we were there. I was immediately moved by the openness of the other guests. Responses varied from burnout and heartbreak to redundancy, grief, or simply needing a rest. It seemed that everyone had arrived at a crossroads in their life or—more likely—a desire for there to be a crossroads. Although the catalyst for attending a week-long swimming trip was different for each of us, we were united in being ready for change and hopeful for connection. We were all looking for an opportunity to take a different path, and what better way to take that first step than leaping into the water? It’s a perfect metaphor, really—diving, plunging, cleansing.
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