Amangiri is celebrating 15 years of bringing guests unique stays focused on relaxation and rejuvenation amid Utah’s beautiful natural surroundings. At the heart of Amangiri is the Aman Spa, which has debuted new holistic and integrative wellness experiences in honor of the resort’s 15th anniversary. Drawing on the natural elements of earth, wind, fire and water, these new wellness offerings allow guests the chance to renew the body, mind and soul.
Wild Wellness
Feel the power of nature with Amangiri’s new Wild Wellness experiences. Earth and wind come together during Yoga on the Rocks, featuring a short hike that leads to a one-of-a-kind desert yoga experience at the top of a rock formation with 360-degree views of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Amangiri’s resident fitness and yoga specialist, Connie Beingessner, will guide guests through a personalized movement session focused on breathing patterns, using the visual reference of the horizon for deeper balance and grounding.
Fire and water are combined during Thermal Therapy sessions led by Amangiri’s expert practitioners. While surrounded by the natural beauty of the desert, guests will experience the therapeutic effects of the sauna, steam room and cold plunge, which create a powerful wellness experience that aids in physical recovery and promotes mental clarity.
Water adds a unique and natural grounding element to the Ai Chi wellness experience, during which an Amangiri therapist will lead guests through a four-thousand-year-old practice of harmonizing the body, mind and breath while in water to optimize the flow of energy and promoting overall health and a long-lasting sense of relaxation. Additionally, Aqua Shiatsu, a wellness experience exclusively available at Camp Sarika and in Amangiri’s suites with heated private pools, is a traditional hands-on therapy using the support of water to perform stretching and massage.
Sensory Wellness
This season, Amangiri has expanded its grounding practices, which promote relaxation in the wide-open and silent landscape of the desert. Guests can now participate in a Mindfulness Walk to focus on sensory interactions with the natural elements, including the unique sights and sounds of the environment. For a micro digital detox, pair the Mindfulness Walk with Intentional Silent Time.
Also new this season is the ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses) Wellness Session, which clears the mind and engages the senses. Held in the Flotation Pavilion, the ASMR wellness experience rouses tingling sensations that travel down the body in response to sensory changes, such as soft chimes and whispered communication, ambient lighting and gentle physical touch, stimulating a sense of serenity that lasts long beyond the therapy.
During Dark Exposure Sessions, sensory stimulants are decreased to encourage balance and harmony. The solo experience includes entering a light-proofed space in the Floatation Pavilion, where guests will begin meditating with a focus on affirmation and breathwork to support connection to self and acceptance of mind.
In-Pavilion Wellness at Camp Sarika
For elevated comfort at Camp Sarika, new Wellness Journeys have been launched within the privacy of each tented pavilion. The first, an Open Sky Sound Journey, starts with a hike to the nearby natural amphitheater for an enchanting sound bowl experience promoting relaxation, wellbeing and a euphoric sense of expansion, followed by a therapeutic massage.
The second, a Mindfulness Path Journey, begins with a walking meditation from the pavilion, followed by breathwork, guided meditation, yoga and myofascial release, focusing on re-patterning the chains of connective tissue in the body for greater postural support. The experience concludes at the Pavilion with Fire Pit Aromatherapy, a guided meditation using aromas of essential oils, incense and dried plants that melt or burn in the amber-hued fire. Lastly, the Oasis Wellness Journey is centered around the healing power of water, with Ai Chi or floating meditation, aqua board yoga and a water shiatsu massage within the private heated plunge pool of the tented pavilion.
Desert Wellness
For those staying at Amangiri or Camp Sarika, the Desert Wellness Escape provides the opportunity to design a bespoke three-night all-inclusive wellness retreat. Tailored to suit individual well-being goals, the Desert Wellness Escape features two 60-minute movement or mindfulness sessions, such as yoga, strength training, myofascial release, Thai Boxing and guided meditation, promoting greater physical and mental flexibility. Additionally, guests can treat themselves to three 60-minute personalized treatments, such as a nourishing massage, a purifying wrap and polish and an Aman Advanced Facial, which incorporates Aman’s Essential Skin to restore the skin’s youthfulness and radiance.
Learn more at www.aman.com.
Photos courtesy Amangiri
