Costa Baja Resort and Spa: Espiritu

Nestled in the mountains of the Baja California Sur in Mexico on the Sea of Cortez, the Costa Baja Resort and Spa in La Paz provides a true escape from overcrowded, bustling tourist beach wedding destinations. Espiritu, the resort’s spa, offers guests unique treatments that aim to harmonize the body, mind and spirit for a journey of inner and outer wellness. The spa utilizes a fusion of aromatherapy, local herbs, Chakra, Reiki, hot stones, quartz, reflexology, Ho’oponopono, and self-made elixirs to blend the new and ancestral techniques for custom spa treatments.

-Kate Axtell

Inside Houston recommends: The signature Damiana Ritual, based on a local, ancient plant with therapeutic benefits, begins with a foot massage with oranges, a cleansing of the aura with local Copal incense, a reading of the body’s energy that indicates the custom aromatherapy treatment needed, followed by a full body massage, facial, body wrap, and scalp massage using pure almond oil, Mexican lavender and Damiana extract.