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Wellness Retreats

Homes built for the reset: sauna, cold plunge, yoga space, meditation trail. Sedona, the Blue Ridge, the Coachella Valley.

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Adam Norko
Curator

The rule: the listing leads with wellness features by name. Not a spa directory, not a ranking.

Wellness travel used to mean a resort. Now it means a house with a barrel sauna and a labyrinth, rented by a group of eight who bring their own teacher. Sedona has the deepest bench of these homes anywhere, and they are described that way on the managers' own listings.

Six homes from four managers with their own booking sites, every listing naming the sauna, the plunge, the yoga space, or the meditation trail. Each links to the manager; you book with them.

Browse here6 homes, 4 management companies, one reason to be on the same page.
Book with the managerEvery link goes to the company's own booking site. Prices, photos, and availability live there.
Or send your dates"Check dates" forwards your dates and party size to the manager and opens their page.

The homes

Sedona Dreammaker Vacation RentalsPreview from Sedona Dreammaker Vacation Rentals's listing

Wellness Ranch

Sedona, AZ · Sedona Dreammaker Vacation Rentals
Sleeps 187 BR
Listing: private wellness sanctuary with dry sauna, Himalayan salt columns, red-light therapy, cold plunge, yoga space, meditation trail and labyrinth.
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Found on Sedona Dreammaker Vacation Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Sedona PremierPreview from Sedona Premier's listing

Juniper House (Dream Retreat)

Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ · Sedona Premier
Sleeps 188 BR
Listing: barrel sauna for six, a meditation lounge, and a labyrinth with prayer wheels for walking meditation.
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Found on Sedona Premier's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Sedona PremierPreview from Sedona Premier's listing

Sacred Cliffs (Cliffside Retreat)

Sedona, AZ · Sedona Premier
Sleeps 124 BR
Listing title leads with retreat and yoga; hot tub, river, views.
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Found on Sedona Premier's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Sedona Premier

Roca Vista (Uptown Gem)

Sedona, AZ · Sedona Premier
Sleeps 145 BR
Listing: six-person barrel sauna, heated pool, spa, view decks.
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Found on Sedona Premier's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Blue Ridge Mountain RentalsPreview from Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's listing

Mountain Camp

Blowing Rock, NC · Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals
Sleeps 124 BR
Listing: your own private sauna, ready when you are, after a day in the Blue Ridge.
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Found on Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
TRAVLR Vacation HomesPreview from TRAVLR Vacation Homes's listing

Casa Tierra

Palm Desert, CA · TRAVLR Vacation Homes
Sleeps 187 BR
Listing: sauna and cold plunge for recovery, designated yoga and meditation areas, pitched for a wellness weekend.
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Found on TRAVLR Vacation Homes's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Where the inventory is not

Asheville proper and Palm Springs proper have very few professionally managed homes that lead with sauna or cold plunge on their own sites; the ones that exist sit on the big platforms. When a manager there writes the listing, it goes here.