Catskills: Menla Retreat

A short drive from Lorca in Shandaken’s Woodland Valley hamlet, you’ll find a quiet but expansive wellness retreat center. Menla Mountain Retreat hosts workshops with renowned teachers, yoga, meditation, Tibetan healing therapies, massages, bodywork, and more.

Menla’s Dewa Spa offers a range of treatments including massages, Ayurveda, acupuncture, reflexology, herbal baths, energy healing, facials and wellness therapies. Outside saunas and steam rooms, you’ll find a beautiful mountain pool with butterflies and flowers. Day passes at the spa are around $100. We love basking by the pool in the summer and winter saunas.

Menla is an initiative of the Dalai Lama’s Tibet House U.S., spearheaded by Robert Thurman a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and father to Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction star, Uma—it’s an easygoing place, we promise.