Magical Miraval Branches out from Tucson to Texas

Head for the Hills!  

Miraval Arrives in Texas Hill Country

Not Ellison

PROMOTION

$175 USD resort credit, per person, per day to spend on your choice of spa services, activities and private sessions with Miraval specialists, all meals, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, complimentary shared shuttle from Austin Airport, unlimited participation in regularly scheduled yoga, fitness and meditation classes, challenge courses, nature walk and farm tour. Offer also includes Virtuoso amenities.

Ellison Poe and her mother, Tina, recently returned from a magical weekend at Miraval in Austin. They were so Zen upon return that we hardly recognized them! Ellison reports that the new mind-body-spirit resort, like its acclaimed Arizona sister property, deserves rave reviews. Just riffing here, but we think Miraval should adopt “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!” as their new mantra (for all you “Friday Night Lights” fans out there—and the show was filmed in the same area of Texas!)

In keeping with the spirit of Austin, this Miraval does things a little differently. More than a spa resort, health retreat, or luxury hotel, they’re a unique kind of well-being space that purports to change lives and celebrate individuality.

The setting inspires as much as the activities on offer. Ellison can confirm that the big Texan sky helps to open that heart chakra right on up. Miraval sits on 220 rolling acres, enveloped by the vast Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, and offers an array of meditation, fitness, outdoor adventure, hiking, yoga, equine and farm activities, culinary experiences, and spa services by very special specialists. The choices are endless, each one crafted to help you create balance in your life. Oh, and they also have their own farm—bees included!

EVERYTHING REALLY IS BIGGER IN TEXAS

The pièce de résistance (or “peace” de résistance): With 30 treatment rooms, an outdoor pool and lake-facing relaxation lounge, and whirlpools, steam rooms, and saunas, the Life in Balance Spa is now the largest (by rooms) in Texas. (Even the spas in Texas have swagger!) Here, Miraval offers more than 75 skin and body treatments, from the Jade Meridian, which incorporates healing jade stones, to the Spiritual Warrior Facial, which uses herb and flower based skin care specifically customized for your skin.

THERE WILL SOON BE MORE OF MIRAVAL TO LOVE

Miraval is poised to expand across the country; a property in the Berkshires opens later May 2020, and active scouting is underway in places like Tennessee and the Pacific Northwest.