Staying at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa in Arizona

If you would have asked me a few months ago about my opinions on spa resorts and wellness retreats, I probably would have told you that they weren’t really for me.

I’m not the type of person who gets regular massages (I don’t like strangers touching me), I don’t like sweating in saunas, and my “skin care routine” consists of washing my face twice a day (maybe, if I remember before I go to bed).

But then back in December I found myself staying at CIVANA Wellness Resort and Spa in the perfectly-named town of Carefree, Arizona.

Somewhere in between the green smoothies and the plush robes that it was acceptable to wear out in public and the guided morning hikes, I realized that, somehow, I had became a total wellness resort convert.

Contrary to…