CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa Launches Habit of Happiness Program

Award-winning wellness resort CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa has launched a new program called Habit of Happiness to encourage guests to dive into brain health through engagement in consistent mind-body strategies.

Award-winning Arizona-based wellness resort CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa has launched a new program called Habit of Happiness to encourage guests to dive into brain health through engagement in consistent mind-body strategies.

Located just outside of Scottsdale in Carefree, Arizona, CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa is the ultimate wellness destination with a world-class spa, luxury accommodations, wellness classes and studios, healthy cuisine, and almost 23000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor function space that is ideal for wellness and corporate retreats.

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Focusing on happiness, which is the most powerful result of wellness, the resort invites guests to connect with their happy state of mind. CIVANA’s Habit of Happiness program furthers the resort’s wellness ethos while offering new and curated wellness experiences that will help guests build long-term habits and develop tools that translate into their daily lives at home. Backed by the resort'’s belief that happiness is a mindset to be practiced daily, the program allows guests to commit to choosing happiness and healthiness each day.

In addition to the new offerings, CIVANA offers guests access to 20+ daily complimentary (always optional) fitness, personal growth and spiritual classes. Guests can further nurture themselves at the resort’s award winning spa, featuring an aqua therapy circuit and an extensive menu of treatments. The resort’s café and specialty market, Seed, offers hyper-seasonal options and high vibe food, along with signature dinner destination, Terras, offering a delightfully fresh and modern take on regionally-inspired cuisine.

Habit of Happiness experiences include aromatherapy-based spa treatments at CIVANA’s world-class spa.

As guests begin their personal journey at CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa, they’ll foster a mindset of joy, gratitude and resilience through openness, connection and motivation. Each new experience will leave guests with a better sense of how to move forward in their individual journey towards long-lasting habits of happiness. Habit of Happiness wellness experiences include:

  • Human Design Workshop: Create more flow in your life as you dive into uncovering the superpowers that characterize your energy type.

  • iRest Meditation: A restorative practice that when practiced regularly enables you to meet each moment of your life with unshakable peace.

  • Healing Through Waters: Explore the power of the breath and learn to embody your full potential as you redefine your edge with intense exposure to hot and cold waters. 

  • *Play: In this immersive workshop, guests will explore how to build their adult play muscle to improve health, happiness and relationships.

  • *Mood Food: Guests will learn about the power of food and the effects of nutrients on brain function with practical tools and frameworks to boost mood, amplify their body’s defenses, and increase beneficial health outcomes.

  • *Emotional Intelligence Workshop: Delve into the meaning behind emotions. In this workshop, guests will explore the neuroscience of emotions and learn evidence-based strategies on how to regulate them. 

  • *Aromatherapy Based Spa Treatments: Scent has been scientifically proven to lift one’s mood. Incorporating notes of jasmine and grapefruit, Uplift, CIVANA’s signature joyful Swedish inspired massage, will leave guests renewed and uplifted.

  • Keepsake Journal: Complete with self-reflection prompts to utilize both on-property and upon return home.

 Habit of Happiness furthers CIVANA’s wellness ethos while offering new, curated wellness experiences that aim to aid guests in building long-term habits and developing tools that translate into everyday life at home.

"The Habit of Happiness program builds on CIVANA's founding belief that wellness's most potent and powerful result is happiness,” says Julia Lavine, Chief Brand Officer at CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa. “Through the introduction of simple daily rituals and access to new experiences that foster growth and learning, guests will learn how to cultivate a happy state of mind as a daily practice. We believe guests will appreciate the simplicity that makes these wellness experiences accessible to modify and implement into daily life outside of the resort.”

For more information on CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa and Habit of Happiness, visit their website. Follow on Instagram: @civanaresort

[Photos courtesy of CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa]

Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk