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Cozy up Honoring the Native Americans who once inhabited the resort's grounds, each of New Age's white clapboard guest cottages is named for a regional tribe (Mahican, Unami, Lenape, to name a few). There are no in-room phones or TVs, but plenty of comfy places to curl up with a good book, including several old-fashioned living rooms, one with a big-screen TV where movies are shown nightly. Evening lectures focus on topics ranging from "Sound Massage" and "Healing Yourself" to a workshop on "Body Intuiting."

Mealtime New Age is known for its fresh, abundant, exceptionally flavorful food, all low in fat, sugar, sodium and cholesterol (calorie counts at every meal help keep you on track). The hearty breakfast buffet includes hot oatmeal, seasonal fruit, hard-boiled eggs, baked apples and whole-grain breads. After a trip to the soup and salad bar for crisp veggies and a savory bisque, you might lunch on two-bean chili with cornbread, then enjoy apricot-honey chicken or tofu with rice pilaf for dinner. And don't forget dessert: Homemade citrus cake or nutty oatmeal cookies are outstanding--and less than 150 calories per serving.

Downtime Ah, spa! Enjoy an aromatic rejuvenating facial or paraffin reflexology, both sure-fire tension tamers. The Maple Sugar Body Polish is a sweet treat, while the hot-stone massage uses ancient healing techniques like gemstone therapy and chakra balancing. Or indulge in the 100-minute Paradise Mountain Rain, a Dead Sea salt exfoliation coupled with a comforting wrap in French rose and sea mud, followed by a Vichy shower and fragrant pomegranate and cranberry body butter.

Details From $970 all-inclusive for five nights (from $1,370 for a private room), includes lodging, meals, classes, activities, lectures and off-property excursions, plus two 50-minute spa treatments; Alpine Tower Climb and sweat-lodge ceremony availability varies (800-682-4348, newagehealthspa.com).--Susanne R. Stoeckeler

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