Soaking in a porcelain tub with petal-thin lime slices fluttering around my limbs, I cant shake the feeling that Im stuck inside one of those fruit water dispensers that used to proliferate at co-working spaces. Im actually taking the waters, by way of an elaborate DIY Ayurvedic bath ritual now on offer at the Peninsula Hotels. Minutes earlier, the disembodied wellness concierge on the other end of my wellness portal (a text chat with a real live human, just a QR code away) dispatched a spa attendant to bring a flight of lovely-smelling bath-time products to my door. The bath-time accoutrements arrived in tiny ceramic bowls on a wooden tray, like so many banchan dishes at a Korean restaurant, with an instruction card for the bathing and slathering and self-massaging that was to follow. A few hours later, my portal pal is back, this time to check in about my pillow plansfeather, buckwheat or memory foam? The latter,my chatty caretakersays, might be a good option for you to have a restful night with proper neck support to start your day tomorrow with the Physique 57 class!

Ive traveled the 5.8 miles from my apartment to the Peninsula New York to avail myself of the hotel brands Life Lived Best initiative, whose health-oriented offerings are as manifold as its title is ambitious (if vague). The aim is to imbue every corner of the luxury chains 10 properties around the globe with micro-upgrades geared toward the pursuit of well-being. Wellness shouldnt be something you only address when you cross the threshold into the spa, says Gareth Roberts, the hotel groups director of brand and operations support. That outdated concept of Now youre in the World of Wellness? Thats not authentic.

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