By this time of year, I’ve normally already been to at least one wellness retreat. Alas though this is the cobbler with no shoes as this year has just been the busiest I’ve had since I started my company. The effects of my time at Palazzo Fiuggi are in the past, and I’m fighting bloat, gut health, and general aging in your 40s. So I’ve been on a quest to create the benefits I get from my wellness retreats around…

New York City is having its moment in self-care, as a slew of places focused on wellness have and are opening up in the city. Unlike the traditional spas, a number of these spots go beyond skin and focus on a specific discipline. Stretch*d is a studio that focuses on limbering you up through practitioners who will stretch you out. It feels like part-physical-therapy-studio, part-athlete’s-wellness-studio, where everything is nice, but not over-the-top luxurious. For the signature Stretch*d sessions, you are…