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In addition to this event, you can enjoy all of the daily activities that Lenox offers. Explore our sample ranch schedule.

Add extra spark to your life when you escape to Canyon Ranch Lenox in the Berkshires for this inaugural Immersion retreat.

We've partnered with The 92nd Street Y’s health & wellness initiative, Spark Your Health, to bring together the best of 92NY and all that the Berkshires has to offer, from experiences in the outdoors to the local culture that has made the region famous worldwide; all while infusing each day with opportunities to spark your own wellness journey.

This 3-night immersion retreat is designed for your well-way of life, from a whole-person perspective, and includes 92NY-curated talks with award-winning writers, trail hikes, a Tanglewood concert and picnic dinner, a Shakespeare play, and unique and holistic experiences from Canyon Ranch.

We have created an adult summer camp to help you develop better physical and mental health.

During this 3-night immersion retreat, you will get to experience:

• Spark Your Health talk and experiential workshop: Dani Shapiro on Writing for Inner Peace.
• Spark Your Health talk and experiential workshop: Gretchen Rubin on getting out of your head and into the world, using insights from her newest book, Life in Five Senses
• Picnic and concert on the lawn at Tanglewood: Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?
• Play performance at Shakespeare & Company: The Contention (Henry VI, Part II)
• Trail hikes
• Group soul journey and talisman making
• Labyrinth intention setting
• Canyon Ranch services

And plenty of time to relax and enjoy yourself.

Spark your health with both Canyon Ranch and 92NY’s Spark Your Health!

Learn more about Canyon Ranch Immersion™. To book, call (844) 772-8435 or email immersions@canyonranch.com for more information.

Featured Speakers

Dani Shapiro
Dani Shapiro is the author of eleven books, and the host and creator of the hit podcast Family Secrets. Her most recent novel, Signal Fires, was named a best book of 2022 by Time Magazine, Washington Post, Amazon, and others, and is a national bestseller. Her most recent memoir, Inheritance, was an instant New York Times Bestseller, and named a best book of 2019 by Elle, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Real Simple. Both Signal Fires and Inheritance were winners of the National Jewish Book Award. Dani’s work has been published in fourteen languages and she’s currently developing Signal Fires for its television adaptation. Dani’s book on the process and craft of writing, Still Writing, has just been reissued on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. She occasionally teaches workshops and retreats, and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy.

Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s a highly acclaimed writer, known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas—from science to literature to stories from her own life—with levity and clarity.

She has an affinity for new tools and platforms, and she has cultivated a vast, passionate audience who actively engages with her and her work across many channels. With millions of copies of her New York Times bestselling books sold, more than 220 million downloads of her Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast, an enthusiastic following on her newsletters and social media, helpful and beautifully designed products, and the award-winning Happier app, she engages her audience wherever they want to be. She is an experienced and sought-after speaker and makes regular appearances across the media landscape.

As the founder of The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin has helped create an ecosystem of imaginative products and tools to help people become happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. “There’s no one-size-fits-all solution,” she explains, “so there’s no ‘right’ way or ‘best’ way. We have to choose the way that work for us.”

She’s been interviewed by Oprah, eaten dinner with Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, walked arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, had her work reported on in a medical journal, been written up in the New Yorker, and been an answer on Jeopardy!

After starting her career in law, she realized she wanted to be a writer while she was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Raised in Kansas City, she lives in New York City with her family.

Katera Noviello-Kapoor
Katera Noviello-Kapoor has been an integral leader in health promotion at 92NY for 10+ years. She works closely with organizations such as ACSM and American Council of Exercise as a Physical Activity in Public Health Specialist, Health Coach and Group Exercise and Subject Matter Specialist. She is also a certified pre- and post-natal fitness specialist. Katera is the creator of 92NY’s Spark Your Health, a health & wellness initiative which provides cutting edge health-related talks and programs to thousands of people all over the country and world. Katera holds a B.S. in Exercise Science from University at Buffalo and a M.S. in Fitness & Wellness Leadership from the State University of New York: Plattsburgh. Katera was a Division 1 Rower for the University at Buffalo and in her earlier career was the Head Coach of competitive gymnastics teams. Katera is also the owner of Veda Films, a health and wellness focused film company. Her mission is to connect children and adults to physical movement in a positive and joyful manner so it becomes a lifelong habit. Katera enjoys bringing positive psychology into her work and writes children’s books and novels in her spare time, along with sharing her love of nature and movement with her 3-year old daughter and husband.

Canyon Ranch Experts

Holly Benzenhafer
Holly is dedicated to helping our guests explore the deep meaning of their lives. Through individual, couple, family, or group sessions, she creates a safe space for resort guests where they may attune and attend places of spiritual pain and healing to find pathways to a life of intention, joy, and connection.

Chef Julien Ardouin
Julien is dedicated to creating exquisite cuisine for guests at Lenox. His Paris-trained experience in two Michelin-Star restaurants, and later as an Executive Chef at high-end restaurants, gives him the depth of experience to cater to refined tastes and to infuse luxurious meals and ingredients into the Canyon Ranch wellness experience.

Dan Marko
Dan helps guests explore how developing or deepening a spiritual practice can enhance personal and professional relationships. He provides individual consultations, group lectures, and workshops.

Maggie O'Mara
Maggie is committed to helping our guests improve their health and vitality through nutrition. She leads how-to classes and demonstrations that show best practices for planning and cooking creative, delicious meals that enhance wellbeing and fuel healthy lifestyle goals.

Thursday, July 13

9 am - 4 pm: Arrival and check-in

4 - 5:30 pm: Program Orientation and Welcome Circle
This session will provide an overview of the program and allow us to get to know each other and get familiar with Canyon Ranch.

5 - 6 pm: Mindful Trail Walk

6 - 7:30 pm: Dinner and Learn with Maggie O'Mara
Enjoy a specially designed dinner that incorporates our favorite local ingredients and foods.

7:30 - 8:30 pm: Spark Your Health interview with Dani Shapiro, Writing for Inner Peace.

Friday, July 14

Breakfast on your own

10 - 11 am: Spark Your Health interview with Gretchen Rubin, focused on her newest book, Life in Five Senses.

Free time to enjoy a service or activity of your choosing.*

11:30 – 1 pm Exclusive lunch with Gretchen Rubin for program participants.

1 - 2 pm: Health Journey inspirations & office hours with Katera Noviello-Kapoor

2 - 3:30 pm: Group Soul Journey and Talisman Making

Free time to enjoy a service or activity of your choosing.*

6:30 pm : Picnic Dinner on the Lawn at Tanglewood

8 - 9:30pm: Tanglewood Concert
Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More? Join us in Tanglewood to experience two of today’s most celebrated artists—Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein—join forces for the first time in Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?, an innovative program celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world.

Saturday, July 15

Breakfast on your own

9 - 10am: Berkshire Beat

Lunch on your own and free time to enjoy a service or activity of your choosing.*

2 - 3 pm: Fitness Journey inspirations & office hours with Katera Noviello-Kapoor

7:30 - 9:30pm: Shakespeare & Company: The Contention (Henry VI, Part II)
Believed to have been written in 1591, Henry VI, Part II, many critics, and actors regarded this as the strongest of the Henry VI trilogy. This play centers on the last days of England’s King Henry IV, the warfare with his opponents, and the accession to the throne of his son, Prince Henry, as King Henry V, who inspired the character of Prince Joffrey in Game of Thrones. This play is filled with marriages for political gain, betrayal, religious upheaval, and comedy.

10pm: S'mores Around the Fire

Sunday, July 16

Breakfast on your own

10 - 11 am: Walking the Labyrinth
Walking a labyrinth is an ancient kinetic spiritual practice that opens the heart and mind to new awareness and understanding as you move through the path to the center and back out. Join Holly Benzenhafer for a facilitated labyrinth walk where you will set your intentions as you prepare to return home – taking them into yourself and releasing them in the practice as you move through the turns of our Classical-style Labyrinth.

12 pm: Group lunch

Day of Departure or Begin Extended Stay

*Services and activities outside of what is included in this program may require a fee.

What is Spark Your Health?
Spark Your Health is an exciting new initiative of The 92nd Street Y, New York’s May Center for Health, Fitness & Sport, dedicated to health promotion from a whole-person perspective. Conceived by Katera Noviello-Kapoor, 92NY’s senior director of health promotion, wellness & athletics, it’s a new home in our physical and virtual spaces for panels and workshops with experts from leading hospitals and health practices, classes with top fitness instructors, talks with renowned speakers on cutting-edge developments in the health and wellness field, and so much more. Learn more here.