Explore & Learn

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

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

The premier Canyon Ranch experience! This Immersion includes 14 expert-led talks on the science and practice of change and 7 one-on-one services with an integrative team of experts where you get to focus on your unique goals. Also, you’ll have access to dedicated activities, unlimited dining, full access to our spa and fitness facilities, and everything else our Lenox resort offers. We believe this is the most comprehensive way to make changes in your life that stick.

Why attend? Because changing your behavior is vital to having the life that you want. But it can be hard when you want to make long-term improvements to your life. In order to avoid slipping back into patterns that don’t serve you, we designed this retreat to be the reset or the kickstart to get you on track.

During this week, you will be guided through transformative change using evidence-based methodologies led by a team of Canyon Ranch experts. Meet like-minded people who will inspire you during this unique, Canyon Ranch Lenox event. And you'll receive personalized insights, practical skills, and effective tools to adopt beneficial new habits.

Whether you’re focused on a wellness concern, weight loss, athletic performance, or need a healthy living reboot, you’ll take home a road map designed around your needs and goals to develop enduring practices that will turn your intentions into a lifelong reality.

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

Laura Christoph
PhD, Senior Health & Performance Coach
As a Health & Performance Coach, Laura's role includes group and individual coaching to resort guests before, during, and after their stay at Canyon Ranch Lenox. She facilitates goal setting, activates engagement with interdisciplinary teams, and fosters positive behavior change that results in optimizing health and performance.

Dr. Melissa Sundermann
Lifestyle Medicine Physician
Dr. Sundermann provides Canyon Ranch Lenox guests with lifestyle medicine consultations. She also offers extensive diagnostic testing services such as bloodwork, bone density/body composition, pulmonary function testing, overnight sleep studies, continuous glucose monitoring, and cardiac EKG.

Mary Cahilly
MA, LMHC, LPC, CCTP, Mental Health & Wellness Therapist
Mary is dedicated to helping her clients remember the truth and beauty of who they are. Weaving transpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness approaches to wellness, and her understanding of neuroscience, she teaches her clients how to pause and access their own inherent wisdom to regain clarity and creativity as they move through life’s challenges and celebrate life’s preciousness.

Joe Houde
DC, DACBSP, CSCS, Sports Medicine Specialist
Joe is passionate about helping people rebound from musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. His experience with elite athletes, where he practiced sports medicine, enables him to educate guests and lead them toward sustainable healing in every aspect of health, fitness, and human performance. The result? They can return to sport of choice quickly and reach their individual fitness, health, and wellness goals.

Holly Benzenhafer
PhD, MDiv, MSc, Spiritual Wellness Provider
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 guests where they may attune and attend places of spiritual pain and healing to find pathways to a life of intention, joy, and connection.

Maggie O'Mara
MS, RD, LND, Nutritionist & Demonstration Chef
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.

Beth Kozik
LMHC, Mental Health & Wellness Therapist
Beth is committed to helping guests initiate unique healing journeys. Through traditional talk therapy and/or hypnotherapy, Beth holds space to navigate the effects of trauma, abuse, life transitions, grief, addictions, depression and anxiety. She provides tools for guests to move past fear to find a roadmap for peace.

Kenly Brozman
Health & Performance Coach
Kenly helps guests manifest intentions for healthy weight goals, nutritional eating, stress management, and finding mindful paths toward joyful living.

Heather Giordano
MS, Senior Performance Scientist
Heather works one-on-one with our guests to develop strategic exercise plans that fit their lifestyles and help reduce the rate at which their bodies age.

Dan Marko
MA, Senior Spiritual Wellness Provider
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.

Daily

Breakfast at Your Leisure
Culinary Rebel™ opens at 6:30 am
Canyon Ranch Grill™ opens at 6:30 am

Sunday, January 29: Arrival Day

9 am – 4 pm: Welcome & Check-in

4 pm – 6 pm: Program Orientation and Intention Circle

6 pm: Welcome Dinner
No reservation required.

7:30 pm: Evening Meditation

Monday, January 30

9 - 11 am: Cultivating Mindful Change
Gain insights and tools to consider as you begin your immersion. You’ll learn how to begin creating a strategic plan to optimize your success in making lasting changes with a Health & Performance Coach.

Lunch on Your Own at Culinary Rebel™ or Canyon Ranch Grill™

1 pm: Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
Learn about the integrative approach the medical team utilizes that can help you achieve your health goals.

2 pm: Nutrition from Research to Real Life
Learn what the latest nutrition research says about eating to support optimal health, wellness, and performance. Take home easy and enjoyable tips for incorporating research findings into real-life habits for a lifetime of delicious, healthful eating.

6 pm: Group Dinner

Tuesday, January 31

9 am: Transformation: A Deeper Understanding
Join a Mental Health & Wellness therapist and explore what stands in our way of making change as well as specific things we can do, if we want to change.

10 am: Overcoming Fitness Setbacks
Join a Sports Medicine Specialist to discover how to overcome obstacles, seek the care you need, and get back on track.

Lunch on Your Own at Culinary Rebel™ or Canyon Ranch Grill™

1 pm: Peace Within, Peace Without
Explore spiritual practices that support inner transformation and cultivate peace within you, as well as in response to the changes in your life and the world around you.

2 pm: Nature as Medicine
Enjoy a healing walk around the property and learn about the power of nature to nourish both your body and soul.

3 pm: Coaching Corner
Check-in with our health coach, share your experience and bring your questions.

Wednesday, February 1

Morning
Free time to enjoy outdoor and indoor activities, classes, and spa services.

3:30 – 5pm: Qigong for Health and Vitality

5 pm: Moving Forward: Cultivating a Resilient Mind
Embrace your inner “change agent” and cultivate resilience to help get unstuck and move forward. Presented by a Mental Health & Wellness therapist.

6 – 7:30 pm: Dinner and Learn
Learn what the latest nutrition research says about eating to support optimal health, wellness, and performance. Take home easy and enjoyable tips for incorporating research findings into real-life habits for a lifetime of delicious, healthful eating.

Thursday, February 2

9 am: Fast Fitness
With guidance from a Performance Scientist, learn new tips for hitting—and maintaining--your fitness goals. Get quick workouts perfect for time crunches, when you are stuck at your desk, or you are traveling and have no equipment.

10 am: Playful Presence
Join a Spiritual Wellness Expert to explore the benefits of a beginner’s mind and discover how play can nourish and revitalize you.

Lunch on Your Own at Culinary Rebel™ or Canyon Ranch Grill™

3:30 - 5:30 pm: Canyon Ranch To Go
Explore the impact of external forces on behavior change with a Health & Performance Coach. You’ll receive key performance practices to support your unique wellness goals and learn how to apply them at home.

5:30 - 6 pm: Closing Circle

6 - 7:30 pm: Farewell Dinner

7:30 – 8:30p Sound Healing

Friday, February 3

Day of Departure or Begin Extended Stay