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Healing Hearts through Wellness Retreats

Our owner and trip leader, Jessica Van Antwerp recently had the pleasure of appearing on the Dirobi Health Show, a podcast that features the latest in nutrition, exercise, and dietary supplements. Guests include world record holders, documentary…
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How Travel Can Open Your Life to Growth

Jessica Van Antwerp is the owner and CEO of Integral Travel, providing wellness retreats and education to teach people how to unlock the natural healing capacity of their bodies while connecting with others and the planet. She recently…
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What is a Wellness Retreat?

As I'm spreading the word about the upcoming Thailand retreat, I keep getting asked the same question: "What is a wellness retreat?" Wikipedia defines it as "travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical,…
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Relationships are like plants...

I like to think of relationships as plants. It helps me cultivate patience in this fast-paced digital world in which we start freaking out when people don't respond to our texts within hours. New relationships are like little seeds; they…
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How do you want to feel?

Happy new year! As I'm looking deep into the eyes of 2018, I'm imagining the great contributions we at Integral Travel can make to answer that question with our Wellness Retreats. Last week a lady from Boston called saying she wanted to…
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The Most Memorable Moment of My Trip to Southern Thailand

My favorite memory from this trip is an image from the classroom at Jungle Yoga. It is the end of our journey, and we are all sitting together in a circle discussing something. The overwhelming feeling is that we are all one, and our smiles…
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I am Free

I knew that starting the Northern Thailand trip with 4 days of mediation was going to be a wonderful way for me to form intentions for my journey, contemplate what it had taken to get there, become more aware of my surroundings, thoughts, and…
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Ode to Water and to All the Water Goddesses

What comes to mind when you think of water? Cooling, calming, cleansing, refreshing. Sweet, peaceful, beautiful, still. Blue, green, golden, white. Undulating, flowing, frightening, destructive. Stagnant, polluted, frothy, sour. Hot, relaxing,…
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Life Changing, Awe Inspiring...

There have been a handful of experiences in my life that I would consider life-changing on many levels; graduating high school, falling in love, moving away from my home town, just to name a few. But none have been quite like the experience…
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Healer, Heal Thyself!

What is health? What is suffering? Why do we suffer? How do we heal? These are some of the questions that a small group of inquisitive travelers and I recently explored during a three-week journey through Northern Thailand. The premise…