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There are few better places to get re-energized than Sedona.

A mystical Arizona town

There are few better places to get re-energized than Sedona, Ariz., said Gail Rosenblum in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. This “seductive and spiritual Southwestern town” has countless spas and wellness centers and is “surrounded by red rocks allegedly rife with energy vortexes.” I was skeptical of the mystical slant but looked forward to the spas and hiking during a trip with my boyfriend. After a night stargazing with coyotes howling in the background, we awoke to begin hiking. We started with the popular, juniper-pine-filled West Fork Trail before tackling Cathedral Rock, “considered one of Sedona’s strongest vortexes, those swirling centers of energy emanating from the earth.” At one point along the brutal trail, a hiker “laid her hands on the rock to draw out its power,” yet I still wasn’t a believer. But a 100-minute aromatherapy and chakra-stone massage later that night had me believing in Sedona’s restorative powers.

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