It's hard to think of a more peaceful experience than gazing out over the Rio Ruidoso—especially if you're doing so from the confines of Blue Lotus Healing Arts Center. Inside the spa's five treatment rooms, warm reds and earthy purples decorate spaces walled with floor-to-ceiling windows to showcase the flowing river. It all makes for a serene setting for an Aveda body scrub, organic Elemental Nature facial, or couples massage.

Large windows also light the luxurious 500-square-foot yoga studio, whose colorful wall murals and soft fabric ceilings help clients center their minds and bodies. But despite the inviting facility they occupy, the center's staff isn't satisfied to stay home—retreats and workshops bring wellness-seekers to new heights of mindfulness in remote locations such as the hot springs of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.