So, are there any workout classes I justhaveto try while Im here?
I asked my Croatian friend over chilled glasses of local white wine.
I bet you guys have some amazing sunsetyogaclasses with views like this, I sighed.
Zrinka asked with a sweet laugh.
She gestured toward the vast Adriatic Sea below, as if to say, Look!
Yes, like many twenty- and thirty-something New Yorkers, I’d officially succumbed to the healthy living craze.
The beautiful Adriatic Sea (aka the local gym!) in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Then I was mentally justifying my actions by telling myself that it was all worth it.
It sounds so obvious, that statement, like ofcoursethats what happens when you travel.
In Dubrovnik, wellness is so woven into Zrinka’s life, she doesn’t even talk about it.
The beautiful Adriatic Sea (aka the local gym!) in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
And do you want to know what she eats for dinner on the regular?
Grilled fish and chard.
That is one of thehealthiest mealsyou can eat, ever, and she eats it often.
Breathing in the fresh morning air at Jah B’s in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.
Lets begin with Jamaica.
Most Ital food isvegan, though not all; it depends on how strictly you adhere to the diet.
Jah B follows it strictly, so he only serves plant-based food to his guests.
The view from my morning run through Brooklyn Bridge Park. Love those trees!
He also grows all of his food himself.
And it is delicious.
And I’m sure that Jah B has his reasons for operating as he does, too.
It is just how he lives his life.
), lies an urgent and paramount message: Our bodies are precious.
After all, wellness may betrendy right now, but it is not a trend.
Yet he didn’t market himself as a wellness tour guide.
He was just Teddy.
He made me want to make more of an effort to weave the outdoors into my primarily glass-and-asphalt life.
We donthaveto shell out loads of cash to look and feel our best.
We can simply walk more,bikemore, swim more, cook more, breathe more.
But mostly, Ive developed a little voice in my headI call it my travel voicethat simply knows better.
Do you approve of this quintessentially New York purchase I am about to make?
More often than not, the answer is no.
And so I hold back.
But when it comes to travel, the answer is always yes.
Annie Daly, SELF’s branded content editor, has written about travel forBuzzFeed Travel, Yahoo!
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