For centuries, visitors to Santa Fe, New Mexico, have found it a uniquely tranquil and inspiring place. Maybe it's the clear blue skies, the soft golden light that often washes the landscape, the gorgeous mountain views, or even the feeling of being in touch with history that does it. Whatever it is, people have long loved Santa Fe for the sense of renewal and well being it brings them. So it's no wonder the city is also a center for spiritual and healthy practices. It's easy for visitors to take advantage of Santa Fe's peaceful scene and incorporate a bit of mind/body connection into a vacation to truly get away from it all.

First, there's the Upaya Zen Center (www.upaya.org) an established Buddhist center for both practice and education with a lovely campus. The center offers many workshops and retreats and daily meditation is open to anyone. Many respected teachers come to Santa Fe to share their knowledge.

Yoga students may find a little extra zip in their practice in Santa Fe. In 2012, the American Lung Association named Santa Fe as the city with the cleanest air in all categories in the entire nation. The city abounds with yoga studios and all are happy to welcome visitors. Near downtown, Body (www.bodyofsantafe.com) is known for its popular classes, but also for shopping, a serene spa, and a stylish café that serves organic, raw, and vegetarian dishes and beverages. YogaSource (www.yogasource-santafe.com) is located in Ironstone Gardens, a hip area of studios and businesses set in a zen-like stone garden. YogaSource specializes in Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga systems and has a large teaching staff and full schedule of classes. A recently opened restaurant just steps away, Midtown Bistro, has a cool, industrial vibe and is a great place to stop for a snack after class. Dahn Yoga (www.dahnyoga.com) is a system based on Korean yoga that incorporates elements of tai chi and meditation. The Dahn Yoga studio is in a near-downtown strip mall with a variety of businesses and restaurants and Pharmaca, which sells many natural and homeopathic products. Yoga Santa Fe (www.yogasantafe.com) is a non-profit that teaches Kundalini yoga as it was taught by Yogi Bajan. Yogi tea is served after practice and the GRD Health Clinic in the same building has chiropractic, yogic health services, and acupuncture. The Cleanse, just next door, offers a vegan detox program designed to restore vitality.

For something entirely different, yoga fans can take their practice outdoors on a hike through the beautiful scenery that surrounds Santa Fe. YogiHiker (www.yogihiker.com) takes small groups on a variety of hikes through the foothills and mountains near the city. The hikes combine walking, yoga, and the experience of being in a place of natural beauty.

Many Santa Fe spas feature treatments that are inspired by Native American healing and ingredients. Native Americans were the first northern New Mexico residents and their spiritual respect for the natural world is an important influence today. In the spa a Hotel Santa Fe (www.hotelsantafe.com), the only Native American owned hotel in the city, every treatment is based in native ideas and ingredients. There's the Mountain Rain moisturizing treatment, the Cloud Dance Herbal Wrap, and especially the Moccasin Dance, a reflexology foot massage guaranteed to revive a spring in anyone's step.

 The Shanah Spa at Bishop's Lodge at Bishop's Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa (www.bishopslodge.com) has an outdoor teepee where it is possible to have a soothing hot stone massage while experiencing warm outdoor breezes. Other treatments include a wrap made of local clay or the Purification Polish with northern New Mexico blue corn, mineral salts, and aloe vera. The spa at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa (www.laposadadesantafe.com) has a luxurious Spirit of Santa Fe 80 minute treatment that also uses blue corn, plus healing plants, herbs, and oils. Nidah spa at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa (www.eldoradohotel.com) has a variety of treatments based on native ingredients.

More ways to rejuvenate and relax can be found on www.santafe.org along with everything to do and ways to save in Santa Fe.