By Michaela Trimble
Lisa Reagan Love, 68, a professor of voice at Oklahoma City University, had been on the lookout for a community of wellness connoisseurs like herself. In 2020, lured by the promise of cacao ceremonies and mantra-chanting circles, she put a down payment on a four-bedroom villa at the Susurros del Corazón, Auberge Resorts Collection, in Punta de Mita on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Its 30 resident villas start at $4 million, while 59 rooms and suites serve mere vacationers.
Love liked the sunset and sunrise views her villa could afford, but the potential to pack her schedule with sound baths and breathwork sessions at the on-property ONDA, an Auberge Spa, sealed the deal. These days, she and her husband split their time between their other home in Oklahoma and the villa, which is just an 8-minute walk from the spa.
Other boomers like Love are finding wellness-focused residences more appealing than conventional senior communities, according to the Santa Barbara-based physician Dr. Ron Kapp. “It’s not only an investment in real estate, but also in ourselves,” said Kapp. Those buyers want fewer bingo nights and happy hours and more exercise classes, spiritual meditations and on-site doctor consultations.
With revenue from wellness travel surpassing prepandemic levels, it was inevitable that resorts with that focus would open up to residents, said Amy Moore, founder of the travel agency Art of Reinvention. “Residential wellness is a natural extension of what travelers are now seeking,” she said.
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