It's a new year and it's your chance to "travel your way to a new you."

Whatever your New Year's resolution, it's never too late to make one or to agree to do something for yourself this year.  You deserve it!  Take on a new hobby, reinvent yourself or educate yourself on lifestyle, health, wellness, balance, nutrition and spirituality.  How?  

As TripAtlas.com celebrates the new year, we're looking at 5 Health and Wellness Travel Getaways that will help you travel your way to a new you this new year.  

5 Great Health & Wellness Travel Getaways for a New You

From body to mind and spirit, these health and wellness getaways take place all over the world, from India to Thailand, San Francisco to Switzerland, and they're the perfect way to get away and start the new year as a fresh, rejuvenated and balanced individual.  

1.    Get Pampered!  Spa Getaways and Therapeutic Treatments
There's no better way to get away from it all for a week, a weekend or an afternoon - than making a visit to the spa.  Visiting the spa helps you take your mind off of work, your to-do list, family duties and strained relationships.  Treating yourself to a pedicure, manicure, therapeutic massage, facial or any other medical spa treatment is the perfect way to take care of yourself and be rejuvenated.  Check out these 10 Incredible Spa Getaways and Destinations in Canada.

2.    Get Mentally and Physically Fit: Active and Adventure Getaways
Whether you're looking for adventure or peaceful hideaways, these types of getaways use physical energy to help you renew your mental focus.  Some of these getaways could include activities like yoga or pilates, or camping and nature activities like rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking or biking.  If you're looking for a real yoga getaway, try going for a yoga retreat in India.  For something adventurous, try hiking through the Grand Canyon or biking in Switzerland.  Get out there, experience life!  Need inspiration?  Check out these 10 Amazing Dream Getaways in Canada. 

3.    Learn About Yourself: Educative Retreats
These types of programs are very popular on cruises: workshops teaching about a variety of topics like nutrition, time management, how to rekindle your marriage, and etc.  Today, you can find more and more of these types of retreats taking place in hotels, retreat centers, bed and breakfasts and countryside inns in North America.  Other topics often include items like lifestyle, health, how to eat better, stress management, personal growth, time management, marriage topics, career topics, and more. 

4.    Get Balanced: Spiritual and Meditative Retreats
Another kind of retreat that has been gaining popularity in North America but that has been taking place for thousands of years, are spiritual retreats or journeys.  Today's spiritual and meditation retreats teach a mix of new-age techniques born out of ancient eastern traditions, including exercises like meditation, yoga, chanting, psychic consultations and balancing or clearing of chakras.

5.    Do Something You Love!  Hobby Getaways
What makes you relax, what inspires you, what do you love to do?   For some, it would be getting out into the country with their loved one.  For others, it could mean a one-week trek in the bush.  Perhaps a holiday that focuses on writing, on photography, on reading, learning something new?  This is the year that you need to put some time aside - and do it!  Go ahead, you deserve it.

From TripAtlas.com to you: Have a Happy New Year!