In a space once home to an historic general hospital, this one-stop shop fosters community resilience and wellness for the most underserved neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The Wellness Center is a partnership between SD1 and The California Endowment.

With a juice bar and a spin studio in every neighborhood, Angelenos are obsessed with all things wellness. Step up your self-care game with a session of cold plunge therapy, hands-on healing or an immersive meditation experience.

Jonathan Club

The Jonathan Club, in addition to its reputation as a distinguished social club, has evolved into a comprehensive wellness space, catering to the health and fitness needs of its members. Within its elegant confines, the club offers state-of-the-art fitness facilities, including gyms equipped with modern exercise equipment and studios for group fitness classes such as yoga, Pilates, and spin.

Moreover, the club's wellness amenities extend beyond physical fitness to encompass holistic well-being. Members can indulge in luxurious spa treatments, including massages, facials, and body therapies, aimed at rejuvenating the mind, body, and spirit. The serene ambiance of the spa provides a tranquil retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, promoting relaxation and stress relief.

Additionally, the Jonathan Club promotes wellness through its culinary offerings, with a focus on healthy and nutritious dining options. Members can savor gourmet meals crafted from fresh, locally sourced ingredients, designed to nourish the body and support overall health and vitality.

Through its commitment to fostering wellness in all aspects of its offerings, the Jonathan Club serves as more than just a social hub—it stands as a sanctuary where members can prioritize their health and well-being, finding balance and rejuvenation amidst life's demands.

Sweatheory

'Relax, restore and reconnect' is the mission at this Venice Beach wellness spot where a'multi-modality mix of slow medicine [is] designed to bring your inner environment back to its most natural state.' The co-founders are an impressive trio: trained master healer Elisa Angelone, entrepreneur Kenny Parmelee and hospitality and design veteran Heather Tierney.

The sauna, made of untreated cedar, uses infrared light-based heat to warm the body (instead of the air) and has a pink Himalayan salt wall for a calming effect. Sweatheory also offers intimate yoga classes, crystal and reiki treatments and cryotherapy sessions.

If you want to learn how to make your own healing elixirs, head to The Wellness Kitchen, located inside Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village. The in-house organic cafe offers hands-on cooking classes with a registered dietician.

Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village

The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village is the perfect place to escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Located about an hour northwest of Los Angeles, this luxury property is a tranquil oasis with cascading waterfalls and the largest spa in the Four Seasons collection. It's also a popular destination for wellness retreats and spa weekends.

Guests can choose from 230 rooms and suites that are designed to enhance their overall well-being. Each room features a variety of amenities, including flat-screen TVs, L'Occitane toiletries, and luxurious linens. Some rooms also offer beautiful views of the surrounding scenery.

During their stay, guests can take advantage of the hotel's various wellness facilities, including a sauna, steam room, and hot tub. They can also work up a sweat in the fitness center, which is open 24 hours. Guests can also unwind with a soothing massage at the spa or engage in friendly competition with friends and family members at the games room. There are a number of dining options at the hotel, from delectable seafood dishes at Lure Fish House to mouthwatering pizzas at Barone's The Pizzeria Express.

Wanderlust Hollywood

Wanderlust, producer of the world’s largest yoga lifestyle festivals, is taking its one-stop wellness concept to Hollywood. Located in the former Golden Bridge Yoga studio at 1357 North Highland Avenue, the massive space has everything you need for a day of mindfulness including a full-service organic and local cafe, retail, yoga classes, meditation sessions and even a members-only speakeasy.

The top floor of the center houses a yoga and meditation studio where seasoned teachers offer a variety of classes for every level. Among the highlights are Wanderlust signatures like The Fixx, a vigorous 45-minute flow class set to a carefully curated soundtrack; Soulscape, an integration of music and yoga that offers a microcosm of the festival experience; and Soul Revival, an hour of Vinyasa plus 20 minutes of restorative movement.

Take a walking tour of Los Angeles with this colorfully illustrated guidebook that includes creative prompts that encourage you to see the city through a more creative lens. Explore downtown LA and create a playlist; visit the beach and capture artsy photos; or discover culture in Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Koreatown.

The Hammer Meditation Center

While art museums are usually hubs of active looking and thinking, the Hammer Museum in Westwood is known for hosting a weekly Mindful Awareness Meditation. This half-hour session is led by Diana Winston and other instructors from UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, with a goal of prompting participants to live more presently. MARC also has a comprehensive list of free guided audio meditations ranging in length from 5 to 45 minutes that you can access online.

Wellness has also found its way into the hallowed halls of MoMA in New York, with a monthly program called Quiet Mornings. This event encourages museumgoers to spend a few hours quietly scanning the galleries before participating in a guided mindfulness meditation.

For more local options, check out Santa Monica's IntoMeSea. Here, guests can recharge by soaking inside crystal bathtubs, detox in red-light saunas and float their way to serenity in one of the suite's signature float pods. The spa also offers workshops, events and lunar-specific yin yoga sessions. Create a complimentary membership to receive specials, rewards and discounts for these services.

Los Angeles Botanic Garden

Tucked away from miles of freeway overpasses and traffic-packed boulevards are a number of tranquil, historically significant botanical gardens that feel worlds apart. Whether you’re in search of an hour alone with your journal on a shaded bench or you have the day to explore gardens on the outskirts of the county, these Los Angeles venues are a breath of fresh air.

At Descanso Gardens, the sprawling 150-acre property includes the largest camellia collection in North America plus a rose garden, edible garden, and Japanese garden. The newest addition is the Ancient Garden, which highlights nearly 180 plants including several endangered species and a collection of cycads.

The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden is an oasis in Arcadia where balance, beauty, and simplicity beckon. The garden hosts a variety of outdoor activities like Full Moon Forest Bathing and Living History Walk Hikes.

In addition to a collection of over 15,000 plants, the garden features 16 themed gardens ranging from plants native to California to plants affiliated with Shakespeare to bonsai. The garden also houses an impressive library of books on horticulture and rare plant specimens.