We hosted musician, Nakaya at Getaway Eastern Catskills outside of New York earlier this year. We got the chance to interview her, and here's what she had to say about her practice, creativity, and her Getaway.

The most effective way to rest and restore is to shift our attention to something that engages us without requiring sustained focus. The natural world offers an ideal fix, stimulating our senses—rustling leaves, birds in flight, clouds drifting overhead — without demanding heavy concentration.

This month, our founder, Jon Staff, invited Mikah Meyer, travel writer and founder of Outside Safe Space, to share reflections on making nature more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community. As a tribute to his dad, Mikah visited all 400-plus sites in the National Park Service, and he wants to encourage everyone to travel — and be your authentic self.

We hosted Joshua and Trent at Getaway Beaver Creek earlier this year, where they took some time to disconnect from technology and reconnect to themselves and each other. Read more about their love story, their Getaway, and what Pride month means to them this year.

Tech-free spaces have flourished in recent years - and for good reason. Establishing no-phone zones in your own life can have immense benefits for your emotional and mental well-being. Here are a few key times and spaces to try banning phones in your home to stay present with those who matter most.

We hosted Jase and Brandon at Getaway Beaver Creek earlier this year, where they took some time to disconnect from technology and reconnect to themselves and each other. Read more about their love story, their Getaway, and what Pride month means to them this year.

I’ve always found civic engagement incredibly inspiring, and never more than over the course of the last year. In the early days of the pandemic, I witnessed the myriad ways Americans came together in the service of our country and each other, as folks got together to sew masks for frontline workers, and mutual aid groups organized to deliver groceries and medicine to vulnerable community members.

Dr. Arthur Aron conducted a study a Stony Brook University in which he asked pairs of strangers to sit in his lab and talk to each other for 45 minutes. Some pairs made casual small talk while others were given a set of 36 questions to ask each other, questions that grew more and more personal as the list went on. Here are a few of Dr. Aron's questions for you to try out this experiment yourself with those who matter most.