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A Great(er

Palm Springs)

Getaway

It’s not all about Coachella. WH Digital
Content Manager Lauren Williamson
discovers why this SoCal region needs

to be on your zen bucket list, stat!

When people say there’s a major buzz about a the space and its unique acoustic properties
place, they don’t often (if ever) mean it literally. are now used in sound bathing sessions.
But in my case – as I lay within Integratron’s deeply This involves lying on a comfy mat as the
resonant, multi-wave sound chamber as 13 quartz- aforementioned frequencies ‘wash’ over
crystal singing bowls sent me into a state of peak you, inducing a meditative state like
bliss – it was 100 per cent true. Just 24 hours into nothing I’ve ever experienced before.
my Greater Palm Springs experience and I was This was just the beginning of my few
on another level of relaxation. A world away from days of bliss in this palm-dotted paradise.
the sleepless overnight flight, five-too-many Its nine cities (yep, the Springs are more
coffees and a two-and-a-bit hour drive from than one spot) are surrounded by clear
LA (which not even the mean streets of blue skies and the craggy peaks of the
Sydney prepared me for) that got me here. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains. As I
drive by impeccably manicured streets and
But rewind. Are you wondering WTF retro-chic architecture, there’s not a flower
Integratron is and why I’m vibrating like a crown in sight. There are, however, plenty
dodgy washing machine? Well, it’s a one-of- of succulents poised against bright pink
a-kind structure in the middle of the desert, walls – the ultimate Insta fodder.
initially designed by George Van Tassel (via The ’gram-worthy experiences don’t stop
telepathic directions from extraterrestrials) there – tasting fresh produce at the organic
to be an electrostatic generator for endless farmers’ markets, hiking the Bump and Grind
youth and time travel. Although Van Tassel Trail overlooking Coachella Valley, brunching
died prior to finishing construction (without at foodie hotspots and kicking back poolside
passing on the alien’s ideas to anyone else), with a margarita. However, I can’t help but

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