Tourists get a jumpstart on New Year's resolutions at fitness retreats

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This New Year's Eve, Kristi Soomer won't be sipping champagne or worrying about who she'll kiss at midnight. She'll be surfing in the Dominican Republic.



Soomer, a 34-year old Toronto resident, is heading south for Swell Surf Camp, a surfing and yoga retreat. It's not the first time she's gone to a fitness retreat specifically scheduled for the start of a new year, either; two years ago she went to a Costa Rica yoga and surf retreat that began on New Year’s Eve.

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“I’m single, and over going out to clubs for New Year’s,” she said. “However, I also am not ready for those boring expensive galas that adults start to attend after 35I wanted to do something fun and different that would be replenishing for my body, mind and spirit." Read more...

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