San Francisco Meeting Planner's Guide - 2025/2026 MPG
Ways to Incorporate Wellness
2025-05-14 10:09:32
MINDFUL MEETINGS: WAYS TO INCORPORATE WELLNESS
San Francisco offers a wide variety of options to make your next meeting a healthful and productive one. Help attendees manage their wellness with stress-busting yoga breaks, nourishing food, pampering spa treatments and invigorating outdoor exercise.
YOGA & MEDITATION
Your conference attendees will feel revitalized and inspired after a session with Office Meet Yoga. Experienced yogis come to your venue and conduct chair or mat yoga that involves light stretching and breath work, providing a relaxing break for meeting-goers. Hotel Kabuki, located in the heart of Japantown, features complimentary portable Meditation Stations. Guests can check out the stations, which include headphones, an oversized floor pillow, a soothing face mist, and an iPad loaded with guided meditation exercises and calming music.
OUTDOOR MEETING SPACES
Hotel Zephyr is home to the Yard, the largest outdoor hotel venue on Fisherman’s Wharf, offering 8,000 square feet of flexible space, including the interactive Game Room with ping-pong and tabletop shuffleboard that’s ideal for team building. The Square Rooftop Garden at the historic Fairmont San Francisco features stunning skyline views from atop Nob Hill. Shady palm trees, a bubbling fountain, manicured gardens and the clatter of cable cars below add up to an enchanting outdoor experience for your guests. The Presidio is San Francisco’s spectacular national park, located next to the Golden Gate Bridge. The storied Presidio Officers’ Club features the lovely Ortega Ballroom, with panoramic outdoor terrace views of the bay, along with the open-air Hardie Courtyard.
HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CATERING
Plan a mindful menu at the San Francisco Marriott Union Square, which offers nourishing “Energizer” plated meals and wellness-themed break snacks, including fruits and vegetables, make-your-own trail mix and flavored water. Local caterer Ladle & Leaf is committed to creating flavorful and healthy dishes incorporating seasonal organic produce. Their globally influenced cuisine is inspired by the fresh ingredients available directly from local farms, dairies and bakeries.
HIKING, BIKING & WALKING TOURS
Get your group together and hike the Crosstown Trail, a 17-mile route that passes through beautiful San Francisco neighborhoods, parks and cultural attractions. Segment II is a relatively easy self-guided, 3-mile hike that travels some of the most scenic pathways in the area. San Francisco City Guides offers volunteer-led, theme-based walking tours for lovers of music, history, architecture and more. Blazing Saddles’ guides will take you across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, while their self-guided tours offer routes that can take you even deeper into hilly, scenic Marin County. They also have a fleet of electric bikes that can be used by anyone who isn't up to peddling the whole time.
SPA TREATMENTS
Escape to the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, nestled in the middle of wine country. The elegant, Spanish Mission-style inn is located atop an ancient mineral hot spring, which feeds its geo-thermal pools. The inn’s spa is known for its healing European bathing ritual that includes an herbal steam. In Monterey, Spa on the Plaza at Portola Hotel & Spa offers a variety of wellness packages. Their signature aromatherapy treatment includes a reviving facial and full-body massage using fine essential oils.
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