This 5-star resort in Cancun is great for all-inclusive travel.

Read our editor’s full Ava Resort Cancun review here.

If Im not immediately good at something new, my gut instinct is to never do it again.

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Failure just wasnt something I was accustomed to.

The property has 1,700 rooms, all of which have oceanfront views (yes, really).

The private terrace overlooking the Caribbean Sea really sealed the deal for me.

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(LOL at me being anxious about trying something meant to be soothing.)

Not going to lie, I wasimmediatelyuncomfortable.

Next, EDM music began blastingI could feel the bass pulsing in my body.

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Soon, Smith began taking fast, deep belly breaths that we had to follow along with.

I knew I had to stop thinking so much.

It was a much more calming atmosphere than, say, a workout studio in a landlocked U.S. state.

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In my own dark little world, I felt the calmest I had in a long time.

I was intimidated as hell to take this class.

So in I went, taking a spot toward the middle of the pack.

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When the music turned on and we officially got started, the first few sequences were rough for me.

I was letting myself have fun, and I felt like a kid again.

Enjoying the super-expansive food selection

One thing I had no reservations about on this trip?

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Fun fact: All the chefs were trained by top chefs from around the worldand it shows.

The first is the resorts location.

(Hence the manmade bay I mentioned earlier.)

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So you could walk along the beach, but thats pretty much it.

Resort rates:

Rooms start at $600/night.

The Ava Gala Suite is $1,900/night and the Ava Penthouse Suite is $2,500/night.

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Kjellgren A, Westman J.

Beneficial effects of treatment with sensory isolation in flotation-tank as a preventive health-care intervention a randomized controlled pilot trial.

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BMC Complement Altern Med.

2014 Oct 25;14:417. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-417.

PMID: 25344737; PMCID: PMC4219027.

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