I used credit card points to stay at $1,000-a-night luxury hotel for free. Here's exactly how I did it.

Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa (Facebook)

• The Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa offers everything you could want in a high-priced yoga/meditation retreat, plus a ton of spa amenities.
• A vacation here is expensive: Each night could cost over $1,000, or a whopping 65,000 Hyatt points.
• But this is not out of reach. You can amass the necessary points by signing up for cards like the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and the Ink Business Preferred Credit Card and earning their welcome bonuses.
• See Business Insider's list of the best travel rewards credit cards »

I've been prone to burnout most of my adult life. I take in a lot of information, push myself hard, and am horrible at resting. Over the years, I've gotten better at managing stress and taking time off work to travel. But being away from home comes with its own kind of depletion for me. It's a vacation for my spirit, but more taxing for my nervous system than the stresses of normal, day-to-day life and work.

There are only two times in my life where I've really given my nervous system a break: when I went on a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat, and last year, when I took a five-day vacation at the paradisaical Miraval Resort in Arizona. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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