I’m five foot three inches tall and I weigh roughly 10 stone. If you prefer metric that’s exactly 160cm and 64.5kg. According to the Body Mass Index, these two figures alone are enough to quantify if I’m underweight or obese. There’s no need to know my waist size, age, gender, cultural heritage, how often I work …
As the fight for racial justice takes place against the backdrop of the global pandemic, the need for regenerative self-care services that centre Black women has never been more apparent. Since 2018, Atlanta-based breathwork practitioner Jasmine Marie has been helping Black women heal from the trauma that disproportionately impacts their everyday with Black Girls Breathing, …
The pandemic has introduced the concept of sex bubbles, raised (and then squashed) rumours of a global baby boom and triggered a spate of divorce proceedings, but beyond putting added pressure on our most intimate relationships, has the Covid-19 crisis changed the ways we have — and talk about — sex? Yes, says sexual wellness …
A rare positive to emerge from the past year is a wave of hi-tech wellness innovations for use at home. Welcome to the future! Clear the air Dyson Purifier Hot & Cool Formaldehyde £599.99DysonShop Now Dyson’s commitment to improving at-home air quality has gone up a level. Along with purifiers updated to capture 99.95 per …
If even the thought of venturing out to do some exercise sends shivers down your spine, you might be in luck, for a new study has found that taking a hot bath (or a sauna, if you’re privy to one) might just do the trick. In perhaps the best news since sliced bread, indulging in …
If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of… not a surprise, but how about a sense of increased peace and happiness with some stress relief thrown in? Communing with Mother Nature is an instinctive human impulse; you need only cast your mind back to previous lockdowns and the amount of people suddenly …
Venus, the Roman goddess of love, sex, and beauty has long since been associated with matters of the heart. In terms of astrology, the planet Venus plays a significant part in your astrological profile, influencing your intimate relationships — both romantic and platonic — sensual desires, self-esteem and relationship with money and the material world. …
During this strange year we’ve all weathered, when the present moment has often seemed too heavy to process, looking to the past has been something of an emotional fire blanket. A comforter, a guide to less stormy seas. Which partly explains a burgeoning interest in a 1970s approach to wellness, as we surge forth into …
Christy Turlington has teamed up with Loro Piana as the Italian company launches its art of wellbeing collections for meditation, exercise, and exploration. Not your ordinary active gear, these mats, water bottles, and hand weights are wrapped in the brand’s waterproof cashmere, turning exercise routines into enjoyable tactile experiences. Turlington, a wellness pioneer who appeared …
Sleep is becoming an increasingly elusive beast. Research shows that nearly half of the UK population struggles to fall asleep at least once a month, with 36 per cent experiencing that very specific frustration at least once a week. If you’re one of them, may we suggest the “cognitive shuffle”? While it might sound like …