If you’re using astrology to get a grip on your wellness routine and better know yourself, then look to your moon sign — it’s long since been associated with human emotion. In ancient times, philosophers would put fluctuating mental states down to the wavering phases of the lunar cycle. In the 13th century, the outdated …
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 …
We pop pills, clutch hot water bottles, and some of us have to just give up and lie down. A huge 80 per cent of women experience period pain, but while it’s incredibly common, it is rarely discussed openly. But a new study of nearly 500 women has found that there is something that can …
I should probably start this by telling you two important things about me: the first is that I’m not an interiors aficionado, and the second is that I’m fat. I always have been, or at least that’s what it feels like. Until a couple of years ago, I was on some kind of diet for …
It’s been a good year for cancelling. There’s the pandemic, of course, which crushed all of our plans and some hopes and dreams along the way. But there were also more specific cancellations. From celebrities – Jimmy Fallon, J K Rowling and Ellen DeGeneres – to brands like SoulCycle and Oatly (as well as a …
When to commence the home spa days during lockdown number two? There really is no time like the present. Once a highlight in our calendars, spa days now feel like a lost fragment of our once-pampered pasts, but they can – and will – be recreated. Simply indulge in your favourite treatments in the comfort …
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 …
Back in the early Noughties, Dr Barbara Sturm was a whisper shared between beauty editors and the upper echelons of the celebrity world. Then, in 2002, she rocketed into the limelight when her radical “blood plasma facial” (or “vampire facial”, as it was later dubbed) featured on Kim Kardashian’s Instagram feed, and soon after launched …
Every autumn it’s the same. My sprightly post-summer mood evaporates, and a rather stubborn cloud of despair appears in its place. Ah, hello again, seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, often referred to using the painfully apt acronym SAD, affects one in three people in the UK, and statistics indicate that women are 40 per …
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 …