Antidotes to our world
In short: A Harley Street nutritionist and naturopath for over 16 years, the vibrant Vicki Edgson started her luxury retreats on Ibiza in 2011 to help people reclaim what she calls the ‘vital energy’ they need to live a full and healthy life. On offer in June and October each year at a private villa [...]
Yes please, book me onto one of these. Talented and personable style and image consultant Maggie Macmillan will run pampering makeover weekends this April and September at Grayshott Spa in Surrey. Find out what clothes are right for your body shape, learn how to detox your wardrobe, create a capsule and holiday wardrobe and adapt [...]
In short: This is a privately-owned, peaceful and civilized health spa an hour’s drive from London with an unpretentious, holistic approach to health. It’s set in 47 pretty acres, and adjoins 700 acres of National Trust land. Your base is a gorgeous manor house which the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson rented in the 1860s, and a less attractive [...]
Knackered, floppy and worried about your pelvic floor? New You Boot Camp are now offering bespoke 5 & 7 day retreats for mums and babies of 12 months or older to help mums relax and get back in touch with their bodies. There’ll be tailored fitness sessions (including buggy workouts, naturally), pilates, yoga and abdominal [...]
In short: I’m not really into dedicated fitness breaks, but I love love love the highly inventive Wildfitness holidays, created in 2001 by all-round athlete Tara Wood, who’s warm, funny and lovely to be with. Tara’s team use outdoor, natural surroundings to get you fit so you feel as far from an urban gym as you possibly can, and somehow [...]
In short: This is a rare treat. A comfortable, 400-year old house in the Lincolnshire countryside where two expert ayurvedic practioners offer bespoke retreats lasting 3, 5 or 7 days. Andy and Laura Shakeshaft are genuine, normal & full of integrity, and have created a real haven of calm. Cleanse body & mind with daily oil [...]
In short: Reclaim Your Self was set up by down to earth and dynamic massage therapist Julia Sampson, more affectionately known as Jools, and offers affordable healthy holidays that combine yoga, healthy eating and holistic therapies in cleverly-picked locations around the world. Run by a small team of expert therapists, teachers and chefs, the holidays often include coaching and activities such [...]
In short: This beautifully renovated, wooden-floored 17th century water mill is the eco-friendly family home of Melissa Kendall, an expert on nutrition and sustainability who runs healthy holiday company Jiva Healing. Come for juice fasts, healthy eating breaks, yoga weekends, fitness breaks and other breaks, or book your own private retreat for your family or friends [...]
In short: So well do Jiva Healing run their healthy holidays that they fill each of their breaks by word of mouth alone. Set up by nutritionist Rebecca Andrist and chef Melissa Kendall, the company organises affordable and effective Juice Fasting and Healthy Eating breaks at simple hotels in India and Europe and at Littleton Mill in the UK. To take [...]
One of the best and most affordable companies I’ve detoxed with are Jiva Healing, who run juice fasts and healthy eating holidays in the UK, Europe and Goa. To help you decide if you want to book onto one, I’d like to share with you my diary of the week-long juice fast I did in [...]
