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 [...]
STOP PRESS: Ibiza Retreats run regular, 5-day Yoga from the Heart retreats throughout Ibiza’s season from March until October. Designed to attend to your mind, body and soul, the retreats have been crafted around the philosophy that there is ‘power in gentleness’, and will encourage you to get out of your head and into your heart [...]
In short: Before I share my views on the luxurious Six Senses Zighy Bay I wanted to get back to basics and tell you about Dzogchen Beara, a lovely Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre on the unspoilt Beara Peninsula in Ireland. It’s under the spiritual direction of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, set on high cliffs looking out [...]
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 [...]
The superior, empathic coaching skills of Larah Davis and the careful yoga teaching of Susie Howell are the reason to book a healthy holiday with Ibiza Retreats. We had a chilled out day of treatments, chats, yoga and NLP* coaching together at the Atzaro Hotel near Sant Joan in the Ibizan countryside – they were relaxed, down [...]
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: Writer & psychologist Rosie Walford set up this brilliant little life coaching company, which in the past year alone has helped people change career from finance to photographic art, extricate themselves from a negative relationship, accept a seat in the House of Lords and move from London to Scotland. The best, most intensive fix is the [...]
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 [...]
