Is wellness only for those who can afford it, or is it something everyone deserves? This article explores the growing "wellness paywall" and uncovers how true wellness focuses more on balance, community, and simple joys than on luxury price tags.

Spiritual hygiene refers to practices and rituals that help maintain and cleanse your spiritual well-being. Just as we nourish our mental and physical health, so too can we take care of our spiritual health.

It was TIME to take some time off. This staycation retreat was just what this practitioner ordered…and needed.

I love myself.

That is not the end of the story. It sure as hell isn't the beginning of the story.

The Joy Retreat May 2023

People often recoil in disgust when they receive a meeting schedule link from a loved one to book an informal “catch-up”. Understandably this may seem like a boogie, detached way to connect for some. However, the opposite is often the case.

Is eating just about us getting our basic macronutrients and micronutrients or is it more of a sensual experience?

Mindfulness is not just about sitting still in awkward poses for hours on end. It is about being present, as much as possible, in everyday activities. This might be in conversation, brushing your teeth, or eating.

After a self-prescribed week of no training to heal an injury, I was ready to rip someone’s head off. But I came to realise that health is a balance of doing the things that make us feel good and doing nothing so we can hear what our bodies need to feel good.⁣

You can't help but feel a huge sense of awe and gratitude when you sit in the grounds of Codrington College. However, today was especially magical because it was the last Sense - Mindfulness Session of 2019

As many of us have, I have been indoctrinated with the mindset that work has to be gruelling, monotonous and stressful, and anything that deviates from that is wrong.

Work patterns, habits and locations have changed significantly in recent years, but has our conscience followed suit?

The Caribbean Wellness Day on Saturday was incredible - spending the day giving treatments and meeting amazing people.

My phone had become an extension of my arm and the constant notification sounds, flashing lights and vibrations had become addictive. I feared my happiness, sadness, anger, compassion were being dictated by an algorithm. Real, heart-felt interactions were being replaced by miscommunications and misunderstandings.

It is written in many self-help books and spoken as a mantra in many weepy rom-com movies that, "you cannot truly love someone else, unless you learn to love yourself". But what does this look like? How long would you last in a relationship with yourself?

The autobiography, 'Playing to Win' by the late Sir Conrad Hunte, takes the concept of morality away from the cricket pitch and into everyday life - forcing us to question our motives and purpose.⁣
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Almost 60 years later, his ideologies are just as relevant and necessary, on and off the pitch.⁣

Flicking through my old diaries has given me a renewed empathy for young people navigating their way through the tortuous teenage years.

A cold car boot sale in Cambridge, an incredible event hosted by the beautiful and talented Candice Bryan of Noire Wellness and welcoming a beautiful soul back to London.