Canadian technical apparel brand Lululemon's Sweatlife Festival is returning to London’s Tobacco Dock on Saturday July 22nd. This year’s experience will continue where it left odd last year and celebrate the ever- evolving and expanding fitness landscape of London. A lively crew of local “sweat experts” hailing hail from the UK’s best studios, including Barry’s Bootcamp, Breathe Studios, Frame, Heartcore, Kobox, My Pilates, Neat Nutrition, Psycle, UN1T and Xtend Barre promise to lead yoga, boxing, pilates, spin, barre, bootcamp, dance and CrossFit!
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Glasto blues firmly set in? Head down to Noisily Festival this weekend for an eclectic mix of music, meditation and mindfulness. Across 6th - 9th July, Noisily Festival will offer an alternative to mainstream festival culture, an inclusive haven where underground music thrives and self-expression flourishes. Whilst rooted in the electronic music scenes with the likes of Michael Mayer, Beardyman and Acid Pauli performing, Noisily is a holistic, eco-friendly environment which feeds the mind, body and soul, offering spiritualism and opportunity for reflection in equal measure. Set deep in a wo...
Read more →'Perfect for emotionally exhausted souls.' Immediately on reading Bhuti's list of spa treatments, I thought 'this is the massage for me'. After a year of moving around, with a mix of highs and lows, a bit of soulful restoration was in order. Heading across town to the leafy calms of Richmond, I went to check out Bhuti and booked in for the emotionally-restorative kundalini back treatment (60 mins for £75). The new spa spot is an oasis of zen, with an airy atmosphere and calming interiors. On walking into the deceivingly big building, a smokey incense smell immediately lulled me int...
Read more →Fed up with paying a packet for yoga classes in the city? Well, now there’s a new initiative hitting London designed to make bending and stretching accessible to everyone. Yoga5, launching June 11, only charges £5 for group classes at changing locations every Saturday. The first wave of classes will take place at the London Rehearsal Space on Chiswell St nestled within walking distance of Barbican, Moorgate and Old Street tube stations. Classes will be running from 8am to 6.30pm, so people can make a quick pit stop in-between hopping from breakfast to brunch to dinner. For the firs...
Read more →Yoga retreats are everywhere these days, from pristine white beaches on the Maldives to rustic barns in the Costwolds, it seems like we can now spend a week or so indulging in vinyasa flow wherever we fancy, or however our budget dictates. I was after a week of yoga, yes, but I was also after a week of fun, travel and adventure and I happened to stumble across the perfect option. Voga. If you don't already know, Voga is a blend of flowing yoga and 'vogueing' fresh from the New York dance scene in the eighties. The result is a powerful energetic hour of practice which leaves you both stre...
Read more →The Core Collective in Kensington has just launched a new Power Yoga class, adding to its schedule of interval-training, spinning and TRX classes. Having explored many of the yoga and fitness studios around London, I went along to try it out.
Read more →Following the success of their groundbreaking, inflatable studios, Hotpod have created yet another innovative yoga studio space, the Roofpod.
Read more →What inspired you to start mindful mind? I suffered breathing problems as a child. As an adult I was fraught with negative thinking habits and behaviours despite my best attempts with meditation, nutrition and psychotherapy. I have been meditating for many years. When I discovered Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction it was like coming home, it made so much sense. It had am immediate effect on my thinking and way of looking after myself. Having trained in In MBSR I became passionate about learning more and discovered that it had many approaches. Being aware, paying attention, in the present mom...
Read more →Smartwater has made its official UK launch, creating a big splash in the consumer drinks market. They have teamed up with various body and mind wellness practitioners along with the incredible taste experience specialists, Bompas & Parr, to host series of workshops and experiences based around the beloved H2O.
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