Word-of-mouth is often the best way to hear about new places, especially from someone with firsthand experience. And that’s what led me to Phuket Cleanse, a boutique wellness retreat on the southernmost tip of Phuket. A couple of years earlier I’d seen promotional email flyers in my inbox from Phuket Cleanse, which to be honest,…
Category: Health
How holistic therapies helped me at 137 Pillars Bangkok’s Season of Wellness
I was suffering from chronic shoulder and neck pain when I walked into 137 Pillars Bangkok’s Nitra Spa to see one of the visiting wellness practitioners at their Season of Wellness, a three-month wellness festival featuring visiting holistic healing gurus from around Asia. The Season of Wellness was initiated to support the lifestyle needs of…
How I went from flab to fit in one week – Absolute Sanctuary, Koh Samui
It was May by the time I realized it had happened again. As usual, my new year’s health goal was to get fit and lose weight, starting from day one of January. Did that happen? No. Of course this sort of thing doesn’t happen by itself. I meant to go off to a fitness retreat…
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Art of Wellness – The Museum Workout, at the Metropolitan Museum New York
If you love New York City, classical art & architecture and feeling fit, here’s something that will intrigue you. It intrigues me! All of these are thing close to my heart and here’s a fascinating new event that combines all of them in my absolute favourite place in all New York – The Metropolitan Museum…
Inner Cleanse for an Outer Glow – My Surprising Detox Retreat at Samahita Koh Samui, Thailand
When it comes to food, I’m no angel. I’m blissfully happy indulging my palate with things that are bad for me. Succulent beef burgers, crispy bacon, fresh pasta, fried chicken wings, and delicate puff pastry are things I find it hard to say no to. The cruelest way to torture me would be to separate me from…
10 Top Spas, Detox & Wellness Retreats in Asia
For the latest info, see my 2018 Top 10 Wellness Destinations in Asia list here Looking for the best places to detox, lose weight, de-stress, get fit, do yoga, and be a better, healthier you? Here are some of the best health resorts in Asia … When people hear that I write spa books and am a judge for the regional AsiaSpa Awards, they…
A Powerful Yoga Healing Retreat at the Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai
Ask me to name the most luxurious hotels in Thailand, and the Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai is right there at the top of the list. It’s a fantasy world of northern Thai Lanna and Burmese architecture. The architecture alone is another story in itself (and the hotel has even published a lovely coffee table book…
Raw Energy: Q&A with Diana von Cranach, Asia’s Top Raw Food Chef, Author & Culinary Consultant
Diana von Cranach is a Cordon Bleu trained chef who hated every minute of having to follow the rules, and forged her own culinary path in Asia, inspired by her love of Asian flavours. She’s an internationally acclaimed raw food chef, cookbook author, health cuisine consultant, and boutique resort owner in Bali, where she’s lived for many years and…
Where holistic therapy beats shopping therapy – Peppers Seminyak Spa, Bali
I wasn’t thinking about juice fasting or any kind of deprivation when I headed for the stylish social scene on Seminyak beach, Bali. I arrived on the island with a different idea of fun, anticipating my first stay in Seminyak, Bali’s most glamorous beach – renowned for its beach scene, luxurious designer hotels, chic boutiques,…
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