As a wellness writer, I spend days sometimes weeks on the road in India and overseas on the quest to find the best #deeptissuemassage and the best acupuncturist. What we don’t realise is that traveling also tends to wreak havoc with your body and your hormones. You feel more tired than usual, you sleep cycle […]
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Guestpost by Lalrinngheti Sangsiama with inputs from Jia Singh You can pay for a healthy lifestyle in any city in the world but cities like London seem to embody a healthy lifestyle that allows you to be fit without too much effort. The ease of slipping into a healthy lifestyle certainly has its appeal. To […]
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Originally published in Robb Report, August 2016 I remember my excitement as I sipped coffee at the Four Seasons airport lounge while waiting for the seaplane transfer to Baa atoll. A 45-minute scenic ride later, I arrived at the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru. The Landaa property is newer than the Kuda Huraa (famous for […]
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The hammam is an ancient purification ritual practiced by the Moroccans, Turkish, Greeks and the Romans. Baths today are a private and solitary activity but traditional hammam rituals were often centered around entertainment and social gatherings. The quarters for men and women were separate but often entire families would get together for the hammam ceremony. […]
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If I’d learnt one thing from travelling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Dont talk about going to Borneo. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag and it just happens- Alex Garland- The Beach I was in Thailand in June for a friends […]
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When are we going to realise that home remedies are best for nixing that acne, beating belly bloat and getting rid of that tan? We use between 10-15 bottles of serums, creams and shampoos that contain a whole host of chemicals that we know nothing about. Sure, a lot has been established on the deleterious […]
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If you, like me, are always pressed for time, running from meeting to meeting and often don’t have enough time for a coffee break let alone a sit down breakfast- you know just how important it is to wind down and look after our bodies. Crazy deadlines, erratic work and sleep schedules and not eating […]
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Bathing is child’s play – you just put on your swimming trunks and take a flying leap into the pool with a splash! But bathing and saunas are also a science in themselves. Thermal baths provide a host of physiological benefits from relaxation, immune system boost and restoring vitality to the body and organs. Bathing […]
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Chandigarh has always been applauded for being a clean and meticulously planned city where people are pleasant and drivers obey traffic rules. The pollution and smog levels are considerably lower than in cities like Delhi and Mumbai which makes golf at the Chandigarh Golf Course or a run around Sukhna Lake a real luxury. The […]
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Ever wondered why your stomach starts to rumble every time you have to talk in front of a large crowd? Has it ever occurred to you why you get sweaty palms and you feel like your stomach is a giant knot moments before you have to have an uncomfortable conversation with a colleague or a […]