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Meditation & Mindfulness

Meditation & Mindfulness
Articles and features on meditation and mindfulness, with a millennial focus, including mental well-being, mental health, lifestyle and health.
China’s Hou Yifan is one of only three women to have been in the world top 100 players, and has been women’s world chess champion four times over her career. Photo: Edmond So
Asian Games 2023

China’s Hou Yifan a world chess champion who changes rules, pushes boundaries

Youngest female grandmaster in history helped improve format of women’s game, is now a professor looking into cognitive benefits of chess.

Wellness

Review | Wellness retreats on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula connect with cultural traditions

Wellness

How a 70-year-old retired teacher defied osteoporosis to become a powerlifter

Wellness

How to overcome your fear of flying as flight anxiety runs high

With recent air safety incidents contributing to travellers’ trepidation, we get tips from an aviophobe and a psychologist on how to cope.

As many as 40 per cent of people in developed countries grapple with some form of aviophobia – a clinical anxiety that turns a flight into a psychological battle. But there are many tips and strategies travellers can employ to overcome their fear of flying. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

How to meditate? Tips for beginners, from finding a type to what to expect

Meditation can relieve stress and ease depression if approached correctly. Mindfulness instructors share how to start on the right path.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, March 6-8

Enjoy a coffee and music festival, indulge in art for free, take part in a women’s yoga session and more this weekend in Hong Kong.

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Wellness

Why wild health raves will be one of 2026’s biggest wellness trends

The Global Wellness Summit’s new trends report predicts wellness to pivot from hi-tech and performative to cathartic and connective.

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Luuk Melisse, a former dancer and founder of mindful movement community Sanctum, leads the Sanctum Frequency festival in Amsterdam in 2024. A new chapter is opening for the wellness industry, one that owes a lot to the euphoric rave culture of the 80s and 90s. Photo: Sanctum
Mental health

Q&A | A mental health expert on how you can make your New Year’s resolutions stick

If your resolutions are already faltering in February, worry not – there’s always Chinese New Year, and Hong Kong’s Sonia Samtani is here to help.

Wellness

8 hot wellness trends in 2026, from women’s longevity to ‘health raves’

Here are some of the top wellness trends predicted for 2026, including a focus on women’s health, ‘neurowellness’ and reducing over-tracking.

Wellness

Want to feel happier? Watch Spirited Away or play Zelda, new study says

Studio Ghibli films and games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild can boost calm, purpose and happiness, a new study suggests.

A still from Spirited Away. Research shows films like this, as well as certain video games, can enhance calm, purpose and happiness. Photo: Studio Ghibli
Wellness

For these Hongkongers, walking isn’t just exercise – it’s therapy

For cancer survivors, walking is one of the most accessible and sustainable forms of rehabilitation we learn on World Cancer Day.

The Exploring Dogs group on a walk through Tai Tong, Hong Kong, in December, 2025. Founder Stephanie Lown says being outdoors in the fresh air can help ground you and give you a fresh perspective. Photo: Instagram/exploringdogs
Wellness

Explainer | What is ‘soft January’? New trend helps you start the year with less pressure

January means ambitious fitness and career goals for many of us. Wellness experts explain the ‘quiet reset’ alternative that’s catching on.

Wellness

How mobility exercises can help you stay active and healthy as you age

Mobility exercises strengthen your muscles, increase your range of motion, and help you stay healthy in body and mind as you get older.

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Luxury Hotels

Welcome to Ananda, the luxury Indian retreat favoured by celebrities and royalty

India’s first luxury wellness retreat, Ananda offers Ayurvedic medical consultations in addition to yoga, meditation and singing bowl healing.

The spa pool at Ananda in the Himalayas, India’s first luxury wellness retreat, established a quarter of a century ago. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Can you achieve happiness? That depends on your philosophy

From the Ancient Greeks and Buddhists to Christian thinkers and positive psychologists, happiness has taken many forms.

Happiness has been defined in many ways throughout history, and there are as many different theories about how to achieve it. Photo: Shutterstock
Jewellery

Luxury jewellery designers are embracing spirituality and mindfulness

Local brands fuse traditional Chinese motifs with a modern aesthetic, while Boucheron takes inspiration from Japanese art and philosophy.

Wellness

What is the horse pose in yoga? Only ‘3 out of 10 students’ can do it

Horse pose, also known as horse face pose or vatayanasana, is a challenging yoga pose that boosts hip mobility, strength and concentration.

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How this luxury Cambodian resort offers a yoga experience few others can match

Knai Bang Chatt, an eco-friendly seaside resort in Kep, left stressed-out Cathy Hilborn Feng feeling realigned from the inside out.

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Lana Yang (left), wellness manager at Knai Bang Chatt, and her friend and fellow yoga instructor Aimee Ortagus lead a class during a three-day yoga retreat at the seaside resort. Photo: Cathy Hilborn Feng
Wellness

How does humming help you reduce stress? Expert tips on yogic breathing

Humming stimulates the vagus nerve and has other health benefits, and is the base of the yogic breathing technique ‘humming bee breath’.

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Wellness

Health benefits of mugwort and its role in TCM and Japanese herbal medicine

Mugwort is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb with warming properties, used in East Asian traditional medicine and modern spas.

Wellness

How does 71-year-old yoga teacher look so much younger than her age?

From waking up with the sun to having lemon water to start her day, Argie Ligeros shares her secrets for ageing well.

Yoga teacher, author and fitness influencer Argie Ligeros, 71, looks decades younger than her age, and is the same size and weight as she was in her twenties. Photo: rglife.co
Wellness

Could magic mushrooms help us live longer? What Bryan Johnson’s test showed

Johnson’s conclusions after taking magic mushrooms are backed by findings that psychedelics could extend life by rewiring the brain and more.

Recent research suggests psilocybin, the psychedelic found in magic mushrooms, could prolong life by improving mental health, reducing oxidative stress and improving DNA repair responses. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

This 93-year-old yoga teacher’s classes are packed every day

At 93, yoga teacher Salomon Delgado has no intention of retiring. His secret? Being a pescatarian, meditation and hugging – every day.

Wellness

Why, for these cancer survivors in Hong Kong, ‘healing isn’t a solo journey’

Gallivanting group Travel with 4 Jai will share how they turn illness into strength at Eaton HK’s Consciousness Festival starting November 8.

Wellness

Is there as much bliss to be found in a city walk as in one in nature?

Researchers are finding a lot of benefits to walking in urban areas – history and good architecture can provoke ‘a kind of soft fascination’.

Commuters on the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2025. Researchers are finding that city strolls can be just as good for your mental health as walks in nature. Photo: AFP
On Our Radar

Yoga, ballet and kombucha: the festival helping Hongkongers slow down

Hong Kong Ballet dancers, scientists and local artists converge at Eaton HK’s Consciousness Festival to explore the art of self-care.

The Hong Kong Ballet performs at Eaton HK. Photo: courtesy Consciousness Festival
Wellness

Is this the future of medical spas? Behind Canyon Ranch’s US$500m Texas resort

Women’s wellness often focuses on weight loss and appearances – but there is a shift towards empowerment and ‘health as a lifestyle choice’.

Wellness

A rare disease left him stumbling. Now yoga helps him stay balanced

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 affects 52-year-old David Lee’s coordination and speech, but Iyengar yoga has given him a new lease on life.

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