What's New In Wellness This August?
New Lagree Method studio
The new MAD studio in Chelsea is the only fitness studio in London to bring you licensed Lagree method form of workout. A high intensity, low impact game changer that fuses heart pumping cardio, intense strength training and the precision of Pilates for an effective workout with lasting results. Developed by fitness visionary, Sebastien Lagree, this fitness form is taught on the Megaformer: expect every session to be full of lunges, planks, squats, twists, pushes and pulls. Classes of 12 and private sessions available.
New Herbal Wellbeing brand
The Wooed is a new wellbeing brand rooted in traditional herbal knowledge and ancient techniques that honour the people and planet. Utilising the intelligence of plants and their power to nurture, heal and empower with a range of curated products designed to further a conversation around regenerative health. Seize the Day is a combination of tonic herbs and adaptogens that work synergistically to regulate and restore the nervous system, enhance mental clarity, support immunity, and longevity.
New skincare brand based on senses and the soul
Bourii Skincare is a new curated range developed with experts in the fields of Ayurveda, ethnobotany, and aromatherapy. A range of multipurpose oils is hand blended in small, sustainable batches in London: drawing on ancient practices to achieve skin health, expect delicate essential oil blends, working like healing molecules to harmonise your whole system.
New Stretch Lab
With locations already in Fitzrovia, Chelsea, Notting Hill, Stretch Lab has just opened a new studio in Soho. Ideal to drop in before, after work or even on a lunchbreak, sessions can be booked for anything from 30mins, to stretch, realign and release muscle tension. All ‘Stretchologists’ have a background in either osteopathy, massage, yoga, sports therapy and more to help with poor posture and desk driven sore muscles from modern life stressors.
New plant based, sustainable restaurant
The same team behind popular Mildred restaurant, which opened in Soho in 1988, now brings you Mallows: a 100% plant based, sustainable restaurant, already with a Borough Market location, now open too in Canary Wharf. Mallow aims for the most minimal waste possible throughout the food chain process with all ingredients sourced from small businesses.
New Vitamin D Spray
A quick easy way to give your immune system a mega boost, this new Vitamin D3 + Vitamin K2 spray by Bare Biology supports your immunity by keeping up your Vitamin D levels. A simple ingredient base of Vitamin D3 & K2, MCT oil and peppermint oil. 100% plant based and made in the UK.
Available soon at Dandy
New Sustainable pop up concept
B Corp footwear brand Allbirds is back in London with a new pop-up in Selfridges’ Wonder Room and a display in its accompanying Oxford Street window. Centred around the theme of carbon reduction, the pop-up aims to highlight how reducing the planet’s carbon emissions is key to solving the climate crisis – and uses this space to educate and contextualise carbon for visitors to the store. The pop-up also unveils a prototype of the new M0.0NSHOT shoe, which boasts a landmark carbon footprint of net 0.0 kg CO2e.
On till 13 August 2023
Festival to visit
Based on the Cotswold farm of Blur star, Alex James, The Big Feastival has been likened to Glastonbury with lots of delicious food. Expect the biggest artists, Michelin star chefs, award winning street food, and an exciting array of family activities. Sigrid, Tom Grennan and Blossoms are some of the headliners and new activities include cookery classes, bushcraft workshops and face painting for the kids.
25-27 August 2023
