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50 is coming…

By Catharine Nicol 19 July 2018 fitness, home, meditation, nutrition, smashing 50, wellness, yoga
50 is coming…

In 100 days, I’m going to turn 50. Breathe… Yes, I know, gazillions of people have been there before me, and having an issue about turning a half-century makes me…

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the definition of true beauty…

By Catharine Nicol 14 July 2018 beauty+fragrance, experts+events, fitness, home, meditation, nutrition, retreats, spas, wellness, yoga
the definition of true beauty…

“’Beauty’ is such a loaded word, but true Beauty is the result of an abundance of your own innate life force,” believes Guru Jarat. And I agree. “When that energy is…

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mini retreat at chuan body + soul

By catharine 9 August 2017 beauty+fragrance, experts, fitness, home, indulgence, skincare, spas
mini retreat at chuan body + soul

Walk up the beautifully lit catwalk to Chuan Body + Soul’s reception and you’ll find one of the city’s most stunningly designed, teeny-tiny, gym-pool-spa sanctuaries. I was there to explore the recently…

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tai chi with THE view – on sydney harbour bridge

By catharine 2 May 2017 experts+events, fitness, home, meditation, wellness
tai chi with THE view – on sydney harbour bridge

This morning at crack of dawn, before most people were even dreaming of waking up, 14 Tai Chi instructors, students and fitness influencers were going through their morning sequences. But…

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go yoga glow flow…

By catharine 4 November 2015 experts+events, fitness, home, wellness, yoga
go yoga glow flow…

Neon-lit yoga, live art and inspirational music is happening at PMQ this Friday 6th at 7.30pm. Jump into your most neon colours and get your yoga glow flow on at Flow…

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searching for yoga love… weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and a bit

By catharine 18 June 2015 experts, experts+events, fitness, home, wellness, yoga
searching for yoga love… weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and a bit

Beachside yoga, aerial yoga with a real yogini, flexibility patience pays off, AYC madness, barre v yoga, and drum rolllll… real honest-to-goodness glimpses of yoga love. It’s finally, really happening!…

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searching for yoga love… week 4

By catharine 4 June 2015 fitness, home, spas, wellness, yoga
searching for yoga love… week 4

A bit of a delay posting but… my final week. It was the best of yoga and the worst of yoga. Was I in love with yoga by Sunday? Was…

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get out, workout, revive, repeat…

By catharine 31 March 2015 fitness, home, spas
get out, workout, revive, repeat…

I love taking my workouts alfresco. And right now in South Africa I’m either jogging along a beach, horse riding through the Garden Route’s famed fynbos hills, kloofing (abseiling and…

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10 of asia’s best retreats during the peaceful year of the goat

By catharine 23 February 2015 experts+events, fitness, home, nutrition, spas, wellness, yoga
10 of asia’s best retreats during the peaceful year of the goat

Goodbye galloping horse, hello harmonious goat! This February marks the start of the lunar year of the green wooden goat (or, confusingly, sheep or ram). Wood is associated with spring…

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the power of competition on moving more

By catharine 22 September 2014 fitness, home, wellness 1,970 Comments
the power of competition on moving more

One of the best ways for me to get myself moving is to sign up for a race. It gives me an unmovable deadline, keeps me training for fear of…

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hong kong’s record-breaking yoga class

By catharine 22 September 2014 experts+events, fitness, home, News, wellness 2,746 Comments
hong kong’s record-breaking yoga class

History was made recently, when Hong Kong’s biggest om of yogis and yoginis took to their mats at Central Harbourfront during the Green Summer Festival for #OmTogether. Over 600 people,…

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nealy fischer – born to spread wellness

By catharine 22 May 2014 experts, experts+events, fitness, home, wellness 2,426 Comments
nealy fischer – born to spread wellness

This weekend a stellar collection of lifestyle and wellness household names fly in to Hong Kong for the MAYYA Urban Wellness Retreat. A 24-hour wellness smorgasbord of nutrition, fitness, yoga and…

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diary of an ultra-runner: marathon des sables

By catharine 18 May 2014 experts, fitness, home, wellness 2,348 Comments
diary of an ultra-runner: marathon des sables

Neil Orvay, co-founder of Hong Kong’s Sense of Touch spas, shares the sun, sand and sweat of running the Marathon des Sables 2014. During the six days of 250 punishing…

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