Awe and Wonder

Discover Zenaa Retreats, a welcoming, fad-free approach to yoga and wellness retreats in the UK and abroad. Designed for real life, these nourishing escapes blend movement, rest, great food and genuine connection. Perfect for beginners, solo travellers and the yoga curious.

Glove Factory Studios in Bradford on Avon is a beautifully designed coworking space set in a restored Victorian glove factory. Home to a thriving community of creatives, freelancers, and entrepreneurs, it offers inspiring workspaces, events, and even a wild swimming pond.

Sherlock & Pages in Frome is an independent bookshop specializing in nature writing, conservation, and environmental sustainability. It serves as a magical (and a little mischievous) hub for those passionate about reconnecting with the natural world.

Explore 42 Acres, a 173-acre regenerative estate and nature reserve in Somerset offering transformative retreats and nature-based experiences. Swim in the lake, meditate in the treehouse, or nourish yourself with farm-to-table food grown on-site.

Discover a community of friendly and fun-loving women of all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels based in the UK. With Women Outdoors, founder Emma Winters has created an environment where you can be your authentic self, develop outdoor skills, connect with like-minded women and go home with a big smile on your face.

The sea contains multitudes and it is exactly this complexity that keeps calling designer Sarah Robertson to it in moments of loss and need.

Maybe the problem is less about who we are and how we escape and more about the walls we try to contain ourselves within.

How a suburban farm in Bath is raising our spirits along with the animals.

We speak to Amber Rich, founder of The Little Retreat and The Big Retreat Festival about how she arrived at these projects, how wellness is now something that we all reach for, and her role as a curator of discovery and awe.

Neuroscientist Dr. Daya Grant discovers a sanctuary in Los Angeles for reflection and a moment of respite from it all.

A birdwatching collective founded by and for people of colour that’s as much about mental health, creativity, ecology and community as ornithology.

A plant shop in Portland that does it all just that little bit differently, from the plants they stock to how they think about the environment.

A garden and studio in Hackney promoting the well-being benefits of herbs and our connection with nature.

When you can’t leave the house, bring tiny worlds indoors with London Terrariums.

A London based not-for-profit bringing the therapeutic benefits of gardening to young people and changing who gets to garden one project at a time.

How two friends in Los Angeles are working to make the outdoors more diverse.

In a moment when time is stretching out, Anthony Gormley’s “Iron Men” captures the wonder of shifting lives.

Simon Hodgson writes about what wild swimming, pebbly stones notwithstanding, does for his sense of wellbeing.