The Windsors are going all Gwyneth, building ‘floating’ yoga studios and giving up caffeine, and there is suggestion that it might be Meghan’s influence
Wellness, as readers may have cottoned on to by now, is no longer just about being … well, well. It is the inescapable “lifestyle trend” infiltrating our Instagram feeds and online shopping baskets. Mostly, it is associated with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow (whose Goop enterprise recently opened its first London pop-up shop, in case you were after one of those infamous jade vaginal eggs); but if you needed any more evidence that wellness has gone well beyond a hashtag, look to the usually stiff-lapelled and stiff upper-lipped monarchy.
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, has recently revealed a passion for shinrin-yoku, the Japanese activity of “forest bathing” – not submerging oneself in a tub of liquefied leaves, but spending time in greenery because greener is good and makes you feel good – in her show garden for the forthcoming Chelsea flower show.
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