Om & Away Redefines Wellness Travel With Retreat Focused Online Booking Platform
On the small island of Lembongan, off the Indonesian paradise of Bali, Charlyn Ding experienced a euphoric yoga retreat that altered the course of her professional life. "It was a complete cleansing of the body and mind," recalls Ding.…
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Green Queen Gives Jean Louis David’s Organic 23 Hair Color A Go & Loves It
Jean Louis David, a legendary name in the hair world since 1961 has one of its 1,200 salons right here in Hong Kong, in the heart of Central on Queen's Road Central. The salon prides itself on being current when it comes to fashion and hair…
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Meet Chef Nate Green Of Rhoda: A Sustainable Sourcing Story
It's a bustling Wednesday night at Rhoda, Yenn Wong's Sai Ying Pun jewel helmed by Chef-Patron Nate Green, formerly of 22 Ships fame. The place is packed with people enjoying themselves, gorging themselves on Green's fabulous food…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Dee Cheung
How did yoga enter your life?
I completed my first yoga teacher training in 2011 in Hong Kong with Patrick Creelman and have since gone on to study baby yoga with Sally Lomas from Birthlight Baby Yoga, Children's yoga with Jenny Smith…
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Hong Kong’s Best Indoor Cycling Studios
There's no better feeling than sweating out your frustrations during an incredible spin sesh. The perspiration dripping out of your pores, the camaraderie amongst your fellow riders, the motivational pick-me-ups your instructor is shouting…
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#GreenYOURPeriod: The Best Reusable Pads, Organic Tampons, Period Underwear & Menstrual Cups
Aunt Flo. Time of the month. Surfing the crimson wave. Shark week. Just a few of the slew of expressions in common parlance that refer to a woman's period- all euphemisms to hide a completely natural aspect of womanhood: menstruation. The…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Nadine Bubner
How did yoga enter your life?
I started my teacher training's at Yoga Limbs in 2009 (Ed. Note: the school has now closed) and finished their excellent program in 2010 and have been teaching ever since.
Where and what type of yoga do…
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Eatology Meal Plans 2.0: More Healthy And More Delicious, Delivered To Your Doorstep
With the initial success of French gourmet meal service Eatology's late 2015 launch, the team kicks in their sophomore year bigger, badder and better than ever. We had the pleasure of tasting their meal delivery at the beginning and if you…
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My Little Hong Kong Kitchen’s Roasted Carrots With Herbed Farro & Beet Salad
I think I've found my new favorite veggie meal- simple, colorful and delicious. I had an abundance of orange and purple carrots so it seemed a shame not to make the most of them. I roasted them with just a drizzle of olive oil and plenty of…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Win-Sie Tow
How did yoga enter your life?
While producing documentaries and working for independent film festivals, yoga became my soundtrack to calm a scattered mind and treat back pain. In 2012, I completed the YogaWorks 200-hour training in NYC…
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Green Queen’s Guide To Kennedy Town: Where To Eat, Where To Shop, Where To Om
Blending all things hipster with lots of local flavor, K-Town is racking up quite the reputation for all things wellness of late. With a plethora of plant-based dining, health food shops and fitness studios, this seaside town is making big…
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Morning Raves & Sober Partying: Daybreaker Officially Launches In Hong Kong
It's a sunny Sunday morning in October and I am walking up the stairs to PMQ's Cube venue in my athleisure best (read the only clean leggings I could find and my old scuffed up trainers) to attend the (invite-only) launch of Daybreaker Hong…
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Health Box HK Wants You To Eat Better And Smarter
December 2017 Update: Health Box has now become part of Eat Now Group.
As a typical Hong Kong workaholic logging in exhaustive hours, Jess Cheung found herself in a downward spiral that was leading towards a career breakdown, before a…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Meet Jessica Simkin Williams
How did yoga enter your life?
I became a certified yoga teacher in 2001. I started doing yoga with my mother a few years earlier and I found a teacher that I absolutely loved so whenever I was home from university I was attending her…
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F45 Is The All-In-One Workout You Have Been Waiting For
F45, short for Functional 45, is a workout concept that originated Down Under and is taking the world by storm. Launched in 2014 in Sydney by trainer to the stars Luke Istomin (he is responsible for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine figure),…
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New Restaurant Alert: Sweetpea Cafe Proves Gluten Free Cake Is Delicious
Down a long, white marbled countertop set against a lofty ceiling with heavy, oak highchairs, a steady stream of patrons come through open bluebird-colored doors. Some are sitting down for a large slice of cake. Others are chatting…
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HK Natural Beauty Founders Talk Shop: Why They Started & Their Must-Have Products
Looking out through the hazy, smog-filled mornings in Hong Kong, we can’t help but panic over the questionable air quality being inhaled on a daily. Much of what we expose our bodies to, and consequently, what we put on our skin, gets…
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Michelin Chef Shane Osborn Of Arcane Wows With ‘Meat-Free Monday’ Vegetarian Menu
Tucked along a quiet, ordinary street amid the everyday commotion of Central, Arcane is rolling out a new alluring culinary menu to satiate the epicurean in us all. Striving to promote the plant-based lifestyle, famed multi-award winning…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Meet Charlotte Douglas
How did yoga enter your life?
I took my 250-hour teacher training at Yoga Limbs in Hong Kong in 2011. Sadly the school is no longer around but back then it was a fabulous place to study and practice yoga.
Where and what type of yoga do…
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Green Queen Predicts: 2017 Health & Wellness Trends
It's that time of the year again, when experts all over share their predictions for the biggest trends in every industry. Green Queen spends a fair share of her time staying up to date on everything health & wellness, reading just about…
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5 Healthy Cookbooks You NEED In Your Life
Food52 A New Way to Dinner: A Playbook of Recipes and Strategies for the Week Ahead
Anyone who has ever done a recipe web search has run into Food 52, the online mecca for all things good food. Founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs…
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