8 events to help you chase away the January blues
Blue Monday is fast approaching. Monday 21st January marks one of the most depressing days of the year due to a combination of cold nights and dark days, financial debt, low motivation, and a host of other post-Christmas and New Year factors. So, we’ve rounded up the best events happening this month that will help drag you out of your winter funk and come out the other side of Blue Monday in one piece.
‘The Art of Being’ Wellness Events at The Gherkin
Throughout January, Searcys at The Gherkin is running a series of events hosted by an all-female line-up, including renowned nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert and artist-in-residence Clotilde Lataille, to help you dispel the January blues and blow away the cobwebs whilst trying something new.
WHEN?
7th January-3rd February
WHERE?
The Gherkin, London
Boom Jungle at Boom Cycle Hammersmith
WHEN?
15th January
WHERE?
Boom Cycle Hammersmith, London
Baya Free Yoga Classes at Boxpark Shoreditch
French yoga company Baya are offering two free yoga classes this January. Join them on Wednesday 16th January at 12.30pm for a candlelight soft flow and again on Sunday 20th January at 10am for a hip-hop intense flow.
WHEN?
16th and 20th January
WHERE?
Boxpark Shoreditch, London
Regent Street in Association with Balance: Mindful Running and Brunch
To celebrate all things wellbeing, Regent Street has teamed up with Balance and mindful running crew, ChasingLights Collective, to bring you a 5k mindful running workshop. You’ll be shown simple breathing techniques that will not only help you run more consistently, with more ease and flow but also reconnect with how running feeds your soul. You’ll discover how mindful movement can help you tap into that space beyond your busy mind, where you’re already calm and clear. After the run, you’re invited to sit down with Balance founder and editor, Sophie Scott, for a delicious and nutritious brunch including:
WHEN?
20th January
WHERE?
Magpie, London
Free Tea at Teatulia Tea Bar
Combat your Monday blues with all-day free cups of delicious Masala chai tea, spiced with black pepper, green cardamom, cinnamon and ginger. Pop back in the evening for a free mindfulness workshop and tea meditation from 6.30pm followed by a half-price cocktails to end your Monday right.
WHEN?
21st January
WHERE?
Teatulia Tea Bar, London
Canary Wharf’s Strong Island Festival
Canary Wharf has been transformed into a wellbeing wonderland, Strong Island Festival. The week-long event offers Londoners a schedule of unique health and wellness experiences from car park work-outs and sensory orchestras to meditation classes and high-intensity workouts.
WHEN?
28th January-3rd February
WHERE?
Canary Wharf, London
Balance presents: Explore the 5 senses yoga and brunch in association with Austria Tourism
Explore your five senses with a one-of-a-kind 45 minute multi-sensory yoga class and restorative 15-minute soundscape meditation taught by Sweat and Sound to connect the mind and body. After the class, you will be served a delicious sit-down brunch, hosted by Balance editor & founder, Sophie Scott.
WHEN?
27th January
WHERE?
Secret Location to be announced
Balance and Kinetic present: What it means to be healthy in 2019
If you’re caught in a whirlwind of mixed health messages this January and want to separate fact from fiction then join Garden of Life, Kinetic and BALANCE for an inspirational panel debate on what it means to be healthy in 2019. Expert speakers will provide insight and share their wellness tips giving you the opportunity to assess which areas of your life that could benefit from more attention in 2019.
WHEN?
30th January
WHERE?
Whole Foods Market, Kensington, London
