Been a little busy this last month? Never fear—Compare Retreats has rounded up the top stories for the month so you don’t have to: here are the top wellness news and headlines you may have missed this month in Hong Kong, and a few things to look out for in the coming weeks…
Travel
Four Seasons Hong Kong are taking wellness beyond the spa. The new ‘Well Feeling’ campaign, launched officially on September 7th 2018, combines elements of the spa, kitchen, gym and hotel management to provide guests with a 360 degrees wellness experience, from the mattress they sleep on to the nutritional balance of the food on the menus, a collaboration between the Four Seasons’ Michelin-starred chef Andrea Accordi and Life Clinic nutritionist Miles Price. A specially designed functional fitness programme from Joint Dynamics will be added to the fitness offerings in the gym, while collaborations with local fitness studios will make it easier than ever for travellers to continue their healthy lifestyle away from home.
Mileslife, the independent air miles collection app, launched in Hong Kong on August 15th 2018. Founded in by avid miles collector and tech entrepreneur Troy Liu (who travelled to over a hundred countries on miles alone before launching his app in 2015), the app has partnered with 14 major airlines and a whole host of lifestyle brands including luxury hotels and resorts like Ritz-Carlton, Aman and Belmond, and restaurants, shops and merchants around Hong Kong to provide you with a multi-faceted way to collect air miles. The app is free, with various loyalty tiers: download here to see the full list of participating brands.
Fitness
From September 1-30th 2018, GuavaPass is celebrating their third anniversary with exclusive class packages, social app updates and ‘Sweat Parties’ around town at 30 locations. These free fitness sessions at some of Hong Kong’s best boutique fitness studios in town, from yoga at Flex Studio to martial arts at Warrior Academy, are a great way to celebrate with them. Sign up here.
PURE Yoga’s new Star Street Precinct will finally open this month. The launch on September 14 will showcase the new 20,000 square-foot space, which hosts four studios and 120 classes a month. Plus, it’s the first location with a rooftop for outdoor and yoga community events. Sunset yoga, here we come.
H-Kore is opening a second studio in at Dorsett House in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, this October. The classic Megaformer classes will run, in addition to two new classes—CircuitKore and YogaKora—all of which will combine H-Kore’s key elements: strengthening, stretching and sweating.
Bringing something slightly different to Lan Kwai Fong, new meditation studio Enhale will open from October 1st, 2018. Featuring an impressive selection of meditation classes and workshops throughout the day—including 30-minute lunchtime detox sessions and specialist classes like sound baths—the studio was founded by Mira Christanto, who began meditating over a decade ago to reduce stress in her work with a hedge-fund company. “Meditation can enhance people’s capacity for dealing with life’s obstacles. Oftentimes, even the gift of switching off for half an hour is enough to elevate mood and restore calm. It can also be incredibly energising,” says Christanto. We’re looking forward to seeing more from this addition to Hong Kong’s wellness landscape.
See also: 13 Wellness Events In Hong Kong For Your September Calendar
Food
Pici’s new Tsim Sha Tsui location opened on August 24th. The pasta restaurant from the Pirata group opened its doors with two new items on the menu: the Seafood Salad, Fagottini pasta with duck and sliced leeks, and Ravioli filled with egg yolk and sautéed with ricotta, porcini and shimeji mushrooms. Additionally, the restaurant offers a dedicated Gluten Free Menu, featuring a selection of six signature pastas including a Rigatoni Cacio e Pepe, Caserecce Sausage & Nduja, and Spaghetti Carbonara.
From now until November, MANA! have added build-your-own burgers to the menu at their Sheung Wan cafe. Pick your burger base and then top it up with a selection of delicious vegan goodies including avocado, hummus, and pickled peppers—make sure you get one before the pop-up ends.
Hong Kong’s biggest Mexican food chain Calimex are now offering meat-free menus at 16 of their locations across the city, with the meat-alternative Impossible Foods now available on all six of their signature dishes: tacos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadilla and lasagne. A further collaboration with dairy-free brands Daiya and Tofutti additionally means that all of these dishes can be made vegan and lactose-free with vegan cheese and sour cream.
Shopping
Luxury Hong Kong bag brand MISCHA has announced a new zero-waste collaboration with Greek eco-lifestyle brand Alasia Lifestyle. The capsule collection, available exclusively online, uses cut-offs from MISCHA’s signature hexagonal print on Mediterranean-style sandals. Made-to-order from traditional shoemaker workshops in Cyprus using vegetable-dyed leathers, Alasia Lifestyle add their own mark with a signature gold buckle and Aphrodite emblem on the sole.
New athleisure wear and sports clothing store Ohemia opened last month on Hollywood Road, featuring a variety of boho accessories as well as active apparel brands like Rising Lotus—as if we needed another reason to shop for yoga pants.
Beyond Hong Kong
Earth Lab launched last month at Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam, as part of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas global commitment to sustainability. Earth Lab is a place that showcases the resort’s sustainability efforts in reducing consumption, produce locally and support communities and ecosystems. Learn more here.
COMO Uma Canggu, Bali, has introduced a new COMO Shambhala Retreat. The new retreats promote wellness from within, adding to COMO Uma Canggu’s existing fitness and surf programmes. Learn more here.
Take a ‘Vacation for the Soul’ at COMO Metropolitan London this October, in a new two-day workshop with energy master Per Van Spall. The weekend workshop’s holistic focus is designed to teach you how to deepen your mind and body connection through balancing your intuition and intellect. Learn more here.
