Mind-Body
Reconnecting With Yourself
For a long time we treated the body and mind as separate things. But the more we learn, the more we understand they're deeply connected — and always have been. How we move affects how we feel. How we feel affects how we move. It goes both ways, constantly.
Movement doesn't need to be intense to be meaningful. Even gentle shifts can release stress, lift a low mood, improve sleep and help us feel grounded again. But if you've ever been put off by prescriptive fitness culture, a difficult relationship with your body, or a truly terrible PE teacher, you're not alone.
Reconnecting with your body isn't always straightforward — especially if it hasn't always felt like a safe or friendly place.
This pathway isn't about transformation or hitting a certain number of steps. It's about noticing what your body needs and what it might be trying to tell you. That could be stretching, dancing, walking, resting, swimming or something else entirely. Your body, your way.
This pathway gathers places, ideas, books and films to help you find movement that feels kind, curious and true to you.
Culture Therapy
The Books, Films and Podcasts That Changed How We Think About Our Bodies
These are our hand-picked books, films, TV shows and podcasts on movement, embodiment, rest and the relationship between how we feel and how we live in our bodies.
Guidebook
Places to Move, Rest and Feel More Like Yourself
Yoga studios, lidos, climbing walls, dance spaces, retreat centres, sonic baths and more. Hand-picked places across the US and UK where movement is approached with kindness — and where you don't need to be fit, fast or flexible to walk through the door.
From The Journal
Honest writing on what happens when we start paying attention to what our bodies are telling us. Essays, ideas and practical inspiration on movement, embodiment and the quiet intelligence of slowing down — for anyone who has ever felt at odds with their body, or just a little disconnected from it.
Choose Your Next Adventure
We’ve put together a quick guide for how to maintain your mental wellbeing while social-distancing.