Planet Mindful

Planet Mindful magazine brings you eight issues a year of wonderful, friendly advice on how to slow things down, strengthen your relationships and treasure your mental health and wellbeing. Each issue is divided into three sections: Mind & Body, Relationships and Living. We hope you’ll enjoy what we’ve crafted as we bring you the ideas and trends that are longer-lasting and more powerful as tools in keeping you happy.

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a mindful idea

Pilates

Slow beauty

A KIND IDEA

Wellness rooms

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How to stop overthinking • THE PRACTICE OF NOT THINKING: A GUIDE TO MINDFUL LIVING HAS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION COPIES IN JAPAN. NOW IT’S BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME, LEAH LARWOOD EXPLORES WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT

HOW TO START USING YOUR SENSES

5 STEPS TO ENLIGHTENMENT

A quiet mind • IN HECTIC TIMES, SEEKING YOUR ZEN CAN OFFER RESPITE, SAYS WRITER JUDY DARLEY. WHY NOT TAKE A MOMENT TO DRIFT AWAY?

ICE BATHING • IMMERSING YOURSELF IN FREEZING COLD WATER MIGHT NOT BE TOP OF YOUR RELAXATION LIST, BUT AS JACQUELINE STEELE DISCOVERED, IT'S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT

FIVE BENEFITS OF ICE BATHING

AVOIDING BURNOUT • STRESS MANAGEMENT COACH SARAH KUIPERS EXPLAINS HOW WE CAN USE MINDFULNESS TO HELP US STAY WELL AND STRESS-FREE

7 ways to avoid burnout

The Power of the Mind • CAN WE USE OUR BRAINS TO OVERCOME ALMOST ANYTHING? LAUREN VAKNINE THINKS WE CAN

Should we all be climate activists? • DR ALICE BELL EXPLORES THE HOSTORY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, THE ACTION NEEDED TO HELP STOP IT, AND WHAT ROLE WE CAN PLAY

THE SEASPIRACY EFFECT • RAE RITCHIE EXPLORES WHY A NEW NETFLIX FILM HAS GENERATED SO MUCH DEBATE AND WHAT WE CAN ALL DO TO HELP IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE OCEANS

Tofish Finger Sandwich

Detox your kitchen • ANTOANETA TSOCHEVA DELVES INTO OUR KITCHEN CUPBOARDS AND EXPLAINS HOW WE CAN ALL CUT ALL DOWN ON THE HIDDEN, HARMFUL CHEMICALS THAT OFTEN LURK INSIDE

THE POWER OF SAYING ‘NO’ • OUR NEW COLUMNIST - SUSTAINABILITY BLOGGER EMILIE WOODGER-SMITH - SHARES HER THOUGHTS ON SAYING NO TO UNNECESSARY WASTE

A SUMMER’S DAY GUIDE TO FORAGING • SAMANTHA LEE TAKES US ON A WANDER THROUGH THE HEDGEROWS TO DISCOVER THE ABUNDANCE OF HEALTH-BOOSTING PLANTS - ALL RIPE FOR THE PICKING

St. John’s Wort

Mugwort

Red Clover

5 TIPS FOR BEGINNERS

TRASH INTO TREASURE • JENNY OLDAKER DISCOVERS SOME OF THE COMPANIES USING INNOVATIVE METHODS TO HELP KEEP WASTE PRODUCTS OUT OF LANDFILL BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL

Boost your wellbeing with Ayurveda • EXPLORE THE WORLD’S OLDEST HOLISTIC HEALING SYSTEM, TO HELP BRING BALANCE TO YOUR MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT, AS BELLE ROBERTS EXPLAINS

MINDFUL GARDENING • FROM RECONNECTING WITH THE EARTH BENEATH YOUR FEET TO SHOWING GRATITUDE TO THE FLOWERS YOU’VE GROWN, ELLEN MARY EXPLORES HOW GARDENS CAN IMPROVE OUR WELLBEING

Sandy-toe escapes • PRESS THE RESET BUTTON WITH ONE OF THESE REJUVENATING HOLIDAYS BY THE SEA, AS DISCOVERED BY SARAH DAWSON

Next issue…

Colour me happy • GATHER YOUR PENS AND PENCILS AND LOSE YOURSELF IN THE ART OF MINDFUL COLOURING FOR A MOMENT OR TWO

THE LIDO LADIES • WE CHAT TO FRIENDS JESSICA WALKER AND NICOLA FOSTER ABOUT THE JOYS OF OPEN AIR SWIMMING