Core needs: wellbeing holidays bounce back to tackle ‘pandemic posture’

Wellness tourism continues to grow with demand driven by the ageing boomer generation and health-conscious millennials

The wonder stuff: what I learned about happiness from a month of ‘awe walks’

Feeling down? You need to experience more awe, psychologists say. So I set off every day to explore my local area, leaving my phone behind

Emma Beddington tries … the Cyr wheel: ‘I’m about as supple as an ironing board’

I have always dreamed of joining the circus and thought this could be the skill for me. Do I have the guts and grace to start spinning around?

Fit in my 40s: I suck at table tennis. Instead, here are my final seven fitness lessons

My last observation – of everything from boxing to circus skills – is that competition between beginners is a mug’s game

‘I felt my body wasn’t good enough’: teenage troubles with Instagram

As research emerges on the harmful effect of the app, three people discuss its impact on eating disorders

Move of the week: how to have happier hips

Pigeon pose stretches tight glutes and opens the front of the hips

Fit in my 40s: a game of petty and enjoyable malice? Step forward, pétanque

It’s extremely meditative. By the end of the week, my capacity for Zen-like calm was epic

Move of the week: how to improve your arms

This tricep push-up will help you develop a more athletic physique and better defined arms

‘I was sliding towards the drop and couldn’t stop’ – the writer who fell from a mountain

It is every climber’s worst nightmare. In this extract from his thrilling book about the glorious – and treacherous – Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Simon Ingram recalls the day its wild peaks almost took his life

Move of the week: how to support your lower back

This exercise will benefit desk-bound lower backs and hips – it’s low-impact, but you’ll feel the burn if you do it properly