The best wellness practitioners in London

We won’t remind you how hard the last year was, but damn it, we’re all waiting for a good dose of TLC. Whether it’s a hands-on healing you’re looking for, a detox day in the city, or life tips to get you out of the lockdown rut, the city is full of wellness practitioners who will bring you back. to your pre-pandemic condition in no time. time. Here’s our roundup of the best.

USP: untie and de-stress

Spas are great and all, but time-constrained city dwellers – and purists – should take back-to-school anxiety away at Masaj. With its unique offer (massages, obvs), the new urban wellness area, formerly based in Bethnal Green, now enjoys a slightly more central location in Shoreditch. Ask for Deniel and you won’t be disappointed with his drool-worthy denouement skills.

Price: from £ 75 for 60 minutes

Or: 10 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, EC2A 3DH

Do you feel cramped after a year of FMH? Of course you are. Book for a 1: 1 assisted stretch with a StretchLab stretchologist and you are guaranteed to step out a bigger inch. Regular stretching sessions will help prevent injury, increase your range of motion, improve your posture, and help you recover after training.

Price: from £ 55 for 50 minutes

Or: Fitzrovia / Notting Hill

USP: Women’s Health Guru

Ross Barr is one of London’s most in-demand acupuncturists (and counts the Duchess of Sussex among his top clients). An expert in fertility and women’s health, Barr specializes in five element acupuncture, the ancient Chinese theory of how the mind, body, and spirit are made up of wood, fire, earth, of metal and water, and that these energies must be in perfect balance. to achieve ultimate well-being.

Price: from £ 100 / session

Or: Notting Hill / Marylebone

Nothing says a lockout as long as sweating in your own private infrared sauna pod. Heated to 70 ° C more easily than traditional saunas, infrared rays penetrate deep into the skin to promote circulation, stimulate collagen and deep sleep – then you will sleep like a baby. Be sure to take a look at Glow Bar’s range of Adaptogenic Herbs, Crystals, and Moonshoes in the Shop while you’re at it.

Price: £ 45 for 45 minutes

Or: 70 rue Mortimer, W1W 7RY

Anisha Joshi treats everyone from Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw to professional athletes for back pain, poor posture and headaches. She incorporates soft tissue, body mechanics, shock wave therapy, ultrasound and exercise rehabilitation techniques into her sessions. Expect painful joints to get relief quickly.

Or: 4 Place Cavendish, W1G 0PG

USP: Relieves tension and headaches, quickly

Based on the principle that the body’s organs are reflected on the hands and feet, reflexology is a holistic therapy that aims to restore balance and well-being to body and mind by applying specific pressure to the fingers and thumbs up on these reflexes. The result? Less stress, better sleep and reduced stress levels. Opt for the hot stone reflexology combo and Indian head massage for a real treat.

Price: from £ 59 for 60 minutes of reflexology

Or: Vivian Road, Victoria Park, E3 5RE

USP: Reduces bloating and feels lighter

Brazilian-born physiotherapist Flavia Morellato is renowned in the capital for her personalized lymphatic drainage technique, a gentle therapeutic massage that stimulates lymphatic circulation throughout the body, helping to remove excess water and reduce bloating and water retention. You will leave feeling lighter and energized after just one session.

Price: from £ 200/55 minutes

Or: Kensington or Balham (home visits also available)

Always wanted to read your aura? With tarot and clairvoyance readings, energy healing, aura diagnosis, astrology and birth chart readings, The Wellness Foundry is a one-stop-shop for all things spiritual. Treatments take place only online, as practitioners are based all over the world, but that doesn’t make them any less revealing to the curious.

Price: from £ 120/60 minutes.

USP: the complete reboot of the body

Physiotherapist and acupuncturist Renata Nunes combines systemic acupuncture to balance life energy – also known as qi – cupping and massage (on the head, neck, abdomen or back) in her wellness treatments. be made to measure. It also offers a menu of physiotherapy treatments and specific pregnancy treatments.

Price: from £ 170/60 minutes.

Or: Home visits only (zone 1-3)

USP: Zen out with sound therapy

Balance, breathe, and reconnect with your pre-pandemic self at House of Wisdom, a central wellness center where you can participate in everything from Gong Baths to Alchemical Crystal Bowl Healing and Shamanic Drum Trips , which will lead you into a deep trance meditation, in case you were wondering. Kundalini and Yin Yoga are just a few of the restorative movement classes on offer. Book and relax.

Price: £ 35 for two sessions

Or: Regent’s Place, 350 Euston Road, NW1 3JN

Cloud Twelve is a wellness and day spa spread over three floors. There is a salon, spa and holistic wellness clinic, as well as a healthy brewery and nursery. Treatments include CBD massages, facials, pre and postnatal rituals, naturopathic nutrition, acupuncture, reflexology, craniosacral therapy, and colonic hydrotherapy. Go for the entire shebang, then detoxify in infrared saunas and Himalayan salt rooms before relaxing on dolomite quartz beds.

Price: Treatments at individual price

Or: 2 – 5 Colville Mews, W11 2DA

USP: increase your vibrations

Are you feeling a little stagnant since the relaxed containment? Aren’t we all. To get your energy flowing in the right direction again, why not book a session with reiki practitioner and shamanic healer Sushma Sagar, known in the capital for her reiki vibration facials) and once again offering in-person energy treatments. in his clinic in central London.

Price: from £ 185 / session

Or: 1 rue Harley, W1G 9QD

Do you feel a little lost after this last year? Who can blame you. A session with cognitive hypnotherapist and life coach Jessica Boston will get you out of the confinement rut. Boston aims to help you establish a positive relationship with your “subconscious” to help you overcome challenges in your professional, personal and emotional life. Clients receive MP3s after each session to help them progress at their own pace.