May 16
What to bring on a three-day retreat
A small editorial list of the things that have, over a half-dozen retreats, earned a permanent place in my bag — and a few that have not.
Issue 27 · May · The feature
The best massage I received this spring
A short editorial note on a small studio in the old town that quietly does what most expensive spas only claim to do.
May 19, 2026 · Tomas Reinholt
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May 15
The five spa products worth buying
A short curated list of the small purchases that have, in my own bathroom, earned a permanent place — and the reasoning behind each.
May 13
The yoga studios I keep returning to
A small editorial note on the three studios I have, in three different cities, become a regular at over many years — and what they have in common.
May 12
The quiet case for the sauna
On the small Finnish-style sauna I have access to twice a week — and the slow physiological gift of forty minutes spent in deliberate heat.
May 05
The book I keep rereading about the body
A short editorial note on the small slim volume on touch that I have, in fifteen years, returned to perhaps a dozen times — and the single paragraph in it that has shaped my entire understanding of what bodywork is for.
May 03
The aromatherapy I actually use
On the four essential oils that earn their place on my shelf — and the small specific way I have learned to use each.
May 01
The three massage styles worth knowing
A short editorial note on the modalities I have come, after years of trying many, to consider the essentials.
Apr 28
The best thing I bought this year for the body
A short editorial note on a single inexpensive piece of equipment that has, in eight months, changed something I had not known could be changed.
Apr 25
The spa towels I finally bought
A short editorial note on the small upgrade I resisted for years — and what good towels actually do to the experience of bathing.
Apr 23
The spa I go to on my birthday
A short editorial note on the small bathhouse I have visited once a year for seven years — and the small reasons it has earned its place in my calendar.
Apr 20
What I look for in a yoga teacher
A short editorial note on the small specific things that, after twenty years of practice with many teachers, signal the ones worth staying with.
Apr 10
The spa magazines I stopped reading
A short editorial note on the wellness press, and on the small specific reasons I have, in the last two years, given up on most of it.
Apr 09
The small spa routine I do on business trips
A short editorial note on the portable version of my home practice — and on the small ways the hotel room can be turned into a temporary spa.
Mar 29
The quiet end of the recommendation
A short editorial note on what to do when you have been recommending spa places to friends for years — and the friends have, mostly, not gone.
