Wellbeing

Poppinghole Farm Spa

Ramp up the relaxation on a spa day with your own cottage base included
Gastro Heaven!

30 of the best cookery courses across the Muddy counties to tantalise your tastebuds, and impress even the fussiest dinner guest.
REVIEW: Ardencote Destination Spa Day, nr Warwick

In need of some 'me' time or looking to treat a friend, mum or partner to a wellbeing getaway? This new £1.1m purpose-built thermal spa, in a 4-star country house hotel is good value in a gorgeous countryside setting.
Three easy wellbeing tips to try today

Running around like a loony? Brain fried? Stress overload? It can't just be me, right? In the interests of our collective sanity, I've sniffed out some great advice to help us restore balance. And breathe...
Feel the burn

Feeling the need to unwind? Want to support a stylish local business? Strike a light and relax as hard as you can with these recycled, vegan candles from Oxon-based Hunters Moon
The magic of ‘me time’

Frazzled mothers rejoice! Come and hide out with us and let someone look after you for a change. Fitness, fashion, food, wine and unwind. Ahhhh, that's better.
Can’t get no sleep?

You’re not the only one. If Faithless’s Insomnia could’ve been written for you, read on, sleepy head.
Strip off and lido

Hot or not, the Thames Lido is quirky, cool and like no other spa you've been to. Eat, swim, spa… repeat. It's got Muddy's name all over it.
How to flex your life

Is life an exhausting loop of sleep, work, chores, repeat? Yep. Need to make a change but now sure what or how? Er, yes. Read our interview with hot new self-help author Annie Auerbach. She has the answers!
Mud Monsters Run tips

Tackling this super muddy obstacle course this June or thinking about it? Here's how to prep and what to expect on the day.
Work/life balance nailed

The juggle is real - and not going anywhere - so how the hell can we to get it right?! Let's ask the work/life balance experts for some help.
Run for the hills!

Actually don't just yet - let me tell about these brilliantly inspiring running books first - all the inspo you need to pull on your trainers on these gloomy winter mornings.
Mud Monsters fun runs

Get your muddy kicks on these fun Sussex obstacle course runs - we've a pair of tickets up for grabs!
Get fit at home

Want to invest in home fitness equipment, but can't bear the unsightly look of a lump of grey metal in your living room? Introducing Surrey's ETM Fitness - for the most stylish gear around.
Are you sober curious?

Whether you're doing Dry January or merely cutting down, we're all re-examining our relationship with alcohol right now after too much December carousing (and some pretty dodgy photos to be honest). Could "sober curious" be for you?
‘Superspa’ breaks for 2019

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want... a massage, mani and Jacuzzi please, and make it snappy. I'll put on the fluffy white robe and assume the position.
How to be happy in 2019

New Year, new chance to give yourself a great big shot of positive energy with one of these 28 inspirational ideas.
Ask a lawyer!

There aren't enough hours in the day, right? So we asked a top legal firm the stuff you never get round to sorting out.
Self-care quiz time!

Here at Muddy we love wellbeing and we love a quiz, so a wellbeing quiz? Yes please! We've all done it - but how will you get on? Clocks go back this weekend so use that extra hour to find out.
In your element

Say hello to Somerset's newest luxury (and truly rural) spa, just voted Best Newcomer in the Good Spa Awards
Fitness challenge!

There's nothing like a race looming to motivate you to go for a walk, run, swim or cycle on these chilly autumn mornings. So grab your Lycra and sign up for one of these sporty challenges pronto!
Park House Hotel & Spa, Midhurst

Spa - tick... fab food - tick... rooms with a view - tick... get a relaxing triple whammy at this country house-style getaway with great seasonal promotions. Go on, you deserve it.
Muddy visits Ragdale Hall

An open air Rooftop Infinity Pool, a Thermal Spa, 50 treatment rooms and more. Muddy checks in!
Exam time? Grab the Juicer

Forget the endless late-night bowls of cornflakes - help your teen juice their way through exam stress. Here's why.
10 unlikely benefits of yoga

The benefits of yoga are well-known - but here are the health perks you may not know about.
Are you a floater?

Back to the womb: a spell in a darkened floatation tank filled with warm water must be the ultimate relaxation therapy.
Spread Eagle, Midhurst

Fancy preparing for layer removal with a spa day, or holing up and fine dining in cosy surrounds? The Spread Eagle Hotel at Midhurst has you covered either way and it's so historic Elizabeth I stayed here!
Benefits of weight lifting

Forget bulging biceps and thunderous thighs, we're talking weight loss, lean muscle mass and healthy bones - er, yes please!
New spa & afternoon tea

A cosy new spa in an old seafront cellar and a show-stopping afternoon tea at the stylish Brighton Harbour Hotel
Running a half? Race day tips

Buy me a drink some time and I’ll tell you my tales as a marathon veteran. The nights training in the snow with a head torch… the black toenails… the grim need for Canestan cream and Imodium… hitting the wall. Oh yes, I’ve been there. It wasn’t actually me doing the running of course. Despite years […]
Cold comfort

It may be New Year's resolutions season, but there's no need for that hair shirt. Check out these tips from a yoga guru.
New Beauty Salon In Bude To Make You Blush

From the outside an industrial estate might not be the first place you’d expect to find a exclusive beauty salon (with its own training academy) is it muddies? But after successfully gaining a loyal client base operating out of her converted garage, demand for master lash technician Mel’s services required she get her own premises. Mel […]