5 wellness retreat trends in 2025, from sexual healing and psychedelics to horse therapy

5 wellness retreat trends in 2025, from sexual healing and psychedelics to horse therapy

A fully immersive wellness retreat can be hugely therapeutic. It was for 43-year-old life and business coach Lynda Williams, who in 2023 returned to Britain after 14 years living in Singapore. Following the end of a relationship in 2024, Williams decided to take her heartbreak into her own hands and checked into a five-night retreat … Read more

China’s Tibetan Buddhists urged to obey reincarnation rules as Dalai Lama mulls successor

China’s Tibetan Buddhists urged to obey reincarnation rules as Dalai Lama mulls successor

Senior Buddhist figures in China have emphasised the importance of government approval in the recognition of reincarnated Tibetan religious leaders, at a meeting this week less than a year before the Dalai Lama is expected to announce his succession plan. More than 50 Tibetan Buddhist monks and religious experts attended a seminar in Lanzhou, Gansu … Read more

Greek ‘Nostradamus’ Monk Predicted War In Ukraine And Gaza

Greek ‘Nostradamus’ Monk Predicted War In Ukraine And Gaza

Famous Greek monk, Elder Paisios, who is also described as Greece’s Nostradamus had reportedly foreseen the war in Palestine. Paisios, an Orthodox monk from Cappadocia who died in 1994, was highly venerated in Greece and Russia. He was canonised in 2015. Like the French seer Nostradamus, he made several predictions about the future. Every time … Read more