Healthy holidays: cure your insomnia in Grenada
Insomniac Jonathan Thompson discovers Grenada's 'Sleep School' – and learns the A to ZZZ of getting the perfect night's sleep. Welcome to the slumber party!
Healthy holidays: courses to help you free your mind
Get rid of that spider phobia, go on a silence retreat or indulge in some couples therapy – plus other trips to inspire you
10 of the world’s best yoga retreats 2012
From a beautiful Georgian house in Sussex to a Goan beach hideaway, we select 10 inspirational, and affordable, yoga retreats, all of which feature leading instructors
Readers’ tips: fitness and activity breaks
Want to stick to your resolution to get fit? Then plan a healthy holiday. Been there readers recommend their favourites, including a mulit-activity break in Denmark, swimming between Greek islands and running on a Kenyan beach
Escape the winter in a Helsinki sauna
Carole Cadwalladr heads for colder climes, to Helsinki, where warming up is done in style at the public saunas currently enjoying a revival
Meet Santa – in deepest Kent
Lapland UK, Christmas without the trimmings and affordable new London hotels
Top five skiing holiday preparation tips
If you normally get to the ski slopes feeling totally under-prepared, book one of these courses or days out in the UK before you go, says Chris Moran
Lucky dip: warming spa breaks for winter
Chill out in a Croatian hotel where Elizabeth Taylor stayed or rest your weary bones in Hungary (but only after you've explored the countryside by bike)
Karmic resolution: UK retreats
Karmic chakras in need of a spot of rebalancing? Or just fancy an extreme five-day detox? Here are some of the courses on offer
A shamanic detox in Sussex
OK, she saw visions of Peter Andre in Tesco. But an ayahuasca detox in the Sussex countryside left Stephanie Theobald feeling mentally and physically rebooted