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A Guide to Christmas Wellbeing: How to Look After Yourself This Festive Season

Christmas wellbeing is about finding a healthy balance between enjoying the festive season and looking after your physical and mental health. From maintaining everyday routines to managing Christmas stress, small changes can help you feel more relaxed and present. Our Christmas wellbeing guide shares practical ways to make time for yourself, enjoy seasonal celebrations without guilt and find opportunities to recharge.

Types of Cold Water Therapy: 6 Methods to Explore

Cold water therapy comes in several forms, from a cool morning shower to ice baths, cold plunge pools and wild swimming. Each method offers a different way to experience cold exposure, with varying levels of intensity, preparation and guidance. Understanding these differences can help you choose an approach that suits your experience, personal preferences and wellbeing goals, without feeling pressured to push your limits.

How to get into Cold Water Therapy

If you’re ready to, quite literally, get into cold water therapy, this is the guide for you. An invigorating practice that’s been embraced for thousands of years, controlled cold water exposure can have an array of amazing health benefits for body and mind. 

Want to find out more? Here’s all you need to know to dip into this invigorating activity, from how cold exposure works and how to approach it safely to the benefits it may offer.

What Are the 7 Potential Benefits of Cold Therapy (and What the Science Actually Says)

Here we will help explain up to 7 benefits that cold therapy can bring to you to help you determine if you want to explore it further.

Your Guide to Cryotherapy and Cold-Water Treatments at Glass House Retreat

Best enjoyed as part of holistic self-care, cryotherapy and cold-water treatments are offered as part of our soothing wellness breaks and rejuvenating spa days at Glass House Retreat. Here’s all you need to know…

What is cold water therapy?

Brrrr, are you going to take the plunge into cold water therapy? It’s becoming an increasingly popular part of overall wellness, but what actually is cold water therapy?

Solo Spa Breaks: The Benefits of a Solo Stay

Solo spa breaks are having their moment in the sun. A wonderful way to escape the stresses of daily life and reconnect with yourself in a calm and relaxed atmosphere.

Across 2025, we welcomed more and more solo guests seeking out some uncompromising ‘me time’ at the Glass House. There’s something uniquely empowering, quietly confident and deeply restorative about a solo spa break. And, as we’re about to find out, the benefits are seemingly endless.

7 Reasons Couples Should Indulge in an Overnight Spa Break

If you’re looking for a wonderful way to reconnect with your favourite person, why not consider an overnight spa break for couples? Turning a relaxing spa day into a leisurely overnight stay, these dreamy breaks have all sorts of benefits. Here are just seven… 

How to live your best life in 2026

Our tips to discover how to live your best life!

5 Ways to Boost Vitamin D in Winter

Did you know that many people in the UK don’t get enough vitamin D in winter? Vitamin D is essential for maintaining our bone health, immune system and mood. Our skin creates vitamin D from sunlight, which means between October and March, many people are running low.