Free your mind

Shereen Shabnam

During the initial years of me being a wellness member at the Shangri La Dubai (My favourite place to be in Dubai), I never had enough time to appreciate the lovely ambience or indulge myself physically and mentally until the pandemic gave me the time to find renewed energy to create positive changes and optimise my time at the gym and spa.

All it needed was a change in my work schedule and my change of scenery to build inner strength through mindfulness and resilience and outer strength through exercise and nourishment. It is easy to underestimate the power of change of scenery, but a new environment, fresh faces and new experiences helps in boosting the physical and mental wellbeing.

Sometimes you do not need to go far to free your mind but enhancing your own personal space with elements like candles, flowers or meditative props that are…