Issue Nine · Page 52Autumn and Winter 2024–25 · page 52Wild at Heart.
Yoga in a yurt, forest bathing, cold-water therapy and whittling in the woods. Wild wellness is a growing trend, and the Highlands are where it has taken hold.
WordsLucy Gillmore
Myrtle, buttercup, bluebell, eyebright, hawthorn; the bedrooms at Kinloch Lodge in a remote corner of Sutherland are all named after native plants and wildflowers - which should come as little surprise. Everything connected to Wildland revolves around nature - including the retreats launching this autumn.
Founded by Danish businessman, Anders Holch Povlsen, whose vast estates stretch from Scotland’s north coast to the Cairngorms, Wildland is an organisation with a much-publicised 200-year vision to protect and sustainably manage Scotland’s wilderness. In one of the most far-reaching rewilding – or, as they now refer to it, rehabilitation – programmes, they are restoring huge swathes of peatland and replanting native woodland – 5.5 million trees.
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With some of Europe’s darkest nights, Scotland shows the Aurora Borealis at its best. But the clarity of the stars makes night-sky viewing essential even when the Aurora isn’t forecast, writes Emily Rose Mawson, as she shares five of Scotland’s richest skies.
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