When I first began working in the wellness world in the late nineties, it looked very different. It wasn’t connected to spirituality.

Wellness came from health and lifestyle movements - nutrition, physical fitness, stress management and preventative care. It was about improving wellbeing and maintaining balance in daily life.

Spirituality, on the other hand, grew from something deeper. It was about awakening, transformation, connection with the divine and exploring the mysteries of life.

On the morning of my 43rd birthday on Monday 8th April 2024, I walked into a purpose built dark retreat room, blew out the small candle that would be my last glimpse of light for the three days and nights to follow.

How much energy and power do we give to something that may be fiction rather than fact?