Wellness
Annals of Inquiry
Why So Many People Are Going “No Contact” with Their Parents
A growing movement wants to destigmatize severing ties. Is it a much-needed corrective, or a worrisome change in family relations?
By Anna Russell
Annals of Inquiry
Why Are We So Bad at Getting Better?
Convalescence used to be central to medicine. We don’t talk about it anymore.
By Dhruv Khullar
On and Off the Avenue
Soak and the City
New Yorkers don’t need wellness culture to sell them on the ancient art of communal bathing.
By Rachel SymePhotography by Yael Malka
Wellness Dept.
Finally, Zumba Classes for Latter-Day Jason Bournes
As part of the C.I.A.’s wellness rebrand, the agency has a spiffy new gym at Langley, a “chief wellbeing officer,” and virtual-reality beach-walk experiences.
By Antonia Hitchens
Shouts & Murmurs
Welcome to BodyMind, the Meditation App for Amazon Employees
Before your mindfulness journey continues, please take a moment to absorb an ad from our sponsors.
By Grace Henes
Over There
First: Fight the Russians. Then: Wellness Bowls
Yaryna Chornohuz takes a break after thirteen months on the front lines in the Ukrainian Army to sleep in a real bed in Manhattan, chow down on yuppie food, and lobby for more HIMARS.
By Antonia Hitchens
Shouts & Murmurs
Discovering the Benefits of MWAB
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By Alison Barnwell
Shouts & Murmurs
Wait, but Have You Tried—
A rib belt? Kinesio tape? Cupping? Do you wear a brace for it?
By Michelle Rial
Annals of Medicine
Medicine’s Wellness Conundrum
Patients want alternative therapies. How can hospitals offer them without putting medical integrity at risk?
By Jessica Wapner
Shouts & Murmurs
I Finally Learned to Listen to My Body, and This Is What It Had to Say
“O.K., you need to take a break.”
By Broti Gupta and Julia Edelman
Culture Desk
The Healing Art of Harmonic Vibrations
At Socrates Sculpture Park, Guadalupe Maravilla transforms works of art into therapeutic instruments.
By Andrea K. Scott
Podcast Dept.
Puzzling Through Our Eternal Quest for Wellness
In “POOG,” two comics explore the perils—and the absurd pleasures—of a trillion-dollar industry.
By Rachel Syme
Culture Desk
Coronavirus-Quarantine Diary: “Yoga With Adriene”
If you’ve forgotten what it feels like to be a body, Mishler’s routines allow for the creation of a consistent, sustainable meeting point with your fleshly self.
By Naomi Fry
Q. & A.
Deepak Chopra Has Never Been Sick
In his latest book, “Metahuman,” the doctor and self-help guru touches on some of his signature themes: that science can obscure our potential for self-awareness, and that self-improvement can “move creation itself.”
By Isaac Chotiner
On and Off the Avenue
The Age of Bathfluence
In the new bathing landscape, plain old Mr. Bubble no longer cuts it.
By Rachel Syme
Dept. of Self-Care
For Common, Self-Care Is the New Black
The rapper’s new album, “Let Love,” envisions a genre where crystals replace swag, and embraces the wellness world.
By Zach Helfand
On and Off the Avenue
Keep Calm and Live in New York City: The Promise of CBD, the Cannabis Chemical That Won’t Get You High
By Rachel Syme
Second Act Dept.
Why the N.F.L.’s Ricky Williams Suggests Cannabis for Constipation
The former Dolphins running back is getting a Ph.D. in Chinese medicine.
By Charles Bethea
American Chronicles
How Essential Oils Became the Cure for Our Age of Anxiety
Aromatic oils have become big business. But are they medicine or marketing?
By Rachel Monroe