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As we begin at last! to make our way back out into the world, we may all need a little re-tuning. These are the must-know wellness gurus whose wisdom we will be tapping into for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realignment, so that we can jump back into IRL interactions looking and feeling our very best.
The Body Re-Tuners
The Silhouette Refiner: Melissa Wood (
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Melissa Wood’s time-sensitive workouts are essential for over-scheduled women who pine for long, lean lines.
The Method: More than 200 live-streaming and app-based workouts that touch on yoga, Pilates, meditation, and dance, Wood’s doable daily fitness regimens are supplemented on social media with light takes on balancing self-care and motherhood, beauty routines, and family life.
Re-emerging as a force in Chelsea
after a two-year, $20m renovation, the Dia Art Foundation’s space there will reopen on Friday (16 April) with a renewed purpose: to champion under-recognised artists and to serve as an information hub for all 11 of Dia’s long-term art sites.
The foundation’s Chelsea renovation unites its three contiguous buildings on West 22nd Street and underlines its gritty history of inventively revitalising existing structures. The 32,500 sq. ft project, which includes 20,000 sq. ft for exhibitions and other programming, embraces the neighbourhood’s traditional character and architectural vernacular, with wide-open industrial-style spaces, exposed brick, wooden ceiling beams and rehabilitated skylights that allow natural light to pour in and illuminate the art. It also reasserts the foundation’s importance in championing long-term art installations that flood the senses.
Credit: Gabriela Herman
With the advent of mass-produced candles in the 19th century (not to mention electric lights), candle making disappeared from the list of regular, ongoing household chores. But machine-made candles just don t have the lovely shapes or the lush colors of homemade candles. And even learning the basics of the craft provides rich rewards. The tools and methods of home candle making are almost as simple today as they were five thousand years ago. Here, you ll learn how to make poured candles using melted wax, as well as rolled and cutout candles using sheets of wax. The results are not just beautiful, but they re also useful and make excellent gifts.