Not resolutions - orientations. As the year has turned, we’re paying attention to what brings us back into our bodies - and what quietly pulls us away.
Here’s what we’re carrying forward into 2026, and what we’ve left behind in 2025.
What We’re Embracing
Bathing Outside, Year-Round
This year, we aren’t waiting for perfection. Cold mornings, foggy afternoons, crisp nights. We’re letting the elements participate in our rituals to remind us that bathing isn’t an escape from nature: it’s a way of immersing ourselves in it.
Contrast Therapy
Hot and cold, warmth and shock, expansion and stillness. Not as optimization or endurance, but as a peaceful rhythm - a contrast therapy circuit designed for presence, not performance.
Slowing the Nervous System
In practice, this looks like fewer transitions and longer stays. Entering the bath without a phone. Sitting until the water cools. Letting silence stretch without filling it. Taking deep breaths just because. We are choosing rituals that tell the body it’s safe to linger, rather than cues to hurry to the next thing.
Local Food
We’re embracing the rhythms of the seasons and the people who bring them to our places. Farmers markets, local producers, and seasonal ingredients remind us meals are a part of a landscape and community, not just fuel.
Natural Fibers
Linen, wool, cotton, cashmere. Materials that age well, feel good on the skin, and remind us of what surrounds the body as much as what fills it.
What We’re Letting Go Of
Saying Yes to Everything
Not every opportunity is meant to be taken. We’re learning that discernment is its own craft, and that making space often means choosing less.
Eating on the Run
Takeout coffee in the car. Lunch at the keyboard. Dinner standing up. We’re trading speed for presence, and borrowing a page from European tables where meals are meant to be lingered over.
Treating Wellness Like a Performance
Tracking, posting, optimizing, proving. The rituals that shape our wellness practices should be just that: rituals. Rituals work best when no one is watching.
Constant Stimulation
We’re letting go of the urge to be “always on”. The pull of constant updates, feeds, and alerts can fragment attention and take us away from the beauty of flow state. We’re choosing presence over scrolling, stillness over noises, and spaces where the nervous system can truly take pause.
We’re not interested in just doing more this year. We’re interested in doing fewer things, better. With warmth, intention, and time to notice when something feels right - and when it doesn’t.
Invite a little more presence into your day with a backyard spa, cold plunge, or custom outdoor sauna designed for your own rhythms.