Could you be silentfor 12 hours?

FROM MEDITATION ROOMS TO CONTEMPLATIVE NOOKS FOR A CUP OF TEA, RELAXATION ZONES ARE RESHAPING SELF-CARE AT HOME

One in three adults in the UK struggles to sleep through the night; among them is writer Nick Pope. Could embracing the multibillion-pound sleep economy fix his night-time woes or would obsessively attempting to crack bedtime cause another problem altogether?

From a window seat overlooking the garden to a cosy hobby room, a personal retreat creates an inviting and relaxing place to take time for oneself. ‘We’ve seen a growing desire for creative sanctuarie

The anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis is the “quietest place on Earth”. A room so terrifyingly silent it can drive occupants to the brink of madness. In this Minnesotan facility

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