#rest-and-recovery

#rest-and-recovery

Barcelona have allowed Pedri to take a well-deserved breather by training in the gym rather than joining the group session this morning. The midfielder, who received a red card in the dying minutes of last weekend's El Clasico, will serve his suspension in the upcoming clash against Elche, effectively giving him a rare 10-day break to recharge both mentally and physically.

This summer, I did something unusual for me: I hit pause. After a year that included launching an in-person summit for nearly 200 women, hosting a retreat in Cabo, launching my podcast (with co-host Dr. Nicole Martin), and releasing a book, I was, in a word, tired. The kind of tired that no amount of coffee or color-coded planner could fix.

I also hadn't realised how much the sensory environment would matter. For me, clutter and noise can tip quickly into overwhelm. But the rooms here are simple and elegant, never visually busy. The soundtrack is waves and birdsong, not thumping bass. Even the spa, set in breezy open-air pavilions, felt like a sanctuary. I had an Ayurvedic massage so grounding I floated for hours afterwards, and a chiropractor session that fixed an issue I'd been struggling with for months.

Caitlin Clark, 23, enjoys unwinding with Disney movies and calming music, saying, 'There's no better rest and recovery than just straight up sleeping.'