The Mediterranean summer is a season of extremes. Days stretch into nights, there is music on the breeze and late dinners under the stars. We push ourselves to live more, feel more, do more - rising with the sun, swimming through midday heat, feasting until midnight. It’s a time of pleasure and excess, but also of depletion. When autumn comes, the nervous system, that intricate conductor of our inner symphony, asks - sometimes quietly, sometimes insistently - for a reset.

As the light fades and the air becomes dryer, autumn’s Vata energy can leave us restless, depleted and ungrounded. Wellbeing expert and Ayurveda enthusiast Jasmine Hemsley shares how to soften into the season with nourishing rituals, mindful movement and daily practices that bring balance back to body and mind.

Barcelona-born facialist Mariona Vilanova is one of those rare skincare experts whose touch feels almost medicinal - guided by intuition, anatomy and decades of deep study. Her facial routine has become something of a cult secret. She is sharing her own daily ritual with us.