My partner, magazine journalist, editor and author Lotte Jeffs, signed up for the “ Soul Revival” package, which starts from £730 and includes an overnight stay in an Evergreen terrace room and dinner for two.

The Mandrake says: “A ll sessions will be incredibly intimate, to not only keep guests safe, but to ensure the most mind-expanding of experiences.”

Options include shamanic healing sessions, alchemy crystal singing bowl meditations, gong baths, energy cleansing and cacao ceremonies. We have taken inspiration and rituals from the four corners of the world to create experiences that are as unique as you,” states the Mandrake on its website. “Our spiritual wellness concierge service is the first of its kind in the world and born out of a belief that the soul needs to be nourished just as much as the mind and body. Examples include shamans Eddy Elsey and Andréa Araré, sound healer Maria Lodetoft and energy healer Josie Daniell. Not just a gimmick, the hotel works with some of the most renowned practitioners who come in to deliver sessions (costing from £180-£300) in the Mandrake’s suites. (Mahoney’s A-list clients include David Beckham, Adele and Johnny Depp.) Not only this but last year the Mandrake launched its own “spiritual wellness concierge service”, which offers a menu of alternative therapies based on traditional and ancient wellness practices, instead of conventional massages, mani-pedis and facials.

In October, legendary tattoo artist Mark Mahoney to up residence, giving guests the chance to skip his usual two-year waiting list and get inked by him during their visit. Known for its celebrity following, the Mandrake revels in counter-culture happenings. The black doors look more link the gateway to a shuttered nightclub but go inside and down the long, dimly like corridor and you will emerge in a foreign land with Frankenstein taxidermy, occult iconography and an outdoor atrium draped in jungle foliage. Opened in autumn 2017, the Mandrake hotel in London’s Fitzrovia has such a nondescript entrance that you would likely walk past it. You will also be able to enjoy plant-based cocktails and hand-selected wines in the Waeska Bar & Lounge.Hotels Wellness 0 From sound baths to cacao ceremonies, the spiritual wellness concierge service at London’s Mandrake hotel offers mind-expanding experiences to ‘revive the soul’. These distinctive areas include a lavish outdoor courtyard covered in jasmine and passion plants and a glasshouse filled with medicinal flora on the first-floor terrace. The hotel is named after a mystical, hallucinogenic plant root and 20 percent of the layout will be made up of open air spaces tied to botanical concepts.

Adding to the alluring experience, the Mandrake has enlisted the help of French composer Pierre-Arnaud Alunni to design a unique soundscape for the hotel along with perfumer Azzi Glasser, who has created bespoke soothing fragrances which permeate the spaces to relax and enchant the guests. The Mandrake Hotel, located in London’s Fitzrovia district, promises an experience that is truly unique combining “eclectic, vibrant interiors, extraordinary art, intriguing soundscapes and specially designed scents.”Ĭonceived by Beirut-born businessman and art connoisseur Rami Fustok, the rooms are littered with original artworks from the likes of Jonas Burgert, Francesco Clemente and Peter-John de Villiers. You’re spoilt for choice when it comes to top notch hotels in London and today sees the opening of yet another which is set raise the bar of immersive luxury.

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