Boom in wellness at festivals as young people swap hedonism for yoga
Focus on meditation and chanting from Glastonbury to Latitude coincides with rise in number of young teetotallers
Festivals are traditionally a mecca for music and hedonism, but a new focus on wellbeing is emerging as young people swap drink and drugs for mindfulness and yoga.
In recent years there has been an explosion in festivals that have put wellbeing at their heart. This weekend Fearne Cotton will host Happy Place, her first summer festival which is dedicated to “simple joy” and helping attendees “unlock that inner happiness”.
Other festivals are merging music and wellness, such as RunFestRun in Wiltshire, Love
