'I’ve tried biohacking, but what I really needed was a trip to Thailand'

Modern wellness has, frankly, lost the plot. There are now full-body Prenuvo scans that promise to uncover lurking doom, red-light masks that make you look like a Marvel villain, biometric rings tracking your REM cycles with forensic intensity and apps gently scolding you about your cortisol. I can monitor my macros, my steps, my stress and my hydration in real time and yet, reader, I still feel bloody awful.

This is perhaps why Thailand’s traditional healing systems feel like such a relief. They’ve been part of the country’s culture for roughly two and a half thousand years, where they are woven into daily life rather than repackaged every season with a new font and celebrity backer. These are practices that have endured not because they trend, but because they work.