Contribute to Body & Soul Magazine

News and press releases

Tell us what is changing at your wellness brand, studio, spa, retreat or app business. PR agencies representing them are welcome to contribute too. Relevant news includes openings, programs, launches, studies, awards and changes to how people can take part.

What to send

• The full announcement, either on paper or with a link to the release.
• The planned announcement schedule, including its date and time. Mark any embargo and state exactly when it ends.
• Photographs to accompany the news, at least one. For every picture, add a caption and the appropriate credit, and ensure ownership or permission allows you to share it.
• A named contact for follow-up questions, together with their email details.

Q&As

A Q&A offers room to discuss the work behind a practice. We welcome suggestions involving yoga or meditation teachers, Reiki practitioners, retreat leaders, spa founders and wellbeing app designers. The suggestion can concern your own work or a colleague's.

What to send

• An introduction identifying the proposed speaker by name, role and workplace.
• Two or three lines explaining their practice or day-to-day work.
• A choice of three or four talking points rooted in that work.
• A portrait that reflects how they look now, with the necessary rights for you to share it.

The interview has two possible formats: questions delivered by email, or a discussion over phone or video. Answers retain the speaker's words, though we may cut them to fit. We return quotations to the speaker for confirmation before the Q&A appears.

Contributed articles

Experience in your practice can become an article with your name attached. A teacher might explain planning a beginner course. A retreat leader might discuss seasonal program changes, or an app maker might describe testing a sleep feature.

What to send

• A brief proposal to begin with. In a few lines, set out your idea, its practical value to readers and what qualifies you to cover it. A completed manuscript comes later, if we agree to the proposal.
• Following our agreement, a manuscript between 700 and 1,500 words. Create original work for this submission. Previous publication rules it out, whether elsewhere, on your own website or through your social media accounts.
• Details readers can put into practice. Describe traditions as traditions. Attribute numerical claims to the relevant studies, and make examples concrete by naming the people and places involved.
• An individual author's name for the byline. Accompany it with their headshot and a short biography, two or three sentences long.
• A statement of whether the author or their employer benefits from anything mentioned, including through sales. We place this statement below the article.