om mind
A trip to the hairdresser’s may
never be the same again
H
ere at OM, we’ve already featured cool barber
shops offering meditation, yoga and other
life hacks to beleaguered, stressed out male
customers but it seems it’s the ladies who are
now leading the line. We’ve found a number of
pioneering hair and nail salons that are now offering a space of
calm reflection and meditation to their customers in addition to
the usual cut and blow dry.
New York’s popular Sunday chain of nail bars are great: this is
a place where you can get a manicure and a meditation all at the
same time, which becomes a rather soothing experience. Plus,
vegan and non toxic services (manicures, pedicures and stress-
relieving massages) all enhance the good karma.
This side of the Atlantic, in London, The Chapel Hairdressing is
doing great work to foster the good vibes too with an ethos that is
about encouraging you to step away from the demands of the day
and enjoy precious time to yourself, and a product range to take
this message beyond the salon doors.
And why not? It all seems like a perfectly sensible combination.
In fact, we reckon that we are glimpsing the future here. If it works
in hair salons, nail bars and barber shops then it can probably
achieve the same powerful effects elsewhere: in GP surgeries, at
the dentist, or even on the packed (uber stressful) commuter train
ferrying people into the big cities.
Let’s make it happen, people! >>