Wellness

K11 MUSEA officially opens this month as Hong Kong’s first urban biodiversity museum and sustainability education park, called the Nature Discovery Park. Part of Victoria Dockside, a New World Development backed decade-long regeneration…
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On the weekend of the 21st - 22nd September, Hong Kong’s largest outdoor fitness and wellness festival IRIS will return to Central Harbourfront to showcase more than 80 activities and experiences. In addition to ticketed talks, meditation…
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Beauty mavens have been waiting for Sephora's new ifc store opening with bated breath, and it's finally open! We checked out the cosmetic giant's new flagship to suss out what brands made the Green Queen cut. Containing no toxic…
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New mobile app Switch & Co offers users on-demand booking for wellbeing and fitness activities is launching today in Hong Kong. With over 1,000 activities available on the platform, the company hopes to target the city’s wellness…
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We recently had the opportunity to interview Momoko Nakamura - more famously known as Rice Girl - the popular Japanese author, food television producer and advocate for healthy living. Momoko just launched her new book, PLANT-BASED TOKYO,…
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Tomorrow marks the start of the three-day Natural & Organic Asia (NOA) fair, to be held from 3rd - 5th September at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wanchai. The trade show is the region’s most established…
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As part of my Healing Energies column, I will be spotlighting various types of energy healing modalities and exploring them in more depth. Up first is Reiki, arguably the most popular form of energy healing, which has been around for…
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Green Queen hosted the second edition of our United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) #PlantBased Dinner Series, bringing our community together at Africa Coffee & Tea, Hong Kong's resident Ethiopian restaurant, and featuring…
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In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers confirmed that all our nutritional needs can be satisfied without eating meat. In addition to being nutritionally sound, choosing plant-based alternatives would be more…
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There are many everyday products that are dangerous to our health and the environment, but most of us aren’t even aware of it. It’s time to get educated! Find out which daily “healthy” and “harmless” habits you practice are actually toxic…
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At the recent 5-day Hong Kong’s Beauty and Wellness Expo organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), which showcases 100 exhibitors from beauty, cosmetics and skincare, the millenial and Gen-Z appetite for more natural,…
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This coming October 15-17, leaders in the wellness industry from around the world will gather in Singapore instead of Hong Kong for the 2019 Global Wellness Summit (GWS). The three-day event, now to be hosted by Grand Hyatt Singapore, will…
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In his third Green Queen column, plant-based fitness & nutrition expert Paul Sandburg takes one of the wellness world's new obsessions: prolonged fasting. Find out everything you need to know to get started. No, this isn’t another…
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Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Denise Tam, the enlightened founder of Hong Kong's premier CBD destination Heavens Please and the city's resident expert on all things CBD, where we talk about dosing, how to get started, why CBD…
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The hustle and bustle of city life can take a toll on all of us. Are you in need of a meditative break? Or do you want to work up a sweat? Whether you are in the mood for something more relaxing to de-stress, or something that will get…
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It’s Friday night, you’re tucked in bed with a glass of wine and trying to cope with your eco-anxiety. You’ve already binge-watched Planet Earth and Cowspiracy, and you’re totally sick of The Inconvenient Truth by now. Or maybe you haven’t…
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“BPA-Free” is now a label you see plastered on many plastic containers on store shelves. Ever since information about the potentially toxic effects of the compound surfaced, plastic box manufacturers have been desperate to combat…
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A new study by researchers at Austria’s Graz University of Technology has found that a typical apple contains over 100 million gut-friendly bacteria vital to our health, but organic apples contain more diverse and balanced bacteria…
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Fivelements Habitat, the city's new 15,000 sq.ft. integrated wellness destination in Causeway Bay, will give Hong Kongers an opportunity to refocus on their physical and mental health through different pathways, including yoga, sacred arts…
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We recently had the chance to check out Hong Kong’s newest wellness space, Fivelements Habitat, to see what all our favorite wellfluencers are buzzing about (and to update our dear readers of course) and impressed is an understatement for…
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Are you in the mood for a shopping spree, but are worried about your environmental footprint? Fret no more: we are here to help! We have rounded up 11 companies offering innovative plastic-free alternative products that are good for the…
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