The Inner Circle Of Wellness

Forget traditional private members’ clubs, the new must-have membership is to one of a growing number of ultra-premium social wellness clubs. Offering breathwork and biohacking, ice baths, saunas, sound baths and socialization, these uber elite clubs all centre around a new kind of wellness offer.

Whether you want to boost your fitness, lose weight, manage a health condition or future proof your longevity and health span, hyper-luxury wellness clubs meticulously target their offer to the individual. It’s this dedication to deep personalization that sets them apart; members can expect high-level health assessments, full-body scans and baseline bloodwork as standard, alongside cutting-edge performance science and top-tier amenities.

Nowhere is this evolution of ‘wellth’ more visible than in London, UK, where a slew of exclusive wellness clubs has opened in the last few years. These elite ecosystems are driven by top fitness trainers, medical experts and ever discreet concierge teams, offering near-sober socializing and a dizzying array of wellness experiences.

 

Surrenne

Located in four basement floors of Maybourne Group’s new Emory Hotel, Surrenne takes wellness memberships to the next level. It’s an emporium of deeply considered facilities, all choreographed by the world’s thought-leaders in wellness. Home to the first Tracy Anderson centre outside North America, Surrenne is the vision of Inge Theron, the inventor of FaceGym.

As well as a UK-first partnership with Stella McCartney skin care, Surrenne boasts a wet floor piped with meditative neurosensory soundscapes and circadian rhythm-mimicking lighting, cold plunge areas, snow showers and a Devon Lévesque-curated gym area with a Hypervolt recovery station. If it’s tech worth trying then it’s at Surrenne – there’s a medical-grade 2.0 Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber, Evolt 360 body composition scanners and a longevity lounge with VO2 Max testing, plus a full suite dedicated to diagnostics, microbiome mapping and epigenetic testing.

Pillar Wellbeing at the OWO

Underneath one of London's most renowned hotels, Raffles at the OWO, sits Pillar Wellbeing – a health club, yes, but also a seamless, integrated ecosystem based on the three pillars of wellbeing: movement, nutrition and recovery.

Designed to streamline every facet of your wellness into one space, Pillar feels unpretentiously grounded, with calm, discreet interiors that reflect the brand’s belief that sustainable health is built as much on restoration as it is on exertion. Stunning facilities include a 22-metre pool, gym and movement studio, a Guerlain spa and The Pillar Kitchen, led by two-time Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton, offering menus specifically created to fuel immunity, energy and longevity.

Every membership begins with in-depth health profiling and ongoing assessments inform everything from training programmes to nutritional strategy and recovery protocols.

Third Space

The original and some would say best offering in London’s wellness landscape, Third Space offers a gym experience steeped in exclusivity, with a focus on feeling good as well as looking it. What sets Third Space apart is how well it meticulously blends high-end fitness with life’s luxuries, all under one roof.

“A gym experience steeped in exclusivity, with a focus on feeling good as well as looking it.”

There’s state-of-the-art yoga, Pilates, barre and sound bath classes led by best-in-class practitioners, world-class saunas, steam rooms, plunge pools and cryotherapy, all with an overarching focus on recovery and restoration. Third Space currently has 16 London clubs open, with at least two more confirmed and in development.

Aman New York

In America, Aman Resorts is the US poster child for this booming wellness club trend. Its new urban wellness resort in New York boasts incredible amenities, from a three-story spa and wellness centre with a full-blown functional medical practice to private spa bathhouses.

One of the most comprehensive urban wellness destinations in the US, the first floor is centered on clinical wellness, while the second floor is the social and aquatic heart of the space. The third is dedicated to optimization, with seven treatment rooms and a private Contrast Therapy Suite. Star-studded wellness programming completes the offer. Tennis legend Novak Djokovic has created an exclusive three-day Detoxification Programme for Aman.

Clinical wellness, recovery and optimisation under one roof.

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Remedy Place

With a strapline of ‘self-care made social’, members flock to Remedy Place in Los Angeles to enhance their health and feel better, thanks to everything from vitamin IV drips, acupuncture and hyperbaric oxygen chambers to a host of other services focused predominantly on recovery.

Its exclusivity is boosted by the mysterious friend-of-a-friend referral-only model for membership. Remedy Place has just expanded from LA to Flatiron and SoHo in NYC, with additional sites planned for Boston and a multi-year plan to grow to around 16 clubs across the US.

Love.Life Holistic Health + Wellness Club

Located in El Segundo in Los Angeles, Love.Life Holistic Health + Wellness Club, founded by the brains behind the Whole Foods chain, is a clever gym-spa-clinic combo.

The brand’s Test, Treat, Track and Transform method means you’ll get continuous diagnosis, care and advice from the on-site team of medical experts who include functional medicine physicians, dieticians, physical therapists and sleep experts. There’s a state-of-the-art gym, fitness studio, saunas, cold-plunge baths and red-light beds.

Saint Haven

Saint Haven has three locations in Australia plus three more on the way.

Billed as the world’s first fully integrated private social, wellness and anti-ageing club, Saint Haven gets holistic about wellness, addressing everything from nutrition and fitness to social connection, mindfulness, recovery and biohacking. The Melbourne site even boasts its own fountain of youth – a stone well with purified drinking water

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