The elements of wellness
t’s Sunday afternoon and I check in to my spacious two-person villa at Elements in Byron Bay, NSW. As I pull the soft white curtains back, I gasp: my home away from home is stunning. Light timber finishes in the kitchen, an airy back deck overlooking the rainforest, a fireplace, two big bathrooms, a freestanding bathtub and a plush king bed. In the bathroom, I find slippers and a white weave robe that I put on immediately. I am officially on retreat. Normal life no longer applies, and I flop onto the soft bed. A few minutes later, I reluctantly pull myself from the cloud-like mattress, throw on some warmer
