Festivals in Brighton often mean sticky dance floors, craft beer queues, or a sea of tote bags. This October, though, it’s about something less Instagram-friendly and more inward. Meet Exhale, the two-day mental wellbeing festival aiming to swap hangovers for healing.
One of the flagship events of the Brighton Wellness Festival, the in-person and online schedule is both packed and ambitious. Expect sessions like Meeting Your Shadow, which invites you to drag your rejected parts out of hiding, or Death to the Good Girl, a manifesto for binning the habit of people-pleasing. Elsewhere, The Neuroscience of Your Moods promises to explain why you feel the way you do (and how to shift it), while vision-boarding workshops and a silent disco beach workout keep things from getting too serious.
The organisers say Exhale is designed to help you “forge your own path towards happiness, meaning and connection”. Easy to roll your eyes, sure – but there’s substance if you’re game. There are more than 50 expert speakers on board, delivering talks and workshops, meaning it’s less about quick fixes and more about learning practical tools and strategies to help you trust your own wisdom. And we are here for it.
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October; from £29
exhalehub.com
