Going Zen At Agroturismo Atzaro Before joining the Essential Ibiza team this summer, our on-island editor Olivia was working as a journalist and blogger in London for her own website Tribe Magazine. In June 2015, she spent a day relaxing at the beautiful Agroturismo Atzaro… RAW JUICE Yoga Bullshit Radar Doing Yoga And Practicing A Yogic Way Of Life I implement yogic principles into my natural medicine appointments because I use medicine that works. Medicine in the traditional sense, is something that has power. The aim of yoga is to… RAW JUICE Boozy Christmas Survival If you are like most, you will eat and drink in excess of what you normally do over the Christmas period. As a Naturopath I can tell you to limit alcohol, drink 3 litres of water a day and eat… Raw Juice Episode 1 Get Your Juice On! Benefits and top tips to stick it out! Plus the best documentaries to keep you on track! By Chloé Silverman B.H.Sc (Naturopath, Wellness expert) At the last global naturopathic medicine Congress I sat among the world’s… Re-Set One In my head, there are 2 buttons in life. The Re-Set Button and the F**k it Button. Life is a dance, flirting and drifting towards the F**k it and sometimes, body slamming full force into it. That is just how… Tilllate Magazine New Issue Kenny Dope Gonzalez is our cover star this month as he releases his new Ocean Beach Ibiza album. We chat to Oliver Heldens who has just had a UK No.1 with Gecko (Overdrive) and we meet Richard Durand and Lange… Chapter Three May has always been my favourite month. My birthday sits in the middle of it and it always feels like a month of optimism and positivity. And boy what a May I’ve just had, phew! It started when Ibiza Style… Natural Born Griller Heads Out To Sea! Ibiza Love Boat Charter powered by Flying Pig Ibiza Catering ”Helm’s a-lee, Hard a-lee”, the ‘Natural Born Griller’ goes onboard! Spring is nearly over and the island takes a deep breath for a new upcoming season. New and innovative people are arriving… The Mystery Of Weight Management Tim and Leon Gold know a thing or two about keeping fit, maintaining a good fitness regime, nutrition and pretty much everything else that comes with living a healthy, balanced life. The TimGold Fitness concept that brought them to Ibiza… Tilllate May 2014 Tilllate Magazine this month joins our cover star and the world’s number 1 DJ, Hardwell on his tour of Brazil and has an exclusive interview in the magazine – www.tilllatemagazine.com. In our news section Steve Angello is Brixton bound, Krewella… Chapter Two The summer season feels so close, I can almost taste the vodka limon. It’s getting warmer and I’ve been a very busy boy. My pals at Vino & Co have recently renovated their wine shop. They gave me their iconic… No Excuses Ibiza BBQ Natural Born Griller: Making Easter Easy! Alright then folks, between all the fancy restaurants, design fashionistas and luxury stuff, we are here to hold up the flag for some real down-to-earth food in the tradition of the true Mediterranean. Welcome… Chapter One We are delighted to welcome Scott Gray, aka Chapter, to Essentialibiza, he will be blogging throughout the summer, keeping us up to date of his Ibiza antics and sharing some of his amazing art along the way… Blimey mid-March already!… Natural Born Griller Vol 2 The Ibiza Cave Inn Winter BBQ! (Ugga OOgg!) Words: The Natural Born Griller (Hogman). Now the last high pressure weather system told us – Summer 2013 is over! The month of Hogtober spoilt us all with sunshine and crazy parties… PG Tips Welcome to the first PG Tips blog from island favourite Pete Gooding, letting us know what tunes are working for him and what he gets up to generally throughout the season. Top 10 August chart 01. Pete Gooding feat Coni… High On Hog Natural Born Griller – We Grill Ibiza! Alright then folks –between all the fancy restaurants, design fashionistas and luxury stuff, we are here to hold up the flag for some real down-to-earth food in the tradition of the true Mediterranean…. Natural Born Griller Vol 1 Where there’s smoke there’s flavour! Natural Born Griller – We Grill Ibiza! Alright then folks –between all the fancy restaurants, design fashionistas and luxury stuff, we are here to hold up the flag for some real down-to-earth food in the… timGold Raises The Bar In 2013 TimGold fitness offers Ibiza a unique training option, the personal training concept is unlike anything else on the island, offering a level of personal fitness that ensures you give yourself the very best chance to get in shape, whatever your… Autumn In Ibiza Autumn. It’s here. Well, in an Ibiza Autumn kind of way. The clocks have gone back, the mornings are lighter, the evenings are darker and despite sunbathers on the beach and mid 20C lunch time temperatures, the autumn leaves are… Get Fit Or Die Trying It’s been a month since we started training with Tim and Leon of Tim Gold Fitness and already we feel the difference. The variety of training as much as the personal approach with the guys is probably what has struck… Manual Resistance and Stretching At Essentialibiza we like to think that we go the extra mile to make sure you get the very best information available about Ibiza, keeping you up to date with the clubs, beaches, restaurants, hotels and everything you need to… Get In Touch With Your Senses Touch. One of the five senses. Arguably the sense we take most for granted. Touch is not only a sense, but along with food and shelter, it is a basic human necessity. Without it, we do no exist. It is… Gold Standard Fitness Tim and Leon Gold swapped Hamburg for Ibiza last year and have never looked back. Their fitness revolution has gathered momentum and they have added a few things to their already extensive arsenal of fitness programmes. Essentialibiza thought it was… Peak Season Peak season has peaked! The tourists, the traffic, the bars, the clubs and those Essential Ibiza summer vibes… AND the heat! From a holistic perspective, this time of year is when the fire element dominates. Holistically speaking, at our best… Pacha Pubs Given how Pacha seem to be slowly approaching world domination in anything that is even vaguely connected to the entertainment industry, I think I may have hit upon a new revenue stream they haven’t yet thought of: PACHA PUBS There’s a… Car Disco It’s not living next to Ushuaia, opposite Space or having planes pass 50ft overhead that’s keeping me up at night. Nor is it the tractor going up and down Playa d’en Bossa beach dragging the sand, the little bas**rd mozzy… No Holiday Resort For Animals Whilst the island of Ibiza is a holiday paradise for everyone from International glitterati to San An stag weekenders, it is probably best known as the dance music capital of the world. Additionally, Ibiza is fast becoming reborn as a… Your Star Signs By Tamara Monday June 25th– Sunday July 1st 2012 Long outstanding or hard to solve problems become clear, as solutions or new possibilities suddenly appear, especially after Wednesday. Bumpy roads become paved, smoothing our path and speeding up progress in at least… Your Star Signs by Tamara A new moon Tuesday brings a wave of fresh possibilities and opportunities. The energy is light yet eclectic, especially midweek, when love and socializing are at their quirky best. But a Uranus-Pluto square brings tension to the weekend, and intensifies… Time Marches On June 21 marks ‘official’ summer time, although like so many things in Ibiza, summer time here is a little different. In Ibiza we run on our own time and the summertime starts when the clubs open so summer time is… Star Signs by Tamara Monday June 4th– Sunday June 10th 2012 In the middle of eclipse “season” we are all a little more on edge. A lunar eclipse Monday is followed by a rare and unusual Venus occultation occurring June 5th – not seen… Saint Guetta And Spanish Midwifery As he gets set for the summer and the opening of Plastik Beach on Playa D’en Bossa Colin has been at it again. This time the Butt of his ramblings are David Guetta and Rosetta Stone… SAINT GUETTA? Anyone who… Celebrate Life May 1ST gave us two reasons to celebrate: the official start of the Ibiza summer season and a bank holiday in celebration of the day of the worker. For some it’s the only ‘day off’ they will have until October…. Ibiza 25 Years Ago Today IBIZA. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY (a blog for the older reader)… Mathematics. Explains why time goes quicker as you get older. If you’re 20 years old then 10 years represents half your life, if you’re 40 it represents a quarter… Facebook Anonymous For those of you who might not be familiar with the name Colin Butts (where have you been living!) he is possibly best know for novel ‘Is Harry On The Boat’, that was later made into film before becoming a… April Assortment So crazy changeable April weather is upon us and the smell of summer is in the air, days are longer, energies are stronger and both tourists and summer residents are beginning to arrive on the island. Summer billboards will be… Spring Has Sprung So it’s not officially Spring until 21st March but you’d be forgiven for thinking Spring has already arrived in Ibiza. The breeze blows warm once again, the sky glows azure blue, the distant scent of burning leaves from the campo… Body Fat! The first thing I ask our new clients when they enter the gym is “what is your goal?” Most will say they just want to lose their belly and ask me for abdominal exercises. Let’s get this right straight away,… Living In The Moment So February has flurried in – quite literally! With snow flurries all over Ibiza the first week of February… And it even settling in places! Whilst it may not be time to get your snowboard and salopettes out quite yet,… Paleo Nutrition 10,000 years ago the human race made “the worst decision in its history” – Agriculture! In the time line of us, Homo Sapiens, (Latin for wise man) we were hunter gatherers. We chased and killed our meat and seafood, gathered… Winter Warmer As we head into our Ibiza winter (which you’d be forgiven for not recognising) and the autumn leaves start to blow in the cool breeze, we need to remember that the (slightly) changing temperature does affect our bodies. And our… 12»