MONK'S PICKS OF 2024
THE HOLISTIC HEALTH GIFT GUIDE
Apollo™ Wearable
IMPROVE SLEEP & REDUCE STRESS
Feel the science of calm. Our good friends at Apollo™ have crafted a revolutionary device developed by neuroscientists to improve sleep, reduce stress, and boost focus (and we've been using it for years!).
Using patented soothing sound wave vibrations, Apollo delivers relaxation, enhanced mood, and sharper focus – anytime, anywhere – through gentle pulses that feel like a wearable hug.
Improves Sleep & Reduces Anxiety – Clinically proven to support deep, restful sleep and reduce stress by 40% in just 21 days.
Boosts Focus, Mood & Recovery – Enhances energy, HRV, mental clarity, and recovery for a balanced, healthier you.
Scientifically Backed – Validated by 7 clinical trials with over 1700 participants, led by top researchers
Drink Oshun
HAPPY HYDRATION.
Oshun is the home of happy hydration. It's a pure electrolyte concentrate in a easy pump bottle (and it sits on our desks in the Monk Studio!). From the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Oshun delivers the benefits of 70 trace minerals and 4 essential electrolytes, without any sweeteners or fake flavours.
It's harvested through solar evaporation of the mineral-rich water of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. That means they didn't just combine a couple of synthetically-produced minerals with a load of synthetic flavours like most electrolyte products. Their natural concentrate is full of ionically charged trace elements that your body craves, and absolutely nothing more.
Founded by Joe Welstead and Jack Atkinson (one of Monk's investors), Oshun was introduced to Team Monk early on and has become a staple in the Monk office.
RA OPTICS
IMPROVE SLEEP
We've been using Ra Optics's Blue Light Blocking Glasses for years! They help preserve your body’s circadian rhythm and protect melatonin production, so you can sleep well. Cells have a chance to rest and repair each and every night, helping you maintain a peak performance state. (Oh and they look slick).
Excessive blue light exposure from screens, LED lighting, and other artificial sources disrupts the body’s natural circadian rhythm, leading to poor sleep, reduced energy, and compromised focus. Ra Optics tackles this challenge with lenses developed by the world's top photobiologist to block harmful blue light, helping to regulate your circadian rhythm for deeper sleep and enhanced productivity.
For the evening, the Sunset lenses prepare the mind and body for rest by filtering out sleep-disrupting short-wavelength light. During the day, the Daylight lenses improve focus and visual clarity while reducing eye strain. With lightweight, durable frames made from Italian Mazzuchelli acetate and German engineered steel wrapped into fashionable designs, Ra Optics blends science, style, and comfort seamlessly.
STEP INTO TRANQUILITY RETREATS
HOLISTIC WELLNESS RETREAT
Step into Tranquility Retreats believe in the transformative power of natural healing. Guided by founder Julie Holmwood's inspiring journey from a stage 4 cancer diagnosis to complete recovery through natural methods, their programs stems from an unbelievable background of courage and curiosity.
Ready to transform?
Nestled in Spain's picturesque Xaló Valley, their holistic wellness retreats offer a sanctuary where individuals can rejuvenate their mind, body, and spirit. The programs blend raw food nutrition, mindfulness, yoga, and meditation. They provide personalised care, luxury accommodations, and a supportive community, empowering you to embark on your own path to optimal health.
DIRTEA
ENHANCE MOOD & MENTAL CLARITY.
Sip into serenity. After a cold plunge, there's nothing like a warming cup of DIRTEA. Whether you need an energy boost with chaga, or a touch of creative inspiration with lion's mane, these functional mushroom blends are packed with the benefits of nature’s finest adaptogens.
From forest to cup, this is your ritual for a sharper mind, stronger body, and a more balanced you. Psst: get 20% off with code 'Monk20'
DIRTEA Coffee enhances focus and mental clarity, thanks to the addition of brain-boosting Lion's Mane mushroom extract.
Enjoy the taste of real coffee with up to 80% less caffeine, providing sustained energy without crashes or jitters.
Get 20% off sitewide with code 'Monk20'
DIRTEA’s organic fungi undergo a meticulous double-extraction process to ensure maximum potency and absorption. You'll experience the power of adaptogens in their coffees, blends, gummies, and pure powders.
LEAPFROG REMEDIES
BUILD IMMUNITY & IMPROVE SLEEP
We have no idea how the whole world isn't talking about lactoferrin! This powerful nutrient is your festive-season defense against colds and bugs, and Leapfrog's natural remedies bring it to you in a beautiful package.
Here’s why it’s a game-changer: lactoferrin prevents viruses and bacteria from entering healthy cells and replicating. Add in its ability to attack bacterial walls directly, and you’ve got a triple-action immune boost.
Lactoferrin and Lactium® - Leapfrog’s hero ingredients - derive from Mother Nature’s extraordinary cocktail: Milk. The first food we eat, milk is designed to prime our immune system and encourage calm, contentment and sleep.
These bioactives are blended into tablets to support your immunity and sleep - supercharging you through life.
Leapfrog IMMUNE is a science-backed formula of Lactoferrin, Zinc and Vitamin C, a powerful trio of immune-supporting heroes. Lactoferrin is a protein we synthesise daily that is known to play a role in our anti-viral defences. It is also key component of mother's milk that builds a newborn’s immunity, and Leapfrog's Lactoferrin is sourced from premium cow's milk. This citrus-flavoured immune support supplement contains a blend of the natural anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory protein Lactoferrin plus Zinc and Vitamin C in a chewable format - no water needed, and no big pills to swallow. Chew Leapfrog at the first sign of a sniffle or a scratchy throat and feel how differently the cold plays out.
Leapfrog SNOOZE is the first chewable supplement with Lactium®, Lactoferrin and Vitamin B6. Lactium® is a milk protein hydrolysate with soothing effects on the nervous system that is known to increase GABA (a neurotransmitter that promotes calm) and reduce cortisol (the body’s stress hormone). Inspired by the blissed-out mood of a baby after drinking milk, French scientists created Lactium® to emulate that serene state in a supplement. Leapfrog’s berry-flavoured chewable tablets can be taken to zap anxiety and stress (without drowsiness) or before bed to encourage a more restful sleep. Combined with Lactoferrin for immune support and Vitamin B6 to help the body produce hormones for better R&R, SNOOZE is a friend to calm, sleep and overall wellbeing.
OATH FOOD CO
NUTRITION
Organs from grass-fed animals are far higher in almost every micro-nutrient than other foods. There's a reason lions eat the organs of prey first, and the lower-down-the-pack lions get the less nutritious muscle meats. Oath have made it easy to sneak them into your favourite foods like burgers and sausages, with their range of regeneratively farmed, grass-fed, nose-to-tail products made by hand at London's oldest family-run butcher.
A regenerative farm is part of nature. An industrial farm isn’t. And the more nature we can support, the healthier the planet is. Oath only use independent regenerative farms, as this old-age method restores the water cycle, enhances the health of soil, and captures huge amounts of carbon in the process.
Oath proudly works with Lidgates of London, the city's oldest family-run butcher. With nearly 150 years of expertise handed down through five generations, their craft is a testament to tradition. In an age of growing automation, supporting such time-honored skills is more important than ever. There's something uniquely special about the human touch - its perfect imperfections - that truly shines when it comes to creating food.
GLYCANAGE
BIOHACKING
As a crew of biohackers, the Monk Team love nothing more than data. GlycanAge is a simple, at-home test that reveals how well your body is ageing on the inside (cool hey?).
Backed by over 30 years of research, GlycanAge measures biological age and hidden inflammation, helping you or your loved ones understand how lifestyle choices affect overall health.Wellness enthusiasts, biohackers - we're talking to you! Take control of your wellbeing, with a science-backed gift that supports healthier, longer lives.
OMNOS BLOOD TEST
BIOHACKING & OPTIMISATION
We love data and insights. And that's exactly what Omnos offer through their intelligent health system. With a variety of comprehensive tests, they can help you to identify root causes of symptoms and become your healthiest self.
This is our favourite test. It provides the most extensive insight into vital organ function, changes in energy, frequent illness, blood sugar regulations, anaemia, loose stool, high or low vitamin and mineral status, changes in sleep, and hormonal or mood imbalances. A simple questionnaire on their website could identify the best test for you.
Omnos's blood tests go beyond the norm, delving deep into the functional aspects of your body's systems. By analysing key biomarkers, they unveil valuable insights into how your body functions. By marrying these genetic insights with the functional data from your blood test, they craft personalised recommendations that are tailored to your individual genetic makeup and functional needs.
REFORM RX
PILATES FITNESS.
Reform RX is a connected fitness Pilates equipment company, founded by Yvette and Neal McGaffin in 2018. After running a successful reformer Pilates boutique studio business in locations across the UK, together they set out on a mission to reinvent and reimagine how the world views reformer Pilates and revolutionise the existing offering.
Partnering with Grove Design, based in the English countryside of Hertfordshire, they brought their design brief – a Pilates reformer that looked like a concept Formula One car combined with enhanced functionality – to reality, with the creation of the RX reformer.
Reform RX headquarters is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, along with a purpose-built filming studio where all content for the RX platform is produced. The reformer is available in 13 countries and can ship worldwide.
RED LIGHT RISING
EMBRACE WELLNESS AND LONGEVITY
Just like plants use sunlight to heal and grow, different wavelengths of light do different things to our bodies. Red Light Rising use the most effective wavelengths from around 650nm (red light) to 850nm (near infrared light), to repair and and protect tissue that’s injured, degenerating, or at risk of dying. We've used their devices since 2019 and still rave about them!
Red Light Rising use the most effective wavelengths from around 650nm (red light) to 850nm (near infrared light), to repair and and protect tissue that’s injured, degenerating, or at risk of dying.
Red light is great for beauty benefits – reducing wrinkles and sun damage, and increasing collagen. These wavelengths penetrate 8-10 millimetres into the skin, so they hit all your surrounding skin layers, blood vessels, lymph pathways, nerves, and hair follicles.
Near-infrared wavelengths penetrate deep into muscle tissue, and are bomb for increased muscle recovery and reduced inflammation (which is why they’re used by athletes). It’s also this wavelength that’s invisible to the human eye.
HMN24
BIOLOGICAL OPTIMISATION.
HMN24 are the first nutrition brand in the world to be led by the scientific fields of neuroscience and chronobiology.
Our products and educational support is put in place to balance the autonomic nervous system and improve sleep quality through the intelligent and strategic use of stimulants, nootropics, anxiolytic (stress-reducing), adaptogenic, and complementary nutritional compounds that support essential biological requisites such as cellular hydration and energy metabolism.
OPUS
SLEEP. FOCUS.
Sound meditation is here and it sounds (and feels) oh so good.
SoundBed™ is the premier hardware product designed for the OPUS Emotional Fitness Platform. Taking you into a deep relaxation, zen-like state for a mental break or sleep routine.
We have an Opus bed in our studio loft for those mid-afternoon slumps!
Delivering 7 channels of spatial sound and vibration from head to toe, SoundBed can both immerse you in a cocoon of sensation and focus on a specific area of the body.
The OPUS platform gives you at-home access to leading experts in personal development and proven healing practices, and intelligently personalizes your experience to meet your exact emotional fitness needs and goals.