March 9, 2022 |
How do you like your eggs in the morning? Served alongside a brand-spanking new issue of 10 Magazine, of course. Introducing Issue 68 – Future, Balance, Healing – which explores the tools and techniques we’ve used to navigate the challenges the world has faced over the past two years, both on personal and international levels. Kicking things off are the beautiful Nyasha Matonhodze and Diana Achan, who wear Burberry’s defiant SS22 collection, shot by Clark Franklyn and styled by Sophia Neophitou. In his show notes, Riccardo Tisci spoke of the collection representing “the freedom of our imaginations: how we dream to come alive”, a fitting mantra for our issue which delves into alternative solutions to find peace and serenity in our everyday. But enough of us babbling on, let our Editrix-in-Chief, Sophia Neophitou, tell you all about what’s inside:
“When I began to think about what I wanted the theme of the issue to be, healing became the biggest creative discussion I wanted to explore. We have all found ways to use techniques and tools to navigate our way through the last two years. There have been mentally, physically and emotionally challenging moments many of us have never faced before.
My own experience of surviving severe illness has taught me how to search for solutions that work best for me. Healing is such a personal journey: there are no hard and fast rules. In dealing with the trauma of loss and grief, and the uncertainty faced by so many, some people have turned to alternative solutions and ancient methods. These are approaches I have always recognised and now reach for in an attempt to find solutions, happiness and balance. These are also things that I feel I neglected to wholly acknowledge or search for in the past.
“The most vivid one I implemented, once I was compos mentis enough to think about tomorrow, was to put in place solutions to improve my mental and physical health. I resolved to understand better the need for help and how to ask for it. That means always being open and able to tune in with the reality of how I was feeling, acknowledging exhaustion, anxiety, the frustration of circumstances, and then looking for solutions. We are all so guilty of neglecting ourselves. Our standard response to the question of ‘how are you?’ is to say ‘I’m fine,’ when often, in fact, we are nothing of the sort. This stock response has, for me, now become a thing of the past. I am now happy to channel my inner Greek and wear my heart on my sleeve, (maybe a little too much now). I have unashamedly learnt to express my reality with honesty.
“For this issue, we reached out to others to talk about the tools and knowledge they have used to cope in this new time and find out how that wisdom can be incorporated easily and effortlessly as an essential new way to live your best life. I have always been a believer in living in the moment. This seems to be even more important now, as is sharing kindness and being able to easily express your love.
“The words are always such an important part of the magazine, now more than ever. The issue is stuffed full of inspirational individuals who have either experienced their own epiphanies or walked a different path to find the peace they seek.
“Claudia Navone is interviewed by Alison Veness and shares how she experienced her awakening to become a teacher of consciousness, a healer, after years of working in the fashion industry as an editor and creative director. Rosemary Ferguson talked to Claudia Croft about her own journey. After an absolutely epic career as a fashion model, Ferguson discusses the moment she realised she wanted to pivot and retrain as a functional medical practitioner and nutritionist.
“In an insightful personal essay, Kate Finnigan discusses how walking has become key to her wellbeing. We present an excerpt from Osman Yousefzada’s vivid childhood memoir The Go Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds, which gives eloquent voice to stories of the marginalised. Writing it, and understanding his identity through that, was incredibly healing for him. We spotlight the work of Hospital Rooms, a charity which brings art into mental health units, and there’s an amazing interview with Lauli Moschini, a therapist who specialises in trauma and uses EMDR. She was so very instrumental in my own healing journey, providing me with physical and mental tools so I could find a permanent solution.
“For those searching for other healing ideas, gut specialist Eve Kalinik and supplements expert Lara Sinclair have given us their lists of must-have essentials to help maximise a feeling of physical and mental wellbeing. Also in the issue is the brilliant Sarah Mower, who discusses the merits of creativity in the path to wellness, while DJ Jyoty talks about how music has propelled her forward through the worst of times.
“It reminds me of something my wise friend Alexander Werz told us: laughter is the best tonic of all. “We have this puzzle of life and, as life goes on, we put the pieces of the puzzle together,” he says. “Some things fit and some things don’t and as you get older you push away the ones that don’t fit.” After waking up from my coma I felt like a piece of my life had been inexplicably hidden away, so his analogy particularly resonates. For me, toxicity is no longer tolerated and kindness and love are the new currency. Sometimes terrible things do need to happen for us to appreciate all the amazing wonder our world holds. We are all works in progress, healing and growing stronger every single day.
“I hope there are a few take-aways from the issue to elevate you all and help on your onward journey to healing.”
Issue 68 of 10 Magazine – FUTURE, BALANCE, HEALING – is on newsstands March 18. Pre-order your copy here.
BURBERRY: HOUSE NATION
Photographer CLARK FRANKLYN
Fashion Editor SOPHIA NEOPHITOU
Hair EARL SIMMS at Caren using Hair by Sam McKnight
Make-up FRANCESCA DANIELLA using NARS Cosmetics
Models NYASHA MATONHODZE at Models 1 and DIANA ACHAN at PRM
Nail technician MARIE-LOUISE COSTER at Caren using OPI
Photographer’s assistant ROBERT PALMER
Fashion assistants FRANKIE REFFELL and FARAI BRODERSEN
Hair assistant JO ADAMS
Casting ADAM HINDLE
