On 1 August 2025, People & Places hosted Awaken at The Med, a day built with ievents and the Soulful festival around one idea: that a weekend by the sea can do more than empty your inbox.
Vishen Lakhiani on manifestation
Vishen Lakhiani, founder and chief executive of Mindvalley, led the day's central session, on manifestation and the habits that sit underneath it. It drew the largest crowd of the day, and the questions carried on well past the end of the talk.
Yoga, movement, and Egypt's first sanctum session
The morning opened with yoga on the beach, facing the water. Later in the day we hosted the first sanctum movement session held in Egypt, a format that works through sustained collective movement rather than instruction, and one that most of the room had never tried before.
Massages and facials by ZO Skin
ZO Skin ran massages and facials through the afternoon, in a quiet corner away from the stages, for anyone who wanted the day to slow down rather than build up.
Rituals, in the right order
The programme was sequenced rather than stacked: reset in the morning, recharge through the middle of the day, reconnect in the evening. Guests moved between sessions at their own pace, and the beach stayed the constant in between.
Awaken was the first wellness programme of its kind at The Med, and it set the shape for the ones that follow. has the masterplan, the clubhouse and what opens next.