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her tips to get beach ready
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Bryony Deery, Founder of The Platform, takes us though her tips to get beach ready
What do the first 30 minutes of your day look like at home and how pieces that I know will go with everything. I always pack a blazer for does this differ on vacation? During the week I wake up between colder evenings, a comfy but cool pair of trainers that can double up 5:45-6am, drink a big glass of water and then head downstairs to for travel and workouts, oversized shirts that I can wear on the beach make my collagen matcha using Enso matcha and Dose & Co Dairy over bikinis, Hermes Oran sandals for day to night looks and I’m a Free collagen. I then take it back up to bed, I love this me-time. I real fan of maxi skirts as I find them so elegant and flattering with a like to begin my day with a meditation and afterwards I grab my crop top or bodysuit. My real secret must-have for packing is Muji journal and write my to-do list, my intentions for that day and any packing cubes, they are incredibly functional and make unpacking thoughts/feelings that come up during my meditation practice. the dream. I am militant when it comes to packing and travel. There is something so powerful about early mornings and it’s crucial Travelling can disrupt our routines. How do you ensure you maintain for me to have an hour to myself before I start my first client at 7am. your habits? By reminding myself that routine is what makes me feel My routine fits in around the type of vacation I’m on depending on good and asking myself how I want to feel today. I know that my time difference and whether I have later evenings etc but generally daily rituals are what makes me feel grounded, at peace and healthy. the mornings start in the same way with my mind and body routine The book Atomic Habits is one of my favourites and a book I recomfollowed by a later breakfast. I want to feel my best on holiday and mend for all of my friends. I really believe that staying consistent daily movement and mindfulness helps me achieve this. I am less with small daily habits amount to a big shift in your day and week! strict on holiday but I like to alternate Pilates with morning walks. You recently launched Pilates By Bryony The App – do you find Can you take us though your top de-bloating tips to be beach ready? there is huge demand to work out remotely and what made you take For me being beach ready is more of a mindset and feeling confident the leap? Without a doubt. Since COVID-19 there was a big shift in and comfortable in my own skin. Naturally our attitude towards home workouts. Peoif I am doing Pilates and meditating my cortisol levels are reduced and therefore I have less inflammation in my body and “Drinking lots ple saw that they could achieve results at home, save time and money in gym membership fees, and fit the sessions in around tend to feel less bloated. On the days that I am suffering with bloating I have a video of water, cutting their home life. There has absolutely been an increase in online fitness, I started with on my app that are my go-tos for debloating, perfect for that time of the month and out excess salt, 15 people joining my zoom classes and I am now able to connect with people all over it really does work! Focusing on my gut health is a daily non negotiable but drink- dry brushing and the world via the app. I feel so happy and fulfilled knowing that I can reach so many ing lots of water, cutting out excess salt, dry brushing and lymphatic drainage mas- lymphatic drainage people and help in some way with their mental and physical wellbeing. sage are all pre holiday essentials for me. Do you exercise each day on vacation and massage are What have been the biggest challenges to date and how did you overcome them? Havif so when do you carve out time for this? I naturally like to always stay active whether all pre holiday ing a scalable platform for lots of users inevitably has its challenges but I am a firm I am on holiday or at home. I like to do Pilates first thing before breakfast and then essentials for me.” believer that there is always a way to figure it out and lessons to learn along the way. I am tend to do a walk after breakfast and some- lucky to have a team of incredibly talented times again at the end of the day. Walking people that have been invaluable to me, esalong a beach with a podcast is pure heaven and such a magical way pecially in the last few months. My meditation practice has changed to start the day and boost your mood. We can all find reasons not to me as a person and in these stressful times I manage to stay relatively find the time but I am disciplined on this and always make sure I in- calm and positive and tell myself that there is always a solution. Withvest in me and my mental and physical health and schedule the time out meditation I wouldn’t be able to deal with the stressful situations in each day. I love how Pilates is so easy to do anywhere whether that building a business can bring so I am very grateful for that. you’re in your hotel room, on the beach or on a balcony. How have you found social media in terms of supporting brand How long have you been using body gua sha and skin brushing and growth? It’s almost impossible to build a brand in today’s climate what effect have you seen from implementing these practices? I without having a social media presence and it is a key driver for have been body brushing for years! I could talk about the benefits growth in the online fitness industry. It is also a brilliant business all day long. Its helped me with water retention, bloating, detoxing, tool and allows you to access insights into your audience and to skin elasticity and it makes me feel alive before a cold shower in the speak directly to the consumer. It still blows my mind how quickly a morning. I love to use my body gua sha to aid in lymphatic drain- business can grow based on one key share on a story. age and release any build up there. I do this twice a day and it has How do you approach scaling without compromising on quality? become a staple in my bathroom routine. Scaling a subscription business should never impact quality. I strive How often should we be doing this? Once a day minimum. Every day, to improve the quality as I scale and really listen to my audience. It no excuses! was harder to deliver quality before launching The Platform because What are your go-to products for sun protection as in face, body and the growth was quicker than I had expected, so I had to figure it out hair? I never put my face in the sun, I wear a huge hat, sunglasses and find a way to grow and develop with demand. I am always readand sit with my face and chest in the shade. I want to avoid sun ing books on startups and business as I love to learn! damage as much as I can. I use Eurcerin oil control spf 50 on my This is The Summer Escape Issue – where would you like to escape face and I like Institut esthederm or ultrasun for my body. Pre holi- to this summer? With the nature of the business it can be difficult to day I swear by Amanda Harrington fake tan for the body and tan completely switch off and escape but I am hoping to really cut down luxe for the face. Buy both now and thank me later. in August and go to Mykonos. I’d like to spend more time in the surAre you a light packer or a heavy packer and are there any go-to pieces rounding Greek islands as they look so beautiful and undiscovered. you always pack for vacation? I like to pack by outfits so I know I have Last summer I worked non stop so the aim of this summer is to work the right looks for each occasion but then will also add a few extra smarter and have more balance when I am away.