Hong Kongers have always found ways to improve their personal well-being despite living in one of the world’s most hectic and densely populated cities. In fact, wellness is everywhere. Just feet away from the bustling Central district — where trendy gyms and spin studios can be found — people practice the traditional martial art form of tai chi in Hong Kong parks, their slow, graceful movements the antithesis of the harried pace of office workers. A plethora of hiking trails takes urbanites out of the city and into the heart of nature.

In Hong Kong, an appreciation for traditional forms of therapy sits comfortably with advances in Western medicine and technology. Office workers stop by a tea shop during their lunch breaks for a bowl of leung cha (herbal tea), attend a heart-rate-monitored spin class in the evenings and decompress in a singing-bowl meditation session on the weekends. “Hong Kong people are finding a balance,” says Belinda Koo, founder of the spin studio XYZ. “It’s a very masculine city, but people are paying more attention to the softer side. They’re picking up meditation and yoga, and carving out time to head into nature for a hike.”

At Rosewood Hong Kong, technology is harnessed to help clients achieve their personal wellness goals. The naturopathic doctor Tal Friedman uses high-tech equipment to monitor his clients’ brain activity during meditation sessions to ensure the efficacy of his treatments.

Well-being extends far beyond physical activity. “Going to the gym is just an introduction to wellness, but it’s not the whole,” says Erin MacNeil, director of wellness at Rosewood Hong Kong, who is spearheading an in-house luxury wellness concept called Asaya, which approaches well-being from an integrated, 360-degree perspective.