A cinema in the cool, an island a stone's throw from home, a family country house... A watchword this summer: disconnect! We explain to you the importance of knowing how to take off for your mental health, and the HO KARAN team gives you its best spots to escape.

Forget your endless to-do list, your pile of chores at home, and your daily worries—during the summer (and indeed at any time of year), it's advisable to learn to disconnect. Yet, according to a study conducted for Qapa, 71% of French people still answer work emails and calls during their holidays. This is a shame, because it's the first thing to do to maximize the benefits of a break and ensure a fully recharged return. It's also, and above all, a right since 2016, known as the "right to disconnect," specifically for "all employees who use these new technologies in their professional activities," as stated by the INRS (National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases). The result of this hyper-connectivity? Stress (according to a 2017 IFOP study) for 51% of respondents. Not to mention the annoyance for loved ones (for 29% of them), which does nothing to ease family tensions - and therefore, once again, the stress generated!

In our podcast episode with Léa Coutaye , founder of the wellness retreats Le Yogascope and the wellness coliving space Les Terres, we discuss the benefits of travel , confirmed by several scientific studies: boosted self-confidence and initiative, improved productivity, prevention of depression and heart disease... Traveling could very well change your entire life. And you don't need to drastically increase your carbon footprint to do so . Hiking, cycling, rail trips, fishing trips... The book "Traveling Without a Plane" (published by Plume de Carotte) is full of ideas for reimagining travel, getting closer to nature. Some even find in travel an accomplishment (one thinks of Lena Mahfouf's climb of Kilimanjaro) and even an opportunity to do a good deed (Charles Steinmyller, a young professional, took a sabbatical to travel the Silk Road, 17.000 kilometers from Cherbourg to Shanghai to raise funds for the Coral Gardeners association).

Laura, founder of HO KARAN
On a sailboat in Corsica: total disconnection and guaranteed slowing down, especially underwater by discovering the seabed with flippers, mask and snorkel - a little nod to the episode of HO KALM with Arthur Guérin Boery, world champion in apnea, which tells us all the benefits!

Marion, communication department
During long days on a family boat on the French Riviera. The speed on the water at the front of the boat makes me disconnect and take a step back from everything that has happened in recent months. Nothing matters, only the present moment. Ultimate release!

Clarisse, brand pole
In Lhe family country house in Normandy where there is no WIFI! We drive in an old light blue 4L and have cider aperitifs all summer long. A real disconnection, a bit out of time.

Agnes, R&D center
At the cinema, my favorite place to be calm, without a phone and cool! I go during the week, alone and at the end of the evening to be quiet in the room. For me, it's the best way to quickly escape everyday life regardless of the city I'm in, to live a story (preferably very different from my daily life) through characters.

Camille, commercial center
On the Ile de Noirmoutier, a real corner of paradise - maybe I'm not being objective ;) When I come back after a weekend or a week, I come back to life. The sea air, the simplicity of the small town centre, the sea… Everything is there to relax and let yourself be carried away.

Margaux, editorial department
In the family house in the Pyrenees. Every summer since I was a child, my grandparents have welcomed a host of cousins. Chill by the pool, mountain walks, rosé lunches and movie nights - with the added bonus of a view of the Pyrenees range! It is for me the climax of the summer and one of the rare moments in the year when I disconnect 100%.

During the holidays, disconnect thanks to the HO KALM podcast which, thanks to our guests and their life journeys, is full of ideas for a more peaceful life!
In Paris in August? Visit the HO KARAN Center, our new space dedicated to well-being thanks to hemp, at 65 rue de Bretagne, with boutique, café, concept store and atypical experiences.
Finally, for any order placed in August, we offer you our anti-holiday notebook filled with games anything but puzzles to forget your daily life (and your phone) for a moment!