Why Systems-Level Lifestyle Medicine Is a Performance Strategy, Not a Perk Author: Natalie Grinvalds, PhD, MPH, CHES Most employee benefits portals offer the same things: a meditation app, a resilience webinar, a step challenge, a lunchtime yoga class. These are the tools companies reach for to support wellbeing, and employees are expected to use them to cope with their jobs. This piece asks whether systems-level…
Key Questions and Answers About What Aging Well Really Means We asked a lot of experts, “What does aging well mean?” We shared the results in a white paper and in a webinar … and we received a few questions. So we thought we would share some of those questions and answers and hopefully keep you engaged as we continue to explore what aging…
Here’s the link to the recording of our GWI Breathe Initiative webinar hosted by the Global Wellness Institute featuring globally renowned Breathing Behavior expert, Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D., and Sandra Reamer, MS, MFA. Re: How Carbon dioxide self-regulation is fundamental to health and performance: Statistics suggest that tens of millions of people worldwide suffer with the profound and misunderstood symptoms and deficits of breathing habits…
New GWI Resource Spotlights the Evidence Behind Contrast Hydrotherapy Interest in contrast therapy is everywhere right now — from cold plunges and sauna circuits to bathhouses, recovery lounges, social wellness spaces and luxury spas. Guests are increasingly curious about the benefits of moving between heat and cold, and operators are looking for smarter ways to design and deliver those experiences. That makes the Global Wellness…
For years, microplastics were discussed mainly as an environmental problem: tiny fragments of plastic accumulating in oceans, rivers, soil, marine life, and the food chain. But the conversation has now moved much closer to home. As highlighted in Organic Spa Magazine’s Spring 2026 article, “The Macro Problem of Microplastics,” emerging research has detected microplastics in human blood, lungs, placenta, breast milk, semen, brain tissue, and…
Whole-Body Cryotherapy in Slimming, Recovery, and Body Recomposition A Systems-Based Review of Whole-body Cryotherapy in Slimming and Body Recomposition for the Cryotherapy Initiative – Global WellnessInstitute Prepared by: Longevity Wellness Association Author: Codrin Blosiu Abstract Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) is increasingly discussed in wellness, longevity, sports recovery, aesthetics, and body recomposition. Initially developed for inflammatory and rheumatologic conditions, WBC has evolved into a multidisciplinary modality…
