The stats about our constant connection to devices are alarming. We check our phones roughly 50 times a day, while half of us check our phones in the middle of the night. It’s becoming too much for most of us to process, and burnout is mounting. Malleret ponders how difficult finding solutions will be. Will French laws mandating that employers cut the cord on communications after work be emulated elsewhere? Will wellness retreats focused on unplugging become “the new cool”? We need solutions…
Wellness Evidence: New Study: Yoga Shows Significant Impact on Depression
A new study from Brown University analyzed the impact of weekly hatha yoga (versus health education classes) on people with severe depression that take antidepressants. Findings: While the yoga group didn’t see significant benefit at 10 weeks, they certainly did at three and six months. More than half of depression sufferers doing yoga saw their symptoms improve by over 50 percent.
Video: Let’s Move “Beyond the Ghettos of Wellness”
Andreas Braun, PhD, (CEO, Destinations Wattens, Austria) gives a witty and philosophical talk on the need to move “Beyond Ghettos of Wellness” – examining how rising inequalities have created a wellness industry too associated with the 1 percent.
Wellness Architecture: Sauna Innovation
Some eye-popping wellness architecture is happening in sauna design, as evidenced by the recent show at Jaroslav Fragner Gallery in the Czech Republic.
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Initiatives: Date Set for GWI Roundtable on the Future of Wellness Architecture
On June 27, at Steelcase headquarters in NYC, the GWI’s Wellness Architecture Initiative, led by Veronica Schreibeis Smith, founding principal of Vera Iconica Design, will hold an invitation-only roundtable and forum on “The Future of Wellness in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Industry.” The event will attract experts for a wide-ranging discussion on how the built environment will increasingly impact human health and wellbeing.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of May 23, 2017)
“Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus” – Harvard Business Review, May 12, 2017
The ability to focus drives excellence. Yet as helpful as focus can be, there’s also a downside to it. Excessive focus exhausts the focus circuits in our brain and can drain our energy. In keeping with recent research, both focus and un-focus are vital.
