Global Wellness Institute tapped European experts, for forecast ranging from how European nations will increasingly tax unhealthy food/beverages to a coming boom in Eastern European wellness properties. DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT
Spa Industry – Make Your Voice Heard
Global Wellness Institute research on the spa industry has been the go-to resource for investors and the media. We’re updating the $94 billion spa industry data, and our survey is wrapping up soon. If you’re in the spa world, can you PLEASE take a few minutes to answer questions like – What services do you offer? How is business? All info is 100% confidential – and we REALLY need your voice and perspective!
Productivity is Declining Worldwide – Is “Workaholism” to Blame?
All over the world, productivity is on the serious decline, which is puzzling given our era of ramped up technology and innovation. Malleret asks: Is workaholism, or spending too many hours at work, to blame? Read about how workaholism not only leads to many psychiatric disorders, but may also be sapping global productivity, which is nothing short of a threat to democratic order.
Start-ups Have Smoothie Bars & Massages, But the Global Worker is Suffering
Susie Ellis offers up a “workplace wellness reality check”: While the media revels in detailing the workplace wellness “playgrounds” of privileged tech startups – with their stand-up treadmill desks and executive retreats with mindfulness gurus – the facts are that the average global worker is simply getting sicker, older and more stressed. Read her new Huffington Post article on why we need to stop focusing on the “well few” and the cutting-edge workplace wellness “outliers,” and digest the facts about just how unwell the world’s workers are – so we can do something about it.
Weekly Routine of Yoga + Meditation Could Fight Off Age-Related Mental Decline
A new UCLA study found that a weekly regime of yoga and meditation could forestall age-related mental decline. They tested older adults with memory issues: one group did an established brain-training program (with classroom time and mental exercises), while the other did Kundalini yoga and Kirtan Kriya meditation (involving repeating a mantra and “dancing” with repetitive hand movements). Cognitive and brain-scanning tests showed that all groups performed better on thinking tests, but the yoga and meditation group had significantly better mood improvement, visuospatial memory, and more communication between parts of the brain that control attention and focus. The UCLA professor heading up the study reported, “We were a bit surprised by the magnitude of the brain effects.”
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of June 13, 2016)
“Retiring (the idea of) retirement”
– Nautilus, May 26, 2016
This inspiring article shows why the common wisdom (or “narrative”…) about aging may be off the mark. Often, global aging is described as a “cataclysmic” process, bound to bring economic misery and societal upheaval. Not quite true! As one academic says: “Today’s seniors are healthier, better educated and more productive than ever.” It is the word “productive” that matters here. Gaining more active years free of debilitating illness will change the economics of aging.