Wellness for Cancer Becomes GWI Initiative

Wellness for Cancer is a non-profit educational organization that trains spas to heal those who need it most: those that have, or who have survived, cancer. Read about how it recently became a Global Wellness Institute Initiative, which has created momentum for the project, and Founder Julie Bach’s vision for this important training program

Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of January 26, 2016)

“Pleasure is good: How French children acquire a taste for life” – The Conversation, Jan. 5

A professor explains that in France, the struggle to teach children to eat well is not connected to the moralistic, guilty-pleasure model common in America, but rather to the pure pursuit of pleasure. As a result, French children end up having great taste and a better diet.

Video: Dr. Deepak Chopra on the “Future of Wellness”

At the recent Global Wellness Summit, world-renowned thinker Dr. Deepak Chopra took a brilliant dive into how the future of wellness is decoding the epigenome, that DNA which is ceaselessly modified by lifestyle choices. He put the hard science behind our intuitive sense that changing our lifestyles and consciousness (through healthy food, exercise, sleep and meditation) can prevent the expression of 95 percent of genetic mutations (the root of chronic disease) that are not hardwired into us at birth.

A “User’s Guide” for Hot Springs Released

When you’re lying blissed out in hot springs, you may not ask yourself questions like: What is the true history of thermal mineral bathing? What makes soaking in natural mineral springs different from regular old heated water (with minerals added)? Well, as a booming $50 billion global industry, more travelers need a guide to the real value of – and how to best participate in – natural hot spring bathing. So the GWI’s Global Hot Springs Initiative just released the world’s first “user’s guide.”

Focus on Healthy Work Cultures – Think Beyond the “Program”

The mantra in workplace wellness discussions is that, in order to succeed, you have to strive for a total “culture” of wellness at work – and that limited, isolated “programs” often fail. The experts at the GWI’s roundtable on “Redefining Workplace Wellness” had a lively discussion on the topic, pointing out that in many ways it’s an issue of honesty and common sense. For example, giving people gym memberships over here, while dishing out brutal work hours over there, doesn’t fly.