British Vogue article by Rosamund Dean and Morgan Fargo, “HRV Is The Health Metric You’re Not Tracking (But Should Be)” shares important advice from HRV expert Marco Altini, PhD Thanks for sharing this, Health & Human Performance Foundation Link to article: https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/hrv-wellbeing “What is HRV?” “A person’s heart rate variability refers to the way in which their heart changes its rhythm with each beat. A…
Massage Makes Me Healthy & Happy Day March 20th
Massage Makes Me Healthy & Happy, an initiative of the Global Wellness Institute, is a global movement that aims to celebrate the healing powers of massage therapy and promote its benefits through research, education, advocacy and awareness. Massage Makes Me Healthy & Happy Day is celebrated annually on March 20th in a virtual event from 12pm-1pm EST. Our annual celebration highlights the benefits of massage…
Mindful Breath is an Antidote to Distraction
Mindful Breath is a free, always-accessible mindfulness practice—and the science backs it up. As Cortland Dahl, Ph.D., explains in Psychology Today (The Art of Doing Less, Feb. 27, 2025): “Distraction has reached epidemic levels, impacting our well-being. Learning to shift from ‘doing’ to ‘being’ is a critical skill in this age of distraction. Mindfulness connects us to inner calm and effortless presence.” Do you have…
BREATHING AND RESPIRATION; A Behavioral Perspective
I’m pleased to share this book chapter from our GWI Breathe Initiative Vice Chair, Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D. Titled BREATHING AND RESPIRATION; A Behavioral Perspective; Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D. and Sandra Reamer, M.S., M.F.A. Peter says, “This book chapter presents a new paradigm of thinking about breathing:Â breathing is behavior. This simple conceptual reframing makes the vast literature of behavioral science immediately relevant to understanding the…
Analog Wellness
Analog Wellness is Trend #1 inside the Global Wellness Summit’s The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends report. Beth McGroarty details how the Analog Wellness trend will shake up tech, wellness, travel, government policy, even home design. “The online world’s relentless manipulations, marketing, disinformation and division campaigns, causing general brain and culture rotting, have gone too far… 2025 will be the year more people get aggressive about logging off,…
AI: Friend or Foe? GWI Consulting Initiative Webinar Recording
AI: Friend or Foe? GWI Consulting Initiative Webinar Recording It’s difficult to go one hour without hearing about Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on ourselves, our work, the world! Those of us that work in the high-touch spa and wellness world may feel concerned about how our industry will be affected in the future. Like everything, there are pros and cons to AI and…
