The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends
The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends report provides a detailed (130-page) forecast of the 10 trends that will make waves in health and wellness in the year ahead. The 10 trends are:
Inside the report, learn how we’ll see both “analog wellness” (a great logging off and seizing of pre-digital experiences) and a futuristic “augmented biology” for superhuman optimization as the polarization of the wellness market continues. This report shows how saunas and supplements will be reimagined, and how the wellness world will tackle serious issues like addiction, teen wellness, the global water crisis, and the aging workforce. In addition, the report highlights the emergence of the Middle East as a wellness leader, driven by wellness-focused national “vision” plans in the GCC, and huge investments in cutting-edge preventative healthcare and sustainability, vast wellness tourism destinations, and sports-meet-wellness concepts. Order your copy today and see why The Future of Wellness has been the go-to authority on global wellness trends for over 20 years.
2025 Trend Summaries
ANALOG WELLNESS
2025 Will Be the Pivotal Year for a Great Logging Off, and Analog-ing On
The online world’s relentless manipulations, marketing, disinformation and division campaigns, causing general brain and culture rotting, have gone too far. “Digital detox” may be as old as the Internet, but 2025 will be the year more people get aggressive about logging off, and new tools and destinations will help them. They’ll also be “analog-ing on” as never before: hungry for retro, pre-digital tech, hobbies and experiences—as wellness, and in wellness. The analog living trend will shake up tech, wellness, travel, government policy, even home design.
SAUNA REIMAGINED
A Global Renaissance of an Ancient Tradition
While the sauna has been around for thousands of years, it’s currently enjoying a renaissance. From urban saunas in New York City and Chicago, to rustic waterfront saunas in Oslo or Brighton, to saunas with immersive art installations in Tokyo, today’s saunas represent a reinvention of an age-old tradition—and an increasingly younger, hipper crowd is taking notice.
THE SUPPLEMENT PARADOX
Wellness, Efficacy and the Trust Revolution
From hyper-personalized wellness to cellular longevity, supplements are evolving into tools of lifestyle optimization. As innovation accelerates and science meets premiumization, the industry faces pivotal shifts in perceptions of efficacy, transparency and value.
TEEN WELLNESS
A Chance for Greater Inclusion
Teenagers today face mounting mental health challenges, shaped by societal crises, social media pressures and lifestyle changes. The wellness industry has a vital opportunity to support this generation and foster healthier, more balanced lives.
WATERSHED WELLNESS
Industry Takes a Leadership Role in Water Crisis
As water scarcity becomes a growing concern worldwide due to climate change, population growth and pollution, the spa and wellness industry must rise up, both collectively and individually, to address the problem. Spas by nature are intrinsically linked to water—the word spa is said to come from the Latin salus per aquam or “health through water”—but as our planet becomes increasingly less healthy, and droughts and water shortages become more commonplace, it will become imperative for spas and wellness establishments to do more to help preserve, replenish and renew our water supplies.
AUGMENTED BIOLOGY
Unlocking Human Potential Through Advanced Health Optimization
As advancements in health technology and genetic engineering unfold, a new paradigm is taking shape in which health is not merely sustained, but actively optimized and extended. This transformation enables individuals to unlock their full neural, physiological, and psychological potential, fundamentally redefining the nature of human capability.
LONGEVITY REDEFINES WORK
New Wellness Industry Opportunities Arise to Support the Expanding 65+ Workforce
Wellness initiatives, health-focused policies and age-inclusive strategies are essential for businesses and governments to support older workers, improve productivity and foster intergenerational collaboration in the aging labor market.
WELLNESS TACKLES ADDICTION
Wellness Moves Into Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment
If wellness is the pursuit of activities, choices and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health, it makes sense that wellness practices are increasingly being integrated into all manner of addiction treatment—from alcohol to illicit drugs to technology—and that wellness companies are enthusiastically entering the harm-reduction space to help people bring balance and agency to their consumption habits.
WELLNESS ON THE LINE
Cruise and Rail Journeys Navigate to Wellness Travel
Both cruises and rail journeys are increasing their wellness offerings. More ocean liners in many shapes and sizes are exploring innovative itineraries with a host of holistic wellness programs, facilities and health experts, while cruises meandering the river routes are creating authentic wellness experiences along the way. At the same time, there’s a rail renaissance, with wellness on the tracks in dedicated spa carriages bringing slow travel to the fore and journeys by train connecting today’s travelers to age-old spa towns. We take an in-depth look into the trends and developments on the horizon that are shaping wellness on the line.
THE MIDDLE EAST’S WELLNESS AMBITIONS
From Desert Retreats to High-Tech Wellness, the Region Embraces Holistic Wellbeing
The Middle East is rapidly emerging as a global wellness leader, blending cultural heritage, cutting-edge innovation and sustainability fueled by national strategies and new developments.
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Each year, the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) identifies new trends that will have a meaningful impact on the multitrillion-dollar wellness industry. Significantly, this is the only wellness forecast that draws from the insights of the hundreds of executives who attend the GWS each year. Our long track record of accurately predicting trends makes this report the “go to” authority on wellness trends for media, investors and wellness industry leaders. In addition, the GWS Trends incorporate the perspectives of renowned economists, medical and wellness professionals, academics and leaders across all sectors of the wellness industry.
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