The Music Industry’s Wellness Pivot: A New Wave of Chill-out, Meditative Music to Calm Us During the Pandemic

TREND: WELLNESS MUSIC From the music industry pivoting to “wellness” music to new technologies that capture our biometric data to create personalized, healing soundscapes—music is undergoing a sudden wellness transformation. By Beth McGroarty We all self-medicate through music: We’ve all got our “I’m stressed” or “I need energy” playlists. But most people don’t fully grasp just how much they depend on music to manage their…

The ‘Wellness Music’ Trend: Where to Stream Some Wellbeing during the Pandemic

Summit Trend in the News: Wellness Music Breathe in, now breathe out: how musicians are embracing guided meditations – Guardian We could all do with some spiritual healing now, but especially the music industry, with all the canceled concerts and idle musicians. Now more artists, such as RZA from Wu-Tang Clan, are creating guided meditation -meditative musicmashups to help us find some inner peace. The…

Mental Wellness Takeaways

Mental Wellness Collaboration Takeaways The Global Wellness Collaborations bring industry leaders together in meaningful dialogue to share ideas and best practices for navigating the COVID-19 crisis around a specific industry segment. Topic: Mental Wellness Date of Discussion:  March 31, 2020 Countries/Regions Represented: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Maldives, The Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE and…

E23: The 2020 Global Wellness Trends with Beth McGroarty

GWS Podcast Episode 23 2020 Global Wellness Trends: True Circadian Health, Energy Medicine, & Wellness Music-with Beth McGroarty from Global Wellness Institute Today’s guest is the Global Wellness Institute’s resident research wonk, Beth McGroarty, who has led strategic communications and media relations for the GWI or the last five years. Beth spearheads a number of Summit research projects-including WellnessEvidence.com-and she’s instrumental in creating GWI’s annual…

Thermal/Mineral Springs Takeaways

Thermal/Mineral Springs Collaboration Takeaways The Global Wellness Collaborations bring industry leaders together in meaningful dialogue to share ideas and best practices for navigating the COVID-19 crisis around a specific industry segment. Topic: Thermal/Mineral Springs Date of Discussion:  March 26, 2020 Countries/Regions Represented: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UK, US In Austria, they…

Wellness at Work Takeaways

Wellness at Work Collaboration Takeaways The Global Wellness Collaborations bring industry leaders together in meaningful dialogue to share ideas and best practices for navigating the COVID-19 crisis around a specific industry segment. Topic: Wellness at Work Date of Discussion:  March 24, 2020 Countries/Regions Represented: Andorra, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK, US…

Fitness & Mind-Body Takeaways

Fitness & Mind-Body Collaboration Takeaways The Global Wellness Collaborations bring industry leaders together in meaningful dialogue to share ideas and best practices for navigating the COVID-19 crisis around a specific industry segment. Topic: Fitness & Mind-Body Date of Discussion:  March 19, 2020 Countries/Regions Represented: Andorra, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA Shield…

Spa & Hospitality Takeaways

Spa & Hospitality Collaboration Takeaways The Global Wellness Collaborations bring industry leaders together in meaningful dialogue to share ideas and best practices for navigating the COVID-19 crisis around a specific industry segment. Topic: Spa & Hospitality Date of Discussion:  March 18, 2020 Countries/Regions Represented: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, India, Mauritius, Malaysia, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK,…

E22: Creating Globally Sustainable Lifestyles with Victor Koo

GWS Podcast Episode 22 One Health, One Wellness: Creating Globally Sustainable Lifestyles that Will Help Us Avoid the Next Coronavirus—with Victor Koo from Tianren Culture Victor Koo is the co-founder of Tianren Culture, a next-generation social platform that focuses on supporting social enterprises, impact investing, and giving with the mission to foster positive global values. One of Tianren Culture’s core values is “One Health, One…

The Virtual Therapist Will See You Now

TREND—MENTAL WELLNESS AND TECHNOLOGY: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP Mental tech health, via virtual care, wearables, chatbots and other futuristic innovations, is moving mainstream to support the 450 million individuals currently struggling. By Rina Raphael  Mental health is moving far beyond the psychiatrist’s couch. Technological advancement has pushed digital therapeutics to the forefront of convenience—in people’s pockets, on their laptops, and even within Facebook messenger. And with…