TREND: Meditation Goes Plural Impact and Clarity Take Precedence Just a few years ago, meditation was a fringe activity for insider wellness types, but it’s now clocking the meteoric growth yoga did 20 years ago. However, for something that delivers clarity, there is serious confusion around how the terms “meditation,” “mindfulness” and “mindful” are used, which infects many of the medical studies. Bob Roth, CEO…
Summit Trend in the News: Meditation Goes Plural The Power of TM: Strength in Stillness—Global Wellness Summit Bob Roth shares the power of Transcendental Meditation (TM) during the 2018 Global Wellness Summit and the results of bringing TM for free to over one million inner-city kids in 35 countries. Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain—New Scientist Just like physical exercise, the kind…
TREND: Wellness Takes on Overtourism A Wellness Issue for the World Overtourism—when a crush of tourists overwhelms a destination—is the number one issue in the travel industry today, making headlines everywhere. With the growth in wealth worldwide, international travel is exploding, with annual trips skyrocketing from 500 million in 1995 to 1.3 billion today. The problem is that this tourism expansion is hyper-concentrated: Roughly half…
Summit Trend in the News: Wellness Takes on Overtourism Could Wellness Travel Be The Solution To Overtourism?—Compare Retreats Travelling around the globe is easier than it has ever been, but the impact is taking an ecological toll. It’s Official: Overtourism Is Now a Defining Issue of the Travel Industry—Global Wellness Institute How will this affect the wellness experience as a whole? Wellbeing and overcrowding are…
TREND: Well Fashion— Way Beyond Athleisure Sustainable and “Trashy” Clothing You might say that after years of talk, something real is happening: A mountain of surveys and stats confirm that the shift to sustainable, ethical fashion brands and a new interest in “well fashion” is underway. The clearest window into trends is social media, where billions of people post and search, and global fashion search…
Summit Trend in the News: Well Fashion — Way Beyond Athleisure 7 things I learned about wellness that will enrich our lives in 2019—The Inquirer Phrases such as zero waste, sustainability and slow fashion will continue to dominate our fashion lexicon. 8 major wellness trends for 2019—Destination Deluxe The 2019 trends range from personalized nutrition to mainstream meditation to fashion beyond athleisure. Paris is aiming…
TREND: Mushrooms Emerge from Underground A New Kind of Wellness “Trip” All-inclusive magic mushroom retreats—where the “trip” gets combined with increasingly luxe wellness experiences—are on the march in countries where psilocybin is legal (such as Jamaica, Costa Rica and Holland). It’s striking that, when a psychiatrist, such as Julie Holland, imagines the future of psychedelic experiences, she envisions a place that’s “a cross between a…
Summit Trend in the News: Mushroom Emerge from Underground LSD, Mushrooms and The Brain: We Discovered Microdosing Could Boost Creativity and Wisdom—Newsweek Scientific study shows microdosing improves key mental health and wellbeing measures, such as open-mindedness and creativity. Psychedelic Retreats And The Future Of Mental Health: A Review—Forbes Some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investors are betting that the eventual legalization of psychedelics could create…
TREND: Extreme Wellness A New Wellness Warrior Our always-on digital life is full of “stuff”—from the constant screens in our faces to creature comforts delivered at the touch of a button. Nonstop access combined with a growing (unstoppable) awareness of the toxins in our air, food, offices and homes, and a world that is full of bad news, has birthed new wellness warriors who want…
Summit Trend in the News: Extreme Wellness The Rise of Luxury Wellness Tourism in Africa—Skift Travelers are increasingly seeking wellness experiences in the most remote destinations, positioning the continent as the next leader in luxury wellness travel. Extreme biohacking: the tech guru who spent $250,000 trying to live forever—The Guardian A Silicon Valley millionaire eagerly embraces biohacking, uniting the hi-tech, wellness, anti-aging and science communities,…
