Cannabis dining Nostalgia, a new bar and restaurant opened in April 2022, is bringing cannabis drinking and dining to Santa Monica. The bar serves cannabis infused cocktails and mocktails, and diners can book the private dining space for cannabis-based dinners prepared by former Michelin-starred chef Christopher Sayegh. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Vana aligns with Six Senses with aims to become world’s most iconic wellness retreat
Vana aligns with Six Senses with aims to become world’s most iconic wellness retreat | spabusiness.com news Established Indian destination spa and retreat Vana has been taken over by global hotel group Six Senses. The property in Dehradun, India, has since been renamed Six Senses Vana. Launched in 2014 by Veer Singh, Vana is a 21-acre wellness destination surrounded by clusters of Sal forest, and…
Menopause is having a major wellness moment, finally
Once a Taboo Topic, Menopause Is (Finally) Having Its Wellness Moment This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. The sprawling property, which has become a destination for wellness programs featuring everything from lectures on traditional Chinese massage to Wim Hof’s…
New credit cards and apps are here to reward you for spending on your wellness
3 New Credit Cards With Rewards for Wellness Spending | Well+Good So much of being well comes along with a price tag-and often, it’s a hefty one. At a baseline level, feeling in control of your finances and confident that you can meet your core needs (both now and in the future) is key to avoiding money-related stress and achieving financial wellness. Read More from…
Kids’ wellness takes a turn into questionable territory (Think: toddler Pelotons, tween crystal healing sets, calorie-tracking apps, and more)
Well To Do | Rina Raphael | Substack Cheryl wasn’t too happy about a proposed wellness elective course at her daughter’s high school. She was surprised to discover that the 10th-grade wellness course was only available to girls. In it, students would learn yoga, nutrition, Pilates, and sedentary spa activities that required many “sparkly” personal care products. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises another $1.7M to scale across MENA
Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises $1.7M to scale across MENA There’s a vast unmet demand for medical consultation in developing markets like Egypt due to low doctor supply. As of 2018, Egypt’s doctor to citizen ratio stood at 1:2,000; you can paint a picture when you walk into any government hospital and see long queues. These problems and pandemic-changing … Read More from…
Luxury wellness resort Miraval to open by 2023 on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast (The property will have the Red Sea’s largest spa)
Luxury US wellness hotel Miraval to open on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea will welcome another new addition to its luxury travel destinations next year with the launch of the first Miraval resort outside the United States. Miraval The Red Sea will open on Shaura Island, the central feature of the Red Sea Development Project. Read More from the Global Wellness…
‘Move-to-earn’ Solana app StepN–where users walk and run to earn tokens–is latest crypto gaming craze (But skeptics question its sustainability and whether it can be called a ‘game’)
‘Move-to-earn’ Solana app StepN is latest crypto gaming craze Since its launch in December, StepN, an app that lets users walk and run to earn tokens, has quickly become a household name in the play-to-earn blockchain gaming, or GameFi, world. Two to three million users worldwide are now active on the app every month, StepN’s co-founder Jerry Huang rece… Read More from the Global Wellness…
Wellness work incentives: Companies are directing money into mental health benefits to attract and maintain their workforce–from free therapy to mandated twice-yearly vacations
Wellness work incentives American retail giant Walmart announced a Mental Health First Aid training program in May, available virtually and in person at Walmart’s Bentonville Home Office. The training will teach company associates how to provide assistance and support for coworkers, friends, and people in their community who are experiencing mental health challenges. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Why designers think wellness rooms could replace home gyms
Why Designers Think Wellness Rooms Could Replace Home Gyms There’s nothing like a pandemic to both overhaul our lives and cause us to rethink them entirely. Even now, many of the pandemic habits we picked up over these last few years and life changes we originally thought were temporary-like hybrid schedules and home offices -have managed to remain in our present-day lives. Read More from…