The year 2015 was a super exciting one in wellness. The healthy food “bowl” took over our breakfast, lunch, dinner, and our Instagram feed. Loving and accepting your body became an “in” thing, and making your home feel more like a sanctuary became top priority. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing trend predictions for 2016.
Trend #1: YEAR OF THE INDOOR PLANT POWER!
This focus on the home as a sanctuary is driving a boom in “designer” home plants. As people invest more in their personal spaces, plants can contribute by improving air quality and improving your mood.
Trends include
• Open-Face Terrariums
• Figurative Planters
• Wood + Glass Terrariums
• Air plants
Plants don’t just prettify your home, they fight pollution indoors.
Indoor air quality is an increasing health concern, particularly in the United States and other developed countries where people may spend up to 90 percent of their time indoors, according to the American Society of Horticultural Science. Indoor air can be as much as 12 times more polluted than outside air in some areas, due to compounds in paints, furnishings, clothing, and building materials.
Don’t be frightened–get some plants! Research shows that many common houseplants and blooming potted plants can improve your health by helping to fight these pollutants in your home.
Photo West Elm
Written by Shannon Kaiser
Trend #2: PEACE IN A POD
Somadome was born out of the realization that no one knows our truth better than ourselves.
Soma = Self. The dome is the space.
What you experience within, is entirely up to you.
Distractions abound – our time is cluttered.
It’s time to wake up. Time to go within.
Take your relaxation and meditation practice to new heights with the unique meditation pod. Advances in brain wave technology, combined with light and sound therapy have elite spas pampering guests with the Somadome. You feel relaxed and energized instantly with the gentle and positive health effect of a light therapy and color therapy.
Somadome is a personal, cocoon like pod designed to bring a deep sense of serenity via LED color therapy, meditation, and energy healing. Guests can customize their experience, choosing among eight sessions with different goals such as Relax, Love, Succeed, Manifest and Heal. A select few spas in the nation have a Somadome, with plans to see this trend popping up in an area by you. At all spas currently the Somadome is only available as an add-on to an existing treatment.
e session while being exposed to a combination of light, sound, and alignment therapies that promote healing, relaxation or focusing, amongst others. Similarly, the soundtrack options, which include ambient noises or verbal guidance, are chosen before popping (podding?) in the pod to achieve your desired results. Think: Heal, Love, Overcome—the personal topics on which you’d be likely to meditate about.Inside the Somadome, you’ll find microcrystalline tiles which alleviate the body from the stresses of modern life (including the effects those oh-so-necessary electronic devices) while simultaneously aligning the meridian points. “In today’s fast-paced digital age, achieving mindfulness is incredibly important and increasingly difficult to reach,” says Ah Sam. And since “learning to [meditate]has been proven useful for anxiety, depression and stress reduction,” even just one 20-minute session can help you relax, unwind, focus—or whatever you’re looking to mindfully achieve.
Watch video to learn more:
Spas that offer the Somadome experience:
(855) 697-8780
Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 339-4767
(646) 358-3600
(818) 575-3000
(855) 687-7262
Trend #3: POSTURE POWER TECHNOLOGY!
How many times have you finished a long day of work with grueling back-pain?
Well, you’re not alone.
80% of us will experience back pain at some point in our lives, and the number one reason for that is poor posture, according to the American Chiropractic Association. The truth is, our bodies were not designed to sit all day and slouch over our computers and smart-phones. In a sedentary instant, slouching became an accepted epidemic.
But it shouldn’t be accepted.
We shouldn’t have to pick between sitting, and sitting right. We can combine the two.Posture is everywhere, and for good reason. Having good posture has many benefits including
- Less body aches and back pain
- Feel and look good
- Build a stronger core
- Breathe better
- Reduce stress
- Quality of life improves
Well, companies like UPRIGHT are setting out to make the world a straighter, taller place. With advances in technology, in 2016 we will see more people focusing on their posture.
Posture is the foundation of our health and wellness. Being upright touches almost every aspect of our lives, from our appearance to our productivity and even our mood. The new tool to help you achieve excellent posture gives accurate real-time feedback which enables us to change behavioural habits in an extremely short period of time. Getting rid of slouching just became fast and seamless.
UpRight comfortably attaches to your lower back with a hypo-allergenic adhesive and gently vibrates every time you slouch.
How it works
- CONNECT TO THE APP
Get started by connecting UPRIGHT to the app on your mobile device via Bluetooth. You only need to do this once. Once paired, UPRIGHT will automatically try to link to the last device it connected to (Learn More).
- FOLLOW VIDEO TUTORIALS
The first time you train with UPRIGHT, the app will guide you through an interactive user interface with video tutorials. Follow the tutorials instructions to learn how to properly start training with UPRIGHT.
- CALIBRATE
UPRIGHT changes location every time it is attached to your back, and your posture changes from day to day. In order to ensure accuracy, you will have to calibrate UPRIGHT each time you attach it to your back (Learn More).
- TRAIN
UPRIGHT trains you in real-time by vibrating every time you slouch. The best way to see results fast is by following your personalized training program and completing your daily goals. Training programs are designed to gradually train your core muscles and build muscle memory.
- TRACK PROGRESS AND ACHIEVE GOALS
Once reaching your daily goal, you’ll see your training summary for that day. You will be able to track your progress and watch your posture improve through a series of charts and training statistics.
To learn more visit http://www.uprightpose.com/blog/
Trend #4: FAMILY SPA TIME
Poor diets, constant stress, and hours hunched over glowing screens are taking their toll on kids. This year look for more mindfulness and meditation in schools, kid-focused yoga classes, massage for toddlers, wellness-centric family vacations, or just an emphasis on local, organic eating, as parents reveal themselves willing to dedicate considerable time, attention, and, yes, money toward this niche that promises to be one of the industry’s most significant areas of growth. Leading the trend: The David Lynch Foundation’s Quiet Time meditation program and family-friendly and wellness-centric Six Senses resort in Laamu Atoll of the Maldives.
Trend #5: THE KOREAN BEAUTY EXPLOSION
South Korean beauty was an emerging trend in 2015, but that was just the beginning. Whether it’s full-service spas, a seemingly limitless variety of facemasks, or 10-step skin-care routines, Korean beauty, for women and men, is much more than just a fad. Look for South Korea to become the global leader of affordable, innovative, and well-marketed products and more Korean-inspired spas, which combine spa and beauty with fun for the whole family. Leading the trend: Peach & Lilly, a South Korean beauty product distributor, and Korean mega-spa chain, Spa Castle, U.S.
Trend #6: HANG TEN! NEW WAVE IN WELLNESS
oarding) is fast becoming a new wellness travel genre. It’s rapidly expanding (to women, families, the wealthy—and in 160 countries from the North Shore to the North Sea) and we’re seeing a wide range of offerings: the cool surf + wellness property (blending spa and wellness offerings with surfing/surf classes, at every price point), an explosion of welcoming all-female surf retreats, and a new wave of surf-simulating fitness classes and wave-simulating surfing parks. Leading the trend: Hotel Komune Bali, which marries “destination spa” levels of wellness with surfing and paddle boarding lessons at a famed wave break, and SurfSet Fitness, which has expanded to 250 studios in 20 countries.Trend #7: WELLNESS WEEKEND ADULT ADVENTURES
Move over Burners, ravers, and party animals—the latest festival trend is wellness. Wellness festivals are cropping up all over the globe, celebrating health and wellbeing while still embracing the spirit that makes music festivals so popular (many of which are also adding wellness components to their own lineup). Leading the trend:Wanderlust, which has a roster of festivals spread across a half-dozen countries, or the UK’s Innocent Unplugged, which bans technology and offers only pedal bikes and a giant people-powered hamster wheel to provide power. Another leading power for popular adult adventuring is SoulCamp. An adult sleepaway camp for your soul. A favorite mind/body/spirit event uniting world class instructors & classes in one place at one time.
Trend #9: Temazcal
After thousands of years healing indigenous peoples, the ancient Mexican practice of temazcal (pronounced “temas’kal”), an elaborate ritual in which a trained shaman uses heat, steam, aromatic herbs, and ancient prayers and chants to connect guests with forces of the physical and spiritual world) is the latest manifestation of travelers seeking out native, authentic wellness offerings. Leading the trend: El Dorado Royale, the Rosewood Mayakoba, and The Viceroy—just a few of the luxury resorts dotting the coast of the Maya Riviera that offer authentic temazcal sessions.
Wellness is boarding ship, allowing travelers to de-stress and keep healthy while onboard and even once they dock. In 2016, think less cruise ship and more floating retreat as some of the most impressive spa and wellness programming and facilities in the world take to the high seas. Look for everything from yoga sessions on deck to medical beauty treatments to indigenous wellness and adventure activities while docked. Leading the trend: Raison d’Etre’s LivNordic; Canyon Ranch SpaClub aboard the Seven Seas Explorer, set to sail its maiden voyage July 2016; and Carnival Corp.’s Fathom brand, which fuses travel with social responsibility.
She is best-selling author of three books about happiness, including Find Your Happy and Adventures for Your Soul. She appears regularly as a happiness expert on AM Northwest and Huff Post Live, and was named among the “Top 100 Women to Watch in Wellness” by the Mind Body Green. Shannon's the founder of Playwiththeworld.com, an award-winning self-help and personal development website. She's an author, international life coach, teacher, travel writer and inspirational speaker who left her job in advertising several years ago to follow her heart and become a writer.
Her work has been recognized in media outlets across the globe such as HuffPost Live, Health Magazine, Australian Vogue, Women’s Health, Spirituality & Health and Entrepreneur magazine. Everything Shannon does is to help you connect to your true self and unapologetically live your authentic purpose.
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