of predictive, personalized medicine grounded in each person’s unique genetic profile. The power of direct- to-consumer


genomic diseases/issues testing


lies in the potential to pinpoint which


could be


forestalled by specific lifestyle changes. It’s easy to see how the spa industry is a natural benefactor of this development, but perhaps no genomic breakthrough


holds such


profound implications for the spa industry than telomeres: the only malleable part of DNA, which some studies are showing can be repaired by stress-reduction, exercise, sleep, healthier food and meditation.


Authentic Ayurveda and Other Ancient Revivals Expect more aggressively-authentic


and comprehensively-executed global wellness experiences at spas with a distinctly ancient look, feel and language. Best known is the


3,500-year-old, Indian-born


Ayurveda, a complex medical system identifying imbalances in a person’s “doshas”. But we’ll also see more accent on traditional Turkish and Roman


baths, more traditional


Russian banyas (with their birch- twig-thwacking venik experiences) and novel healing traditions.


Color Self-Expression In 2013 “self-expression”


will be


most intensely played out around COLOR. Because color is easily applied and relatively inexpensive, self-transformation will be painted on. Expect more in-your-face shades


on hair and face from reverse ombré to neon lashes; more body art hitting bodies


performed


of every gender and age, at new,


haute


spas”; and nail art will continue to ascend.


Inclusive Wellness The


future real bodies world. welcomed at


spas will look more like bodies in the


With more than


one billion people who are formally “disabled” and a massively graying global population, the industry will shift focus from luxe-pampering to delivering wellness to persons of all age and ability levels. More people will look to spas to heal and keep bodies functional, whether through pain-relieving and mobility enhancing therapies, nutrition advice, or the


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