the 70’s where the movement began, how far things have come and how much more there still is for us to learn and teach others about wellness.


Day two On Day two, Keynote speaker Kjell Nordström, PhD, Swedish Economist &


Co-Author population of Funky making


We then heard about the launch of The Global Wellness Institute, currently consisting of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit, the Global Wellness Tourism Congress and Wellness Evidence, the recently rebranded resource site previously named Spa Evidence.


Business,


Sweden, gave an entertaining talk on the future of our planet. With the


the move


to cities and the drastic increase in single person households, loneliness may very well be the disease of the future, something that spas are keenly positioned to remedy. By 2030, 80% of all people will live in cities, currently in Stockholm, 64 percent of households are already single. With younger people now living much of their lives ‘alone together’


i.e. online


and socializing but not physically in the same space, needs are ever changing. For example, young people today have more need and desire for technology than for cars.


from men to women is already taking place,


university


with 70 percent students


A gender power shift of


being women making the move to


today’s female, cities


before men and also outliving them. Today’s women are rapidly gaining more wealth and influence.


Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner,


Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark gave a passionate speech about ‘Hedonistic Sustainability’, highlighting his creative and beautiful, sustainable architecture that has captured attention around the world. For example, take his waste management plant/ ski slope for inspiration!


Anna Bjurstam, Vice President of Spas & Wellness, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas and Owner, Raison d’Etre, Sweden presented a video interview with Dr. Oz on the future of wellness in which he encouraged us all to take our own personal wellness seriously and make time for our health every day.


Day three We commenced the final day with some visual healing courtesy of Louie Schwartzberg, Founder of Moving Art, U.S. followed by Brain Science and the Impact on Leadership, Beauty and Spas by Dr. Daniel Friedland, Founder of SuperSmartHealth, U.S. Dr. Friedland shared with us his insights into how stress and self-doubt lead to reactivity/ fight & flight and low performance leadership while inspiration and creativity lead to fulfillment and high performance leadership. This results in actively engaged employees who increase profitability, produce more, serve customers better, have less absenteeism and lower turnover. Great for any business!


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The summit was closed out with a champagne toast and the exciting announcement that the 9th Global Spa & Wellness Summit will be held in Mexico City in 2015. Miguel Torruco Marqués,


Mexico City Minister of


Tourism presented us with some of the highlights we can expect to see when we meet again for the summit next year. Just a short trip for me from Playa del Carmen, and very exciting news for the spa and wellness industry all around this beautiful country of Mexico!


www.globalspaandwellnesssummit.org


Sara Jones Editor Bjarke Ingels


Dr. John W. Travis


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