Spa & wellness Spa & wellness
The high-tech touch The world of spa and wellness changed forever with the onset of technology, from
cryotherapy chairs to multi-sensory experiences and meditation pods. Designed for a more comfortable and relaxing wellness experience, wellness technology helps cultivate an immersive and accessible environment for hotel guests. Ellys Woodhouse speaks to Anna Bjurstam, wellness pioneer at Six Senses Spas and Wellness, to find out more.
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t’s fair to say that high-tech suffers from a reputation problem. Despite all the promise and excitement it offers us, headlines are instead dominated by threats of AI stealing our jobs or accidents caused by driverless cars. Yet rather than letting tech cause stress, some hotels and spas around the world are turning to tech to relieve those headaches and back knots. “We see to using technology in a mindful way,” says Anna Bjurstam, wellness pioneer at Six Senses Spas and Wellness. Bjurstam joined Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas in 2013 and now is in charge of constantly evolving the global spa brand to keep ahead of the curve, re-energising Six Senses wellness initiatives and addressing changing techniques. “My role as a wellness pioneer is to look at everything; where we’re heading, what’s happening in the markets, keep ahead of trends, which ones are real, which ones are not, and how you want to tap into what’s coming,” Bjurstam explains. “It’s also part of making sure that the wellness we are providing today
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is up to date, always modifying, changing as new research and new science comes up.”
Keeping up to date with the latest advancements in science and medical research is at the core of the Six Senses’ approach to wellness. To use the brand’s own analogy, wellness is not just confined to the four walls of the spa. Instead, practicing wellness can be a tool to treat the body to become more aware and make improvements in a playful and experimental way – with technology providing the equipment to do so.
Decoding the body
As Bjurstam describes, Six Senses has offered personalised wellness treatments in its spas since 2015, when the brand first started to identify biomarkers to inform guests’ decision making around treatments. “For us, technology’s hugely important because the guests can understand their own wellness,” Bjurstam adds. “Sometimes they think that they are in a certain state of health or not. But when we use technology it can tell us, so the body doesn’t lie.”
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Six Senses Spas and Wellness
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