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Yoga Therapy Initiative Trends 2024

Exploring Yoga Therapy Initiative Trends 2024 From integrative healthcare programs to self-care initiatives, the integration of yoga and yoga therapy is reshaping the modern healthcare playbook. Yoga therapy techniques are revolutionizing mental health care, offering holistic approaches to managing the mind’s and emotions’ complexities. In sports and athletics, yoga’s influence is palpable, enhancing performance, preventing injuries and promoting faster recovery. The popularization of yogic breathing…

Massage Makes Me Happy Initiative Trends for 2024

Massage Makes Me Happy Initiative 2024 Trends TREND 1: Massage Therapists’ Career and Demographics Working as a massage therapist offers many opportunities in the growing industry of wellness and employment for professional massage therapists continues to rise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that massage therapist employment will grow 18% through 2032, which is faster than the average for all US occupations. Because of this,…

Must-reads from the Wellness World (April 24th,2024) Copy

World faces “deathly silence” of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts As technology develops, sound has become an increasingly important way of measuring the health and biodiversity of ecosystems: our forests, soils and oceans all produce their own acoustic signatures. Scientists who use ecoacoustics to measure habitats and species say that quiet is falling across thousands of habitats, as the planet witnesses extraordinary losses in…

Must-reads from the Wellness World (April 24th,2024)

Study: Long-Term Success of Weight Loss Drugs Depends on Exercise

Study: Long-Term Success of Weight Loss Drugs Depends on Exercise An important, new study (by the University of Copenhagen, published in The Lancet) of people who used and then quit a weight loss drug revealed that those who exercised while using the drugs kept off far more weight after quitting the medication than people who didn’t work out. Those who had taken the drug without…

With Global Warming Accelerating, “Coolcationing” Will Transform Wellness Travel

With Global Warming Accelerating, “Coolcationing” Will Transform Wellness Travel By Thierry Malleret, economist With key temperature thresholds being repeatedly toppled, there is a growing consensus within the scientific community that global warming is accelerating faster than expected. As a result, the trend of travellers seeking cooler destinations is now gaining important traction. Travel platform Virtuoso reported that 82% of tourists are considering cooler destinations in 2024. Accordingly,…