HerbaLine Celebrates Global Wellness Day With Key Wellness Trends of 2019

Kuala Lumpur, July 2019 – HerbaLine celebrated Global Wellness Day (GWD) 2019 recently with wellness activities held at its two key outlets – the HerbaLine Facial Spa and Mama Kim Wellness Kitchen.

Mr. C.K. Low, Managing Director of HerbaLine explained that the company is committed to advocating wellness every year as the philosophy is close to their heart as well as many still do not grasp the wellness concept. The 2013 Global Wellness Tourism Economy report defines wellness as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. It goes beyond mere freedom from disease or infirmity and emphasizes the proactive maintenance and improvement of health and well-being,” said Low.

Hence, in line with HerbaLine’s “Eat Well, Look Well and Live Well” brand philosophy, the company celebrates Global Wellness Day by spreading holistic wellness insights and tips on its social media platforms and via in-store activation to customers and the public at large.

Mr. Low shares 8 key Wellness trends for 2019, according to leading experts from wellness organisations including the Global Wellness Summit.

One-stop shops for wellness

One-stop wellness centers are trending. In 2019 there will be more modern wellness clubs surfacing. It’s a one-stop place that offers all the different holistic modalities that we’d normally have to drive all over town for not only feeds people’s need for convenience, but it also creates a community within each of these centers.

Mr. Low said that its 2 in 1 business concept (HerbaLine Facial Spa and Mama Kim) and its Pandan Indah’s 3 in 1 concept (the two including a guest house) reflect this trend.

Nutrition Gets Very Personalized

The rise of vegetarianism, dairy-free, gluten-free, keto, paleo and other diets has left us confused about what we eat, where we eat and when we eat it. This is where personalized nutrition comes in, where science and technology can dictate what food is ideal for us, not just for weight management, but also to improve and maintain our general health and wellness. Today, personalized nutrition based on self-administered tests is accessible at low cost and will become even more affordable

Unplugging from the digital world

Sometimes consuming social media is important and can be helpful, but we often access this information mindlessly. I think we will continue to become more aware of the way we consume content, allowing us to unplug and avoid digital distractions that are not helpful,” said Dr. Alka Gupta, co-director of the Integrative Health and Wellbeing program at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Finding big meaning in small rituals

Creating small moments of magic for ourselves throughout our daily lives—making space for the action of lighting a candle to create a cozy environment, for the ritual of cleansing with sage to re-set your space, and the motion of putting on your favorite kimono to feel a moment of luxury. This shift in thinking is easy and it doesn’t cost a thing.

Workouts for the soul

The most successful fitness workouts will create a space to tap into the emotional zone, where people can shift not only their physical energy, but more importantly their emotional energy. It’s a form of active meditation at a time where people are hyper-focused on taking care of their emotional and spiritual self, just as much as their physical self, so combining the two will be important this year,” said Tevia Celli, director of education at CycleBar.

Getting back to Simple

The emerging health trend for 2019 will be in sharp contrast to the technology-driven, metric-obsessed bio-hacking movement of the last several years. People are longing for permission to simplify, unplug and connect in meaningful ways. Enter rewilding. In human terms, rewilding means allowing the human animal to return to its natural state—moving, resting and eating in conjunction with our circadian rhythms, without relying on apps to tell us when, what and where. We instinctively know how to care for ourselves, “said Dr. Lisa B. Nelson, director of medical education at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health.

Wellness for our finances

In 2019, it is expected that more Millennials are turning to self-driven financial wellness strategies as we learn from our past and work with our present to take control of our financial future. Focus on identifying needs and wants, budgeting, credit and debt management and creating an investment portfolio that aligns with the individual with her or his goals.

Prescribing Nature

Nature is our medicine. More and more people are living in urban areas, often with little or no nature, but recent research shows that people who live to be over 100 all have movement engineered into their daily lives. According to research, the longest-lived people are moving every 20 minutes, instead of sitting at a desk or in front of a TV all day and hoping to compensate for that with a quick 30-minute workout at the gym. Researchers state that humans are more generous, cooperative, and forward-thinking when surrounded by nature.