Trend in the News – Week of April 13, 2022

Southhall, the Farm-Focused Resort Set on Idyllic Working Farm in Historic Franklin, Tennessee Opens This Summer–Hospitality Net, April 1, 2022  Southhall is a shining example of the new farm-centered wellness resorts and the soon-to-open, 325-acre property will offer a unique menu of farm, wellness and adventure programming that will give guests acres of land for foraging and very immersive, hands-on farming education and experiences.   How the…

Trend: Farm Livin’

Trend: Farm Livin’   Several of our 2022 wellness trends explore how big farms and farm-focused experiences are becoming much more central in wellness real estate and at wellness resorts—and how the home gardening and foraging trends just continue to bloom and evolve   Next Friday, April 22, is Earth Day—so we thought we’d spotlight how the getting-people-back–to-the-earth trends of farming and gardening are a…

Exercise and wellness platform Mindbody plans return to public markets in 2023–ClassPass owner targets listing as in-person fitness rebounds

ClassPass proprietor targets itemizing as in-person health rebounds Mindbody, the health and wellbeing tech platform that owns train subscription service ClassPass, plans to go public as demand for in-person exercises grows following pandemic shutdowns. A flotation would mark a return to the general public markets after simply 4 years away from the Nasdaq for California-based Mindbody, which was taken non-public by Vista Fairness Companions in 2019…

Power Leaves seeking up to $20 million for coca-leaf wellness startup

An unusual startup is looking to raise $20 million to turn coca leaves into the next trendy wellness ingredient Power Leaves Corp. is seeking to become the first Nasdaq-listed coca-leaf company. The company is working with Indigenous communities in Colombia to harvest legal coca leaves. The coca leaves will be used to produce an energizing extract for food and beverage products. Coca leaves, minus the…

Warsaw-based employee mental wellness platform Mindgram has raised $7.6 million in seed funding as it begins expansion

Mindgram makes use of €7 million, maps migration Warsaw’s Mindgram, which claims to be the “first European science-based platform and mobile app for complete mental wellness,” has raised €7 million in a seed round in an effort to further develop the platform and launch international expansion plans. The migratory mission includes stops first in Spain and Portugal, to be followed by other LATAM markets at…

Nepalese billionaire Binod Chaudhary on why he invests in wellness

Nepalese Billionaire Binod Chaudhary On Why He Invests In Wellness Films and television shows have an interesting way of portraying the lives of high-profile, high-net worth individuals as stressful, isolated, and sometimes even unhealthy. As if on auto-pilot, creators of shows and movies peg the powerful and affluent as persons who work endless hours-under extreme amounts of pressure with hardly any time to spare for…

Micro-dosing happiness: Consumers are looking to small, daily moments of joy to boost their wellbeing

Micro-dosing happiness January 2022 saw the launch of Move, a new feature on the meditation app Calm. As its name implies, Move seeks to get people to be more active for tiny bursts of time – 3-5 minutes. Manageable but impactful, Move sessions aim to help people build a daily habit and as the brand claims “enhance joy”. Read More from the Global Wellness News…

China’s one trillion yuan ($157 billion) sleep economy (With China’s sleep market expected to exceed one trillion yuan by 2030, wellness looks set to become a vital aspect of the luxury sector)

China’s One Trillion Yuan Sleeping Economy | Jing Daily When was the last time you didn’t sleep through the night? This was the question posed by China’s official broadcaster CCTV during World Sleep Day (March 21), which quickly caught netizens’ attention. On Weibo, the national news agency’s post on sleep disorders has amassed over 1.9 million views so far. Read More from the Global Wellness…

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