Seven new wellness trends to try in 2019
Last year marked the year of self-appreciation with more movements than ever before focusing on being the best version of you, self-care and of course, we can't forget the #MeToo movement that gripped the nation.
Data research group, Euromonitor International projects that the Wellness industry is set to grow to ￡632 billion by 2021 - that's ￡1 billion more than it's already valued at.
Keeping a holistic mindset, the world of wellness is bursting at the seams with new trends and products to shift the attitude of wellness being only for fitness- lovers to a fundamental pillar of your overall health and an essential part of everyone's regime. Here are six new trends worth trying...
IV Drips
IV drips to help boost your immunity and infuse highly potent cocktails of essential vitamins and minerals into your system have long been rated by Americans with trendy areas such as LA and New York coveting the trend for sometime.
Finally the UK has embraced this futuristic way to recharge with an array of clinics to choose from. Drips are a great choice if you want to supercharge your system ahead of a big weekend, a holiday or simply just to help you brace the cold weather. It's also a super hangover cure!
Soho House Group, have just launched The Elixir Clinic at their open house, The Ned where you can get Vita Drip infusions from ￡150. Grace Belgravia also offers infusions from ￡125 and one of the first clinics to offer Vitamin injections - Vitamin Injections London offers an array of cocktails from ￡120.
Crystal Healing
Crystals are more and more becoming part of our everyday ritual- sometimes without us even realising it. Leading beauty brands are infusing it into skincare as well as wellness and life coaches encouraging us to use them during calming and healing sessions.
Promising to restore energy levels and help you find balance, practitioners use stones as part of this holistic therapy. ‘In this digital age, our regimes should be empowering and recharging,’ says healer Emma-Lucy Knowles who offers one-to-one sessions for ￡85 for 30 mins. Skincare brand, La Prairie have gone a step further and created a new one-of-a-kind lotion that is made up of platinum crystals launching 1st February. It comes at a price though.
La Prairie Platinum Rare Cellular Life-Lotion ￡425
Technology infused workouts
"Technology is set to play a huge role in changing how people work out," says Personal Trainer and Gym Manager at the Workshop Gymnasium, Artur Zolkiewicz. Leading fitness brand, peloton and their interactive screened equipment such as their ProForm bike set themselves in a league of their own.
Zolkiewicz adds, " Virtual reality will also change where and how we workout. I strongly believe that having a virtual trainer won't be a strange thing by the end of 2019".
CBD oil
CBD oil has been hanging around the beauty industry for a few years but was never legalised until last year, so 2019 will see the new super-ingredient come into play. It's best known for its ability to help sleep and its anti-inflammatory effect on joints- particularly helping those with arthritis.
It's also now lauded for its soothing affect on menopause and its ability to boost your overall health.
Kiki Health, CBD Oil 5% ￡40, Cult Beauty
Wellness clubs and cafes
Forget your usual gym or spa, wellness clubs are opening thick and fast and are a great way to de-stress and an alternative to working out.
Notting Hill's Cloud Twelve opened its doors late last year and has a hefty members waiting list already. They offer everything from nutrition consultations to yoga to childcare or a massage on a bed of healing crystals- you name it, they have it.
Bhuti, a new concept space that offers an eco wellbeing escape which includes offerings such as a day spa, yoga, pilates and barre studio, wellbeing members club, and a friendly vegan cafe.
More than ever, destination gym boutiques are proving more popular and are on the rise thanks to offering more than just your standard gym. Some of London's hot spots include, The Workshop Gymnasium at the Bulgari Hotel, The Wellness Clinic at Harrods, Kx Private members Health Club and Bodyism.
HIIT Fusion
HIIT( high intensity interval training) workouts are no longer a workout for the super-fit. 2019 will see the renowned workout be tweaked into a new version of itself utilising existing hero workouts such as pilates, yoga and barre in a more intense HIIT-style.
Marrying the two workouts together means you get the best of both worlds and can be adjusted to your physical ability.
Water-based workouts
Water based workouts are set to make a comeback this year. It was reasonably popular in the 80s with aqua-aerobics being a go-to sport but as more niche workouts became popular it was soon forgotten.
Now? "Swimming is becoming increasingly popular again with water-based resistance training a super effective way to lean up," says Zolkiewicz.