Global Wellness Day: a new look at wellness

Global Wellness Day is a non-profit event and is not affiliated with any organization, association or company. This is an international social project - a movement dedicated to wellness as an idea, a healthy lifestyle.

The main goal is for its participants to realize the value of their lives, prevent diseases and make informed choices about health. “If you want to change the world around you, start with yourself,” says one of the GWD “7 steps of the manifesto” for consciously choosing a healthy lifestyle.

“Even if it’s one day a year, but it will make someone stop and think about their main priorities, take a break from the stress of city life, leave bad habits and thereby find peace within themselves - this will be the very day that can change everything life,” the organizers are convinced.

The project was founded in Turkey in 2012, its idea belongs to Belgin Aksoy, a graduate of the Swiss Institute Hotelier Cesar Ritz. The first step towards a global format was the transformation of Global Wellness Day into an international movement, which today brings together 94 ambassadors, 26 key supporters and 4 advisors from 150 countries focused on the wellness lifestyle along with industry professionals from around the world.

Even during a global pandemic in 2020, the day took place as a 24-hour online conference, starting in the morning in New Zealand and ending at sunset in Hawaii. On June 13, 2020, Ukraine officially joined this global event. During the 30-minute inclusion, our country was represented by Irina Griban, the ambassador of the project in Ukraine, and Elina Manzhaliy, the founder of the Institute of Global Longevity. And 16 leading Ukrainian wellness leaders held their 8-hour online conference.

On June 12 this year, the 9th “Global Wellness Day” will be held and for the second time in the online broadcast format: 9 hours of live broadcast dedicated to the trends of the global industry, adapted to the new conditions caused by the pandemic. 30% theory and 70% practice: workshops, fitness master classes, online meditations, art therapy sessions and much more.

The conference will be available on Facebook and YouTube.

The main theme this year will be “Protection of mental health and mental wellness”. Ukraine will join the live broadcast,” said Irina Griban, Ambassador of Global Wellness Day in Ukraine.

The goal of the event is to create a radically new view of wellness as a global industry. Wellness is not a luxury, but an inalienable right of every person.

Read how Global Wellness Day 2020 was held in the magazinePRO Cosmetology by “Cosmetologist” No. 5-6, 2020