Wellness trends that have dominated

Posted by Chin on November 12th, 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, there’s no denying that the past twelve months have put all of us through our paces one way or another, with the ongoing stress and upheaval of the global Covid-19 pandemic understandably taking its toll on our wellbeing. Never before has it been so important to integrate self-care time into our days and to devote ourselves to all-round wellness, and as such, it’s been quite the year for the industry.

With many people spending more time at home than ever before and dealing with unexpected worries around job security, investment, finances and solvency in general – not to imagine concerns related to health – our mental health and wellbeing is thought to be at its worst ever, and ensuring that we are looking after our minds, bodies and souls is vital. And, with more people spending more time online than ever too this year, and being often restricted from going to the gym, it’s little wonder we’ve seen some new wellness trends emerge and gather momentum at an unprecedented rate.

While the past decade has seen smartwatches and sleep apps become essential to our daily lives, in recent years, we’ve seen more of a focus on natural sleep lotions and potions, and today it isn’t unheard of for some businesses to even offer sleep pods to their employees to allow them to take a restorative lunchtime kip. There’s no denying that we’ve created a sleep economy, which is set to exceed 5 billion by 2021 – but with all that’s on offer, we’re still not getting enough sleep.