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...the key to making positive lifestyle habits stick over time is to make them fun and easy to use. After a period of time (from a few months and longer) these daily routines or habits remain, and they have an impact on not just the length, but the quality of our lives.

Accelerating Healthy Habits with Technology: A Holistic Formula for Fitness of Body & Mind  

Much is being said today about the link between healthy habits, performance, and longevity. These are big buzz words for which many of us are trying to figure out a good formula. We know that the key to making positive lifestyle habits stick over time is to make them fun and easy to use. After a period of time (from a few months and longer) these daily routines or habits remain, and they have an impact on not just the length, but the quality of our lives. 

The following are the three main components that make up a formula for Holistic fitness:

Fitness is more than physical

In addition to taking part in cardio, weight training, resistance, stretching, and even gentle movement, we need to nourish our bodies with plenty of whole foods, plenty of healthy good sleep practices and a purpose-driven mindset. These are foundational parts of the formula to get to baseline, and provide for being in a resourceful state, and adding quality of life over time. Mindfulness practices such as meditation, breathing and contrast therapies are all part of important routines that provide both physical and mental fitness. 

So, what more can we do? 

Mind/Body wellness technologies, when integrated and combined in the right way, can provide an excellent complement that can be more impactful in a short period of time, and effortless – which is all part of a new hybrid experience for the wellbeing of the body, mind, and spirit.

The best Mind/Body wellness technology beds are designed with wellness modalities that support chronic disease prevention and life optimization, and each should support a broad selection of outcome-based treatment experiences. Think recovery, detox, mental fitness, mindfulness, negative stress relief, vitality, sleep hygiene – to support a holistic approach to wellbeing.

Recovery routines

We need time to heal from rigorous training routines, and this is where an optimized recovery program is a must. Traditionally for instance, dry sauna has been considered a staple part of recovery, relaxation and detox. This is a great option except that with this method, recovery is slow, requiring multiple sessions and days to experience full recovery, and we are already living in an era where time is in short supply. Enter the next generation of great technologies, for example Far-infrared sauna, and the process can be reduced to a fraction of the time required with older methods–meaning that we are now able to harness the power of technology to accelerate the recovery process, and the desired results.

Treat and Repeat

Often the obstacle to maintaining positive habits is that they take time and effort (think meditation, sports recovery, better sleep, or just de-stressing). Choosing the right technology should provide an excellent and effortless way to harness and accelerate the desired results, and there is evidence that all outcome-based wellness treatments and programs are best when they are repeated over time. This is especially impactful when we use technologies to improve mental fitness. Investing time, being consistent and doing treatments a few times every week contributes to long-term results and delivers high dividends to your health, wellness and heath span.

When you press repeat every week, over time you will experience the delivery of sustained results, giving you an easy and seamless formula to live longer, and better.

About Sammy Gharieni 

Founder & CEO Gharieni Group, Sammy Gharieni is known for his visionary industry leadership and his pioneering spirit. He has built an extraordinary Wellness brand based on a DNA of innovation. He began by revolutionizing the sector of treatment beds more than 30 years ago, when he founded the Gharieni Group, realizing there were important gaps in the market that could be turned into singular opportunities. Today, the Gharieni Group has a 120-country reach, and is the leading company and thought leader, in the area of spa, wellness, and medical treatment beds, furniture, accessories and Mind/Body Wellness Technologies.

Sammy is the recipient of the coveted ´A Life of Beauty Award’ from industry event, Beauty Düsseldorf. His unique perspective, having been raised between Belgium and Tunisia, together with an education in Germany as an engineer, fuels his passion for driving innovation. He continues to travel the globe to find inspiration and new ideas to create new business opportunities and improve existing processes. His customer-centric mindset is always looking to improve service, curate experiences, and refine processes that will deliver exceptional value and support his customers’ businesses – while delighting the consumer with unique Wellness experiences.

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