Saturday, June 8, , will mark the eighth annual Global Wellness Day GWD celebrations and the fifth time the special day is being celebrated internationally. This year, thousands of locations across the globe, including hotel and spa chains, fitness centers, yoga studios, associations, foundations, hospitals, schools, senior living homes, governments, celebrities, and businesspeople will be celebrating GWD with free, non-commercial, health and wellness activities for the public.
Aksoy explains that her idea from the beginning was that wellness is not a luxury, but the inherit right of every individual. Look for the hashtag globalwellnessday to follow what happens from one end of the world to the other on June 8.
Azerbaijan: This year, the GWD team has planned a celebration focusing on community and family wellness with activities such as 5K Family Marathon, spinning classes, morning meditation, and Zumba, as well as healthy nutrition, slow food, ketogenic diet and detox workshops, along with fitness and dance classes for kids. Canada: This year various events will be organized throughout Canada.
Ronald McDonald House, British Columbia, will be receiving a selection of organic produce for pediatric patients and their families. The event will start with a community-wide beach clean drive and then continue with activities such as pilates, balance and breathing exercises and mental wellness awareness seminar. China: GWD will be organizing its first event in China, incorporating the Chinese culture and traditional healing rituals.
Various activities, such as Tea Ceremony Kids Club, where kids will learn to unwind and relax, seminars on healthy diets and Chinese herbal medicine, traditional Chinese brush handwriting workshop to help calm the mind, Kids Choir to bring the community together, football games, Chinese square dancing and yoga classes will be organized.
