The Fall 2023 Wellness Trends You're About To See Everywhere

There's a lot to celebrate when it comes to how we approach our wellness today. Trends in regulating our mental health and spiritual lives are becoming just as important as what we do in our fitness routines. Interest in harnessing feminine power is at an all-time high, as well as learning about what affects our bodies, energies, and why it's becoming an essential part of practicing good health and wellness. We're learning how to avoid toxic products, foods, and situations, while peace is becoming a common goal for many seeking self-love and awareness.

Being tuned into your own needs, however, takes knowledge, skills, and diligence. Many would agree it's worth the effort to feel as healthy as possible for as long as possible. Feeling good is an important part of living life to its fullest, and sharing how to do so is an ever-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry. In late 2022, McKinsey & Company reported, "The wellness market is growing quickly. Overall, around 50 percent of US consumers now report wellness as a top priority in their day-to-day lives, a significant rise from 42 percent in 2020.

This year is no different. As we learn more and more about the importance of good wellness practices, hopefully, we will be able to utilize popular wellness advice for a better collective for generations beyond our own. From sobriety to sleep, here are a few wellness trends that can help you and yours be the best you can be.

Good posture matters, probably more than most realized in the past. However, it's becoming popular to pay attention to how we stand attention. Our blood flow, oxygen intake, and even our confidence are affected by how well we take care of our framework for the body we hang out in. Battling poor ergonomics and digital dementia is a passion of many wellness experts, including American Posture Institute founders Drs. Krista Burns & Mark Wade, who believe it's essential for us to live with "posture by design, not by circumstance." 

It's no secret that humans today spend a lot of time sitting while using devices with screens. Our day-to-day requires very different skill sets and muscle groups than those a generation prior to today's working adults. Some believe there is a critical epidemic of poor posture wellness and they blame technology. While advancements in our civilization are indeed keeping us alive longer, we're introducing damaging habits to our posture. 

Recent studies tell us that our posture alignment is becoming an ever-crucial part of our overall health. Without a secure core — the muscles around our belly and lower back — our entire systems get out of actual alignment. This, in turn, can ripple to neurological, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our lives, as well as the physical. Keep an eye out for more trends in posture wellness in the upcoming months. You'll thank yourself.

Due to the ever-increasing use of technology and the various virtual realities in which we live, earthing or grounding are especially popular mindfulness practices. To ground or earth is also a method used in electrical engineering and, according to Manav Energy, "is critical to protect your infrastructure, equipment, and people from the danger of high voltage and achieve safety from fatal electrical surges." The same goes for the energy running through your systems. Like all Earthly elements, you are a network that conducts energy.

For many, there's an inherent, organic wisdom that lives below our feet, and the closer we can get our bare bodies in direct connection with the earth, the better. Earthing can help with stress, increase your immunity, and give your cells relief from energy overwhelm. The next time you feel the need to go for a walk to relieve stress, take off your shoes, stand barefoot on the grass or soil, and filter some of that overpowering energy through your planet.