Welltodo Today: Goop Summit Is Headed To London, The Smart Home Fitness Revolution, Spiritual Wellness

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

The buzziest new advances in fertility-tracking tech

Cringe-y confession: I am obsessed with my fertility, even though I’m single and not currently trying to get pregnant. If I could check my fertility status every day-as in, take a test that said, “Yes, you could 100 percent make a baby today if you wanted to!”-I definitely would.

The man who helped build Silicon Valley’s premier education startup is diving into the antiaging fight with a fresh $18 million

Ben Kamens, the first hire and lead engineer of Silicon Valley education platform Khan Academy, founded a new startup called Spring Discovery, which is dedicated to defeating aging and to extending life. Spring told Business Insider it raised $18 million from venture firms including First Round Capital (backers of Square and Flatiron Health) and General Catalyst (backers of Snap and e-commerce site Jet).

SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan runs on emoji pancakes and Amazon Prime

SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan has been pushing the fitness brand forward since she took the helm in 2012, after stints in corporate development for Virgin America and Starwood, and as vice president of business development for Equinox Fitness.

Prepare for the Smart Home Fitness Revolution

“Keep coming back to the mirror,” Armond said to me. “Keep crushing it.” He froze for a split second, then ghosted without saying goodbye. I was alone with my reflection, sweating, trying to decide whether “Keep coming back to the mirror” was encouraging, ominous, or oddly metaphysical.

How flexitarianism and clean eating shaped food & drink habits in 2018

Flexitarianism, clean eating and a growing health-consciousness are shaping the nation’s food and drink buying habits, The Grocer’s Top Products survey has revealed. While meat-free and vegan products are booming, cigarettes and sugary soft drinks are falling out of fashion, annual Nielsen sales data compiled for The Grocer has revealed.

NYRIW Preview: How Roam Fitness Meets Travelers At The Juncture Of Wellness And Convenience

Ahead of an NYRIW panel on New Destinations for Airport Retail, PSFK spoke to ROAM Fitness founder and CMO Cynthia Sandall to learn about how the brand is meeting consumers at the junction of their interest in wellness and their on-the-go lifestyles, enabling fitness maintenance at convenience.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s In Goop Health Wellness Summit Is Coming To London

Following the launch of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop into the UK this September, the brand’s In Goop Health wellness summit is coming to London for the first time in June 2019. An immersive event incorporating panel talks, alternative medicine, fitness classes and wellness experiences – think healers, positively-charged water and manifestation workshops – the summit has taken place for the past two years across the US and Canada.

sound baths and shamanic healing: how spiritual wellbeing became mainstream

New-age therapy is everywhere right now. Scroll through Instagram and you’ll no doubt come across a friend spending their Saturday morning being healed by a shaman or lulled into a lucid dreamland by a sound bath.