Global Wellness Day (GWD) 2023 will be celebrated through the medium of dance. Now in its 12th year, GWD encourages people to focus on their health, prioritizing their wellbeing and self-care. On Saturday, June 10, Chiva-Som Hua Hin, Thailand, and Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, Qatar will share the joy of dance with guests, in celebration of the annual event. To demonstrate the positive effects of dancing, both wellness resorts have announced a dance program to embrace the official #DanceMagenta theme.
The day’s activities will be centered around dance, which has an increasing value within the international wellness world. The #dancemagenta philosophy is not to resist, to trust the process, free one’s dreams and take control of the rhythm of one’s life.
New research in the UK investigating the link between therapeutic dance practices and the brain revealed that dance can be good for a healthy mind. The GWD’s #DanceMagenta prophesizes that dancing is not just a physical act but also the chance to live life ‘while dancing with your mind.’
Joined by the founder of Global Wellness Day, Belgin Aksoy, Chiva-Som Hua Hin has kicked off the 2023 GWD celebration in May by visiting a remote Karen Hilltribe Community Village in Prachuab Kirikhan in Thailand, to provide complimentary health check-ups, medical and food supplies to support the community along with dance and recreation activities for children.
On June 10, both Chiva-Som Hua Hin, Thailand, and Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, Qatar will host a day of celebratory activities. Chiva-Som Hua Hin will present a Zumba dance class for the resort guests. This fun, full body boogie session promotes benefits such as weight loss, muscle toning and — just as importantly — the social aspect of group exercise.
Resort activities at Zulal Wellness Resort are open to the public as well as in-house guests and include a 30-minute Dancing Meditation in which participants are encouraged to ‘let go’ to release endorphins and euphoria hormones. The 45-minute get fit, stay fit Zumba session for adults is also planned to enable participants to move to the groove, free the mind and add some zest into the day.