Pulse Legacy Archive November 2011 | Page 42

The Wellness Equation T he philosophy of wellness is at the heart of the spa industry. It is the core concept that has led to the impending marriage of spa and mainstream health care. The idea of wellness, at least in general health care, has evolved from simply nutrition and exercise, to now more inter-disciplinary, specifically called “Integrative Medicine”—an approach that brings the best of both worlds of conventional medicine and evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). 40 PULSE ■ November 2011