International Global Wellness Day - an annual awareness event dedicated to helping people improve their physical and mental health, will be celebrated this year for the first time with 24 hours of live streamed events. Taking place on Saturday 13th June, GWD founder Belgin Aksoy plans to host a 24 hour celebration around the globe from sunrise to sunset with events themed around mental health, stress, immunity, nutrition, indoor exercise, love and compassion.
Showcasing educational and complimentary presentations ranging from a wingsuit BASE jump to dance, astrology to nutrition, and Muay Thai exercises to plant forward cooking classes, all events will be available and free to attend through GWD’s YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.
This year’s virtual events are intended to be educational, non-commercial and complimentary as Aksoy’s motivating belief is that wellness is not a luxury but the inherent right of every individual.
“The inception of Global Wellness Day was planted into my heart during my radio-iodine therapy isolation days in 2004. I realized what really mattered in life, understood that life was all about love and compassion and that our health was the most precious gift we have. Love, compassion and health was ‘wellness’. I had to share this realization with the whole world.” says GWD founder, Aksoy.
In 2019, Global Wellness Day was celebrated in over 7,000 locations in 150 countries. New to the roster of countries to join this year are Hong Kong, New Zealand, Zambia, Taiwan, Ukraine and Nigeria.
Influential experts joining the GWD 24-hour live celebration includes World Record Holder Wingsuit BASE Jumper Cengiz Kocak who will perform a live wing suit BASE jump, Spiritual & Meditation Teacher Sah Simone, Host of The Daily POPcast, member of *NSYNC and NYT Bestselling Author Lance Bass, and Celebrity Yogi and Yoga Revealed Founder Andrew Sealy.
“Together with the GWD Family look what we have achieved, millions of hearts we have touched around the world. If Global Wellness Day was born in my nine isolation days at the hospital, imagine all the jewels that are going to come out of all those doors that were closed during quarantine across the globe.” continued Aksoy.
“Although Global Wellness Day lasts for 24 hours our message is intended to last a lifetime.”
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