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The First-ever AI<br />
Personal Trainer<br />
For many people, running, walking or cycling for health can<br />
be dull and boring.If you’re one of them, it’s time to change<br />
to Vi Fitness (iOS / Android). This first-ever AI personal<br />
trainer, that integrates Apple Health, Google Fit, Spotify,<br />
and Strava, has transformedworkouts into fun, soundfuelled<br />
experiences. Vicombines sweat-proofbluetooth<br />
headphones with amazing Harman/Kardon audio and<br />
space-grade biosensors (including in-ear heart rate). Her<br />
voice interacts with you while you work out – getting you<br />
to the right speed and pace for your goals, keeping you in<br />
your ideal heart rate zone and tracking yourperformance<br />
and records. Vi currently includes support for indoor/<br />
outdoor walking, jogging, running, sprinting, HIIT runs and<br />
cycling. Available on amazon. Visit www.getvi.com.<br />
How Forest<br />
Bathing Helps<br />
The therapeutic<br />
Japanese practice of<br />
‘Shinrin-Yoku’ is the<br />
art and science of how<br />
trees can promote<br />
health and happiness.<br />
Authored by Dr<br />
Qing Li, the world's<br />
foremost expert in<br />
forest medicine, ‘Forest<br />
Bathing: How Trees<br />
Can Help You Find<br />
Health and Happiness’,<br />
is a beautiful book<br />
that shows how<br />
forest bathing can<br />
reduce your stress<br />
levels and blood<br />
pressure, strengthen<br />
your immune and<br />
cardiovascular<br />
systems, boost your<br />
energy, mood, creativity, and concentration,<br />
and even help you lose weight and live longer.<br />
Publisher: Viking. Available on amazon. Visit www.<br />
forest-medicine.com and www.shinrin-yoku.org.<br />
Yourwellness verdict: You need a phone with GPS<br />
capabilities to use Vi so that the Vi Fitness app can<br />
start and stop workouts, track biometrics, measure and<br />
store data, track features like elevation and location,<br />
and play music during training.<br />
Yourwellness verdict: Once you've discovered<br />
the healing power of trees, you can leave<br />
everyday stress behind and reach a place of<br />
greater calm and wellness.<br />
Pillow Talk<br />
Dusk 2.0 Performance Pillow from Bedgear is the perfect cushion for your shoulders if you rest them on your pillow when<br />
you sleep on your back. The unique dual chamber construction of the Circadian Series features a Boost® foam crown and<br />
Boost foam blend which ensures weightless pressure relief that won’t bottom out, creating the perfect pillow for soft support<br />
with no rebound. The Ver-Tex® 6.0 climate control fabric provides a cool to touch feeling and continuous heat deflection,<br />
regulating your body temperature for a cooler night’s rest. The Air-X® ventilated panels increase airflow and feature a filter<br />
fabric which prevents allergens and dander from entering the pillow core.<br />
Available on amazon & ebay. Visit www.bedgear.com.<br />
Yourwellness verdict: Sleeping at<br />
least eight hours a night is optimal<br />
for health, and reaching that goal is<br />
easier with Bedgear’s Pillow ID test.<br />
Answer a few questions about your<br />
sleeping patterns and receive your<br />
ideal match.<br />
yourwellness.com
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