Why journey for wellness? ASICS reveals quarter-hour of motion can enhance your temper greater than every week at a wellness retreat

This World Mental Health Day, ASICS invitations everybody to take an Everyday Escape, displaying you don’t have to journey far or spend huge to take your physique and thoughts to a happier place.

• ASICS enlists Natasha Rothwell to champion motion as a extra accessible and efficient different to wellness holidays.
• Global research of 11,000 individuals reveals wellness vacation advantages typically fade shortly, with journey and prices including stress.
• In a brand new Everyday Escape trial, members who took a easy every day 15-minute motion break reported a 21% higher uplift of their total psychological state in comparison with their wellness vacation.
• What’s extra, 71% mentioned every day train was more practical at decreasing stress than their wellness vacation, whereas 65% discovered it extra mood-enhancing.

[6 October 2025 – Hoofddorp, The Netherlands] – As stress ranges rise, wellness journey is booming—nevertheless it typically comes with lengthy flights, hefty value tags, and coverings that don’t at all times ship lasting outcomes. This World Mental Health Day, ASICS and its latest wellbeing ambassador, Natasha Rothwell, are inviting the world to take an Everyday Escape – a easy 15 minute motion break – that’s confirmed to move you to a happier place and ship extra lasting advantages than every week at a wellness retreat.¹

According to Euromonitor, the worldwide demand for wellness holidays has surged by 33% within the final 12 months ², with the Global Wellness Institute discovering that individuals spend a mean of $1,764 for every week away, 41% greater than normal journey.³ However, new world analysis by ASICS⁴, surveying 11,000 individuals who lately took a wellness vacation, reveals that while individuals journey on common 1,920km for his or her wellness holidays⁴, they don’t at all times ship. Two-thirds (67%) mentioned their wellness vacation failed to fulfill all expectations, and an equal quantity (67%) reported that any wellness advantages light as quickly as they left the retreat or shortly after returning dwelling. For some, the expertise even added to their stress ranges, almost a 3rd (32%) cited value, and 1 / 4 (25%) mentioned lengthy journey distances have been stress-inducing.

In distinction, ASICS’ analysis highlights the transformative energy of motion on psychological wellbeing, displaying that simply quarter-hour and 9 seconds of train can set off a measurable psychological uplift.⁵ In a brand new Everyday Escape trial, overseen by Dr Brendon Stubbs of King’s College London, members who took a easy every day 15-minute motion break reported a 21% higher uplift of their total psychological state in comparison with their wellness vacation. In reality, 71% mentioned every day motion was more practical at decreasing stress, 65% discovered it extra mood-enhancing and 73% skilled longer-lasting psychological wellbeing advantages than after their current wellness vacation.

To assist extra individuals to seek out their joyful place via motion, ASICS has enlisted Natasha Rothwell, actor, author, and wellness advocate, as its Everyday Escape Concierge. Rothwell will share inspiration to assist individuals weave small however significant moments of motion into their every day routines, making wellness accessible and reasonably priced for all.

Natasha Rothwell, ASICS’ Everyday Escape Concierge, mentioned: “I truly believe in the power of movement, not just for our bodies, but for our minds. Sure, you can spend thousands of dollars or fly halfway across the world to feel better, or you can just step outside and move your body. Your Everyday Escape could be a walk, a stretch, a dance in your kitchen. It’s free, it’s simple, and it’s yours. Wellness shouldn’t be a luxury. It should be something we can all access, every day. When we move, we feel better. And that’s the kind of escape everyone deserves.”

Across the world, ASICS is encouraging individuals to take an #EverydayEscape and really feel the advantages. People who take a 15-minute motion break are inspired to share their Everyday Escape and assist increase funds for psychological wellbeing charities around the globe. 

Dr Brendon Stubbs, a number one researcher in train and psychological well being from King’s College London, mentioned: “It’s incredible to see the impact 15 minutes of movement can have on mental wellbeing. The Everyday Escape trial shows that small movement breaks can boost mood and reduce stress more effectively than a wellness holiday. All the participants said they’d be continuing to take movement breaks moving forward, and 81% said they’re now prioritising movement for their wellbeing over attending another retreat. A week away may give a short-term boost, but exercise delivers long-term benefits.”

Gary Raucher, Head of Global Marketing for ASICS feedback: “At ASICS, we imagine that you just don’t have to go far to depart all of it behind. That’s why we’re inviting everybody to take an Everyday Escape, a easy 15-minute motion break, to take their physique and thoughts to a happier place. At ASICS, we’ve at all times championed the facility of motion, nevertheless small, to assist individuals really feel higher. It’s the rationale we have been based and why we’re referred to as ASICS – an acronym for the Latin ‘Anima Sana in Corpore Sano’ or ‘Sound Mind In A Sound Body’. We hope individuals will be part of us on World Mental Health Day and take an Everyday Escape, as a result of if you transfer your physique, you progress your thoughts. “

To take your Everyday Escape, go to: asics.com/everydayescape.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

¹ The ASICS Everyday Escape Trial ran from the 4^th to 18^th August 2025, led by Dr Brendon Stubbs of King’s College London & University of Vienna. The trial studied 17 individuals from the UK, US and Australia who had attended a wellness vacation/retreat within the final 12 months. All accomplished consent kinds earlier than collaborating.

The Everyday Escape trial (n=17) needs to be seen as an early proof-of-concept research, bolstered by a worldwide survey of 11,000 individuals and aligned with exterior scientific proof.

²Euromonitor International: Traveller Segmentation 2024. Available right here: Traveler Segmentation: Unlocking Innovation and Value in Wellness Tourism – Euromonitor.com

³ Global Wellness Institute: A Decade of Wellness Tourism. Available right here:    

⁴ The Everyday Escape Research was performed in August 2025 and explored the experiences and perceptions of those that had taken a wellness vacation/retreat prior to now 12 months. 11,000 individuals have been surveyed throughout 16 markets together with the UK, the US, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, Germany, UAE, Italy, Brazil, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Indonesia, Spain and Sweden. Each market was nationally consultant by age and gender.

⁵ The ASICS State of Mind rating is out of 100, calculated based mostly on the accumulative imply scores throughout ten cognitive and emotional traits – optimistic, content material, relaxed, targeted, composed, resilient, assured, alert, calm, energised.

About ASICS

At ASICS, our 5 letters have which means. ASICS is an acronym for the Latin Anima Sana In Corpore Sano or a Sound Mind in a Sound Body. And since our founding in 1949, our function has been to assist individuals obtain a Sound Mind in a Sound Body.

Right from the very begin, our founder, Kihachiro Onitsuka, noticed that sport and motion had the facility to raise spirits, undertaking positivity, and propel individuals and entire communities ahead. We nonetheless imagine this.

And we imagine our function is extra related right this moment than ever earlier than. Stress and anxiousness are at report ranges, but we all know sport and motion can have a optimistic affect. Which is why we stay targeted on supporting extra individuals to maneuver for optimistic psychological well being.