Brittany Luce

And, you know, I think about other things like Reiki, which I mean, I mean, myself have done some Reiki from time to time and enjoyed it.

But I mean, Reiki is really about connection to spirit anyway.

And I think I've also done breath work, sound baths, but there is definitely a lot of spirituality woven throughout a lot of these practices.

And so I'm wondering, wellness and spirituality, how did these things get connected?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, so we know that spirituality is integrating into wellness, but I wonder in what ways are some of these wellness practices shaped like organized religion?

Like are people worshiping wellness itself?

And what do people get out of that?

Speaking of drawbacks, this is not at all to say that religious institutions are better than more alternative spiritualities.

But are there things that organized religions offer that wellness is missing?

Wait, what does that mean?

That's interesting.

I hadn't heard that phrasing before.

Americans are choosing more spiritual practices based on their feelings?

But again, what I'm hearing is that these, as you said, self-serving kinds of spiritualities are often more internally and personally focused and less externally and community focused.

What do you think about that, Alyssa?

Yeah, there are traditions of giving to the needy or supporting community programs connected to worship in religions like Christianity and Islam.

Are businesses doing a good job of filling the void that, say, a church may have filled in the past?

That's an excellent point.

I mean, really what you're saying is that it sounds like wellness just fits more easily into capitalism than perhaps traditional religion.