The Spencer Institute Offers Wellness Coach Certification To Meet Growing Demand For Trained Wellness Professionals

Online, April 22, 2013 (Newswire.com) - According to IBISWorld, the nation's largest publisher of industry market research, revenue in the wellness industry is expected to increase at nearly 10 percent per year over the next five years, reaching nearly $3 billion. As the incidence of obesity, diabetes and other wellness-related issues continues to skyrocket, so does the need for trained wellness professionals. To meet that gap, the Spencer Institute offers an online Wellness Coach Certification program at http://spencerinstitute.com/wellness-coach-certification-program/.

"There's never been a better time to enjoy an exciting and rewarding career in the wellness industry, giving you great personal fulfillment while you enhance and change lives," said Dr. John Spencer Ellis, CEO and president of The Spencer Institute and creator of the Wellness Coach certification. "Unfortunately, the need and demand for trained wellness professionals continues to grow due to growing rates of obesity and disease in the United States. This unique online certification gives you all the tools you need to work with others on a variety of health and wellness issues."

The 100 percent online certification combines traditional life coaching, lifestyle fitness coaching, green living, sound nutrition, exercise, and stress management techniques.

Wellness Coaching courses include the foundations of wellness, the dynamics and diversity of wellness, one-on-one and corporate coaching, marketing your skills, changing behaviors and understanding how people change, the social and emotional components of wellness, preventing cardiovascular disease and improving heart health, managing risk factors, muscular strength and flexibility, understanding body composition and weight, nutrition, special populations, strategies for stress management and much more.

"Ultimately, we all want to look and feel well. We designed this certification to help people understand wellness from the inside out and coach others to live better, healthier and longer lives," Ellis added.