Sarah Livia Brightwood’s love of the earth has shaped her life’s work, making Rancho la Puerta an expression of her love. As the daughter of the original founders, she has been the vision keeper for the Ranch for 35 years. Sarah Livia is currently president of Rancho la Puerta, and has a deep-rooted understanding of a holistic lifestyle. She created the 80 acres of gardens at Rancho La Puerta and rooted the Ranch’s culture and business in respect for nature and service to the community. Rancho la Puerta encourages guests to take on the responsibility to heal themselves – showing guests the importance of listening to their needs in order to renew, reflect or redirect their life. Rancho la Puerta helps to find new paths to healing, providing surroundings and programs to change, and the space to breathe. The world’s oldest healing resort lives up to its motto: ‘Embrace your life. Start today!’ encouraging a transformative vacation that empowers the true self.

Swiss Mountain Clinic, Switzerland

Illness does not develop overnight. Disease is a dynamic building process, developing over time, from a variety of sources. And the body sends signals days, weeks, months and even years before an acute illness develops… This is why the Swiss Mountain Clinic specializes in understanding the root cause of a problem before starting the therapy program with regulative medicine. That means that with any diagnosis they want to understand why and when any condition started to develop; among them conditions like metabolic disorder, autoimmune disease or cancer. This holistic approach is spearheaded by the head physician Dr. med. Petra Wiechel, a physician for naturopathic treatment and biological medicine. Her entire medical spectrum is always focused on identifying the causes of diseases, looking at all the layers of body, mind and soul. Her clear sighted, subtle, holistic and scientific approach is based on her guiding principle: "I do not treat symptoms, I treat the patient. After all, I treat you!”

Ananda in the Himalayas

Ashok Khanna, founder of Ananda in the Himalayas, has been a well-known figure in the hospitality business for decades. In 1989 he envisioned a new kind of hotel where people could go on a journey to personal health, wellness and rejuvenation. He speaks about his journey: ”I traveled the length and breadth of India searching for the location that would embody the soul of Ananda, a location that would bring Ananda to life. I finally found this in the foothills of the Himalayas, the birthplace of Yoga, where people have visited for centuries to be healed and to find rest and rejuvenation. I stuck to ancient Indian virtues, when people understood the balance of nature, the ways of the universe and how the elements affected, not just physical health, but also mental wellbeing. It was always clear to me, that if people achieved harmony within, they would be at peace. This is the very philosophy which brought Ananda in the Himalayas into being, believing that each individual is unique.”

Grand Bay Hotel Beijing

“Healing is Love” is the mantra of a vibrant Chinese woman who has set out to change the world. Julia Zhang is the General Manager of Internal Control in charge of Healing & Wellness at the Grand Bay Hotels Group. Both hotels in Bejing and Zhuhai have embraced the healing concept a few years ago. It is her daily work to bring her wisdom, that is deeply rooted in Chinese Tao and I Ging, to her team and her guests and she listens deeply to what others have to say. She says: "Without an open human heart, there is no light in this world.” Grand Bay Hotel Beijing is an exceptional urban Healing Hotel that is nestled in the mountains of Beijing’s suburban Miyun district. Healing rituals at the Grand Bay Bejing are derived from ancient Indian, Western and Chinese therapies and aim to support the quest for inner peace and optimum health.

"Our human organism is equipped with the best immune system in the world, provided we do not damage it by harming ourselves - consciously or unconsciously. The human body controls all its defenses via the vitamin D system. We detect a vitamin D deficiency in about 70% of our patients residing in Europe, which is a frightening reality! Vitamin D deficiency results from our modern lifestyle - the working and living conditions of people accelerate the deficiency as we spend much more time inside than in daylight. We have also carried out scientific studies on the activity of leukocytes (white blood cells), which are responsible for carrying out the immune defense in our body, before and after WIFI exposure. After blood samples were exposed to WIFI radiation for only 1 hour, their functional efficiency came to a standstill. Therefore, it is recommended to switch off WIFI at night and limiting the exposure during the day to avoid harming the immune system.”