Who are We and How we Can Help You:
Our Health & Wellness Retreat & Resource Center is based in Hollywood, Florida, situated just 30 minutes north of Miami, 15 minutes south of Fort Lauderdale, and only 5 minutes from Hollywood Beach. Our serene retreat home is nestled in a peaceful neighborhood where the only sounds you'll hear are the gentle rustle of palm trees and the sweet melodies of chirping birds.
Locally, we offer a wide range of Health & Wellness Services designed to help you achieve the feeling of optimal wellbeing. Come, visit us and experience the tranquility and rejuvenation that awaits you at our retreat.
Locally we offer:
Here on our website our mission is to provide you with information about our products and services, along with tools & the latest information on natural healing that could greatly assist you in your health & wellness goals.
We also offer classes, events and transformational workshops and retreats so make sure you sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page to be up to date on our events.
Our approach to Well Being:
We believe that the ultimate longing of all human beings, in the many paths and forms, is for Wholeness.
We believe that Wholeness can only be achieved by an intimate Relationship between Body, Mind & Spirit.
We believe that we're a vessel of Bliss and that by purifying the Mind & Body we achieve better Health and rise to Higher Levels of Energy & Consciousness.
We believe in the innate wisdom of the body to heal itself and we make available information, tools & products to help achieve that balance to live at your maximum potential.
Although we do not give medical advice, we’ll gladly coach you with your Health goals and support you during this process.*
We're always learning and we welcome your comments and experiences.
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Please remember always to consult your physician if you have a specific condition.
About the Owner:
Alejandro Medin (Alex) graduated as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in 1990 from the prestigious Universidad de Belgrano in Argentina.
During his period in college Alex sought deep for answers through psychotherapy and soon his uncompromised search for Truth took him, beyond western psychology, into Eastern studies, Yoga, Meditation, Reiki and Healing work which would become later his postgraduate education.
In 1995 he moved to India to deepen his experiential studies into Eastern philosophy and dove deep into the teachings of his spiritual teacher Osho.
At Osho's ashram Alex was exposed to all sorts of psychotherapies, adapted to Osho's approach to Meditation, all with the purpose of cleansing the body and mind in order to experience True Awareness, Realization and Oneness.
Within the myriad of therapies he explored at Osho's Ashram, he particularly resonated with dance and an aquatic therapy adapted from Watsu called Aquafloating, both as novel meditations and healing modalities intended to promote deep levels of relaxation and letting go in the client. Deep, transformational healing through deep relaxation became a new insight in his approach to mental health and the pursuit of Truth.
Soon after he moved to Maui, Hawaii and continued to explore the benefits of Aquatic Therapy with other Watsu practitioners and clients.
In 1998 he traced down the origins of Watsu and moved to California to Harbin Hot Springs, where Watsu and many other forms of Aquatic Bodywork & Therapy sprung from. While living at Harbin (where he lived for over 18 years), he dove deep into bodywork and Aquatic Therapy training with top aquatic therapists including Harold Dull, the founder of Watsu, and Mario Jahara, founder of the Jahara Watsu method and others.
In the year 2000, deepening his understanding on how the body holds keys to unlock the mind, he continued his postgraduate education in bodywork and became a Certified Massage Therapist at Heartwood Institute and continued his massage education at Esalen Institute in California.
While at Harbin Alex got to experience first hand the benefits of integrating shamanic practices, Tantra, dance, meditation and deep relaxation through aquatic bodywork as tools for spiritual detox and cleansing, not only physically, but emotionally, to regain our True Wholeness as Body-Mind-Spirit.
During that time he understood the implications of nutrition in our overall health & wellbeing and recognized the benefits of using wholesome foods and nutritional supplements to achieve high performance. Eventually this holistic understanding gave birth to Health & Light Institute which became his company ever since through which he shares his experience.
In 2014 he moved to Miami where he continued his practice as a Wholistic practitioner and founded Ecstatic Dance Miami to offer monthly shamanic dances for the local community. In 2019 he opened our retreat center just 30 mins north of Miami, in Hollywood, where he continues his practice, now offering classes and private therapeutic sessions at our private and secluded location.
