Hippocrates Wellness

Made me worse by poisoning me with Stevia, a product I listed as allergic to on my intake form!!

This grand old place has tumbled far from the top of the wellness retreats. I've been here at least 7 times over the last 20 years but this last time confirmed it was my last.

First, it's gotten incredibly expensive while the quality of the classes, lectures, and accommodations are down. The buildings have become full of mold and mildew, particularly the Yurts and the Hut. In the Yurts are moldy dirty hand weights that are completely disgusting. It's ironic that the lecture about the evils of mold takes place in the super moldy hut. See photos. To "clean" the air, there are machines that spray chemicals into the rooms, while the unclean machines have unknown gunk growing in the dispenser. Photo. Speaking of air, the rooms where the guests stay are air conditioned, but you can't control the temperature. Since the saunas are inside the living areas, and the thermostat is next to the saunas, the temperature in the bedrooms becomes EXTREMELY cold in order for the ac to cool itself to 74 degrees. My bedroom was about 65-66 degrees.

Then there's the feral raccoons who are unafraid of humans and roam around during the day. Hopefully not rabid. They get fed there, with lots of cat food put out by the shipping department, day night. Oh man, this is a lot...

It's no secret that this place is anti-vax and a believer in covid conspiracy theories. In one of Brian's lectures he's still mentions that hospitals were claiming that covid deaths were faked in order to get higher insurance payments. They are also very casual about covid outbreaks amongst employees. I personally know two of the massage therapists that had covid and worked while actively infected. One was taken out of her massage room directly to the hospital in a state of near collapse, red-faced and crying. No contact tracing or notification was done. No masks were worn.

Expect several classes and lectures to be cancelled and incorrect locations listed.

Finally, they freely use stevia in many foods and have it available for use, despite the NIH fall of 2023 study and research report that recommends against its use due to finding numerous adverse effects, including raising cholesterol and blood sugars, raising bad liver and kidney markers, and raising autoimmune disorder risk. Despite that, the food and juice here are the highlight of the program.

There are other places to go that are much less expensive and more focused on the actual food and healing. Consider the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico, True North Health in Santa Rosa California, Optimum Health in Austin Texas, or Tree of Life in Patagonia Arizona.

Shame on them ! They are dishonest frauds that want to scam you out of your hard earned money. They practice the old bait and switch trick. They will book your accomodations as a brand new updated private villa and then at arrival drop you at a shared house with 4 other people. The intake questionnaire is not even read. I completely dehydrated and almost passed out. They aren’t real doctors. There is not one genuine employee that actually cares about your physical or mental well being. They are mere salesmen pushing their own brand of supplements. Their “core”lectures are sales pitches for their supplements or extra services. Those lectures are scheduled the same time as the few exercise classes they have. The raw food diet is not a cure for anything. Oh, you will loose some weight, but you will be starved with 2 raw, boring identical green meals a day. The diet is completely unsustainable by anyone for any real length of time. It’s ironic that it’s called the Vitality program. You are on your own, wandering aimlessly on campus without direction or guidance. The last thing you feel is vital.