About Us - Holistic Holiday at Sea
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Holistic Holiday at Sea offers vacations that are relaxing, educational, and inspirational. We are a Miami, Florida based federally approved non-profit 501C3 educational foundation set up several years ago to help create public awareness about the important role diet, nutrition, and lifestyle play in the maintenance of health and onset of disease. The idea was simply to introduce people to alternatives in eating and health related topics. However, over the years our concept has evolved into creating vacations that promote healing from within as well as an opportunity to enjoy beautiful and exotic places. Our vision is to help people help themselves by offering holistic methods for achieving health and spiritual well-being and by offering financial support to other organizations that share our goals.
Holistic Holiday at Sea has sponsored seminars and conferences in resort hotels in Palm Springs and San Francisco, California; Breckinridge, Colorado; and Miami Beach, Florida. On several occasions Holistic Holiday at Sea has sponsored large, open-air health festivals in Coconut Grove, Florida. These events have been supported by the local media and attended by up to 30,000 people. We feel these festivals have been instrumental in introducing thousands of people to the benefits of a healthier lifestyle.
Holistic Holiday at Sea events have included classes or lectures on various alternative health practices such as diet, cooking, acupuncture, shiatsu, homeopathy, Oriental medicine, massage, acupressure, and spiritual practices such as chi qung, yoga, and meditation. We serve specially prepared natural and whole foods in an atmosphere of learning and relaxation. Our weekend programs have been attended by thousands of participants and have featured nationally known and respected speakers. Many of our keynote speakers, who have returned often, have been distinguished physicians such as Benjamin Spock, M.D., Bernie Seigel, M.D., Deepak Chopra, M.D., Dean Ornish, M.D., and Keith Block, M.D. Other notable featured speakers/teachers have been Michio and Aveline Kushi, Shizuko Yamamoto, John Robbins, Raffi, Cesar Chavez, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, Herman Aihara, and Hollywood celebrities such as natural foods enthusiast and bionic women Lindsey Wagner, five time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner, Emmy Award winner Ted Danson, and Academy Award Winner Mary Steenburgen. Holistic Holiday at Sea has been an educational, relaxing, life changing experience for thousands of people over the past twenty years. Many of our programs offer continuing education credits for participating health and education professionals. Also, many of our teachers and speakers offer personalized one on one counseling on request.
In February of 2004 we introduced an exciting variation on our theme by taking our program to the sunny Caribbean on the luxurious Costa fleet of Italian cruise liners. Costa combines the style and sophistication of Europe with American comforts and convenience. In 2009 we will be doing our sixth cruise aboard the magnificent Costa Fortuna. Come join us on a voyage to wellness.