“Within a single generation we are witnessing a loss of half of humanity’s social, spiritual and intellectual legacy.”- Wade Davis, Anthropologist, Ethnobotanist & National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence

This week on Healthy You we are really excited to have Marie-Rose Phan-Lê as our guest. She is the Founder and President of  Healing Planet Project. Healing Planet Project’s mission is to bring awareness to the loss of perceptual and cultural diversity of indigenous healing arts and spiritual practices around the world. It is their intention to share the magic, beauty and struggles of healing people, places and plants in order to present an expanded paradigm of what healing can mean. As Marie-Rose says, “The world’s healing legacy belongs to all of us, and we believe we all share in the responsibility to be the stewards of this wisdom and tradition.”

Healing Planet is a non-profit dedicated to cultural preservation with an emphasis on the healing arts and spiritual traditions of cultures worldwide through media and education. The organization’s goal is to utilize and create “Media as Medicine.” Healing Planet’s current project is Healing Planet, the documentary film. The Healing Planet team traveled the world in the spirit of preservation while capturing amazing stories and creating an entertaining film and lasting archive. To see a sample of the movie, click here http://www.vimeo.com/8867029

In order to complete the post-production phase of this extraordinary film, Healing Planet needs contributions. If you would like to help you can go to their web site www.healingplanetproject.org All donations are tax deductible.

Marie-Rose has more than 20 years of experience in film and television production. She began her career at the CBS Affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona, writing and producing children’s programming, directing live newscasts and co-writing and producing a documentary on World War I aviation, which was broadcast as a special presentation and nominated for Emmy and Iris Awards. She then expanded her work to include commercial production, episodic television, (Northern Exposure), television movie development for ABC Productions and feature films (Prefontaine). Marie-Rose bridged traditional and new media when she became one of the first producers to create interactive television content and broadband strategies for Microsoft Corporation. She also worked as a New Media Consultant and Writer/Director for clients whose projects matched her goals of promoting global and cultural awareness. She was born in Vietnam, immigrated to France, and later, permanently immigrating to the United States. Marie-Rose currently has a flourishing healing practice, Spiritual Rx. She is also writing a book about her extraordinary personal journey in the realm of healing.

So tune in this week as we find out more about healing traditions around the world and why preserving this legacy is so vital!

To your health!