Our Story

Mission Statement

“We nurture people. We are a team. Experienced, professional, ever advancing. We share all we know, we implement health and lifestyle solutions!”

Our Vision

“A Healthier and Happier World!” Since 1990 the team at Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland have been on a mission to impact Australia and the world by empowering people to take charge of their health. Our whole team is passionate about helping you to love life and enjoy it to the full!

The Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland Philosophy

“The only hope of better things is in the education of the people in the right principles. Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature. Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.”

– Ministry of Healing (1905) page 127

Non-Profit Organisation

Living Valley Springs Limited is a registered Public Benevolent Institution established in 1990 to relieve sickness, suffering and distress and to educate about life, health and self preservation.

As Living Valley is a not-for-profit organisation, the fee structure is based on a break-even budget and is subsidised by product sale profits and donations.

Donations help us to provide a superior level of personal care to those who are seriously ill and financially stressed. Donations also help us to develop the property and the facilities, so that Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland may always be known for its healing environment, comfortable accommodation and effective treatments.

Donations of $2 and over to Living Valley Springs Limited are fully tax deductible and greatly appreciated. Your gift can be designated to our patient benevolent fund or our development fund. Gifts to either fund will make a difference.

Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland changes lives. You can help us to continue helping others by becoming a regular donor. If you are interested in finding out how you can be a part of an ever-growing network of people who are making a big difference, please call Gary Martin ND on 1800 644 733.

Patient Benevolent Fund

At Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland we encounter many people who are both physically ill and financially distressed, and we know that we can help them. Many years ago we established a tax-deductible patient benevolent fund so that benefactors can help us to help the neediest cases. Your contribution will make a big difference in someone’s life. You may even know someone who needs to come to Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland but cannot afford it. You can sponsor that person or one of the people on our “Help List” and receive the benefit of a full tax deduction.

There are always genuine cases.

If you feel impressed to help us help them, please call today on 1800 644 733.

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OUR HISTORY

Beginnings

The Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland program was created by Master Herbalist Al Wolfsen in the USA in the 1940’s. Dr Al operated successful cleansing clinics in Hawaii, California and Texas. In 1986, he conducted training courses in Australia for selected therapists who had demonstrated an interest in establishing genuine health retreats in this country. As a result, two families joined forces to create Australia’s leading genuine health retreat.

Les Shaw and his wife, Kay, completed the Wolfsen training in late 1986, then established a small health retreat in Mullumbimby, NSW.

Gary Martin, Accountant, and his wife Debbie lived in Sydney until late 1986. Gary and Debbie had adopted a number of health reforms and had been studying lifestyle and its relationship to disease for several years. In 1984 they purchased a property in Northern NSW to establish a lifestyle education and treatment centre.

In 1987 the Shaws and the Martins met at a health camp near Kempsey. In 1988 they jointly established the Border Ranges Centre for Health and Lifestyle, while all members of the families continued to study natural medicine.

For two years they tried and tested the principles behind the Wolfsen cleanse and detox protocols, achieving nothing less than remarkable results. As patients continued to report amazing recoveries, the reputation of the centre spread far and wide. They were invited to conduct lifestyle seminars in many parts of Australia, New Zealand, the USA and South Africa, as they encouraged others to join in the new health revolution.

The Move to the Noosa Hinterland, Queensland

Through miraculous answers to prayer, the two families discovered the Kin Kin property in the Sunshine Coast Noosa Hinterland, in mid 1990. It was an overrun, grounsel infested jungle, having one dilapidated house and five small cabins. They purchased the title and moved into the cabins on the 8th October 1990.

Within a few weeks, patients were requesting admission. Some rooms were cleaned and the first program was conducted in November of the same year.
After an enormous contribution of energy and resources, the Shaw family retired in late 1993. Being 20+ years younger than Les, Gary continued to develop the property and the program.

Today

Since that time Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland has employed an average of 40-50 workers, most of whom have been qualified in various modalities of natural therapy.
In addition to his duties as Director, Lecturer and Naturopath, Gary Martin ND has conducted public health programs throughout Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA, India and Europe.

Since 1990, the Living Valley Health Retreat Queensland program has constantly developed and blossomed. Many of the staff have been on the team for over a decade, receiving constant education in an “out-in-the-field” situation. The entire team has gained invaluable experience in treating disease and restoring health. From simple problems such as headaches, blood pressure, stress, back pain, poor digestion, obesity, tiredness, etc., to more serious conditions such as asthma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, tumours and even cancer, the Living Valley Health Retreat program is effective.