About us
Healingguide International
Your Healing Guide
by Thomas Zerlauth
The Healing Guide is your go-to when searching for inspiring healing destinations, health resorts and wellness retreats that are at the top of their game when it comes to helping you reach your wellness goals.
Why We Created the Healing Guide.
We believe that everyone holds the power to heal. While some may have developed this ability through personal growth and inner resources, many of us benefit from guidance — a supportive hand to inspire, teach, and encourage us. This is especially true during times of illness, stress, or unexpected life changes that can leave us feeling unmoored.
The Healing Guide was born from the desire to make that support more accessible. Inside, you’ll discover a thoughtfully curated collection of healing sanctuaries and wellness destinations — each offering unique approaches to support your personal journey. Because we’re all different, what works for one may not work for another. That’s why our flexible filters allow you to match your health goals, interests, and budget with places that truly resonate with your needs.
Whether you’re facing a specific challenge like burnout, chronic pain, or emotional exhaustion — or simply seeking renewal, deeper resilience, or personal transformation — the Healing Guide puts meaningful, quality healing options at your fingertips. You may be thriving but sense something more is possible. Or perhaps you’re ready to go inward, reflect, and shift. Wherever you are, we aim to help you find your next step.
Each listing is handpicked by our experienced team, who have spent years working in wellness, healing, and transformation. We created this platform not only to showcase exceptional places, but also to answer a growing need — one we recognize in ourselves and the world around us.
We are also building a carefully selected network of individual healers, therapists, and teachers — people we trust to support deep, meaningful work. Subscribe to our newsletter to be among the first to discover these practitioners when they go live.
A Word of Clarity
Healing means something different to everyone. Our hope is to be a supportive resource — for those who enjoy good health and want to deepen it, and for those facing physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual challenges.
We do not offer guarantees. Healing is a personal journey, and we never want to exploit vulnerability. Instead, we aim to inspire new possibilities — options you can explore and discuss with your healthcare provider to see if they’re right for you.
We make every effort to offer honest, thoughtful recommendations. All partners featured in the Healing Guide have been thoroughly reviewed by our team. While we do receive payment from selected partners, inclusion is never automatic. Each listing is accepted only if we truly believe in its quality and value.
No guide is perfect, and not every place will be right for every person. So if something speaks to you, we encourage you to explore further on the partner’s own website. We recommend with care and integrity — only what we would consider for ourselves.
Thomas Zerlauth founded Healingguide in 2006
with the simple idea of presenting personally known and visited resorts that had something special to offer in health and wellness.
Healing Guide
founded in 2006
Reviving the Vision: The Next Chapter of Healingguide
By 2018, the Healingguide website had grown to represent over 1,000 resorts and was attracting thousands of visitors through organic search alone.
However, from 2018 to 2021, founder Thomas Zerlauth shifted his focus to other ventures, and the site entered a period of stagnation. As a result, it gradually lost relevance, no longer fulfilling its original purpose. During this time, the wellness industry experienced a surge in new providers eager to capitalize on the growing health trend. Many hotels jumped on the bandwagon, but often with superficial offerings and underdeveloped concepts.
As a seasoned brand developer — and passionate photographer — in the health and wellness space, Thomas had already helped shape the success of several internationally renowned brands. In early 2021, he returned to Healingguide with a renewed vision: to completely reimagine the platform and realign it with the needs of people seeking genuine, thoughtful, and trustworthy healing experiences.
Nearly all previous listings and pages were removed to create space for a clean, purposeful restart — one unburdened by outdated content or diluted direction. What you see now is the beginning of that transformation.
At Healingguide, our commitment is to continuous development and an uncompromising focus on quality — both in the partners we feature and the way we present them. This is just the start of a much deeper journey.