Nature Retreat with Healing Dogs in Brazil.

For centuries, humans have been educating themselves on almost every topic imaginable — how to read, write, ride a bicycle, play an instrument, or concoct the perfect foamy cappuccino. We have designed formal educational institutions and we generally enjoy measuring ourselves to see who can race the fastest, get into the best university, or become the next Mozart of our generation. Nature-lover Dr. Evelyn Hartoch has always valued the importance of a formal education, while always maintaining a deep connection with nature and natural processes. The landscape architect obtained a Ph.D. in environmental structures from FAUUSP University in São Paulo as well as a Ph.D. in socio-environmental sciences from Kassel University in Germany.

In 2005, Evelyn combined her love of nature and the desire to share it with others by opening a natural healing center, about half hour drive away from the international airport of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The goal was to create