The New Gemmi Health Week
Recharge sustainably – moderate altitude training and a health programme to boost your strength and noticeably reduces your stress levels.
The unique Gemmi Health Week at 2350 metres altitude gives you space to consciously connect with your body. Not only will you be more relaxed and have noticeably more energy, but you’ll also return home with new knowledge for a healthier future.
Is that something you need?
This is what you take away:
- More calm in your life: You know how to lower your stress levels.
- More restful sleep: You know what helps you sleep and what disrupts it.
- Everyday routines: Small habits you can actually stick to, instead of big resolutions that fizzle out after a short time.
- More body confidence: You feel your strength and your body’s signals more clearly.
After the Health Week you feel lighter, clearer and full of energy. You go home with valuable insights on how to apply healthy routines in day-to-day life.
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Exposure to moderate altitude has been shown to activate the heart, circulation, metabolism and immune system.
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Wow, back to energy, peace and restful sleep in a week.
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2350m – peace and quiet, clarity, air quality: they were perfect conditions for real relaxation.
»The weekly program
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MondayHealthy MovementYou can look forward to a varied mat workout under professional guidance. Our health coach, Sandra Grichting, designs sessions based on yoga or Pilates, or a combination of both disciplines. For even more variety and intensity, accessories such as yoga blocks, foam rollers, or balls may be used. You’ll train your body awareness, improve your flexibility, and strengthen your muscles in a targeted and gentle way. Nordic Walking to Lake MajingWe’ll go on a Nordic walking tour to the picturesque Lake Majing, nestled between Gemmi and Torrent. We start in Leukerbad and learn the technique of Nordic walking. Did you know that this activity engages 80–90% of your muscles, as both your upper and lower body are activated? Enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery while getting a workout that’s gentle on your joints. Knowledge BitesOur knowledge bites are short, scientifically grounded insights into habits, nutrition, and relaxation. What’s important to us: You don’t have to memorize anything. You’ll receive simple explanations on how to better manage your stress levels even after the week is over. |
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TuesdayHealthy MovementYou can look forward to a varied mat workout under professional guidance. Our health coach, Sandra Grichting, designs sessions based on yoga or Pilates—or a combination of both disciplines. For even more variety and intensity, accessories such as yoga blocks, foam rollers, or balls may be used. You’ll train your body awareness, improve your flexibility, and strengthen your muscles in a targeted and gentle way. Swimming at the Leukerbad ThermeYou can look forward to ten different pools with water temperatures ranging from 28°C to 44°C. These include the sports pool and various large outdoor pools with massage jets and lounging areas that offer a direct view of the surrounding rock faces and nature. The natural stone grotto, with unfiltered thermal water and a steam generator, will work you up a sweat at 44° Celsius and clear your airways. Knowledge BitesOur knowledge bites are short, scientifically grounded insights into habits, nutrition, and relaxation. What’s important to us is that you don’t have to memorize anything. You’ll receive simple explanations on how to better manage your stress levels even after the week is over. |
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WednesdayMindful Hiking Around DaubenseeThis tour is much more than just hiking—you’ll receive an introduction to mindfulness practice in the heart of nature. You’ll learn to use walking itself as a sensory meditation to be fully present in the moment and stay centered. If the weather is nice, there will also be a guided body scan meditation outdoors, with a focus on the body. Healthy MovementYou can look forward to a varied mat workout under professional guidance. Our health coach, Sandra Grichting, designs sessions based on yoga or Pilates—or a combination of both disciplines. For even more variety and intensity, props such as yoga blocks, foam rollers, or balls may be used. You’ll train your body awareness, improve your flexibility, and strengthen your muscles in a targeted and gentle way. Knowledge BitesOur knowledge bites are short, science-based insights into habits, nutrition, and relaxation. What’s important to us: You don’t have to memorize anything. You’ll get simple explanations on how to better manage your stress levels even after the week is over. |
Between program activities, you’ll have time to yourself—to relax, read, take in the mountain air, or enjoy a personalized treatment.
The Gemmi Health Weeks, including exercise sessions, knowledge transfer, and meditation, are generally held in German. However, the health coaches are multilingual and are happy to support you in French or English.
Leukerbad & the Leukerbad Therme
With its natural thermal springs and pure mountain air, Leukerbad offers an ideal setting for the Gemmi Health Week. In Switzerland’s largest spa resort, 3.9 million litres of hot water up to 51 degrees Celsius gush from 65 thermal springs every day. It takes an incredible 40 years for the mountain water to seep into the depths of the rock and accumulate valuable minerals that turn it into health-promoting thermal water. It bubbles up out of the ground, naturally heated to a high temperature.
Your contacts
Lore Loretan
Master in Physiotherapy Health CoachLore runs a practice for holistic health in Leukerbad. Her Master’s degree in physiotherapy and many other training qualifications have shaped her holistic view of the body, which involves a combination of naturopathy and conventional medicine. With her many years’ experience, she always chooses the most suitable therapy in each case. In her free time, she enjoys singing and baking, or spending time in nature, either quietly on her own or actively with her family.
During the Health Weeks, Lore accompanies you throughout the day and is your go-to person for any questions and for all additional individual treatments you may wish to book.
Lore Loretan
Master in Physiotherapy Health Coach
Sandra Grichting
Movement Expert Health CoachSandra runs a spa hotel in Leukerbad with her husband. As a qualified aerobics, Pilates and yoga instructor, she is our movement maestro: full of energy, motivating and contagious. Besides her passion for sport, she is also a keen hostess. In her free time, she enjoys nature, good food and hanging out with friends. When she feels the call of faraway lands, she packs her suitcase and yoga mat – and plunges into the waves for a kitesurfing adventure.
Sandra Grichting
Movement Expert Health Coach
Roger Büchel
EMBA University of Zurich HostRoger is your host on the Gemmi Pass and ensures you have a pleasant stay. With an MBA from the University of Zurich and many years of management experience in the leisure, event and hospitality industry – most recently as Director of the Kongresshaus Zurich – he has a wealth of expertise to contribute. As the initiator of the Gemmi Health Week, he himself lives a healthy lifestyle. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors with his family, keeping fit and playing the drums; he is also interested in culture, innovation and design.
Roger Büchel
EMBA University of Zurich HostDates & Booking
Maximum group size: 16 persons , Minimum group size: 10 persons
If there are too few bookings, the Health Week will not take place. We will communicate the decision four weeks before the start at the latest and refund the deposit immediately.
Additional bookable individual treatments
It is possible to book optional individual treatments from Monday to Friday.
