A Letter from Heiner Fruehauf
ONCE THE HAI SHAN CLINIC, NOW THE HEALING ORDER
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Dear friends of the Hai Shan Clinic,
This is the first letter I have written to you during the 17 years that we have operated the clinic on our farmstead in Corbett.
Many of you have taken an active interest in our vision to create an expanded version of our small healing center. I wanted you to be the first to know that the View Point Inn, the landmark hotel overlooking the Columbia River Gorge from its unique vantage point right behind the Vista House, is now officially under construction since November 10.
Once fully restored in 16-24 months, the historical building will not only house our current clinic, but a full-size medical spa with traditional European and Asian healing modalities; a health restaurant; and five rooms for people who wish to stay for week-long regeneration programs that we will be conducting in the future. You can read about the history of the Inn, our trials and tribulations with four years-worth of red tape, as well as future progress regarding this project on this website.
Yes, news item number two is the new website and the name change of our clinic, which from now on shall be called The Healing Order. After decades of relying solely on word-of-mouth promotion (thank you, all of you!), we have finally created a professional website that makes referrals easier for you and gradually gets us ready for the larger vision of a business that we have had for our center from the beginning—growing from a mom-and-pop home business to a holistic medicine think tank with international presence and influence. The name change is another item designed to achieve this goal.
After many visioning sessions with our capable marketing team, they suggested “The Healing Order” and wouldn’t hear “No!” for an answer. While we are aware that this designation may at first elicit images of nefarious monks practicing sorcery, it captures in great simplicity what is most important within our vision of health: that there exists an inherent order in Nature; that this order is reflected within the microcosm of our body; and that every organism on this planet and every cell in our being naturally knows how to return to vibrant health and vitality.
This concept of the healing power of nature was transmitted to me by my father and grandfather, both German medical doctors steeped in the German nature cure lineage of medicine, and later reinforced by my East Asian medicine mentors in China. We hope that this new name will grow on you!
With much excitement about the future of our healing center and much gratitude for your longstanding support and loyalty to our concept of wellness—and the sincere hope that we will be able to serve your health journey even better in the future!
