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In just over 100 years the risk of cancer for men has gone from 1 in 500 to 1 in 2. Yet it doesn’t have to be that way. Viewers will see a tumor disappear in 30 seconds and exactly what they could do to cut their risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer in half in only 30 days. How much would you pay to cut your risk of heart disease diabetes and cancer in half? $10,000... $20,000... $100,000? Save all that money. Learn how to do it yourself for cheap cost of watching a movie. That’s why the producers worked for free for five years to make the film, so that everyone everywhere could now afford to learn how it’s possible to alleviate all suffering.
It's not what you think, and it’s not all about food. There are Ten Principle Elements for Well Being revealed in the film. The stories of a group of regular people on a holistic journey fused with the insights of world renowned doctors including Dr Neal Barnard MD, Dr T Colin Campbell, Dr Kam Yuen and the enlightened Dr David R Hawkins MD allows for a truly unique movie experiences that nourishes body, mind and spirit. See why the film continues to stun and inspire audiences everywhere and why Bryce Wylde calls it The Must See Next Generation Film of Applied Enlightenment & Yoga Magazine called it Illuminating and Fascinating and highly recommended it to their readers.
Long Synopsis
AMAZING! That has been the most popular word used in reviews. What can be so amazing about a film?
Viewers have advised that they were amazed to see:
- Exactly how a group of healthy young people were able to reduce their risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes by up to 50% in only thirty days;
- the pH levels of an entire group normalize simply by going into meditation;
- grass growing taller when exposed to love and shorter when ignored;
- an envelope experiment where a medical intuitionist provided accurate body, mind and spirit scans of everyone in a group without knowing their names or anything about them simply by holding onto a sealed envelope with their names written on a piece of paper inside;
- a practitioner pull negative energies out of a body that jolted on its own right at that spot;
- a tumor the size of an orange disappear in thirty seconds when treated with Qigong.
Similar events have been experienced and reported by mystics and healers around the world for thousands of years. For the first time in history these amazing events were captured on film as they were happening with no rehearsals or special effects.
This is not based on a true story but the real footage of a group of ordinary people on a holistic journey. First they start with a basic food and exercise challenge that was able to cut their risk of serious illness in half. This encouraged them to explore the power of the mind and spirit which then left them speechless.
What is also amazing is that the universe had a major role in producing the film. Bobby Rock was filmed in California talking about a bee flipped on its back but the editors could not find footage of such to use in the background. Then months later in the midst of winter, a time where there are no bees in Canada, the producer walks out onto his porch and discovers a live bee flipped over on its back. The cameraman happened to be upstairs, came down and filmed it. That scene makes up fifteen seconds of this film and was only one of numerous mind boggling synchronicities that happened during the making of this film.
The film goes on to reveal the Ten Principle Elements for Well-Being® from a healer’s perspective. These are not faith healers as neither faith nor a belief in a religion was required by the participants. It is also not what you think. Food and exercise are just the tip of the iceberg. With insights and lessons from world-renowned experts including Dr Neal Barnard MD, Dr T Colin Campbell, Dr Kam Yuen DC and the enlightened Dr. David R Hawkins MD, fused together with the stories of the characters creates a truly unique movie experience that continues to stun and inspire audiences everywhere.
Since its release in 2009 it’s amazing that this independent low budget film continues to get 9/10 star reviews from general viewing audiences comparable to Hollywood’s most expensive productions.
- Must See Next Generation Film of Applied Enlightenment
-Bryce Wylde HD, "The Antioxidant Prescription", Host of Wylde on Health - Illuminating, Fascinating, Highly Recommended
-Yoga Magazine
Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE
Voyage to Betterment Now Available Worldwide
Online viewing, DVD and available for Community Screenings
We have all heard that we are comprised of body, mind and spirit but that spiritual side of us is often misunderstood. Yet we have all been around people that drain our energy and others that lift our spirit. That is the power of our spirit and when it is in a good state we lift others. Voyage to Betterment ®combines the true life holistic journey of a group of regular people with the insights of world renowned doctors including Dr David R Hawkins MD the most enlightened man on the planet to create a guide that shows viewers exactly how we can lift our spirits and when we do it improves everything including our work life, our finances, our health and our love life.
Is it worth the price of a DVD? It’s worth more than all the money in the world because it is the only thing we can take with us when we go. This has application in all facets of life. Currently half the population in North America drains others and half lift others. We cross the threshold from draining others to lifting others when we live all life with integrity. Could you imagine a company with a workforce of employees with complete integrity? Companies spend tens of thousands of dollars training employees yet all the training in the world will not have the effect of having employees watch a transformative film of this nature. Viewers will see it with their own eyes that when we begin to live all life with integrity that everything improves including our work life, financial state, health, social life and love life. This will not only improve the employees’ immune system and life it will boost a company’s productivity, longevity and purpose and decrease sick days and unnecessary drama.
If a business makes an investment a $1000 investment on a machine that saves $500 per year it would be a wise investment. If that same investment saved $10,000 per year it would be a no brainer. Buying a DVD of Voyage to Betterment for every employee in your workforce is a no brainer. Many businesses pay employees a salary or may pay sick pay of perhaps $150/day. Assuming that every employee that views the film will spend one less day sick per year or pretending to be sick the cost of the DVD will be paid for 5 times over in the first year. Once you add the increased productivity, better attitudes, less drama, and more integrity the cost of the DVD will be recovered a thousand times over.
If you are already immersed in a holistic lifestyle and have experienced the power of the spirit you probably already attempted to share what you experienced with all your friends and family only to have it often go in one ear and out the other. That is because they need to see it to believe it, and that is the beauty of this film. Now to get your loved ones on the holistic boat simply get them to see the movie and now you have many easy options for doing this.
NOTE TO PRESS: Please feel free to print all or part of the above press release and if you wish further information or to schedule an interview please contact either:
Andrew Facca
afacca@voyagetobetterment.com
519.566.6563
Mario Salvador
msalvador@voyagetobetterment.com
519.819.8623
PRESS RELEASE - February 1, 2011
Voyage to Betterment's 2005 Challenge Goes Mainstream
Oprah and 378 Staff go on a 7-Day Vegan Challenge
Voyage to Betterment pioneered a 30 day vegetarian challenge in 2005. Oprah and staff of 378 have now announced that they are taking a similar 7 day vegan challenge. The film Voyage to Betterment ®documents a group’s 30 day vegetarian where results were measured with before and after blood tests. At that time the participants had to go to two different doctors as the first doctor often refused to administer a second blood test advising that there is no chance of seeing any change in thirty days. However the before and after blood tests with the world renowned Biosignia labs revealed that Dave’s risk of heart diseases, diabetes, stroke and cancer dropped by an average of 50% in only 30 days. Shocked with the results Biosignia wanted to know what in the world could cause such improvement.
In 2007 T Colin Campbell the founder of Biosignia and lead researcher of the China Diet Study was interviewed for the film. When he learned about the Voyage to Betterment challenge he advised that it was what he had always wanted to do. Word spread and later on Biosignia partnered with the popular hit TV show the Biggest Loser with their vegetarian personal trainer Bob Harper. Now a diet and testing protocol similar to what Dave did in 2005 is available to tens of millions of people around the world through the Biggest Loser. To this end a bunch of great films featuring the works of Colin Campbell such as Planeat and Forks over Knives have also since sprouted. Now five years after Dave took the 30 day vegetarian challenge the entire staff of 378 at the Oprah show are going on a 7 day vegan challenge.
However the 30 day challenge was just the tip of the iceberg of the participants Voyage to Betterment®. We have all heard that we are comprised of body, mind and spirit and when the group discovered the power of the mind and spirit it left them speechless. Voyage to Betterment® features the insights of Dr Neal Barnard MD, Dr T Colin Campbell and Dr David R Hawkins MD and also includes a cameo appearance by David Carradine with Dr Kam Yuen, the real life version of Grasshopper. With gratitude to the Biggest Loser, Oprah and all the other films, what was considered ground breaking in 2005 is now becoming common knowledge. However the rest of what is revealed in Voyage to Betterment ®is blowing viewer’s minds and will likely take another ten years to become common place.
Voyage to Betterment® was released in theatres in Canada in 2009 and has received rave reviews as well as national radio and television attention. Now anyone anywhere can screen Voyage to Betterment in their homes, churches, schools, gymnasiums and community centers. The film can also be viewed internationally online to any computer and is on DVD at www.voyagetobetterment.com.
NOTE TO PRESS: Please feel free to print all or part of the above press release and if you wish further information or to schedule an interview please contact either:
Andrew Facca
afacca@voyagetobetterment.com
519.566.6563
Mario Salvador
msalvador@voyagetobetterment.com
519.819.8623
Crew Bios
ANDREW FACCA
Andrew received an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Windsor. He was a commercial banker for two years prior to starting his own business. He is the founder of numerous international businesses in sectors including manufacturing, consulting, information technology, restaurants and now film production. The discovery that the
key to success of the world's foremost business leaders was an advanced ability to use their gut instinct led to experiencing the application of intuition in the field of well-being. Andrew is the writer, director, and producer of Voyage to Betterment® and has self funded the entire venture. He has divested from all business interests to focus on the production of Voyage to Betterment® and sharing the content of the film with people around the globe. Andrew is a sought after public speaker with appearances in schools, Colleges, online, in newspapers and national radio and television including the CBC, CTV, CTS and City TV. He has been interviewed on Wylde on Health with Bryce Wylde, On The Line with Christine Willams and Breakfast Television with Dina Pugliese.
MARIO SALVADOR
Mario graduated from Mathematics at the University of Windsor in 2009. Deeply interested in the mind-body connection, Mario jumped at the opportunity to become involved with the movie and build the VTB web site. In addition, Mario has taken on the marketing for the film since early 2010.
SEAN MCLEOD
Sean McLeod attended Seneca College’s Television Broadcasting program in from 2003 - 2005. After graduation, he moved back to his hometown of Windsor, Ontario and began working as a freelance editor and videographer. In 2008 Sean was brought on to Voyage to Betterment® as the film’s editor, and has since filled many roles on the production.
For futher information, or to arrange an interview with the producer of Voyage To Betterment, please contact:
MARIO SALVADOR
msalvador@voyagetobetterment.com
519.819.8623
Reviews
- Excellent work! Very well done. Kudos. Fully resonated with me. Great characters, wonderful doctors, great anecdote, eat array of 'cast'. I wanted there to be more chapters. I wanted it to keep going. This will do very well.
-Bryce Wylde HD, "The Antioxidant Prescription", Host of Wylde on Health - An amazing documentary that is informative and entertaining. No matter what your knowledge is of the mind-body connection, its message really hits home.
-Joanna Tambakis - Everyone should see it!!! The documentary could spark up change in person's life, change either physical, or emotional or spiritual or all three. Inside out, outside in!!! VOYAGEtoBETTERMENT will make you look at your pre-programed ways of living your life, and challenge it --- enjoy the journey all!
-CinemaClock.com - The movie that will change everything
Heather Chauvin - Click here to read more.
Holistic United Review - by Lisa Chilvers (www.holisticunited.com)
I had not yet heard of the film Voyage to Betterment when a group of friends and I headed to a screening in Toronto. After seeing the film, and after being profoundly moved by it, I never imagined that I would one day have the fortunate opportunity to meet with and interview its creator, Andrew Facca.
Before seeing the film for the first time, I was told it was a documentary on healthy living. As a holistic nutritionist, I teach people healthy living and have witnessed many paths to wellness. Also, as an energy worker, I’ve beheld many miracles. So I asked myself. What could this film teach me?
Facca has collected a fine group of people and synthesized their work into a lively, important, and very useful new documentary. The product is entirely his own, and yet its most revealing quality is the film’s ‘selfless’ dedication to the multidisciplinary truths it highlights, which when combined, create a powerful holistic unity.
Much of Facca’s work is a testament to his ability to discern the truthful and the helpful – and to dedicate himself to its diffusion, for its own sake, for the sake of doing Good. The film features “bright lights” – luminaries in the field – such as Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Colin Campbell and Dr. David Hawkins, of whom Facca says, “being in his presence is like no other.” It is exciting to gain perspective from so many enlightened people in one film.
Indeed, Facca takes little ownership for his ideas and the film: “I learned not to take ownership of my thoughts,” he admits; “I was just picking up frequencies.” He explains that once you give up, disowning your thoughts and ideas, you become more ‘purposeful’ – a process that we know can become spiritually transformative.
There are many clear benefits to viewing a film such as Voyage to Betterment. For holistic practitioners, perhaps the most crucial is having the ability to show documented evidence that holism works. As Facca points out, “In order to help people, you have to help practitioners help the people.”
Nothing about the film is focused on changing people. Rather, Voyage to Betterment shows clearly, accurately, and inspiringly what happens when people adopt a holistic lifestyle. The film presents the information for what it is, creating an energetic field of acceptance and understanding.
“To want to change people makes people want to rebel. They become closed. When the information is presented and is of truth, it allows the public to choose.”
Voyage to Betterment reminds me of how important lifestyle is. How important our purpose to teach health is. How important it is to do one’s best, and to live the truth we are teaching. Ultimately, this film is a poignant and universal reminder of how important it is to do Good, and to do so for its own sake.
Yoga Magazine Review - from Yoga Magazine's May 2011 Issue
This fascinating and illumining documentary could change your life and highlights the importance of making healthier choices for yourself and your family and not through the fear of developing a serious disease. The film's producer, Andrew Facca, spent 10 years studying research to create a healthy living guide 'Ten Principle Elements to Well-Being' in conjunction with leading doctors, healers and enlightened individuals to reduce allergies and serious illnesses, become more productive and happier. The film follows Dave, a bar owner who asked for help in making better food choices, and his risk of serious illnesses were significantly cut in only 30 days. The DVD contains unique experiments never captured on film and input from world-renowned doctors including Dr. David Hawkins MD and Dr. Neal Barnard MD. Highly recommended.
Contact
Andrew Facca
- producer and author
- afacca@voyagetobetterment.com
Mario Salvador
- web design, operations
- msalvador@voyagetobetterment.com
Sean McLeod
- edtior, designer
- smcleod@voyagetobetterment.com
Colleen Patterson
- screenings
- cpatterson@voyagetobetterment.com

