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.