Vida Lotus – Vida Lotus

1984

Sister Linda Dube taught Michael the scientic method. Michael began using it to find a cure for migraines.

1985-1995

Michael read every health book he could find and developed his own healing system that included some moves he learned from Sr. Jane Ducharme.

1996

While in highschool, Michael started a company to develop Web sites and began promoting health and detoxification products on the internet.

1998

Michael writes his first book on Detoxification using saunas with his best friend Tony Brechkow.

2002

Michael wins the young entrepreneur of the year award from the Windsor Chamber of Commerce.

2003

Michael moves to Panama to establish a world headquarters for ridding the world of migraines and other diseases. Shorly after moving he learns that he has won an Ontario Business Achievement Award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.

michael ducharme giving his acceptance speech after winning an Ontario Business Achievement Award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce with premier Dalton McGuinty in the background

2004

Michael spends the year in China designing and building saunas and learning about traditional chinese medicine and the chinese language and culture.

a dual sauna designed by Michael Ducharme to include a conventional sauna heater, far infrared emitters, and LED color therapy, plus comfortable benches and curved tempered glass.

2005-2008

Michael conducts an intensive search across Panama to find the ideal land for his wellness center. In the mean time he establishes a small “pilot project” in a rented space inside a volcanic crater. The town’s people elect him as the president of the local chamber of tourism, which he accepted on the condition that the board’s mission would be to increase the wellness of all the town’s residents and visitors.

Michael and his assistant giving a 4 hand healing massage in his pilot spa inside the volcanic crater

2009

Michael found and purchased the ideal property for the wellness center: a beautiful 4 acre property overlooking the ocean just 45 minutes from Panama City. The views are spectacular, but the property had no water, no electricity, nor vehicle access.

2011

Michael establishes a campsite on the new property and moves onto the land in a wooden shack without running water. He installed an outdoor shower quickly, but limited his diet to liquids only for several months until a septic tank and a proper bathroom could be built.