A health academy inspired by life in the Blue Zones
Eight paths.
One step of yours.
Reframe your mind, discover connections and create a path to health that fits real life.
Employee programAbout · Health in context
Pura Vida Akademy. Knowledge that puts health into context.
Pura Vida Akademy is an educational program by the MODROBIOM Foundation inspired by the lives of people in the Blue Zones – places where people traditionally live to an old age in good condition.
Their way of life reminds us that in our health, everything is connected with everything. What we eat, how we move and sleep, but also our relationships, environment, the way we manage stress and the meaning we give to our lives.
Pura Vida Akademy connects these experiences with insights from medicine, microbiology, neuroscience, psychology and pharmacology and translates them into clear educational courses. The Blue Zones experience also shows us that health is not only an individual project – community, relationships and a positive approach to life and problem solving play an exceptionally important role.
Reframe your mind. Discover connections. Shape your health consciously.
Pura Vida principle
EXPERT. CLEAR. RESPONSIBLE.
We distinguish what we know, what we assume and what is only a promise.
Pura Vida Akademy is an educational program by the MODROBIOM Foundation. It works with expert sources, supports health literacy and does not replace individual healthcare.
Discover MODROBIOMFour perspectives on one body
4 expert modules. One connected story.
Four expert perspectives form one Pura Vida Akademy approach: we teach people to see the body, mind, microbiome, relationships and treatment as one connected whole. We connect Blue Zones inspiration with current expert knowledge and translate it into understandable practice.
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Understand how your body works
A physician – the body as an orchestra. A concise and clear journey through individual body systems – from breathing and blood circulation to digestion and excretion – showing how they communicate and why it matters to see their connections.
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The microbiome – the invisible world within us
A scientist / microbiologist. Introduces the microbiome as an important part of how the organism works and shows its links to the intestinal barrier, immunity, metabolism, mitochondria and gut-brain communication.
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Medicines and supplements in context
A pharmacologist. Explains why it matters not only what we take, but also when, how and with what. Shows the importance of timing, combinations, interactions and individual differences in treatment response.
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Relationships, psyche and health
A psychologist / psychiatrist. Shows how stress, relationships, a sense of safety, social bonds and the way we interpret life situations affect physical health and our everyday ability to care for ourselves.
Pura Vida compass
Eight pillars of health
The eight pillars are the practical compass of Pura Vida Akademy. They are based on knowledge about a healthy lifestyle and the experience of life in the Blue Zones: individual areas influence each other and gain real strength only in context.
Movement
A body that wants to be active – naturally, regularly and without chasing performance.
Find a small stepNutrition & microbiome
The diverse world inside us and food without miracle diets or fear.
Find a small stepMental resilience
The mind under pressure, conscious pauses and returning to balance.
Find a small stepRelationships & meaning
Closeness, belonging and an answer to why we get up in the morning.
Find a small stepArt & beauty
Music, dance, image and story as nourishment for the mind and emotions.
Find a small stepNature & environment
Places, light, sounds and small changes that shape our choices.
Find a small step
For HR & teams
Employee health in a new format.
We prepare the program according to the age, work environment, available time and goals of your organization. It helps employees better understand their own health, see connections and translate knowledge into small sustainable changes. For the company, this means support for health literacy, prevention, motivation, cooperation and long-term care for work ability.
Design a program for our team- ½-day workshop
- 1-day expedition
- academy modules
“Expertise without expert jargon. Experience instead of passive listening. Small steps instead of a sense of failure.”
Videos and podcasts
Pura Vida to listen to and watch.
Interviews, short videos and podcasts in which Pura Vida Akademy experts explore health, microbiome, psyche, relationships, prevention and healthy ageing in context.
Pura Vida in practice
From knowledge to everyday care.
Pura Vida Akademy teaches people to see health in context. Pura Vida in practice brings this philosophy into everyday life – as one possible way to consciously support care for the intestinal environment and microbiota.
The chrononutritional postbiotic Pura Vida connects fermented plant-based ingredients with PHGG fiber. It is designed to complement everyday care, not to replace a varied diet, movement, sleep, relationships or professional treatment.
- UNDERSTAND
- CHANGE
- SUPPORT
- OBSERVE
MODROBIOM Club
The academy is not where the journey ends.
The MODROBIOM Foundation focuses on the microbiome, prevention, healthy lifestyle and health literacy in broader contexts. Alongside Pura Vida Akademy, it organizes expert conferences and educational events, takes part in festivals and cooperates with patient organizations.
MODROBIOM Club brings together Pura Vida Akademy participants who want to build on their first knowledge with further steps, bring it into everyday life and share experiences within the MODROBIOM family. Club members complete practical challenges based on the eight Pura Vida pillars, try new skills and habits and learn from one another.
Pura Vida Pas · a journey from knowledge to practice
What I understood. What I tried. What became part of my life.
For completed challenges, activities and new experiences, members receive stamps for individual pillars. It is not about performance or collecting points. The Pura Vida Pas is a map of one’s own journey – from knowledge to skill and habit.
- I understand
- I try
- I experience
- I repeat
- I adopt
- I share
- MOVEMENT 01
- MICROBIOME 02
- SLEEP 03
- RESILIENCE 04
- RELATIONSHIPS 05
- PREVENTION 06
- ART 07
- NATURE 08
From theory to a place where health is lived
When you want to go one step further
If your curiosity and the joy of the new skills gained in Pura Vida Akademy leave you wanting more, you can carry on. Develop what you have learned, share experiences in MODROBIOM Club – and perhaps one day join us where Pura Vida is lived every day.
To a Blue Zone. To meet its inhabitants, their everyday life, relationships, food, movement and the way they approach life. And to see with your own eyes what we talked about in the Academy looks like in the real world.
Because some things cannot simply be understood. They have to be experienced.
Together on the Pura Vida journey
Project partners
Pura Vida Akademy is growing as an open ecosystem of people, organizations and projects that care about people’s health not only at work, but also in their family and everyday environment. Our partners support the Pura Vida path – the path to better understanding one’s own body, healthier relationships, meaningful activity and long-term care for health.
This circle is not closed. It will gradually expand with other partners and projects that share the same direction and want to help create an environment where health can thrive.
