Heal yourself. Heal our planet.
Healing Ape is a healing arts production company dedicated to creating transformative experiences through the integration of art, nature,
and technology.
Discover how our carefully curated team of visionaries—drawn from diverse professions and backgrounds—designs life-changing experiences that enrich, empower, and inspire.
With creative offices in Los Angeles and Las Vegas the epicenters of the entertainment industry, and a global network of artists and healers.
What We Do
We create healing experiences using art, nature and technology.
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- Bravo Valenti
“If you can't change how people think, change how they feel.”
Who We Are
One artist met another who met another.
Each of whom had discovered
the healing power of art.
Artists. Healers. Architects. Technologists.
Visionaries of all kinds, from around the world.
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Founders
Bravo Valenti, Founding Ape
Bravo Valenti is a visionary multimedia artist—photographer, painter, spoken-word performer, filmmaker, futurist, and author. He has been a featured speaker at conferences hosted by San Francisco–based Reimagine, Inc. and the Danish nonprofit The Human Library. Bravo and his work have been highlighted in LA Weekly, Variety, Deadline, Apple News, Photo LA, and other prominent outlets.
The remarkable story of Bravo’s unexpected discovery of the healing power of art—after his ex-wife committed a senseless murder that forever changed his and their son’s lives—is told in his Amazon #1 New Release nonfiction book Thank You. I Love You., featuring a foreword by company co-founder Dr. Larissa Aguilar.
Fluent in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, Bravo enjoys cooking, live music, dancing, traveling, and inspiring people to see the world through a different lens.
Learn more at: www.bravovalenti.com
“The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper,
and re-imagines the world.”
- Malcolm Gladwell
Dr. Larissa Aguilar, Co-founding Ape/ Healing Ape Brasil
The charismatic Dr. Larissa Aguilar is a frequent guest on Brazilian television talk shows and news programs for her legal advice on subjects ranging from domestic violence to consumer rights. The shocking but inspiring story of her twenty-year friendship with company founder Bravo Valenti can be read in her tell-all foreword to Bravo’s non-fiction book, Thank You, I Love You.
Located in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Larissa has owned and managed several local retail businesses in the booming tourist town.
She has played a key role in finding and managing the company’s riverfront property for its future retreat in nearby Santa Cruz Cabralia, and handles all aspects of compliance with Brazilian law and property management.
She is the mother of a 10-year-old son and enjoys bodybuilding, Muay Thai, yoga, belly dancing and reading in her spare time.
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Why We Do It
To end modern day dysfunction and create a healthy world.
To enrich the world
and enrich ourselves.
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The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.
It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
- Albert Einstein