Founder of Young
Living Essential Oils, Inc.
 “I
am so grateful to my Creator for giving me a second
Chance at Life and for the blessing of being able to
walk again. I desire to share with others what I
have discovered through my own healing.”
—Gary
Young
“Gary’s
mission is about research and the discovery of natural substances that
benefit mankind. Money makes the mission possible and is a tool that
enables him to realize his dream and help others.
Gary has a strong belief
in God, and it is that belief that drives him to accomplish so much. It is
an
honor to be part of his dream.”
—Mary Young
Gary's Story
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On February 8, 1973, Gary Young suffered a
crippling injury from a logging accident that changed his life forever.
This accident—which nearly cost him his life—transformed him both physically
and emotionally and would eventually impact the lives of countless people in
ways he could have never imagined. |
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Gary Young was raised in the central
mountains of Idaho on a ranch with no indoor plumbing or electricity.
Learning at an early age to survive off the land, he home-steaded 320 acres
and began building a sizable ranching and logging operation. It was here
that he suffered a near-fatal-logging accident.
After three weeks in a coma and four
months in intensive care, Gary found himself paralyzed and confined to a
wheelchair for life, according the doctors’ prognoses. Following two years
of intense pain and depression and three suicide attempts, he resolved to
regain control of his life. He fasted o juice and water for almost a year
and finally regained sensation in his toes, marking the beginning of his
long and painful road toward recovery. Later he embarked on a worldwide
investigation of natural medicine, from herbology and acupuncture to
nutrition and naturopathy. This relentless research coupled with an iron
determination enabled him to eventually regain his mobility and ability to
walk. By 1986 Gary was able to run a half-marathon, finishing in the top 10
percent of almost 1,000 contestants.
Relief from
Pain
Though mobile, Gary continued to
experience intense pain. It was this pain that eventually led him to
discover the potential of a powerful but little-known form of natural
medicine—essential oils. With a very short time, Gary cast off the
persistent pain that he had borne for almost 13 years as he began tapping
the power of essential oils.
Worldwide
Search for Truth
After receiving a master’s degree in
nutrition and a doctorate in naturopathy, Gary opened a family practice in
Chula Vista, California, and a research clinic in La Mesa, Mexico, where he
conducted cutting-edge research in many areas of natural healing. He began
investigation the effects that essential oils have on the blood as well as
their ability to magnify the effects of other healing have on modalities,
such as herbal medicine and acupuncture. His work was of such magnitude
that in 1985 he received the Humanitarian Award from the State Medical
Examiner’s Office of Baja, California (one of only six ever awarded), for
his research and successful treatment of degenerative disease. This
research eventually led him to combine essential oils with herbal formulas.
Building on his clinical research in the
mid 1980s, Gary traveled across three continents and a half-dozen countries
to investigate both traditional and modern uses of essential oils, gaining
insights on every facet of essential production, from distillation and
harvesting to seed selection and crop management.
Despite the enormous poser of essential
oils, Gary was unable to fully harness their potential due to the highly
varying quality of oils available at the time. While pure essential oils
had the ability to produce spectacular results, Gary found that chemically
altered or adulterated oils were often ineffective and even harmful.
New Avenues
Open Up
This motivated Gary to develop his own
organic herb farming and distillation operation in 1993 under the name Young
Living Essential Oils. Purchasing land in Utah and Idaho, he began
cultivating lavender (Lavandula angustifola), peppermint, melissa (lemon
balm), clary sage, and many other herbs. He designed and build the
largest, most technologically advanced distillery for the production of
essential oils in North America, developing a proprietary distillation
process that preserves the integrity of essential oils.
In 1995, Gary was invited to Andolu
University in Eskisehir, Turkey, by the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization to present his research on plant germination and
organic farming, as well as his research at Weber State University on the
antibacterial properties of essentials.
Gary has continued to probe the
fundamental basis of human health on his recent journey to Hunzaland in the
Himalayan mountains of northern Pakistan—home to some of the longest-living
people known in the worlds. By investigating the Hunza people’s dietary
and lifestyle practices, Gary obtained important new insights on not only
extending life but also avoiding disease.
Over the years, Gary’s knowledge of
natural medicine and essential oils has become enormously valuable to
countless people throughout the world. The company that Gary founded almost
a decade ago to disseminate both traditional and modern knowledge of
different healing modalities has grown to encompass more than 250,000
distributors in 20 foreign countries. Essential oils have already
transformed the way we deal with illness and aging, and they are continuing
to revolutionize natural medicine,” states Dr. Young.
The company
that Gary Young founded now leads the industry in
production, distribution and nutritional use of
essential oils and essential oil enhanced supplements.
In Gary Young's words:
"At Young Living
Essential Oils, we provide answers to those who are
seeking truth. To our commitment to grow, distill,
manufacture and market the highest quality products in
the world, we're bringing better health, education, joy
and prosperity to people everywhere -- improving
longevity, and increasing the quality of life."
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