Founder
D. Gary Young
Founder D. Gary Young
D. Gary Young grew up in a 30×30-foot log cabin in the mountains of Challis, Idaho, without running water and electricity. At the age of 18, he immigrated to Canada and was granted one of the last homestead acts in the Caribou District of British Columbia. His great dream was to carve a life of logging and ranching out of the great Canadian wilderness. His love for the outdoors and living close to nature in the rugged, untamed, mountainous environment was an empowering element of Gary’s life.
About
Founder D. Gary Young
At the age of 24, after suffering a near–fatal logging accident that left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, depression and a feeling of hopelessness overcame him. As he looked at his situation, Gary realized that there was more to life than what he had been told he could expect. He determined that he could not go on as he was currently living. He was either going to get out of the wheelchair or get out of life.Two years after his accident and with much heartache and disappointment, Gary began fasting on lemonade and other juices. After fasting this way for almost a year, Gary experienced slight movement in his toes. With a feeling of hope, Gary aggressively expanded his knowledge of nutrition and natural therapies to perpetuate his healing.
D. Gary Young's Mission
Gary Young’s mission began in 1973, after his near-fatal accident.
Gary began studying alternative medicine and was introduced to essential oils. The oils proved a critical piece in Gary’s personal recovery and inspired a multi-year, worldwide search across three continents and a dozen countries to study the historical impact and forgotten knowledge of essential oils.
He went back to school and took many course studies related to health and the human body. Later he enrolled in the university and received his degrees in naturopathy and nutrition. Although still in tremendous pain, he progressed from the wheelchair, to a walker, to crutches, and then to walking unassisted.
Because of his own personal success, people started coming to him for advice for their own needs, which eventually led him to open his own clinic to better help others. It was in his clinic, 13 years after the accident, that he was introduced to the world of essential oils.
As he made discoveries with his patients in his clinic, he began to use the oils himself and noticed that his pain reduced dramatically. His mobility continued to increase and 13 years later, he ran a half marathon! This was the beginning of his desire to share his healing experiences and to study the healing properties of essential oils.
This passion eventually led to the creation of Young Living Essential Oils; and after nearly 20 years, it has grown into the largest, privately-owned essential oil company in world.
Having grown up farming and logging, Gary easily saw the need for growing the plants to produce his own essential oils. So he went forward developing his farms, which have grown from a 1/8-acre test-plot of ground to thousands of acres under cultivation in Mona, Utah; Simiane La–Rotonde, France; St. Maries and Naples, Idaho; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Salalah, Oman; and his current, new farming project in Peru. His dream of healing and helping others with essential oils has become a majestic reality as his mission has spread around the globe.
The farms grow many of the plants, shrubs, trees, and flowers from which the highest quality essential oils are produced for therapeutic-grade application, which are shared around the world through the rapidly growing network of Young Living brand-partner members!
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