Our Story
Inspired by Burning Man, Heal Play Love started in 2019 as a passion project to bring dance events with a more mindful approach to Switzerland. It evolved into a mission to bring more conscious awareness, healing and transformation to our community through personal growth and music.
Valentin Aschwanden, born and raised in Basel Switzerland has been an entrepreneur in the hospitality and events industry for over a decade. Together with his good friend Alex Rutz, he had the longing for more meaningful connection, joy, love, playfulness, spirituality and community in the event scene in Switzerland. In 2020, Nour Elise, a holistic coach, wellness practitioner and music lover joined the project. Together Valentin and Nour Elise developed the Heal Play Love vision and mission in a profound way. Although they both lead this project, the support of their team members and friends has been invaluable and key to the success of the brand.
Our Purpose
Our purpose at Heal Play Love is to bring connection, healing and joy into the world through transformational experiences that reconnect people to their essence, to community, to nature and to our planet through personal growth, spirituality and music so that we can rise together in love and into a better future for ourselves and generations to come.
Together we aim to inspire, explore, discuss and push forward ideas that will shape our community and others.
Our Philosophy
We believe that one of the most important needs for our planet today is the rise in human consciousness. We also believe that one of the most effective ways of doing this is in helping people remember and come back to love. The more we remember our true essence that is love, make decisions and take actions coming from that place, and spread it out into the world, the more we rise together into a better and more beautiful future. Our aim is to create moments for you to tap into that energy with music being weaved into each of those experiences. After all, music is medicine and has been shown ever since the beginning of time to have the power to bring incredible healing, joy and connection.
Our Values
Heal
is our invitation to slow down, tune in, and grow — because personal awareness is the first step to collective transformation.
Play
is our rebellion against the serious — we move, groove, get messy, and let joy lead the way. No rules, just rhythm.
Love
is the thread that weaves us together — an inclusive force of compassion that reminds us we’re all in this, together.
“I didn’t know what to expect when I came to Heal Play Love, but it ended up being exactly what I needed. It helped me slow down and really look at what’s going on inside — in a way that felt safe and supported. I laughed more than I had in ages, danced like no one was watching, and connected with people on such a real level. It reminded me that healing doesn’t have to be heavy, that joy is healing too, and that being surrounded by love — the real kind — changes everything.”
— Maya 36