Centuries ago, Hippocrates said that wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love for humanity. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident in modern times than at Strata, a multidisciplinary health and wellness clinic at the Garden of the Gods Resort and Club in Colorado Springs.
Since 2016, Strata has been the beating heart of Garden of the Gods Resort co-owner Judy Mackey‘s mission to enrich guests’ lives by providing a sanctuary for the mind, body, and spirit. Surrounded by the transcendental beauty of the iconic sedimentary rock formations for which it’s named, Strata is a safe haven, a place where guests and patients can step away from the noise and hustle of city life to breathe in crisp juniper- and sage-scented air and marvel at abundant wildlife, wide-open skies, and the towering Garden of the Gods rock spires glowing red and orange as the sun moves across them by day.
One of the world’s most elite centers for holistic health, Strata offers up the best of Eastern practices and Western science through its one-of-a-kind integrated approach to health and wellness. Under the leadership of nationally recognized cardiologist Dr. Michael Barber, Strata’s integrated team of more than 20 highly regarded clinicians works together to treat every patient as unique—and whole.
“Through the years, we’ve been very lucky to recruit a cadre of just outstanding clinicians,” Barber says. “We’re all under one roof. We all talk. We all get along. And it has just melded and molded over the last two to three years into this outstanding collaborative situation. We’re all willing to walk hand in hand.”
Strata’s vast cornucopia of healing includes IV therapy, chiropractic care, cardiology, body composition evaluations, nutritional counseling, and naturopathic and behavioral health services, in addition to state-of-the-art medical aesthetics laser treatments and facials, dry flotation therapy, and traditional spa therapies such as massages, facials, and scrubs. Patients may be coached in meditation and mindfulness or physical fitness. Their doctors might suggest an echocardiogram or bioidentical hormone therapy, a regimen of supplements or a
