1. Arnold Rikli was a supporter of the so-called Lebensreform social movement.
10 Facts About Arnold Rikli
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Arnold Rikli was born into a wealthy Swiss family as one of three sons.
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Arnold Rikli's father was involved with politics and had his own factory.
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Arnold Rikli became very unwell with diarrhea, and he blamed his illness on exposure to chemicals.
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Arnold Rikli abandoned the family business and started his own healing method in Bled.
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Arnold Rikli proposed various therapies, most of which were based on exposing the body to water, air, and sun.
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Arnold Rikli's healing was founded on swimming in cold water, sun tanning, and walking.
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Arnold Rikli created baths, walking paths, hiking paths and housing in Bled.
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Since 2016, the Jorg Wolff Foundation in Germany, has awarded annually the Arnold Rikli Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, for photobiological research in relation to the human organism; the award is under the patronage of the European Society for Photobiology.
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Arnold Rikli's books discussed the theory and practical methods of healing with air, sun and steam baths.