"Show me how your heart beats, and I shall show you what is good for you" - the Ammergau Alps are Germany's first Lebensfeuer®-Region (Fire for Life Region). Beneath the surface of the evocative name, Lebensfeuer® (Fire for Life), lies a sophisticated method for discovering information about your individual state of health and wellbeing.

As a Lebensfeuer®-Region (Fire for Life Region), the Ammergau Alps allow you - with a Lebensfeuer®-Messung (Fire for Life Rating) - to discover more about yourself. In addition, the Ammergau Alps vacation region offers a wide range of programs, treatments and holiday tips tailored to individual needs.

Dr. Fehle-Friedel, medical head here at Parkhotel and our afflilated Sanatorium, has been a Fire for Life professional since May 2013.

The Lebensfeuer®-Messung (Fire for Life Rating) is based on the measurement of heart rate variability. The smallest ECG device in the world (weighing only 16 grams) is used for long-term measurements over a period of 24 hours. The pause is measured from heartbeat to heartbeat (in milliseconds) and compared with the duration of the next pause. The difference in the lengths of pauses provides information on the extent of variability, and  on the adaptability of the individual being rated. Adaptability is a sign of vitality and health.

With the analysis system developed by physician and chronologist Dr. Alfred Lohninger, the complex information is presented as the easy-to-understand Lebensfeuer®-Messung (Fire for Life Rating).

In addition to information about the individual's general state of health, the effects of various stimuli and activities on the body - as well as quality of sleep - are also visible. Along with being part of the Fire for Life® Rating, this information is presented to us through meaningful parameters such as our age, physical and mental vitality, burnout risk, sleep quality, performance and regeneration capacity, in notes, traffic light colors, explanations and individual recommendations.

The Fire for Life professionals in the Ammergau Alps, trained by Autonom Health Gesundheitsbildung, use this analysis to advise guests on how to make their vacation the best it can possibly be - so that guests can relax to the fullest and develop these techniques in their everyday lives. This takes place as part of an in-depth Fire for Life coaching session. Hotels such as Parkhotel at Soier See adapt nutrition, exercise and activities to the individual Fire for Life impulse (activation/regeneration/balance) of each guest. This serves as the start of a change of lifestyle for the better.

A follow-up measurement is then planned every 3-6 months to document the effect of the change and to make any adjustments.