Daniella's healing journey began in childhood, with severe challenges to her lungs and an early lesson in stillness when breath was hard. The water came later, against conventional advice: the Red Sea, first as a scuba instructor and then as an underwater photographer, and through the breath, her lungs healed. That life carried Daniella, in time, to Mexico.
The most significant evolution of Daniella's career came with Sanará, the boutique wellness hotel built on the beach in Tulum in 2014, and with the Real Coconut, born within it. The Real Coconut's recipes went on to fill shelves across the United States and Canada, and the pages of the cookbook Nourish Yourself, Nurture Our World. By Daniella Hunter, a lifestyle and clothing collection, gathers skincare, clothing and personal pieces for a conscious, minimal way of living. And now phytovive: a project championing the marine microorganisms that first breathed life into this earth.
This season Daniella Hunter is curating the Sanará experience at La Zebra, Tulum, in the original Sanará rooms and spaces on the beach.