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Founded by David Delrahim

Los Angeles & Indian Wells, California

Four Research Pillars

A New Paradigm

OUR FOUNDER · A DIFFERENT ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Most developers build first and retrofit wellness later. David Delrahim reversed the order.

Most developers build first and retrofit wellness later. David Delrahim reversed the order.

Most developers build first and retrofit wellness later. David Delrahim reversed the order.

The old way

The old way

The old way

Acquire land

Acquire land

Build, sell

Build, sell

Retrofit wellness later

Retrofit wellness later

The COCUN way

The COCUN way

The COCUN way

Years of research

Years of research

Validate with leading minds

Validate with leading minds

Then design and build for human life

Then design and build for human life

For decades, Los Angeles–based entrepreneur David Delrahim has pursued a single question:

What does it truly mean to live well?

His own life experiences, and the health journeys of those closest to him, have made that question deeply personal—strengthening his belief that the foundations of health matter most when we need them most.


While others add wellness amenities after development, David took a different approach. Before breaking ground in Indian Wells, he invested years and significant resources in researching water quality, regenerative farming, clean energy, holistic wellness and community.


Bringing together scientists, physicians, inventors, architects and innovators, David recognized the power of connecting expertise across disciplines. The COCUN Institute is where those pieces come together.

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WHY THE INSTITUTE EXISTS

True wellness requires a more connected approach.

True wellness requires a more connected approach.

True wellness requires a more connected approach.

01

Health is interconnected.

Medicine, food, the spaces we inhabit and the communities we build all shape our wellbeing. Yet too often, they are considered separately.

02

Innovation needs evidence.

New wellness technologies and approaches are emerging every day. Meaningful progress requires rigorous research and a deeper understanding of how they work together.

03

People must come first.

The greatest opportunity in wellness is to move beyond individual products and services to create lasting improvements in how people live, feel and thrive.

“I founded the COCUN Institute as an invitation to raise the bar of wellness.”

“I founded the COCUN Institute as an invitation to raise the bar of wellness.”

DAVID DELRAHIM · FOUNDER

What if wellness became a validated, integrated ecosystem?

That is the work of the Institute.

THE new PARADIGM

Before we build,

Before we build,

we research.

we listen.

RESEARCH PILLARS

Four pillars. One whole human.

Four pillars. One whole human.

Four pillars.
One whole human.

Each pillar explores a unique dimension of human life, and is a research lens brought to the whole.

Each pillar explores a unique dimension of human life, and is a research lens brought to the whole.

01

Biological Layer

Detox

We are working with wellness experts and functional doctors to test detox modalities like light, ozone, and biomagnetism therapies that help cleanse the body and mind.

02

Food + Beverage

03

Shelter

04

Culture

01

Biological Layer

Detox

We are working with wellness experts and functional doctors to test detox modalities like light, ozone, and biomagnetism therapies that help cleanse the body and mind.

01

Biological Layer

Detox

We are working with wellness experts and functional doctors to test detox modalities like light, ozone, and biomagnetism therapies that help cleanse the body and mind.

Individually, each pillar offers insight. Together, they reveal what becomes possible when human life is understood as a whole.

Individually, each pillar offers insight. Together, they reveal what becomes possible when human life is understood as a whole.

WHAT WE DO

From first inquiry to the places people live.

From first inquiry to the places people live.

From first inquiry to the places people live.

Four commitments, a sequence. Each one feeds the next.

Four commitments, a sequence. Each one feeds the next.

01

Invest

We invest in wellness research and the evidence guiding it.

We invest in wellness research and the evidence guiding it.

02

Create

We co-create technologies, programs and protocols for living well.

We co-create technologies, programs and protocols for living well.

03

Publish

We publish Insight Reports and share our findings at events.

We publish Insight Reports and share our findings at events.

04

Apply

We apply each insight to COCUN Wellness Resort & Communities.

We apply each insight to COCUN Wellness Resort & Communities.

THE FIRST APPLICATION OF RESEARCH

Indian Wells, California

Nine hundred acres in the southern Coachella Valley. COCUN Wellness Resort & Community is where every insight from the Institute becomes a place to live.

Nine hundred acres in the southern Coachella Valley. COCUN Wellness Resort & Community is where every insight from the Institute becomes a place to live.

The future of integrated living begins as research and ends as a home.

The future of integrated living begins as research and ends as a home.

INSIGHT REPORTS

Be first to receive
what we learn.

Be first to receive
what we learn.

Be first to receive
what we learn.

CONNECT

Join the conversation.

Join the conversation.

Join the conversation.

Media

Press and media inquiries

Press and media inquiries

Email

hello@cocun.com

hello@cocun.com

LinkedIn

Follow the Institute

Follow the Institute

Events

Gatherings and talks

Gatherings and talks

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