“Cleanse, Centre, and Connect”
21 Day Customized 1-on-1 Health and Wellness Retreat in Stanford, Western Cape
Stanford Village Retreat, 31 Church Street, Stanford, Western Cape, 7210, South Africa
Personalized Holistic Health Retreat South Africa
The Whole Truth Retreat 's spiritual retreats support and guide you through times of transformation, healing, and awakening. Our retreats incorporate a powerful detoxification program, meditation and yoga, creative process, herbal and plant medicine treatments, nature immersion, and the exploration of expanded states of consciousness to form a strong container in which awareness can grow.
Meet the instructors
Tasha
Read more
Read more
Highlights
- Have daily yoga sessions
- A daily two-hour slot for self-study
- Daily meditation instruction and practice
- 30 minutes pre-retreat Skype consultation with Tasha
- Daily health talks, practical workshops, or other holistic modalities with Tasha
- Your choice of an organic juice cleanse, raw food, or healthy plant-based meals
- Herbal therapeutic treatments and herbal teas
- 20 nights in private accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
20 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 6 participants
Airport transfer available:
Cape Town International Airport (US$ 130 per person)
Cape Town International Airport (US$ 130 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
14:00
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Picnic area
- Terrace
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
-Stanford Village Retreat
One of the original heritage houses in Stanford Village, the retreat venue is a characterful Cape Dutch building with many of its original features, furnished in a simple, beautiful vintage style.
A beautiful closed combustion fireplace in the lounge forms the warm heart of the house and the space for morning yoga and evening meditation. High ceilings, wooden beams, and original wooden floors lend a traditional coziness that’ll have you putting your feet up, country style, in no time.
The morning sun greets the back verandah, making it a delightful place to start the day. In the late afternoons, the front ‘stoep’ is a perfect spot for tea as the sun goes down.
The view spills onto quiet roads and dusty lanes, affording a glimpse of authentic Stanford life passing by - a restful joy to savor. The expansive garden is a private and secure haven in which to while away your free time, with fruit trees, a veggie patch, and prolific lavender bushes.
Program
Why join this retreat
This retreat is an excellent choice for you if:
- You are in a life transition, or are aware of the need for change and are seeking space, insight, and clarity
- You would like support in establishing healthy habits, a plant-based diet, or a steady spiritual practice, for wellbeing, balance, and deep resilience
- You are dealing with persistent health challenges and want to energize and activate your body's powerful healing mechanisms, naturally
- You need to deeply rest and reconnect with yourself, practicing self-love and self-care
- You wish to connect with your innate creativity and wisdom and find the bravery and confidence to share this with the world
- You are ready to free yourself from limiting beliefs, held trauma, and judgment of self and others
- You are drawn to investigate and experience your true nature and invite more joy, freedom, and flow into your life
During your retreat you will have the opportunity to:
- Uncover your body’s vibrant state of being through a program of physical cleansing and natural nutrition
- Enliven your everyday experience with simple tools to support optimum nourishment, breathing, movement, and healing, forming a strong foundation for holistic wellbeing
- Honor creative expression, inherent and vital to our human experience
- Make contact with your natural confidence, wisdom, and compassion through meditative practice and true presence
- Experience the transformative power of ceremony, intention, and gratitude
- Realign with the deep intelligence of your own life force, the natural world, and universal consciousness
The Whole Truth Retreat specializes in spiritual retreats to support and guide you through times of transformation, healing, and awakening. Their unique program of physical cleansing, herbal treatments, meditation and yoga, creative process, nature immersion, and the exploration of expanded states of consciousness forms a strong container in which awareness can grow.
Program
Upon booking, the specifics of your retreat will be planned via a Skype call according to your personal needs, interests, preferences, and Tasha's recommendations. Each day incorporates either a morning or afternoon session with Tasha, engaged in one of the following:
- Yogic teachings (yoga philosophy / energetic anatomy)
- Yogic practice (breathwork / cleansing practices / pranic practices)
- Meditation instruction and practice (traditional Buddhist meditation and mindfulness)
- Conscious breathing (using the breath to access visionary states of consciousness for healing and transformation)
- Making ceremony (empowering intention, awareness, and release of outworn ways of being)
- Yoga Nidra (deep guided relaxation)
- Nature immersion (cleansing or meditative practices in wild nature: mountains, beaches, waterfall pools)
- Land art (creating in nature with found natural materials)
- Intuitive art (process art to access the sub-conscious and super-conscious)
- Intuitive movement / free dance (spontaneous expression and embodiment)
- Natural health talk (guidance on natural living, natural eating, and natural medicine)
- Herbal medicine (individual guidance on appropriate treatment and herbal medicine making)
- Vibrational medicine (individual guidance on appropriate treatment and vibrational medicine making)
- Bio energy treatment (supporting free flow in pranic pathways and energy centers for healing, insight, and release)
- Bio energy practices (learning techniques for self-care to release, regulate, and energize pranic flow)
- Plant medicine and micro-dosing talk (information and guidance around working with teacher plants)
The other morning or afternoon sessions will be devoted to self-study. You will be given practices to complete alone; allowing for valuable time in silence and solitude, fostering awareness and intimacy with yourself. This encourages self-support and confidence; building the resources needed to carry healthy attitudes and practices home with you on departure.
Self-study practices include:
- Guided journaling
- Contemplation
- Silent meditation
- Walking meditation
- Grounding in nature/sunbathing
- Yogic practice (breathwork / cleansing practices / pranic practices)
- Gratitude practice
- Ceremony and intention
- Karma yoga (selfless service)
Sample schedule: Juice cleanse
- 07:00 Rise and have a cleansing drink
- 07:30 Yoga
- 09:30 Juice and supplements
- 10:00 - 12:00 Morning session with Tasha / self-study
- 12:30 Juice and supplements
- 13:00 - 15:00 Afternoon session with Tasha / self-study
- 15:30 Juice and supplements
- 16:00 - 18:00 Therapies
- 18:30 Broth
- 19:00 Meditation
- 19:30 Free time / retire
Instructors
Tasha Saha
Tasha is a certified yoga instructor, alternative health practitioner, Intuitive Art teacher, and the founder of the certified organic skincare brand, Mioja. She is dedicated to natural living and holistic health, and she has spent almost two decades helping people back to their natural state of balance.
Location
Stanford, Western Cape, South Africa
Stanford Village Retreat is ideally positioned for a quiet stay in Stanford Village, just a two-minute stroll from the main street, with its galleries and antique shops. Situated two hours from Cape Town, Stanford Village Retreat is a tranquil setting for your stay.
The Klein River offers wonderful river walks, bird watching, and swimming and is just five minutes away on foot. Pristine, wild beaches, which in season offer some of the best land-based whale watching in the world, are just 10-minute drive away at Walker Bay and De Kelders.
Distances
- Walker Bay and De Kelders - 10 minutes
- Cape Town - 2 hours
Food
The fruit, vegetables, and herbs used as the main part of all of the delicious menu options are mostly sourced locally and organically, some being grown, chemical-free on-site in the garden.
The Whole Truth Retreat grows its own wheatgrass and microgreens, vibrant with life force and phytonutrients for only-just-harvested plant power. Preferring supplements from natural sources, The Whole Truth Retreat wild harvests the renowned South African remedy Aloe ferox for juicing and brew its own alkalizing apple cider vinegar tonic.
Accompanying the juice cleanse, powerful natural detoxifying and nutritional supplements are provided, as well as an optional additional supplementation program tailored to your specific needs.
The quality, freshness, and life force in the produce used makes a vast difference to the depth and power of the cleansing / healing processes. Feeding yourself cleanly, lightly, and naturally allows you to experience your body in a state of wellness that you may never have felt before.
All meal options offer excellent, highly accessible nutrition and rest the often overloaded digestive system, allowing the body to shift into healing and repair mode. Depending on the length of your stay, you may experience a reduction in inflammation (the precursor to all diseases), increased energy, natural weight loss, the eradication of minor health complaints (eg. mucus conditions, skin complaints, joint stiffness), and a noticeable improvement in more major ones.
Probiotic and fermented foods restore gut health, often a factor in chronic illness or fatigue. Light, easily digested meals, or liquid nutrition in the form of juices and broth, also support quietness and clarity of mind making this the ideal nourishment for the retreat space. Meals and juices are made with great skill, care, mindfulness, and love, under the guidance of a qualified nutritionist.
If you would like to receive instruction on food preparation in order to support the continuation of healthy eating and cleansing practices on your return home, this is possible. Water fasting or dry fasting support is available on request.
Several options are available for your retreat, usually used in combination:
Juice cleanse
This option is excellent for detox, radical physical reset; treating chronic illness and inflammation. This includes three cold-pressed juices at intervals throughout the day, as well as herbal, food, and vitamin supplements tailored to your nutritional / health and healing needs.
Wheat grass, aloe, and rejuvelac are grown / wild harvested / self-made by Tasha, your facilitator. Post juice cleanse raw food is served for a time for the transition out of a juice cleanse can be challenging, and it's an important part of the process to move through gently and with awareness.
Raw food
This option is high in life force and rich in enzymes for better digestion and absorption. Meals are created freshly, using large amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables, and activated seeds, nuts, and grains. Also offered are special creations such as pro-biotic nut cheeses and whole seed crackers dehydrated at a low heat to keep digestive enzymes intact. Healthy desserts are made with natural unrefined sweeteners such as dates and raw honey, which have wonderful health benefits.
Plant-based
This option supports the acid / alkaline balance in your body, your digestive health, and your hormonal balance on an ongoing basis. Without the inclusion of any processed or refined ingredients, this meal program offers light, cooked, whole foods with a largely raw food component, a wonderful introduction to a healing, cleansing diet if a juice cleanse is not appropriate for you at this time.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
- Raw food
- Hallal
- Lactose Free
- Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
Optional extras
- Colonic cleanse program, offered in conjunction with the juice cleanse, and highly recommended if physical healing is a priority, or you have existing health challenges
- Plant Medicine Journey / Vision Quest
- Extended Nature Immersion
- Alternative health therapies: choose from massage / bodywork / reflexology / bio-energy balance / reiki / organic facial / therapeutic yoga
What's included
- Pre-retreat Skype consultation with Tasha
- 20 nights accommodation in the beautiful village of Stanford, close to Cape Town
- Exceptional nourishment- your choice of an organic juice cleanse, raw food, or healthy plant-based meals
- Herbal therapeutic treatments and herbal teas
- Daily yoga sessions - suitable for all levels of experience
- Daily meditation instruction and practice
- A daily two-hour session with Tasha, incorporating health talks, practical workshops, or other holistic modalities
- A daily two-hour slot for self-study
What's not included
- Private Sessions (therapies, massage, reiki etc)
- Optional Colonic Cleanse Programme
- Optional Plant Medicine Treatments
- Shuttle service to Stanford from Cape Town International Airport
- Airfare
How to get there
Recommended Airports
CPT
Cape Town International Airport
94 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 130 per person
Arrival by shuttle
A shuttle service between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) and the retreat venue may be booked at an additional cost of 1,500 ZAR / 130 USD one way, or 2800 ZAR / 240 USD return trip.
Airport: Cape Town International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Cape Town International Airport (US$ 130 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
For this organizer you can guarantee your booking through Tripaneer.com. All major credit cards supported.
61619
Similar Holidays you might like
Why choose Tripaneer.com
Largest Selection
Friendly Customer Service
Offers for every budget
Best Price