Ayurvedic Detox Retreat in Australia

This detox retreat is made for you, especially if health issues have been stopping you from living your best life. Ayurvedic detox, a detox process that has been proven for thousands of years and still used today. The Ayurvedic understanding of the world and disease include cyclical laws of the universe.

Highlights

Daily yoga/movement classes
Initial pre-detox consult with Kimmana
Daily educational classes with Kimmana
All herbs that are under the base program
Twice a day check-ins with Kimmana
Self-massage class and equipment
Optional three meals a day
7 nights accommodation

7 days with instruction

Group size: Maximum of 15 participants

Accommodation

The environment that you live in, whether you like it or not, contributes highly to your health and mind-state. Which is why Vitality Now has chosen venue must have what it takes to support the detoxification process:

Close to nature: as it helps to invoke more harmony (sattva) into your life.
Peaceful and away from disturbing noise: to avoid further imbalances that are caused by excessive stimulation to the body. Ideally, your body's senses are minimally used and maximally rested.
Organic food: Much of the food for Vitality Now Retreat comes from the local farmers and is free of chemicals.
Forest fresh air: gentle walks through the negative-ion rich jungle enhance the detox process and energize the cells.
Alkaline mineralized water: all medicinal teas and foods are cooked in alkaline water, filtered by the best water filtration system Vitality Now could find.

And Alaya Verde ticked all of the above. Nestled among secluded native subtropic 42 acres of forest, Alaya Verde is the idyllic place for an inward journey and letting go of the old. Away from mundane distractions: to fully immerse in the retreat and detoxify from the living habits.

Camping

The basic accommodation for the Vitality Now Retreat is camping onsite. This allows natural connections with the environment and also removes you from electronic pollution, giving your body greater exposure to the earth’s resonant field.

You're welcome to bring your own tent or camper van, no extra cost for that. But if you need us to supply a tent and bedding.

Program

Imagine this, you have a goal that you want to achieve, a role that you need to play, or a responsibility that you need to fulfill. Yet, you don't have the energy or the mental capacity to handle that, sustainably. Even worse, you may have a disease plaguing your body that prevents you from performing at all. In Ayurveda, there are two paths to moving out of health issues and ending the struggle: practices that can be done at home and gently encourage the balance of the body over time (Shamana). Practices that need to be done under supervision and quickly pull the disease-causing properties from the body (Shodhana). For stubborn imbalances, both processes are often needed, yet only Shodhana can pull the dosha (body defects) by their roots and provide quick recovery.

What makes Ayurvedic detox special?

Ayurveda has the oldest recorded history of performing intensive detox procedures, giving them the experience of how to avoid side effects and provide maximum detoxification at the cellular level.

The basic principle of 'do no harm' is often ignored by many detox programs. At many stages of my career, I often needed to handle the imbalances of clients that were caused by a non-Ayurvedic detox program. Some felt great during the detox, yet side effects lingered after. While others felt vitalized the first few times, then when repeating in the future did not get similar results. Ayurveda explains these side effects and reduced results with the disease principle known as Vata.

The Ayurvedic understanding of the world and disease include cyclical laws of the universe. These same cycles create the disease process from initiation to manifestation. The first of these is an initiatory cycle known as Vata. Vata is related to the beginning of all acts of creation, including the creation of disease.

This understanding from Ayurvedic medicine enlightens you to the fact that when you experience more Vata type aspects of life, such as those that are present in a detox process, you can initiate strong disease-promoting processes in your bodily tissues.

This Vata then influences the controlling forces of the body through the nervous system, and the long-term disease process may not play out for years to come, as the cycle of the disease comes to fruition.

Examples of these Vata type disease influences are loss, separation, fear, pain, deficiency, cold, dry, change, or virtually anything that aggravates the nervous system. As detox is a process of loss and separation where you forcefully promote the body’s evacuation channels, it can also strongly aggravate Vata. In the long run, it can create diseases in the functional and controlling forces of the body.

It is therefore essential that your chosen detox program takes measures to reduce and balance Vata first. Preparing the body for the removal processes which are going to increase Vata.

What are the benefits of an Ayurvedic detox?

The doshas – Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, will return to their original balance and function normally. The mind calms down, intellect and concentration become sharp.

Assists in Attaining a clear and glowing complexion.
It helps to reverse the negative effects of daily living.
It restores the natural state of health and wellness by bringing balance in the system and improving bodily function.
Re-tune the brain's master control system, the pituitary and pineal glands, so hormonal control and enzymatic processes return to balance.
Heals intestinal villi, so absorption and digestion dramatically improve.
Restores proper eliminative function of bowels, urinary, respiratory, and sweat systems. If these aren’t working great then you are likely to build the toxins up again quickly.
Balances hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia so energy is more consistent over the day.
Cleanses the liver, flushes bile, and restores the body’s ability to maintain a balanced blood environment.
Unblocks and restores flow to the lymph and its glands, bringing luster to the skin and hair.

It is important to note that many detox systems either don’t go far enough or go way too far in one area. Often they focus on the elimination of toxins far and above restoring the balanced functional principles of the body, which should always be your highest focus. After all, it’s usually an imbalance of these functional principles that created the toxin build-up in the first place.

How this retreat can help you to gain vitality now and after! There are many places that offer Ayurvedic detox. So what makes Vitality Now Retreat different?

Enhancing the digestion

Vitality Now's signature Vitality Now Detox program, has a special focus on enhancing the digestive and transformative force of the body, known in Ayurveda as Agni. This focus allows us to better digest all that life presents you with, physical or emotional, and turn these experiences into growth and evolution.

Individualised detox retreat

The unique thing about Vitality Now is that it is not just an individualized cleansing and detox retreat. It includes daily life and wellness education classes so you leave the detox with the wisdom to sustain the vitality and lifestyle we create together.

Educational classes

Daily educational classes with Vitality Now, so that you can have a deeper understanding of the detox process, hence increasing the detox effect. As well as an opportunity to learn the Ayurvedic lifestyle, so that you're equipped with tools and knowledge to continue your daily Ayurvedic practices after the retreat.

Community vibe and support

Unlike most Indian Panchakarma programs, Vitality Now is limited to a small group that does the program together. Often Indian centers take larger groups, participants come and go during your program, and people are usually on different schedules to each other. These factors (which are qualities of Vata: new, separation, and dissimilarity) can contribute to increasing Vata, which is the opposite of what you're trying to do.

Exclusive and individualized

The Vitality Now Retreat is designed so participants bond in unity and enhance each other's process. Limited numbers (max 10-15 people) increase the personalization with plenty of opportunities to pick my brain.

24/7 doctor support

There'll be twice a day check to adjust your program with Vitality Now, and they will stay on-site during the whole retreat. This enables the best and most accurate program for the individuals.

Think of this week-long retreat as a vitality re-booster. During this program, Vitality Now will help you to install new positive programs. These new programs will empower your health and relational success to spread through your life for the long run.

Vitality Now detox, daily outline

5.45 a.m. Wake before sunrise, wash face, scrape the tongue, brush teeth and come to the communal area.
6.00 a.m. Communal area: silence and morning prayer. Ghee drinking is only compulsory for those wishing to do the Panchakarma procedures. The ghee is to avoid the Vata aggravation and aid the movement of toxins and doshas into the digestive tract. If strong Ama then no ghee drinking is allowed, instead you will drink ginger tea.
6.30 - 7.15 a.m. Communal area: Awakening energy channels and circulation with gentle movements of the spine and limbs.
7.15 - 8.15 a.m. Communal area or your personal space: Morning abhyanga (self-massage) and Nasya, includes ears and nose. If having an afternoon treatment of Nasya, you can skip this and just have Abhyanga performed on you instead. Shower and prepare for breakfast.
8.30 - 9.30 a.m. Kitchen: breakfast: most people will be tea and/or a little bit of kitchari soup. Those with excess Ama and/or excess Kapha will only take tea as they likely won’t have much hunger. For those that need nourishment, take a larger or thicker portion of the kitchen soup.
10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Communal area: Education classes and bodywork.
12.00-1.00 p.m. Communal area: lunch: Kitchari for all guests except those that feel they can still easily fast on liquids. The option of steamed vegetables, more broccoli for pitta and Kapha types, pumpkin for Vata or those feeling they need nourishment. Fresh Coriander for all Doshas. Mint, small amounts for Vata, larger amounts for Pitta and Kapha.

Please take plenty of tea with you in water bottles when you leave after lunch. For those that are feeling too hungry even with drinking plenty of liquids, they can have a Psyllium and Clay Shake.

1.30 - 6 p.m. Free time and optional treatments. Please drink plentiful tea and rest for the afternoon. Advisable to meditate, go for walks in the forest, or partake in non-intellectual artistic activities.
6 - 7 p.m. Dinner broth, kitchen: Ideally everyone has some vegetable broth. Kitchari will also be available for those who are very hungry.
7 p.m. Kitchen: Nightly Herbs: Triphala and Haritaki with hot water to take before going to sleep. Opens up the channels of elimination through both the digestive tract and the urinary system.
7 - 8.30 p.m. Relax and soak up the nature vibes.
8.30 - 9.30 p.m. Meditation is encouraged. If you do not have a meditation you like, then visualize a ball of light that moves between the base of the spine and midbrain in time with your inhale and exhale.

This page is only meant to serve as a brief outline and reminder of the possible days when major activities will happen throughout this retreat and do not talk about any fine detail or individuality.

Tuesday night, communal area at 4 p.m. welcoming dinner and orientation. Please eat lightly as you do not want to be digesting anything in the morning.
Wednesday, day 1 ghee window = 2 tsp - 1 tbsp of warm medicated ghee on rising. Educational class.
Thursday, day 2: ghee window = 4 tsp - 2 tbsp of warm medicated ghee on rising. Educational class.
Friday, day 3: ghee window = 6 tsp – 3 tbsp of warm medicated ghee on rising. Educational class.
Saturday, day 4: ghee window = 8 tsp – 3 tbsp of warm ghee on rising. Educational class. Virechana: 2-3 tsp of castor oil at night before bed with differing ratios of triphala and haritaki. Basti: optional afternoon panchakarma for removing vata from the bowels.
Sunday, day 5: ghee window = stay at 8 tsp – 3 tbsp of ghee on rising. Educational class. Virechana: 2-3 tsp of castor oil at night before bed with differing ratios of triphala and haritaki. Basti: optional afternoon panchakarma for removing vata from the bowels.
Monday, day 6: ghee window = stay at 8 tsp – 3 tbsp of ghee on rising. Educational class. Virechana: 2-3 tsp of castor oil at night before bed with your triphala. Basti: optional afternoon panchakarma for removing vata from the bowels.
Tuesday day 7: no ghee early morning, you will have more yoga practice that will be a little more active than previous days. Ceremony: ceremonial closing with intention making. Breakfast: porridge as the first meal, please eat lightly. Alternative options for those wishing to continue fasting. Packing and departure 10 am – 12 pm.

Food

There will be optional three meals a day which is designed to enhance digestion and increase detoxification.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Organic

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

Initial pre-detox consult with Kimmana to individualize your detox program
Twice a day check-ins with Kimmana, in the morning and in the evening. Here Kimmana will individualize your daily herbal intake
Meals: Optional three meals a day which is designed to enhance digestion and increase detoxification
Self-massage class and equipment: Refillable cold-pressed massage oil to push the toxins to their elimination site.
Vitality Now Nasya oil: to clear the mind and detoxify the brain
All herbs that are under the base program (this may include digestive herbs, all-day detox teas, massage oil, medicated ghee, purging herbs to clear the liver and gallbladder Virechana)
Daily yoga/movement classes
Daily educational classes with Kimmana, with topics: Understanding Your Individual Constitution (dosha), Understanding Biorhythms and The Best Times of The Year to Detoxify, Empowering Your Digestive Force, Mastery of The Mind for Achieving Your Full Potential, and The Ten Pillars of Vitality, The Essential Foundation for Happiness and Health
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