When we started offering advanced whole-body detox retreats in 2005, we realized that people did not go away to a health retreat to just drink some “colourful juices,” deprive themselves of food (aka do detox) or sweat in a boot camp. Deep down, they were looking for solutions to their physical and emotional health needs, to acquire healthy habits and to gain resilience to deal with their day-to-day situations… Detox, raw food, exercise, spiritual fasting etc. were merely explored as means to getting more energy, losing weight and finding deeper inner peace. The issue we ran into was that the same approach and methods did not work for someone who wanted to simply get away for a quick recharge and for those who were suffering from digestive issues, cigarette addiction, obesity or were looking for how to stop an emotional eating roller-coaster. We also observed that each guest had an individual speed of healing, depending on a health condition type and stage, history of lifestyle habits and their current emotional state. No matter how well we fine-tuned the program, it was virtually impossible to find a one-for-all solution.
This is why we have created for you comprehensive and professionally guided specialized Areas of Focus, which allow us to meet your individual needs and that are proven to bring about tangible improvements in your specific health condition… provided you are realistic in your expectations and committed to your healing journey. Whether you’d like to experience joint rejuvenation, calm your anxiety, overcome sugar addiction, or simply need a quick health reboot, there are great program options for you at Fresh Start. Based on many years of experience, we carefully picked and combined various program components and put them together into the most effective combinations and sequences, as well as designed an individualized and customized process that gradually assists you on a deep healing journey, while having the most enjoyable experience in relaxing family-like environment.
WHAT IS GO-DEEPER™?
GO-DEEPER™ is a customized and individualized part of your health program designed by the Fresh Start planner to support healing of the specific health areas you choose to work on during your Core Program while staying at the Fresh Start Retreat for 7, 14 or 21 days. GO-DEEPER™ consists of 3 main components: Professional Guidance, One-on-One Therapeutic and Detox Services and Custom Supplementation Formulas.
On the GO-DEEPER™, you will experience one-on-one work with Natural Health/ Emotional Wellness Specialists. The goal here is to enhance results with your unique health goals, be it working in-depth on weight loss, depression, quitting smoking, headaches or other health challenges. Your individualized health plan will be created from over 40 unique 1-on-1 health services and 30+ custom protocols for organ support, rebuilding, and advanced organ-specific cleanses. The plan will be carefully designed, based on a thorough before and upon-arrival assessment, using 18+ years of expertise guiding people through the individualized healing process.
Choose Your GO-DEEPER™ Focus
While all guests experience similar classes and meal structure on the Core Program, when it comes to the GO-DEEPER™, you can choose a specific area of focus during your stay. Here are three main areas you can choose from:
- PHYSICAL HEALTH: diseases of the digestive tract, hormonal issues, liver problems, back/shoulder/hip and other structural issues, lung concerns.
- EMOTIONAL WELLNESS: depression, anxiety, grief, childhood trauma, PTSD, caregiver burnout, redefining self-identity, relationship building.
- HABITS RE-PATTERNING™: quit smoking, mild social drinking, digital addiction, improving exercise and eating routine.
As you see, within each area, there can be a variety of health conditions or issues. We work with each guest individually on their specific situation, considering their main and additional concerns.
Note: Most Fresh Start guests have been looking to improve across all three areas, yet experience showed that it is impossible to address all problems at once. Health restoration is like a construction site: you cannot put the roof before the walls and foundation. While you may have a lot on the plate, there are typically one or a few areas that at the moment are either causing the most discomfort or need to be stabilized first, because due to those the body function is severely dysregulated, which affects your entire state. If we focus on those areas, we will be able to see overall health improvements faster and make the results more measurable and tangible.
How Do We Work with You: Why do GO DEEPER™ guests get above average results?
WHOLE PERSON APPROACH
Fresh Start Team works with a whole person, which means that it is not sufficient for us to know that you have a depression; we want to know what contributed to it and other symptoms that come with it. You may have heard that emotional issues hide in tissues. So we may be treating your back tension until we are blue in the face, just to realize that the main contributing factors are emotion-related. Or your back pain may simply be brought upon by a constipated and sluggish bowel pressing on the pelvic and spinal areas. And vice versa, physical pain may cause depression, which may be alleviated or completely disappear on its own once the inflammation is down.
INDIVIDUALIZED ONE-ON-ONE SERVICES AND CUSTOM HEALTH DRINKS PLAN
As you understand from the example above, the solution in each case will be very different and not what it may originally seem to be. It is important that you are open to every aspect of healing (physical, emotional, habits and detox) and to deal with what’s underneath that dis-ease label, called Arthritis, Anxiety or Marijuana Abuse. After a professional health assessment and carefully studying your health profile and personal goals, you will be offered an individualized 1-on-1 treatment, health drinks and supplements plan for your approval.
GRADUAL HEALING AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE
We will prioritize the areas or organs of focus depending on the severity. After this we will create a plan with an INITIAL THERAPEUTIC FOCUS, focusing on the worst areas, and will start peeling the layers of this onion. Once one or several main areas are stabilized, we may move to work on other areas/organs. Or we’ll work on the same area for the duration of the program if this is a major issue and needs more attention. NOTE: We cannot work with all areas at once, or your body (and you!) may get overwhelmed.
MULTIPLE HEALING METHODS, MULTIPLE THERAPISTS EXPERTISE and MULTI-FACETED HEALING STRUCTURE
The same condition may be triggered by contrastly different causes, and more commonly one condition is produced by multiple causes accumulatively. This is why the cause of the disease is considered unknown! Because it is rarely one thing. This is why we use MULTIPLE HEALING METHODS, MULTIPLE THERAPISTS’ EXPERTISE and MULTI-FACETED HEALING STRUCTURE. Since more than one thing caused your health problems, we cannot count that one thing will work for them!
COMMITMENT TO YOUR HEALING
Healing is a journey and we are committed to helping you on it. When you come to the Fresh Start program, there will be a very simple and clear process to follow. It is very important that you also commit to it and follow the guidance. You need to work on yourself to get well and be an active participant! It will largely predetermine the depth of your results. We are here to support you and adjust the protocols, and we do our best to meet everyone’s individual needs, but you need to show up, take your drinks, visit classes, work with practitioners, communicate – whether you have a good or a bad day. And, even more importantly, to have a realistic yet positive attitude, be open-minded and trust the process.
Remember that there are no quick fixes to long-term issues. Do not expect major quick turnarounds and let your body take its time to heal gradually.
WHOLE PERSON APPROACH
Fresh Start Team works with a whole person, which means that it is not sufficient for us to know that you, you only have a depression; we want to know what caused it an other symptoms that come with it. You may have heard that emotional issues hide in tissues. So we may be treating your back tension until we are blue in the face, just to realize that the main contributing factors are emotion-related. Or your back pain may simply be brought upon by a constipated and sluggish bowel pressing on the pelvic and spinal areas. And vice versa, physical pain may cause depression, which may be alleviated or completely disappear on its own once the inflammation is down.
IN FINDING THE CAUSE WE CREATE A PROTOCOL
As you understand from the example above, the solution in each case will be very different and not what you may originally thought it would be. It is important that you are open to every aspect of healing (physical, emotional, habits and detox) and to deal with what’s underneath that dis-ease label, called Arthritis, Anxiety or Marijuana Abuse.
GRADUAL AND SAFE HEALING
We will prioritize the areas or organs of focus depending on the severity. After which we will create a plan with INITIAL THERAPEUTIC FOCUS, focusing on the worst areas and will start peeling the layers of this onion. Once one or several main areas are stabilized, we may move to work on other areas/organs. Or we’ll stay with the same area for the duration of the program if this is a major issue and needs more attention. NOTE: We cannot work with all areas at once, or your body (and you!) may get overwhelmed.
MULTIPLE HEALING METHODS, MULTIPLE THERAPISTS EXPERTISE and MULTI-FACETED HEALING STRUCTURE
The same condition may be caused by contrastly different causes. Most commonly, one condition is produced by multiple causes accumulatively. This is why the cause of a disease is considered unknown! Because it is rarely one thing. We use MULTIPLE HEALING METHODS, MULTIPLE THERAPISTS’ EXPERTISE and MULTI-FACETED HEALING STRUCTURE. Since more than one thing caused your health problems, we cannot count that one thing will work for them!
COMMITMENT TO YOUR HEALING
Healing is a journey and we are committed to helping you on it. When you come to the Fresh Start program, there will be a very simple and clear process to follow. It is very important that you also commit to it and follow the guidance. Being an active participant will largely predetermine the depth of results. We are here to support you and adjust the protocols, and we do our best to meet everyone’s individual needs, but you need to show up, take your drinks, visit classes, work with practitioners, communicate – whether you have a good or a bad day.
Disclaimer: Though most Fresh Start guests get amazing results, we cannot guarantee recovery from any specific disease or symptom. The results are individual and depend on many factors, including program length, type of condition, its’ severity and the level of personal commitment to the process.
This testimonial is 30 min long. In addition to a personal story, it covers various aspects of program and its components. If you seriously consider coming, we suggest to watch it in detail, to understand how the Fresh Start healing process works. It’ll help you to receive the best results and experience while at the retreat.
Healing Process: How do we guide you through it?
During the Go-Deeper Programs™, we work with you individually to assist them in reaching your unique health goals. Over the years we have developed an effective and safe process, including Professional Assessments and Guidance and an Individualized Healing Path™, consisting of One-on-One Treatments with experienced natural health specialists and bodyworkers, as well as Custom Healing Protocols™ (supplements) to help you with your health situation in an individualized manner.
Below you’ll find an overview of this process. HOVER OVER TO SEE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF EACH COMPONENT.
Pre-Assessment
Pre-program Assessment
Upon Arrival Assessment
Individualized Healing Path™ Creation
Explanation Consult
Healing Path™
Wellness
One-on-on-one Therapeutic & Detox Services
Healing Custom Protocols™
Fresh Start Healing Structure™
Check-ins & Fine-tuning of the PATH, as needed
Post-Assessment
End Program Results Assessment
Self-Assessment of Improvements
Individualized Post-Program Plan
Post Program Healing Momentum
Fresh Start One-on-One Therapies
We are proud to offer you a wide variety of high-quality treatments (more than 40). We hand-pick therapists with extensive experience and a deep understanding of how to work with a variety of health conditions. We use a large number of therapies to design a unique plan to support your unique health goals. Learn more
This testimonial is 30 min long. In addition to a personal story, it covers various aspects of program and its components. If you seriously consider coming, we suggest to watch it in detail, to understand how the Fresh Start healing process works. It’ll help you to receive the best results and experience while at the retreat.
Fresh Start Custom Healing Protocols
Custom Healing Protocols™ consist of carefully chosen and results-oriented formulas, assisting in healing of specific organs and body systems. These protocols are based on many years of experience in detox and deeply healing programs. Learn more
Organ Rebalancing |
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Custom Protocol™ |
Blood Sugar Stabilizing |
GI Elimination Enhancing |
Edema |
Electrolytes |
Metabolism Enhancing |
Sleep |
Prostate |
Underweight Stabilizing |
Urinary Infection |
Vaginal Infection |
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Organ Rebuilding |
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Custom Protocol™ |
Anemia (Blood) |
Adrenal |
Bones |
Heart and Circulatory |
Mental Energy |
Kidney |
Mild and Advance Digestion Rebuilding |
Pancreas |
Thyroid |
Ulcer/Internal Bleeding |
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Organ Cleanses |
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Custom Protocol™ |
Blood |
Gall Bladder Flush |
GI and Lymph Flush |
Candida |
Heavy Metal |
Internal Poultice (for absorbing high levels of toxins, such as in headaches or post-chemo & heavy metal detox) |
Joints |
Liver |
Respiratory (Lung) |
Small Intestines |
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What besides my Individual Health Services, will I be doing at the Fresh Start?
The Foundation of all Programs is
Core Program
Core Program is your experience and foundation of your individualized healing. It includes meals, drinks and daily activities. Through the Core Program, you will learn how to continue on a health journey at home. Educational classes on a healthy lifestyle and the functioning of various body organs, food preparation demos and emotional well-being workshops are included, as well as guided meditations, yoga, fitness classes, and much more.
The program meals are healing in their nature. They consist of vegan, organic foods with a large percentage of raw fibre (composed primarily of fresh vegetables, greens, fruits, nuts and seeds). Such foods are especially beneficial for those suffering from diabetes, HBP and obesity (and not only!). In addition to meals, various health drinks and supplements are served throughout the day to assist in optimizing digestion and enhancing sleep.
Core Program is an essential foundation for reaching your individualized health goals, no matter what area of focus you choose and works with it integratively and complimentary. It is also called Fresh Start Healing Structure™. We aimed to create a structure that is balanced and semi-flexible. You will have a more structured morning, including various classes and health check-in, and a more relaxed afternoon filled with one-on-one treatments and relaxing activities, such as nature walks, rest, health videos, steam bath and some fun activities like a game night.
The program is hosted at the eco-friendly Ocean Resort, located on a beautiful ocean-front property on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Included in your Core Program
Testimonials: Health Improvements Journey
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Health Conditions We Do Not Work With:
- Immobility and inability to walk/look after one’s basic needs without assistance.
- Recent organ failure (heart, liver, kidney etc.), on dialysis, frequent comas, unstable vertigo, frequent seizures.
- Acute conditions/disease states that are under high risk of hospitalization (f.ex. acute cholecystitis).
- We do work with people having various inflammatory conditions, which often subside significantly over time. Yet the person needs to be prepared to go through a period of discomfort and temporal healing symptoms, as well as for a longer period of healing, as those do not get better instantly.
- Less than 6 months after a heart attack/ stroke
- Suicidal depression and recent hospitalization due to it
- Psychosis or uncontrollable anger outbursts
- Strong discomfort/ inability to be in group environments
- Extremely unstable physical or emotional health condition requiring medical assistance, 24-hour supervision and frequent 1-on-1 attention
The list is not exhaustive.
Please keep in mind that we are not a medical facility and do not have staff onsite 24-7.
Disclaimer:
Though we have professional staff with advanced health expertise and most of our guests receive deep health results, the Fresh Start cannot guarantee health recovery from any specific disease or symptom, as the healing process is individual, gradual and depends on many factors. Please be realistic in expectations as there is no such thing as quick fixes when it comes to healing.