A Typical Day at Fresh Start Health Retreat
Health Retreat Typical Day – Fresh Start offers a semi-structured™ schedule, with more structured mornings filled with educational activities and fitness; then flexible afternoons with options of guided or independent walks, rest, individual health treatments or relaxing activities. This allows for various needs to be met, including rejuvenation and provides a focused approach on improving health and experiential learning.
Every day at Fresh Start is a unique healing experience.
Below is a typical day at Fresh Start:
YOGA OR MEDITATION CLASS
7:00 AM
Enjoy a gentle stretch or a guided meditation on alternative days. These morning classes are energizing and inspiring. They will boost your emotional well-being. One day a week: Sleep-in.
GROUP HEALTH CHECK-IN AND GREEN SMOOTHIE
8:00 AM
Group Check-in is an essential part of the day. While nourishing your cells with a yummy health drink, you will fill out the Daily Well-Being and Program Participation & Progress Sheets. Your Program Director will study your notes in detail and respond to your questions and concerns.
MORNING FLUSH
8:30 AM
On Wed and Thu, provided you do not have contraindications, you’ll be offered an Isotonic drink. The drink provides a deep cleansing of both your entire digestive and lymphatic systems. Note: On the Isotonic ay, you’ll receive a special fibre drink to assist with the elimination of released toxins. 4
No green smoothie or breakfast is served on Isotonic days.
CELLULAR HYDRATION
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Hydrate cells with 1.5 L fluids. Enjoy purified Hexahedron 999 water and herbal teas, including chamomile, rooibos, peppermint, and others.
LIVING BREAKFAST & LIVER ACTIVATION™ SHOT
9:00 AM
Enjoy our delicious organic vegan cuisine, containing a large percentage of raw foods, served with top-quality pro-biotics and proteolytic enzymes by Avena Originals and a particular shot assisting with liver cleansing and activation. The meals are portioned to ensure an adequate balance of nutrients and optimum food amounts. The meal size is satisfying to most people, as organic food, according to the research, is 2-4 times richer in nutrients. However, if you get hungry throughout the day and need more, help yourself to some fruit from a basket.
You get some of your custom protocols with breakfast, as well as other meals.
HEALTH LECTURE/FOOD DEMO/REST
9:45 AM
Fresh Start lifestyle education is in-depth yet common sense and down-to-earth. We do not preach any food philosophy or one-for-all diet. Our goal is to share with you various ways to start improving your daily life and diet based on where you are. We dedicate a lot of time showing you how to reduplicate the recipes you try here and will provide you with the Fresh Start Recipe book and many additional handouts. Designing lectures and integration workshops, we had several goals: to share how the body works, explain the program process in detail and make sensible lifestyle changes, and understand your individual body needs. You’ll get many practical tools and tips throughout your stay that you can take home and share with your family and friends. Tools that will help you to continue on your health path.
Some days we do not schedule classes at this time to allow your body to get some extra rest.
Monday: 9:30-11:00 a.m. Group Bonding Time instead of an educational class. Join us once a week for a time of love, laughter and tears as we share our life lessons and welcome new guests.
HEALTH ASSESSMENTS
9:30 AM – 9:00 PM
The first three days upon arrival will be dedicated to health testing and creating your health plan. We carefully study your health profile before arrival and do more in-depth health testing upon arrival by one of our holistic doctors and one more health professional, using Electrodermal Screen Test and Live Blood Analysis (testing specialists and assessment type used may vary depending on availability). We will also determine your health goals and do an Emotional Wellness Test with you.
Based on your goals and the specialists’ findings, we will create for you an Individual Healing Path™, consisting of one-on-one treatments (massage, life coaching, colonics) and Custom Healing Protocols™ (unique health formulas and drinks for enhanced healing and restoration of specific organs and working with specific health issues). After this, you will meet for a consult with your Program Director, explaining your test results and how your problems are intended to be addressed and confirming with you the plan. Afterwards, the Individual healing plan is designed/established with you every week.
At the end of your stay, you will receive your before and after assessments/ improvements reports and the Tips4Journey – post-program tips to continue post-program. Those who are here for three weeks will receive an additional mid-program assessment to see if any adjustments to the individual healing plan need to be made.
Note: Final assessments are not included in the 7-day stay package because this period is not always sufficient to see significant test changes (though most people feel much better!).
CUSTOM PROTOCOLS
11:45 AM
Starting Thursday of your first program week, you’ll be served additional formulas, customized to your health needs, called Custom Healing Protocols™. We have three main types of formulas: Organ Support/ Re-balancing (ex., blood sugar, urinary infection stabilizing), Organ Rebuilding (ex., adrenal, thyroid or pancreas support) and Specific Organ Cleansing (ex., liver, lung, blood cleanse). During your first week of stay, you will receive three days of Custom Healing Protocols™. During weeks 2 and 3, you will get five days per week of custom protocols.*
WALK, REST OR FITNESS CLASS
11:00 AM
Get a nap or get moving, depending on the day and what your body needs. Fitness classes are offered during this time slot two times a week. Additionally, you can use Fitness Room throughout the day, independently, or for a private lesson (additional charges apply for private instruction).
HEALTH LECTURE/ EMOTIONAL WELLNESS WORKSHOP
12:00 PM
Continue absorbing health knowledge to take home. During emotional wellness classes, learn stress management techniques, what causes anxiety, how to take care of yourself without guilt or becoming a sacrifice for other people’s needs, how to care for yourself in a way you carry a load of life better and how to improve relationships with your loved ones.
LUNCH AND DIGESTIVE TUNE-UP™ SHOT
1:00 PM
You will see why our food motto is: nutritious, delicious – and good-looking:)! Served with probiotics, digestive enzymes and a healing GI mini-drink. The food here is to die… sorry, to live for. It is super healthy and healing; it energizes your body and mind and assists in weight loss.
ONE-ON-ONE THERAPIES
1:30 – 9:00 PM
Enjoy a relaxing massage and a variety of treatments included in your package and customized to your individual health needs.
REST, WALK OR EXCURSION
1:30 – 4:00 PM
Get a little snooze, or go for an afternoon walk. Three times a week, we offer guided nature walks/excursions. You can walk along the beach and the property the rest of the time. You most likely will see deer and bald eagles, tons of gorgeous bull kelp, and, if you are lucky – seals, jellyfish or sand dollars. You won’t be disappointed with one of the most beautiful places on the planet and green grass in wintertime (except for rare snowfalls :).
Once a week, Art Activities are offered instead (e.g. Mandalas, Rock Painting, Dream Board, Work with various art materials etc. – no art experience required).
REST/ HEALTH VIDEO
4:00 PM
Your success is our success. Enjoy learning with us. Documentaries on various health topics will bring much insight and inspiration to your health journey.
CELLULAR HYDRATION
3:00 – 6:00 PM
After allowing the yummy lunch to digest, we start the second round of cellular hydration (another 1.5 L). Adequate amounts of water ensure normal cell functioning and detoxification and are essential for weight loss and delivering nutrients to cells. Guests on certain Custom Healing Protocols will also continue with afternoon self-serve formulas.*
RE-MINERALIZING SOUP AND PARASITE FORMULA
5:00 PM
Enjoy a soothing warm soup that prepares your digestive system for the night’s rest and re-nourishes your GI tract. Soup is served with crackers.
EVENING FUN
7:00-9:00 PM
Various organized evening activities are offered 1-2 times a week: e.g. Games, bonfires and movie nights.
SLEEP ENHANCING TEA
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Unwind and relax your body and mind for a deeper sleep.
Note: People on adrenal, thyroid, sleep-enhancing, blood sugar-stabilizing and some other protocols may have additional bedtime formulas.*
LIGHTS OUT
9:00 PM
You worked hard on improving your health and need your sleep. Goodnight & pleasant dreams… No pillow fights!
Note: Sundays are non-instructional days, with no morning educational classes replaced with an optional group excursion, other relaxing activities and more downtime.
Disclaimer: The program structure, drinks and activities are subject to change without notice due to instructors’ availability, weather conditions, program design changes and other reasons.
* Assessments, one-on-one services and Healing Custom Protocols™ are included in the cost. Please note that there is a specific budget allotment for it, depending on the length of your stay (check What’s Included and the Rates pages for details). Only as many services as your budget allowance is will be included in the package…Though the package includes most, if not all, things you will need for your healing path, if you request additional treatments or have a very progressive health condition requiring more, it’ll be an extra pay. It is an a la carte system. You get what you pay for.