What do you do when you feel exhausted, over stressed, over-fed and a need to escape?
You go to a detox retreat in west Devon near Chagford, to re-educate your thought processes and eating patterns so that you can look after yourself in the future in a healthier way.
So now I am 4 days into my week’s stay in a Devon farmhouse.
3 days on juices and broths only (delicious, but strangely I have never felt starving) ….together with colon-cleansing powders added to the juices (disgusting but effective) have made me feel refreshed and re-vitalised. I have also had hypnotherapy and nutritional advice to help my ongoing journey to a new me.
Holly, who runs the retreat, has given me great massage treatments with relaxation and meditation classes and talks on looking at your life in different ways.
The person who may have helped me the most is the homeopath I didnt feel I needed to see- Phill de Jong (email him at [email protected]). He was brilliant, and underlying emotions in me emerged whilst chatting to him that were obviously being well-hidden by me (even from myself). He left remedies for me to take whilst here and on an ongoing basis at home.
So I shall leave hopefully not only slimmer, but with renewed positivity toward life. But I am waiting until day 6 to weigh myself and try on my tightest jeans………
www.breathedetox.co.uk
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Jem comes to you, and whilst living in your home, creates a spa-in-your-home and detox for a minimum of 4 days. He comes armed with huge juicing machines, and boxes of organic fruit and vegs. You are woken daily with hot water and lemon. You will then have a juiced mixed fruit drink for breakfast, juiced fruit and veg for lunch and tea and a vegetable broth for dinner during your fast. You break the fast on the last day with a delicious salad of all sorts of leaves and raw and sprouting vegetables and seeds. His cooking is great and is it is amazing what he can rustle up with just fruit and veg. In between each "meal" you will have treatments that include yoga, chi gung, massage, Indian head massage, Thai yoga massage, meditation and other therapies. He is also interesting to chat to about how you feel about your current life and lifestyle and moving on in your life with goals and aspirations. I would recommend doing this when you have a child-free period, otherwise it is not so restful and beneficial as it could be.
Chandra is an excellent yoga teacher, and gives one-to-one yoga classes in SW London. 
Everyone needs ‘you’ time to de-stress and simply get away from the daily pressures and pace of everyday life. Grayshott Spa, voted Tatler’s British Spa of 2007 is the perfect place to escape urban stress, business pressures and constant family demands. If losing weight is your motivation in going to a Spa, then Grayshott would be your starting point to learning how to live a healthier more balanced lifestyle.
A flip flop that has the potential to make your bum smaller and your legs leaner!
This is a MUST-visit place to get your moles and freckles checked. The Mole clinic is also coming to Superdrug branches.
I am part of the Slim-Fast “Slim Happy Team” – we are there to support you and make your slimming journey easier and enjoyable.