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21day Fast
Frank's diary of his experience with The Living on Light Process

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Christian Fasting Retreat
Is Moinhos Velhos fasting retreat suitable for Christians?

Home Fasting Programs
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Fasting Detoxification

Guia Visão - Healthy Holidays 2005

Translated from Portuguese

Far from the World

Two weeks out of this world. There is no television or mobile phone network reception, hamburgers or chips, traffic, stress or polution. At Moinhos Velhos, a hidden place near Barragem da Bravura, north of Lagos, the reality is very different to the one we deal with everyday. Here, in this Algarve, that is so distant from the touristic Algarve. You must follow a dirt road track to get to there and they offer a retreat to renovate the body and mind. A full system detox with a liquid juice fast is the secret of this place. To complete this search for well-being there are also various types of alternative medicine treatments, yoga and meditation. The scenery could not be better, there is only the deep green of the intense vegetation, the blue of the sky and the birds that fly around singing the whole day. A salt water pool delights the guests in their free time and in the hot summer days. In this pool no one runs over each other or has to dispute a few centimetres of water for a crawl stroke. Moinhos Velhos only receives a maximum of 14 guests at a time and calm is an everyday word - whether inside the glassed wall structure where the yoga classes take place, at the table, where we have our meals or around the paths between the rooms and the wooden cottages that serve as accomodation. It wasn't by chance that this place was elected the best spa of the world for fasting, yoga and meditation by the Sunday Times. A small paradise, at the reach of whoever is willing to let go of some gastronomical holidays and spend a few euros.     The main purpose of this fast is to cleanse the body of all the toxins accumulated in everyday life, but this abstinence can also help to resolve health issues like allergies, liver or kidney problems, amongst many others. Frank and Anne-Karine Moss, both from Norway, have been Moinhos Velhos hosts for the past 12 years and they believe that a juice fast is much more beneficial than a water fast. The guests enjoy their days with activities such as trips to the nearby beaches and sorroundings, swimming and sauna sessions and also various available treatments (reiki, homeopathy, reflexology, kinesiology, massages, etc). The juice fast (made with organic fruit and vegetables), is complemented with drinking lots of water during the day, taking vitamins and herb tablets, clay and powders that aid in the process of excreting toxins and also two daily clysmatics to clean the intestines. People who have completed this fast assure that it is not as hard as it might seem. Moreover they say that hunger is never really a problem.     After all, days at Moinhos Velhos have a well defined schedule, so as to better control the healing process. The guests are awaken at 7am and half an hour later they all gather by the main house where they drink lemon tea. The right drink to have before the morning breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation at 7.30 am and the yoga class at 8 am. At 10 am the first juice is served (orange juice), together with the powders that will help the body get rid of toxins. After, as in every break, there is free time to dive in the pool or to go for one of the available therapies (which must be previously booked). At 11.30 am, you take the first vitamins and herbs and it is time for the first clysmatic. The second juice (made of varied fruits) is served at 1 pm. One and a half hour later it is time to take more vitamins and herbs. The third juice (made of varied vegetables) with powders is served at 4 pm. The third dose of vitamins and herbs, as well as the second clysmatic is at 5.30 pm. The broth where vegetables were cooked is served at 7 pm and half an hour later we are given more vitamins and herbs. At 8 pm there is a new meditation session which marks the end of the daily schedule. This ritual is repeated for two weeks (there is the possibility to do a 10 days fast or a 7 days fast, but it is always advised to do a 14 days program for greater consistency and longlasting results). The treatments always start on a saturday and 11 days later the guests start to readapt to solid food. It is the sign that we are soon going back to real life. But, one thing is for sure after a stay at Moinhos Velhos, the world outside will seem very different.

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