Fasting and detox programs

We offer a holistic cleansing package which can dramatically enhance your state of well being, making you feel years younger. We truly love what we do, which is why we do it, and we  would like to share it all with you.

At Moinhos Velhos, we aim to work in harmony with all living things. We endeavor to work with the energy of the earth - with plants, with trees - the vegetables and the fruits for our fasting juices are organically grown. We work with the energy of healing and with the energy within - our Higher Selves. Whilst fasting, one often feels more attuned to this energy - this harmony, to the silence and peace both within and all around.

Both Anne Karine and Frank had experienced first hand the positive results from periods of fasting, yoga and healthy living. This was the seed that was planted in our minds, and after some time for germination, it was time to set up a center of our own.

We were in Norway at this time and the Yoga and Health Center was set up just outside Kristiansand. Here we were offering juice fasting programs. In addition to our own fasting experiences, we had also been inspired by the works of Bernard Jensen and Dr Gerson

We created a  juice fasting program with the added benefits of yoga, meditation, alternative therapies and the salt water yoga kriyas - this involved drinking two liters of salt water by 8AM, followed by three liters of fresh water before noon. It was very effective, but tough. Many people could not take the salt water, and many others could not consume so much water in such a short period. I got used to it so much and really liked it.

After some time, we became aware that Norway was not the ideal place to do fasting and purification programs - too cold. Even in southern Norway we could have snow on the ground in May. We wanted to be further South - in a warmer climate. So, for a while, Anne Karine settled in Spain and I in Portugal.  I was also traveling around giving workshops and conducting fasting programs in various places and countries. However, after a while I joined Anne Karine in Spain. But we could not find the right place there and we were guided to settle in Portugal.

In Portugal, we were guided to to establish our center at Moinhos Velhos ("the old mill") near Barragem da Bravura in the Algarve.