07/09/2024
Weight Loss, Yoga & Detox Retreat it Albir, Alacante, Span
Description
For La Crisalida, detox, and weight loss mean eating the foods that support our bodies to cleanse and to help us move towards our ideal weight.
Our nutritionist has designed juices and meals that cleanse and rebalance our bodies, whilst maximizing the essential nutrients required by our bodies for good health. You have the option to juice or to eat during your stay at La Crisalida. Rather than adopting a starvation diet where you are always feeling hungry, all the food we serve supports our bodies to cleanse and to help us move towards our ideal weight.
By combining yoga with a healthy diet you will find your body starting to gain tone, and flexibility and generally feel amazing from the inside out.
La Crisalida Retreats is a health and wellbeing centre located in the quiet seaside town of Albir, north of Alicante on the Costa Blanca, Spain. We offer guests from all over the world a relaxing all-inclusive retreat experience in our quiet and welcoming retreat centre.
La Crisalida Retreats offers a holistic approach to health and well-being through our program of activities that include yoga, life makeover workshops, meditation, rebounding, and more, combined with tasty nutritious plant-based food and juices.
Detox
The detox retreat program at La Crisalida is designed to create health, vitality, and energy in your body and your life, by clearing away physical toxins from the body and for some people, releasing emotional “toxins” that have built up in your life too. The most effective way to detox the body is to juice – drinking only our freshly prepared vegetable and fruit juices throughout the day – however, you will also detox by eating alkaline food.
For a detox, we recommend juicing for three days, but you are free to choose to juice for longer (or shorter). You will notice changes in your skin tone, and eyes (they will be brighter and clearer) as well as feeling lighter in your body.
You can follow this detox program, even if you do not want to lose weight.
Weight loss
For the best weight loss results, you are recommended to participate in as much of the program as you can, including one yoga class per day, one guided walk, and at least one other exercise class. However, La Crisalida Retreats is not a boot camp, you can participate in the activities that you choose.
Please note, La Crisalida cannot guarantee the weight loss results you will get as every person is different and your results may differ from others who have attended our detox and weight loss retreats. However, an average weight loss can be two pounds per day, when the juicing program is also followed.
Before attending this retreat, you will need to complete a health questionnaire, which will be sent to you before you arrive.
Yoga
Yoga is a core part of the La Crisalida program, and we cater to all levels of ability - so if yoga is something you have never tried before, this is your opportunity to try out something new. Studies have proven yoga to be one of the best ways to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and relieve symptoms such as insomnia, depression, and anxiety. Yoga also helps to improve overall fitness, strength, and flexibility.
Yoga classes
Being a core part of La Crisalida Retreat offerings, yoga is catered for all levels of ability - the goal is for you to leave feeling relaxed and rejuvenated from your time at the retreat. There are two yoga classes every day, one 90 minutes and the second class either 60 or 90 minutes depending upon the day.
There is one all-level class each day (suitable for beginners and upwards) and at least five intermediate classes during the week. Classes are open to everyone however the intermediate classes are stronger and more challenging.
Most of the yoga classes are Hatha-based, although we offer a range of different yoga styles, including Yin, Restorative, Kundalini, and Hatha Flow. There are four or five yoga teachers each week, so you can experience different styles and different teachers. The common theme underlying yoga at La Crisalida is to help you get back in touch with the inner you, to find balance, strength, flexibility, and inner peace.
Where possible, the yoga sessions are set outdoors on the roof terrace with views of the surrounding area, sea, and mountains.
Rebounding
As part of the detox, weight loss, and yoga retreats it is recommended that you try a 30-minute rebounding session. If you do not know what rebounding is, rest assured you will find it to be the best activity bar none for burning calories, detoxing the body, and having fun all at the same time!
Rebounding is bouncing on mini trampolines to music. It is fantastic for activating the lymphatic system, which helps to support your detox.
Other classes
We also offer other 30 or 60-minute classes, for example, yogalates (a combination of yoga and pilates focusing on your core, legs, and bottom), aqua aerobics (in the summer months only), and legs, tums, and bums.
Detox juices
Drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juices is a core part of the La Crisalida detox and weight loss program.
You can choose to juice for your whole 5-night / 6-day stay. However, many people will still experience a detox by combining juicing for 2 to 3 days and then combining juicing and eating the wonderful plant-based food for the other meals, the choice is yours. Before you leave the retreat on your last day it is recommended that you eat at the retreat. (Read more about juicing in the food section below)
Many guests find that their energy levels and vitality reach new highs after only a few days of juicing. Most people report the juices we prepare to be refreshingly tasty and enjoyable. However - watch out, if you have a rich diet (e.g. a high proportion of sugars, meat, and/or dairy) you may find that it can take a little longer to adjust to the natural and fresh flavors.
Life makeover workshops
The La Crisalida program of life makeover workshops is popular with many guests and is the core part of our life makeover and yoga retreats. They are designed to explore and enhance your sense of mental well-being. These workshops complement the meditation at the retreat and although are light-hearted and fun, they seek to capture the basic cause of your experiences in life. A key fundamental is that to have outer harmony in life, there must be inner harmony and for there to be inner harmony there must exist mastery of the mind.
In these workshops, you can explore very practical ways of developing inner harmony. You can also look at the role motivation plays in your life and the role of your inner self, thoughts, and feelings in creating your own very personal reality. You can start to explore the often overlooked aspects of experience that we desire - those relating to inner riches.
Workshops include topics like: “Finding the authentic you”, “Creating Balance in your life” and “First love yourself”. You might also want to try vision-boarding – using the power of attraction to create a vision of the life you want to live. We also offer a weekly EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) workshop. Personalized life coaching sessions are also available.
Guided walks
La Crisalida's location by the sea and close to a natural park and woodland makes the surrounding area a great one to explore and enjoy the scenery, sea, and fresh air. We encourage all guests to join in the daily guided walks, which give you some of the very best views of the Costa Blanca. Various routes can be followed depending on your desired level of activity. The walks are graded as easy, moderate, and challenging.
You are also free to walk around the area by yourself or other guests. If you are counting steps, then you can reach 10,000 steps before breakfast on some mornings, for example, if you choose to go on a beach walk.
La Crisalida Retreats programme
The retreat offers a full program of activities that run every day of the week, starting at 8 am and finishing between 8.30 pm and 9 pm (depending upon the activity). You are welcome to choose to attend all the activities that you want to – or you might choose to go exploring the local area on foot!
Sample daily schedule
08.00: 90-minute morning walk
09.30: Morning Juice or breakfast
10.30: 90-minute yoga class
12.15: 30-minute exercise class (It can be one of rebounding, core works, aqua aerobics in the summer)
13.00: Meditation
13.30: Lunch, followed by siesta/relaxation time
Welcome chat for new guests
15.00: 60-minute class (cooking demo or juice demo), some days
16.00: Afternoon juice
16.30: 90-minute class (It can be one of the workshop, exercise class e.g. yogalates, yoga)
18.30: Dinner: evening juice or healthy meal
19.30: Evening activity (It can be one of Yoga Nidra, guided visualization, mindfulness workshop, life makeover workshop, or evening walk in the summer)
The activities on each day of the week vary, depending on the season, however, there is something in each slot for you to choose to participate in.
This schedule is shown for indicative purposes, as classes vary each week. You will be given a weekly programme of activities when you arrive at the retreat and a new schedule is available every Sunday.
Prices vary based on selected dates and availability.
Call Carla for more information.
