Vancouver Island Health Retreats

Fresh Start is a health retreat, healing spa and lifestyle transformation sanctuary, where people come to start gradually, naturally improving their health using the Fresh Start Healing Structure™. Our system’s powerful core centres on Whole Body Detox and Cellular Re-nourishment™. Whether you are a health seeker coming for a 7-day Retreat to do a quick detox and recharge, or coming for a 14 or 21-day Retreat to work on an ailment, in order to give your body time to heal at a much deeper level, Fresh Start has created an amazing healing place for you. In this rejuvenation retreat, surrounded by a loving team of natural health professionals who work from the heart, you can choose the depth of healing you need.

Health Retreat Core Program

Your Core Program includes vegan, organic, with a large percentage of raw foods (composed primarily of fresh vegetables, greens, fruits, nuts and seeds) and healing drinks to restore and nourish your cells. You will also experience gentle detox of your whole body; including your digestive tract, liver, parasite, lymph and other organs. Educational classes in the areas of healthy lifestyle and emotional well-being are included, as well as guided meditations, yoga, fitness classes, hydrotherapy treatments and so much more. All this is hosted at eco-friendly Ocean Resort, located on a beautiful ocean-front property on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

Fresh Start’s Core Program offers a balanced, flexible structure which serves as the foundation for your Specialty Package during your 7 Day Jump Start™ or 14-21 Day Go Deeper Path™. During your stay with us, you’ll benefit from both group activities and personal attention where required.

Included in your Core Program:

Organic Vegan Meals
Emotional Wellness Workshops
Nature Walks & Excursions
Art Classes
Bonfires in season
Digestion Tune-up™ Formula
Green Body Care
Hydration with Herbal Teas & Lemon

Daily Check-ins
Lifestyle Education
Fitness
Body Care Classes
Game Nights
Liver Activation™ Drinks
Supervision & Guidance
Food Prep Demos

Whole Body Detox
Guided Meditations
Yoga and Qi Gong
Hydrotherapy Treatments
Fun Outings
Fresh Wheatgrass Juice
Sleep Enhancing™ Tea
Green Smoothies

Daily Check-ins
Lifestyle Education
Fitness
Body Care Classes
Game Nights
Liver Activation™ Drinks
Private Accommodation
Food Prep Demos

Organic Vegan Meals
Emotional Wellness Workshops
Nature Walks & Excursions
Art Classes
Bonfires in season
Digestion Tune-up™ Formula
Green Body Care
Hydration with Herbal Teas & Lemon

Whole Body Detox
Guided Meditations
Yoga and Qi Gong
Hydrotherapy Treatments
Fun Outings
Fresh Wheatgrass Juice
Sleep Enhancing™ Tea
Green Smoothies

Specialty Packages

Professional Services

One-on-One Therapies

Custom Healing Protocols

Best for:

Metabolic Disorders (Diabetes, Weight Loss)
Digestion and Liver
Respiratory & Sinus
Muscular-Skeletal
Hormonal Health
Cardio-Vascular (HBP, High Cholesterol)
Immune and Lymph
Hair and Skin
Male Health
Female Health
Body Toxicity Diseases (Headaches, Gout)
Sleep Issues

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Habits Repatterning Helps Eliminate Bad Habits

Patterns Addressed:

Cigarettes and Wine
Food
Technology
Thoughts
Daily Structure
Stress Management & Life Balance

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Emotional Wellness Recovery After Burnout

Best For:

Depression
Trauma & Caregiving
Relationships Resolution
Anxiety
Aura/Chakra Restoration
Heart Healing™

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Best For:

De-stress and Unwind
Take a life break
Re-energize
Rest
Watch the bald eagles take off
Rehydrate cells
Meditate
Have a restorative spa getaway
Rejuvenate your body and mind
Me-time Getaway
Calm your emotions
Get a relief from the city’s hustle and bustle

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Your Health Retreat Will Be A Life-Changing Experience

FREE CONSULTATION

OR

GUIDED REGISTRATION

Fresh Start Health Retreats Amazing Team

Meet Some of Our Professionals and Instructors

Choose YOUR Path

7 Days: JUMP START™ Path

7 Days is great if you need a very good REBOOT, TUNE UP and a JUMP START. You will have good results, but they cannot be as deep as those for our 14-21 Day guests. Please be realistic about what your body can accomplish in a week.

14 or 21 Days: GO DEEPER™ Path

14 or 21 Days is the best choice if you need a total health and wellness makeover and want to heal at a much deeper level. Check out our Testimonials to see the impact of this investment into your health.

7 Day

$4,000 CAD

Jump Start

Core Program

$2500

Specialty Package

$1500

Accommodation

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14 Day

$8,000 CAD

Return to Health

Core Program

$5000

Specialty Package

$3000

Accommodation

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21 Day

$12,000 CAD

Total Health & Wellness Makeover

Core Program

$7500

Specialty Package

$4500

Accommodation

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Deepest
Healing

Note: All rates are subject to 5% GST.

Your Health Retreat Core Program Essentials

OVERVIEW

Overview

Improve your wellbeing with our semi-structured, results-oriented and professionally-guided core programs, including organic vegetarian meals, cleansing drinks and juices and a wide range of activities. Hosted at eco-friendly Ocean Resort.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

What’s Included

Included in your Core Program are most group activities, meals & drinks, health & emotional well-being education and support. All this accumulates to create a solid foundation for your health improvements. The combination of professional guidance, Core Program and Specialty Package helps you achieve even deeper healing and transformation.

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VEGAN RAW FOOD

Vegan Raw Food

Food at Fresh Start is truly a medicine. We carefully choose foods with the goal of Cellular Re-nourishment™ and include: organic vegetarian dishes with large percentage of living (raw) foods, fresh wheatgrass juice, green supersmoothies, Digestion Tune-up™ and Liver Activation™ drinks, as well as top-quality probiotics and digestive enzymes, Adrenal & Thyroid Tonic™, and Sleep Enhancing™ drinks and supplements.

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TYPICAL DAY

Typical Day

Included in every program there are health lectures, food preparation demos, emotional wellness workshops, fitness classes, guided walks/excursions, yoga, guided meditation, steam bath and many fun activities, such as art classes, seasonal outings and bonfires. The day has a balanced structure for healing, rest, activities and fun.

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OCEAN RESORT

Hosted at Ocean Resort

Stay at the Ocean Resort, located on the beautiful ocean side of the Vancouver Island, across the Desolation Sound Mountain range. Enjoy the Resort’s eco-friendly facilities with green body care, laminate floors and hypoallergenic duvets. No pets or kids. Learn more about alternative lodging for families or if you come with the pet.

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RETREAT DATES

Available Dates

Fresh Start runs health restoration retreats from the Ocean Resort Wellness Resort and Spa. Each year we run 9 sessions. Please view our scheduled retreats and select available dates that would work for your schedule.

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Health Retreat Success Stories

21 Day Health Retreat Sarah, USA

Conditions: High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Diabetes, Exhaustion
Results after two 21-Day Programs: Blood Pressure: 147/90 to 102/70, Weight Loss: 28.8 lbs, Inches Lost Hips: 3, Inches Lost Waist: 7

14 Day Health Retreat Mark, Canada

Conditions: Diabetes, Emotional Trauma
Results: Blood Sugar Stabilized, Weight Loss, Emotional Healing, Blood Pressure 145/71 to 124/64

9 Day Health Retreat Brigette, USA

Conditions: High Blood Pressure, Wanted to Quit Smoking
Results: Blood Pressure 136/88 to 97/63, Stopped Smoking, Stopped Taking HBP Medication

7 Day Health Retreat Melissa, Canada

Conditions: Wanted to loose a bit of weight and get her healthy habits back on track.
Results: Lost weight, experienced a healthy re-set and a life changing spiritual and mental boost.

The Choice is Yours

You have tried many things on your own and feel like you need to go away to a health & lifestyle transformation retreat where your healing can be guided by the professional team of natural health specialists. We are here to guide and support you on your path to health, happiness and vibrant life in a supervised, structured health retreat setting.

We have designed a time tested Core Program and Specialty Packages to assist you on your healing path.

Your Health Retreat Will Be A Life-Changing Experience

Because you chose to give time and space for your body, mind and soul to start healing.

FREE CONSULTATION

OR

GUIDED REGISTRATION

Many Healthy Retreats In One

Cleanse / Detox Retreats

We strongly believe we offer the best detox retreat in Canada. When you’re trying to quit smoking, recover from toxin exposure, kick sugar cravings, or simply strengthen your immune system to fight chronic illness, there are only a few health resorts to choose from that really understand safe and effective detoxification. We have every facility needed to provide you with a cleansing detox appropriate for your personal needs while you enjoy a healthy retreat surrounded by the beauty of the British Columbia rainforest and ocean shore.

Holistic Wellness Retreats

Our wellness retreats are holistic, incorporating cleansing for the mind, body and spirit. A body cleanse diet is a good start, but when you do it in a refreshing ocean-side resort, supported by daily steam baths, meditation, yoga and much more, you’ll get much more powerful results for weight loss, detox, health and well-being. Our team of health professionals and our Naturopathic Doctor ensure that you detox your body safely and comfortably in one of the most beautiful health and weight loss spas in Canada.

Weight Loss Retreats

Of course there’s usually weight loss – juice fasting alternated with an organic raw vegan diet is the best weight loss diet plan there is when your body is stressed by extra pounds. When you eat only the most healthy and nutritious foods while you detoxify your body, it frees your cells to dump fat. They’re happy to do so when your blood sugar is normalized and your body is receiving excellent nutrition.

Stress / Medical Retreats

If you’re looking for a medical retreat, you’ll want to read our testimonials. Many of our clients leave Fresh Start Health Retreats with a reduced need for prescription medication. Some eliminate it completely. We see high blood pressure drop, fatigue eliminated, symptoms of heart disease reduced, and many other health benefits. We’ll discuss medical conditions of concern with you before you register to ensure our program is suitable.

Health Retreat Spas

When stress and a busy lifestyle is wearing you down, our full range of spa treatments, healing therapies, healthy detox diet and detoxing drinks, beautiful Vancouver Island beachfront resort, relaxing activities and considerate staff will give you that chance you’ve needed to recover from mental stress, burnout, depression, fatigue, work stress and/or busy life obligations, and prepare yourself to return refreshed. Our longer health retreats include more spa services, and we customize those to your specific needs.

Juice Fasting Retreats

We have some amazing juice fasting recipes that are focused on relieving chronic health conditions and supporting detox cleanses. Because we’re familiar with the side effects of juice fasting, we incorporated it carefully so that your body is healed, rather than stressed. Our juice fasting detox alternates with eating days that include delicious organic meals, so you don’t suffer an uncomfortable extended fast or the discomfort you may have experienced on a previous “master cleanse”. The juice fasting results at Fresh Start really come through in our testimonials, and we strongly encourage you to read them.

Dietetics / Nutrition Retreats

There’s also a strong educational component to our detox programs. It’s important that you leave your wellness retreat able to incorporate healthy nutrition, fitness and other wellness habits into your daily lifestyle. We suggest you read our articles on juice fasting, body detox, weight loss, stress management, nutrition, and other health topics. You’ll find tips and recipes as well as information on the latest research in wellness.

Yoga / Fitness Retreats

We don’t offer a fitness bootcamp – our approach to fitness is more gentle and holistic. We will encourage you to try some simple yoga positions, and take walks in the cleansing fresh air along the beach or in our stunning British Columbia rainforest each day. If you’re up for more, our fitness room is open to you. If you’re considering yoga retreats, you might want to investigate our more holistic approach. Body detox prepares you well for any fitness program you might be planning to undertake. As you begin to feel better from your detox cleanse, your energy will rise naturally. A person who experiences vibrant health wants to move, and fitness comes more naturally after that.

Our Vancouver Island, BC retreats are appropriate for couples retreats, women’s retreats, or singles who are seeking a health retreat in Canada.