Project Description
Aastral, NC, US
“I’m really not having cravings and I think it’s been such a miracle to quit smoking and not have cravings … I would recommend the program because I think it’s well thought out, caring and well-rounded. And it gets results. I see the results happening to me and to people around me.”
Improvements with: Anger, Anxiety, Bloating/ Indigestion, Body Image/ Self-Worth Issues, Diarrhea, Digestive Health, Grief, Muscle and Joint Issues.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Difficulty Quitting Smoking. I had a terrible habit, having a couple of cigarettes at the end of the day, sort of my reward for everything I accomplished in a day. It didn’t feel good. It didn’t fit anymore. I tried many things (Wellbutrin, cold turkey, eliminating triggers like alcohol), and they did not work. I wanted a safe place to quit smoking. | Today is 10 days with no tobacco, and I feel great. I have not had very many withdrawals at all, just habitual thoughts that pop into my head where I go, oh, it’s gonna be quiet a few hours, I can, and then I’m like, oh no, I don’t do that anymore. That’s actually been the extent of it. I feel that I was just so focused on like detoxing and taking care of my body and having treatments and classes and in this really nice community that I didn't really think about cigarettes until several days went by. |
| Anger and anxiety when quitting. I would get angry and unkind to people, and I did not want to be in that place either. | I don’t feel anxious and relaxed. No anger. I had some anxiety during quitting, but we dealt with it during craniosacral therapy. Craniosacral work worked on unwinding some of the parts of my body where I hold my anxiety and, being in this environment, I was able to actually figure out where I hold my anxiety. |
| Digestive Issues: I was struggling with digestive issues now for severe years. The issues come and go. I would be very bloated and often would have diarrhea. | I'm starting to regulate and I'm less bloated. That's really nice because I'm a small person, and when you're very bloated as a small person, it just feels like your body just feels so full all the time. |
| Lumbar Pain that shifted to my hip, bulging disks. | We worked on this systematically. Particularly my bulging disc pain has gone from, a seven or eight down to a two, which is amazing. Bowen therapy and massages have really helped that. |
| Being edgy | I am going home less reactive and in a much better place. I had some breakthroughs. |
| Grief and anger. I think before I came I was suppressing a lot of grief and um, and anger. | I feel like here I've really processed through a lot of that, the remaining grief that I had. Some of it is very old and I had never really processed fully through it. I felt myself, I release a lot of that this while I've been here. |
| Struggle with self-worth: I'm a big and accomplished person, like a big personality, and I'm well accomplished, but inside I still struggle with feeling worthy. | The nurturing and atmosphere was really helpful for all of those things, so it's a full body healing experience. I watched people go from kind of being strangers to suddenly being more like friends and family. It's really interesting and I saw there's one woman here who the first day was so shut down and really not in a good place, and I'm watching her laughing and dancing at the fitness classes, doing art like nobody's business and just really embracing life. That has been a real joy to witness. |
Experience Highlights:
- Immersive experience – no amount of holistic practices at home could do what I did here. The staff and protocols, it all works really synergistically together.
- New tool -on how to deal with anxiety and integrate knowledge I gained at Fresh Start.
- Energy work. Craniosacral work has blown my mind, I found somatic therapy very helpful for processing out my stuff.
- Sense of Happiness: One of the biggest surprises for me is that even though I quit smoking, I have felt incredibly happy most of the time. That’s been a huge surprise for me.
- Fitness Classes: one of the other big surprises has been how much I’ve really enjoyed the fitness classes and, because I’m an athlete and I wasn’t sure whether fitness classes would work for me. I thought I would probably work out on my own. And then I came into one of the fitness classes, and they make it work for everybody, including people who are fit, which kind of doesn’t always happen. I really enjoyed it.
- Walks: I went to waterfall and suspension bridge. We went to these beautiful places, and it’s os nice when you’re in a process like this to be able to get out in nature. I enjoy that inner claim when I’m out in nature and I feel more comfortable in my skin when I’m outside.
- Location: is stunning. You are sitting here on the ocean, you’re looking at the mountains. You are in this beautiful place so you can have a transformation that can change your life.
- Care and embracing atmosphere: every single practitioner, every single person on staff offers such a caring experience, so you feel cared for, which I think is very important for people who are processing grief and struggles with self-worth.
- Food: the food is one of my favourite things here. The food is prepared with love, and the chefs will tell you so, and they mean it, and that’s amazing. you’re nourishing your body with is food that is, um. Healthy. It’s free of any chemicals. It’s organic. You get this like vegan diet that is absolutely stunning every single day. I can’t believe what comes out of that kitchen sometimes. It’s just so yummy. The food it to die for, or rather to live for.
The information above is based on the following resources:
- Unedited Video Testimonial Materials
- Before and After Self-Assessment
- Program Participation and Progress Sheet
- Before and After Emotional Wellness Tests
Disclaimer : Results of participants differ and the Fresh Start cannot guarantee that you will experience your improvements in the same way as in this testimonial. The Fresh Start is not an allopathic medical facility and does not claim to either diagnose or treat any disease. The Fresh Start does not guarantee a recovery from any specific disease or a health symptom.
