Pure Cure

Wake naturally then take some deep breaths in the clear morning air and head off to start your day with some yoga. Follow this with a delicious smoothie to kickstart your metabolism and get ready to explore the stunning scenery, have a treatment or just prepare to soak up some sun whilst swinging in the hammocks. On return from mountain biking or walking along the trails through the ancient forests, unwind at the fireside or on the terrace enjoying a sunset dinner. Complete the day with some meditation under the starry sky.

What makes the Pure-Cure experience special is that we tailor unique personalised programmes. We want to understand who you are and what you are about whilst having a fabulous holiday.

COMPLETE CURE:

• Pre detox health profile
• One to one consultation with qualified Natural Nutritionist
• Detox resource kit
• Daily yoga
• Healthy organic food
• Meditation and pranayama
• Educational talks

GENTLE CURE:

• Mini detox resource kit
• Daily yoga
• Healthy organic food
• Meditation and pranayama
• Educational talks

Use our healthy living and philosophy library throughout the week where you will find lots of nutritional information, recipes, exercise and lifestyle tips. Combined with our detox resource kit we hope you will leave us with the confidence and tools to integrate what you have learnt into everyday life. We will continue to support this process by offering optional follow up consultations with one of the facilitators.

The Detox Resource Kit

We have designed our resource kit to help you achieve the desired level of cleansing whilst on the Pure Cure and to support you in your daily life.

Detox resource kit for those on the complete Pure Cure:

• Detox resource guide: What, when, where and how. Recipes and information to help support the detox process when you are back home. Information on food state supplements, water filters, rebounders and juicers.
• Skin brush
• Enema kit
• Virgin Coconut Oil to put on the skin overnight
• Ear Candles

Mini detox resource kit for those on the gentle Pure Cure:

• Detox resource guide [as above]
• Skin brush
• Virgin Coconut Oil to put on the skin overnight
• Ear Candles

Food

The food during the week will be sensational and plentiful using as much home grown and organic produce as possible. These pure foods can increase vitality, energy and strength helping you to spring clean the body rendering the mind clearer and calmer.

The majority of meals will be vegetarian but we will also provide good quality fish and meat to those who need it according to their personal health profile or to those who simply desire it!!

Your chef will be creating colourful delicious seasonal recipes leaving you feeling bouncier and bonnier than before.

During the course of the week one of the facilitators will give some cooking demonstrations. Those who wish to can learn how to make interesting wholesome vegetarian meals and go through the basics such as how to use the juicer (making lots of mess!) make a power smoothie or make your own almond milk to pour on your brekkie.

"Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food" - Hippocrates 460 BC

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The Retreat

What's included:

• One to one consultation, tailored detox programme and support
• Accommodation
• Food /full board (delicious, light, fresh & seasonal recipes)
• Daily yoga sessions, guided meditations & breath work

What's not included:

• flights, trains, transfers
• optional complementary therapies during the detox weeks.
• excursions and other activities like horse riding, kayaking, mountain biking, etc.

Please complete a separate booking form for anyone traveling with you.

Booking Form

full name:
address:
contact telephone or e-mail:
Complete Cure or Gentle Cure
any special dietary needs?
Accommodation is based on two people sharing.
would you like:	a twin bed room or a double room
Share with a specific person? (please give name):
For a supplement you can book a single room (these are limited and subject to availability)	Yes please, single room
How are you planning to travel?	plane, train or car
Please specify travel arrangements with estimated times of arrival/departure.
Do you require pick-up and transfer from Besancon?	Yes please

You are responsible for arranging your own comprehensive travel insurance and must ensure that you have adequate cover for the full duration of your holiday.

Payment

A deposit of £180 per person is required. The remaining amount has to be paid 6 weeks before the beginning of the retreat (any late bookings will need to pay in full).
We accept payment by cheque or bank transfer. All necessary payment details will be provided in our reply to your availability enquiry.

Cancellations

For cancellations up to 10 days prior to the beginning of the retreat the deposit will be retained. If cancellations occur in the final 9 days before departure the full fee will be retained. No refunds can be made once at Amondans.

Disclaimer

The recommendations given during the retreat do not replace medical advice from your GP or health practitioner. All information is correct at time of going to press. However due to mechanical or technical failure, maintenance work, staff sickness or "Acts of God", some amenities or courses may be temporarily unavailable or altered. In these circumstances we will always do our very best to ensure an acceptable alternative. We do not accept any liability for any of the above events or any others beyond our control; loss or damage to your personal property or any medical condition that may develop during or after your holiday. Your travel insurance policy should cover these and any other contingencies.

Declaration

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions above.

Your Facilitators:

Pure Cure is a collaborative approach drawing on the passion, knowledge and skills of the team, facilitating effective change through personal realization and good health.

Shevaune Fox BSc Shevaune was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in the UK. She currently practices as a Natural Nutritionist in London and the South East alongside her job in the enhancing practice and influencing team, at the Royal College of Nursing. After the completion of a BSc (Hons) in Biology and Environmental Life Science at Nottingham University she worked on several conservation projects in Africa before settling in London and joining an environmental consultancy. Shevaune then went on to train at the College of Natural Nutrition under the tutelage of Barbara Wren. She works with the whole person integrating her knowledge, perspective and personal experience to help clients to let go and achieve their desires.

Anja Liebe Born and grown up in Germany, Anja travelled extensively as a professional percussionist in Europe, West Africa and the United States before starting her demanding career at Masai Barefoot Technology in London. She has been based in the UK for almost 10 years where she studied at the College of Natural Nutrition for three years and is now practising Natural Nutrition alongside her job. She has combined her very active interest in nutrition and health developed from an early age with the inspiration drawn from all the different countries and cultures she experienced. Her focus was to develop effective healing through an innovative approach integrating her diverse knowledge and skills gained over the years. Anja has been a vegetarian and a vegan, and has tried several diets including 100% raw food and the blood type diet over extended periods of time. She has a vast experience in fasting and in different detox-and cleansing regimes.

Sybille Gebhardt Sybille was born and grew up in Germany and was enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dancing in Munich, where she trained in ballet for 16 years. This training combined with a keen interest in yoga and nutrition enabled her to become an international top model fronting campaigns for leading designers and brands. Sybille studied at the College of Natural Nutrition and is now practising in London. She qualified at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre and is an experienced teacher having transformed the posture, diet and wellbeing of a growing and devoted number of her London clients. She is the resident yoga teacher at Pure Cure retreats and the foundation of her practice is based on principles of Hatha Yoga, building on this to create her own distinct style, a fusion of Pilates, dance and other yoga disciplines.

Our philosophy

"Healing through nutrition needs to be practiced as an art." - Barbara Wren, Principal of the College of Natural Nutrition

Use this week as the perfect time to cleanse and relax, clearing and lightening yourself in preparation for the year ahead. As the seasons change, so do we according to the Chinese system, we move into the energy of the metal element, a time for inward reflection, heightened communication, consolidation and creativity. However, if we do not harness the full potential of these changes in seasons and our environment, we can often find this transition challenging, experiencing fatigue, indecision and overindulgence as we head into winter. So take some time out and initiate the changes you would like to make or just find some space and have a wonderful week.

Natural Nutrition is a unique and wonderful therapy combining nutrition with ancient naturopathic and hydrotherapy techniques to provide a complete holistic philosophy for optimal health and potential.

We see detoxification and healing as the creation of freedom and movement on all levels of the individual. We can maintain the integrity of the body and support this freedom by understanding the influence of the Chinese 5 Elements and body clock, the blood groups, the emotions, the environment we live in and the natural influences like the moon phases, seasonal changes, equinoxes and solstices.

During the retreat our role as practitioners will be to empower each of you with knowledge and facilitate the process of cleansing and re-nurturing at its most basic level - the cell. The programme will be crafted just for you as we are all different and unique individuals.

We offer diet and naturopathic techniques as explorative tools for your body and are happy to share our own experiences on our journeys to learn the art of natural nutrition. We invite you to get creative with yourself, your health and to feel great.

During the retreat you are able to take detoxing to whatever level you may chose whilst being able to relax, rejuvenate and have some fun in the peace and tranquility of beautiful surroundings.

It is much more that just a physical process - a detox will have an effect not just on your body, but also your mind, emotions and spirit. It can be a chance to catch up with who you really are, to relax and unwind for a new beginning.

The Techniques

The majority of us are living fairly challenging lifestyles within an ever more toxic environment hence a greater need to cleanse and detox. We may be dumping toxins into our joints or getting them pushed out of our skin, lungs and reproductive organs and don't forget those toxins we store away in our fat cells. So if we are asking the body to cleanse and let go (a lot of us seem to have a problem with this!!) we need to create movement and get things going. We can aid this elimination by using a careful selection of naturopathic techniques, allowing all your organs to be supported thereby achieving a far more comfortable detox.

The techniques we are using vary greatly from skin brushing to enemas, all with a common goal - to help the body to achieve balance in any areas in which it is struggling.

We will design your personalized detox week schedule and give you technique suggestions that would be very beneficial during your cleanse. Detailed information on all techniques will be explored during the retreat.

"Nothing we ever imagined is beyond our powers, only beyond our present self knowledge" - T Rosak

Yoga

Yoga is a 5,000 year old science that unites the physical, mental and spiritual. It is a wonderful form of exercise/therapy allowing you to destress and detoxify. Whatever your age, shape, level of fitness or lifestyle you will benefit from yoga and feel the difference from day one of your yoga practice. It does all of the following and more: Strengthens and tones muscles and joints Stimulates your internal organs Rejuvenates the endocrine system (glands and hormones) helping to balance the emotions and improve your outlook on life Release tension through the postures liberating vast resources of energy Yogic breathing helps revitalise the body and calm the mind Meditation encourages peace of mind allowing for a greater sense of purpose and strength Sybille, your yoga teacher on the retreat, has based her practice on the principles of Hatha yoga, building on this to create her own distinct style a fusion of pilates, dance and other yoga disciplines. Whether you want to improve your yoga practice or try your first downward dog... you'll love Sybille's classes (we do).

Pranayama and meditation

Breathing Exercises Hand in hand with the practise of yoga postures, we practise deep breathing and concentration of the mind. The yogic breathing exercises known as pranayama revitalize the body and help to control the mind, leaving you feeling calm and refreshed, while the practice of positive thinking and meditation gives increased clarity, mental power and concentration. Practise of classical hatha yoga postures is the devise that ties the mind to the body through the "thread of the breath". The breath becomes the key to the focusing of the mind. Guided Meditations Consciously or unconsciously we are all seeking the peace of mind that meditation brings. By the practise of asanas and pranayama the mind becomes one-pointed and one can progress quickly in concentration and meditation. Meditation is the most powerful mental and nerve tonic. The mind becomes calm and steady. There are certain steps that are being taught that one can take along the way to establish a foundation and thus ensure success. For with the continued practise of meditation, you discover a greater sense of purpose and strength of will and your thinking becomes clearer and more concentrated, affecting all you do.

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