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Investing in a detox health retreat is a great way to kickstart your health journey. At Amchara, our Personalised Health approach will help you even more as we take into account your individual health status, needs and goals, and work with you to tailor the best approach to maximise the health benefits for you, both on retreat, and when you return home.
We believe that an important part of your health journey is about education, and we work hard to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to enable you to achieve your health goals.
Our articles are always evidence-based, and orientated towards a holistic and Personalised Health approach; we aim to provide you with actionable knowledge and tips to help you on your journey to optimal health.
We believe in empowerment, and in this article, we will take a closer look at some of the educational aspects of an Amchara detox health retreat, and how this approach will support you to have the tools to take control of your own health, enabling you to create and sustain long-lasting healthy habits, and – as per our mission – ‘Change for Good’.
Personalised 360° health and testing
Many factors can influence your health and wellbeing and 360° Health means taking a complete, whole person, holistic approach to you as an individual.
Personalised Health takes into account factors around nutrition and lifestyle, based on the foundations of Functional Medicine and genetic testing. Our Personalised 360° Health approach can empower you to make sustainable change, achieve optimal health, and boost your overall wellbeing and happiness.
Our experienced Personalised Health practitioners carry out an initial health screening, followed up by a personalised 1:1 goal-setting and health screen with a trained therapist once you arrive on retreat.
Combining naturopathic principles with Functional Medicine, we work with you to review your relationship with nutrition together with interactions with other factors, which can influence both your long term health and the development of complex chronic disease.
We offer advanced Functional Medicine laboratory tests to measure your genetics, hormones and gut health, enabling you to better understand your individual circumstances and achieve optimal health.
Get in touch if you would like to book one of our tests, and we can arrange to have the test kit sent directly to your home. Prices start from £750 for our genetic testing and hormone testing panels.
Educational talks
Our experienced speakers include a range of Functional Medicine doctors, naturopaths and Personalised Health practitioners. Educational talks are offered every day on retreat and cover a huge array of different topics, including specific medical conditions and how a natural approach can help with their management, as well as informative presentations around detoxing and the health benefits regular detoxing and fasting can provide.
With expert advice on hand, we recommend you attend these educational talks to improve your understanding of holistic health. Being equipped with knowledge around different aspects of health is a great starting point to help you take control of your health. As an example, research into obesity has shown that physician-patient communication around weight loss and healthy lifestyles improves health outcomes, as well as patient satisfaction and treatment adherence.
1:1 psychological support and health and wellbeing coaching
Our aim is to empower you to take control of your health, and lead a healthier, happier life.
Your Personalised Health practitioner will work with you to look at aspects of your lifestyle and nutrition that may be preventing you from achieving your health goals. Providing you with a supportive and nurturing environment on retreat, 1:1 support can help you to create a practical mental toolkit, enabling you to make small, sustainable changes to your behaviour and learn how to instil healthy habits in your daily life, both whilst on retreat and after you return home.
Developing strong habitual tendencies will tend to dominate motivational tendencies, and this effect has been seen in adoption of various health-related behaviours, such as physical activity and healthy eating choices.
Benefits of exercise
Regular exercise has been shown to have a positive impact on mood and wellbeing, as well as of course contributing to improved overall health.
At Amchara, we offer a range of opportunities to exercise, including swimming, twice daily gentle yoga classes, and guided walks around the beautiful local area, which are both informative and inspiring.
Changing your relationship with food
We will support you in learning about and understanding your food triggers, exploring positive healthy alternatives that you can enjoy, and experimenting with mindfulness principles that empower you to bridge the gap between stimulus and response. Forming a positive relationship with food makes the change process sustainable and doable for you.
We work with you to find foods you can enjoy and also to learn that a little indulgence is realistic and part of a modern world so learning to give yourself permission for flexibility here and there and forgiving yourself is an important part of the change process.
Change that lasts is change that is achievable – we provide the supportive and nurturing environment to allow your body and mind to gently develop positive new choices.
Tailored nutrition and raw food demonstrations
Tailored nutrition is a vital element for you to achieve optimal health. Everybody absorbs and assimilates food differently and different lifestyle habits can impact this. Tailoring nutrition to your unique physiology gives you the best health retreat experience for the short-term as well as the best long-term health outcomes.
Depending on your individual health circumstances and Personalised Health plan, you may benefit from a juice fasting detox, to help your body pre-digest nutrients, which increases absorption and gives your digestion a rest. Or you may opt for one of our multitude of healthy food options, including raw, vegan, and Palaeolithic choices. All our food is freshly prepared and organic wherever possible.
Our talented chefs have a thorough knowledge of the power of nutrition, and are experts at creating meals and juices that are both tasty and nutritious. Our health team will work with you to create your tailored nutrition plan for when you are on retreat, and for after your return home.
On retreat, our chefs offer hands on raw food demonstrations. These are very popular and can support you for long-term change; they will help you feel inspired to find new approaches and techniques, and enable you to learn how to prepare nourishing, healthy food from scratch.
Amchara health information
At Amchara, you can enjoy learning about a myriad of health related topics in our research-based brochures. Packed with information, including the health benefits of different super-supplements, which we offer on our retreats, as well as information on the array of massages and other health treatments available on retreat, such as NLP and hypnotherapy – all available to support you on your detox journey and optimise your health.
Takeaway
We are passionate about empowering you to take control of your life and health, and learn how to create sustainable, healthy habits to live your best life. We believe that having the knowledge to support healthy choices is vital, and through our health education activities delivered in a supportive, nurturing environment, we will help you to ‘Change for Good’.
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