The basic stuff, and then we went further
Yoga · exercise · breathing · light food · sleep · meditation · touch
“The body is the best pharmacy and doctor, it gives you a new check-up for free every day and I don’t know any body so far that begs for chronic medication, cigaretts, alcohol, chemicals, cosmetics, fizzy drinks, plastic surgery, dry cleaned suites, bleached sheets, high heals, or candy.
If you know any better expert than your body with it’s experience of 13,8 billion years of evolution, please, let me know. ”
Ask why do we harm ourselves to stop it?
To teach someone who since an early age was suffocated under the early educational and socialization process of not feeling - i.e., sit still, don’t do that, be this, buy that, like those, and love that one, not this one - we needed a method that is easy and fast, to pick ourselves up to know, yes know, what is healthy and what is not, what is me, and what is not (and who, too). And we found it in the combo of our O8 Mind Detox and our Feel f’ Real method. Then we apply this to all we do, along with the proven from our own and others’ experience what is usually very healthy for most of us - meditation, intuitive yoga and real food, air, water and nature. No rocket science, just pragmatic practice.
We wanted to heal from our health issues, and we did. Then we did some pretty good detoxes (see program) and eat some great good old herbs and the healthier we got the more we trusted ourselves to stay healthy. Now we feel before we do most things, as buy a guitar, say yes to a dinner, exercise or stand on our heads in Yoga. Often it takes a millisecond, sometimes it takes longer, but for sure the healthier we are the safer we get in decision making, the more creative we become, and the more we experience, sense, and enjoy the process of life and we truly feel it, and the magic behind it all. That’s when the ever bigger questions arise - why, what, who am I, are you, are we? We never stop feeling, never stop asking.
“I couldn’t help the tears streaming down my face as I pulled away from the driveway. I’m not sure why, because I am sad to leave or I am speechless from what this joyful and enlightening experience has given me. Probably both! ”
We might not be most normal, but we are most healthy
You can read our bios and all about the universities, diseases and countries we lived through, and the Karmentums that kicked us into this, but the main reason we do this is because we love doing what we do and wouldn’t want to live in any other way. 365 days of the year we O·live it, so we really do walk the talk (not all do in our business unfortunately) and we always ask “is this the healthiest we can be?”
There is no hard performing, competitions, pushing the body, must dos, or should dos here, as we don’t believe that as being healthy. There is only “what do you want?” and nothing can be right, or wrong. It can only feel good or feel bad. If smoking feels better than not smoking considering all the effects, such as disease, that’s what would be healthy in our perspective. We are not here to tell you. You come here to tell yourself what is healthy and you will only know that if you Feel f’ Real. It’s the way of least resistance and is in no way fluffy. It’s real and clear, and we don’t need alcohol, or any drug-induced trips to feel it. It’s the opposite. Consider water and gravity.
“The Mind Detox is so good, it’s like a GPS for life. You don’t need to go back and see where you went wrong (you can if you want), you just continue in the right direction.”
The first and most important part of the process is to define what health(y) means to you if being healthy is what you really want, not just what you are inclined to want. When you come you define what being healthy means to you. You'll learn how the body and mind work, or don’t work and how to read yours, how to avoid the toxicity that compromises your reading and health (as in the < 100,000 petroleum derived chemicals introduced in the name of progress) (as in, don’t be normal.)
“I truly was able to detox and have come back home with renewed energy, ideas, positivity and I feel great. MUCH better than before.
So, indeed, you changed my life.
I am hoping that with this renewed peace and strength, life will fall into place and I will find new solutions for my life. I hope our paths cross again soon. ”
We do this because we really do want to become and stay as healthy as we possibly can, under any given set of conditions and regardless of the innovation and madness it introduces into our lives. It’s a very aware and mindful choice to eat as we do, live outdoors, ditch the chemical and mental toxic waste, meditate creatively, keep our bodies flexible, be kind, really kind (it’s not always saying Yes! by the way) to ourselves and others, be humble, grateful, hope, believe and have faith, learn and try, make mistakes and learn and try again, and again, and integrate it all into our given and precious lives, that we often didn’t want or at least didn’t ask for but were given anyway and now it’s suggested by the best mathematicians that our conceptions were in fact not even statistically possible, and therefore we are left with the only linguistic way to see all life, including our own - a miracle.
As so many do already by freaking feel for real
If that is not spiritual, you tell us what is. For us life is a creation to create (of God if you wish, or of the Big Black Hole if you rather), in gravitational, calibrational, vibrational ways, constructed on the same six base elements (oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur) whose covalent combinations make up most biological life on Earth in various molecular forms, such as but not limited to us humans, in constant number since the beginning of times, and recycled through the ecosystem into new forms over and over again, but with the same vibration charge for 13.7 billion years in which we exist as humans in not even a fraction of a second of the evolutionary hour.
“I have told many people about the experience and how well I feel. Many of my team are following the principles. I did my marathon last weekend, I followed a structured 3 run a week training programme and also did 30 mins swim or 30 min cycle or ashtanga on other days. I set myself a 4 hour target, I revised that to 3.45 after a recent 1.42 half marathon. I finished the marathon in 3hours 39mins and this is a qualifying time for boston marathon for a woman 10 years younger!
I felt amazing and was over the moon. I have recovered well and will be running again at the weekend. Thanks so much, my stay with you has really helped me. I hope to see you soon, I would still love to come back. ”
We Give Ongoing Support & Ditch the Cliches
We support guests once back home to stay healthy. We are often invited to do workshops, kick-offs or events at private homes. Another of our strengths is that we as much as possible avoid the cliches that get in the way of discovering lasting health, simply because they do more harm than good. You won’t hear affirmations from us, but you can make up your own that make sense to you after you consider them well. Whatever “stories” we need to tell ourselves to stay healthy are worth believing, as allowing others to believe theirs is.
Some come back (we offer a special pricing for repeating guests), and some come back again, until they start to come back to help out as we have nothing more to teach. Others go on finding new friends, a yoga studio, a lover, or a new job, a group to walk with or to jam with. Remember, if change is what you seek, just come.
There is no inherent right or wrong (life is too complicated for that) in our methods, only different perspectives, actors, “realities” and observers. The only thing that ultimately matters is how you feel now, and how you want to feel. This doesn’t mean that you won’t consider the feelings of others or the Earth and its variety of life forms when you get healthy. Rather, it is most likely to mean that you get healthy because of those other life forms including your loved ones, in a new, fun, energized caring and honest way.
“Now I finally U N D E R S T S A N D it all 😃
Thank you so much for everything 🙏 I will remember this forever and stay in touch without a doubt that you will be sick of me! Haha love you both so much!
💜💙💚💛🧡❤️”
“Cristina, the lessons have been truly amazing and opened my eyes to a whole other way of thinking and being in this crazy world of ours. ”
“I am so lucky to have found you at a time of my greatest need. You have a gift for making people feel welcome.”
“Just about everything here was unforgettable. Thank you for putting us on the right track and changing our lives.”
“Would any other Retreat so gently nurture us towards the absolute certainty that had we found another door in life that - if we chose to walk through it - things would certainly have every chance of getting better?”
“I can never thank you enough, you have changed my life. Thank you , thank you all. I’ll be back.”
“I feel like above all else I gained two very special friends in Ray and Cristina.”
“As ever your passion and desire to help goes beyond the call of duty.”
In any case, this is what we include in our Olive stay:
Accommodation (different options for Spain or Thailand).
In Thailand you get a "premium" jungle setting 5 minutes form the village, (at least the we, the monkeys, the peacocks, the deer, the butterflies and many other crazy creatures think it is the premium place.)
Airport transfer/round trip (1 bag)*
Body Detox Guide + O8 Mind Detox + Yoga Manual + Cookbook, etc,
Pre-health Questionnaire & Personal assessment upon arrival (Dosha)*
All detoxing food (3 meals), snacks, smoothie and drinks (vegan, whole, clean, gluten free, yeast free, sugar free, and individualized)
Daily individualized yoga/stretching + meditation + breathe work (Pranayamas)
Daily body health classes/dialogues + exercises (the best of the latest science + evidence based ancient stuff)
Daily mind health classes/dialogues + meditation techniques + creative meditations + exercises to get the neurons to fire up
Cooking/baking/smoothie classes
Daily "natural" and sustainable anaerobic and aerobic exercise in pristine nature
1 massage (more can be provided and paid in cash)*
A facial with all natural products that will make you sparkle (7 days stay on demand)
24h staff at venue and lots of time to talk and figure it out
Personal recommendations upon departure
“Back-home-support”, longer if you want (actually we usually end up becoming good friends :)
Last but not least, the reason you come...you get much healthier
*Included at 7 nights stay, can be arranged for shorter stays
If you want to know more about us, see the video or read our blogs about all we do.