Koh Samui, Thailand

Dharma Healing International is located on Koh Samui Island, a famous fasting and detoxification hub. It offers educational fasting, detox, and spiritual retreat for an overall feeling of well-being.

Aside from a week of absolute fasting and cleansing with colonic irrigation, there are classes in meditation, yoga, qi kung, nutrition, water exercise, acupressure, raw food preparation and vibrational sound healing, as well as iridology diagnosis and personal counseling held in a family atmosphere.

Location: Koh Samui Island, Gulf of Thailand

How to Get There

You can reach Koh Samui by plane, train/bus and ferry. Once you are there, go to the main town of Nathon and ride a motorbike taxi to Soonthorn Bungalows (located just before the Sawai Home entrance). Dharma Healing can arrange airport pickup for a fee.

Rates: Contact Dharma for prices of the program, accommodation and additional classes and services.

Website: http://www.dharmahealingintl.com/

Telephone: +66-77 234-170 and +66-77 420-990

Email: fasting@dharmahealingintl.com and hillary@dharmahealingintl.com

PROGRAM
Fasting and detoxification program takes 7 to 31 days and are directed according to Buddhist principles. Courses start on Mondays and Dharma recommends participants arrive a day before the program starts or very early on the first morning of fasting.

Previous fasters are welcome to join and begin the program during the week. Program includes:

• Orientation (Provides details about the fasting program)
• Digestive System Lecture
• Personal Counseling to support self healing and inner child work
• Group discussions about Fasting and Detoxification, Holistic Weight Loss, Food Politics, Spiritual Nutrition, Iridology, Astrology and more
• Chinese Herbal Cleansing Formula.
• Anti-Parasite Protocols with Discussions concerning “Parasite Behavior”
• Coconut Waters, Lime Juice, Purified Water
• Medicinal Herbal Teas and Liver Flush Drinks
• A Variety of Homemade Mineral Broth Soups made with herbs and spices from around the world
• Hatha Yoga for Cleansing, Chakra Qi, Water Movement (introductory classes)
• Vipassana Meditation (Anapanasati/Mindfulness With Breathing - First steps)
• Talks on Buddhist Philosophy or Dharma Talks
• Foot Reflexology and Acupressure - Instruction
• Natural Foods Classes, with regularly updated research
• In the Kitchen Raw Foods Class
• Personal Iridology Diagnosis with Nutritional, Emotional and Spiritual Counseling
• Two colonic (colon wash) Irrigations per day with instruction in “Colonic Yoga”
• Creative Cleansing Class — Art expression as a means of cleansing
• Yoga Nidra
• Vibrational Healing with Sound, Toning, Mantras and Didjeridu
• Meditation for Beginners
• Course Book with Additional Handouts - Regularly updated
• Quick and Easy Yoga Practice

MORE ABOUT DHARMA HEALING INTERNATIONAL:

Before Coming to DHARMA - Certain preparations and adjustments are requested to make the most out of your fasting at Dharma. These include:

Stop smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, drug use, eating processed foods with sugar, salt and white flour, alcohol, fried foods and other heavy foods. Note that smoking is not allowed during the program.

Eat an ‘organic whole foods diet’ like freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, fresh fruit, vegetables in salads or lightly steamed, whole grains like brown rice, millet, quinoa and amaranth, fresh unsalted seeds and nuts and different kinds of sprouts.

Consult your doctor about your health condition. If on medication, check if you can go off the medicine during the program.

Fasting
An “elimination fast” is done to take off old hardened mucoid plaque, bile, poisons, cholesterol and parasites that might have been in your digestive organs and body tissues for years.

Fasters also use a method called “colonic yoga,” a four part process to get connected to the colon and the whole body. Twice daily, they self-administer colonic irrigation to get rid of toxic elements and loosened up materials. Fasters drink a variety of healthy liquids during the day such as purified water, herbal teas, fresh coconut juice and vegetable broth soup.

Classes
A total of 20 classes are held throughout the week including 9 classes on foods and nutrition. These classes are part of the program (see program) and guide fasters to continue a healthy lifestyle even after the fasting period, or when they leave Dharma.

Iridology
During the week, each faster is given an iridology diagnosis, as well as an introduction on iridology and how to read a chart.

Counseling
Nutritional, emotional and spiritual counseling are also given to fasters.

Massage
Two Thai massage treatments are given to each faster to stimulate body systems.

Liver Flush
A special drink called liver flush is served on the third or fourth day of the fast. The liver flush gives a kick to detoxifying the liver and gall bladder. The extra-virgin olive oil opens up and relaxes the bile ducts allowing old stagnant bile and sometimes gall and liver stones to be released into the intestinal tract for elimination.

After the fasting program

• A ‘zesty” fermented drink is given four days after the fast. It contains friendly bacteria, enzymes to stimulate digestion and B Vitamins to support immune system.
• Participants are encouraged to watch what they eat, how they eat and where they eat, especially during travel back home as airline food may not be healthy.