new year Integrative Detox Cleansing Retreat 
with dr. barak md. 
dec 28/16 - jan 03/17
​accompained by yoga teacher Anat zahor and
integrative/organic nutrition chef maria laura quintero

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JOIN US DURING 7 DAYS IN THIS AMAZING DETOX RETREAT WITH THE RENOWNED ISRAELI PHYSICIAN DR. BARAK MD. WHO WILL LEAD US TROUGH AN ANCIENT AND EFFECTIVE PERSONALIZED HEALTH PROGRAM COMBINING ACCUPUNTURE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HEALING TECHNIQUES, SWEAT LODGE CEREMONIES  AND MORE

About Dr. Barak MD. 

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Dr. Reuven Barak is a physician with over 30 years of experience, a graduate from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School of Jerusalem in 1982. He specialized and practiced General and Pediatric Surgery for 10 years.
Since 1992 he learned Traditional Chinese Medicine, traveling to mainland China for this purpose, and has had advanced studies under the guidance of several renown teachers from all over the world. After his basic studies, and since then, he continues to study, learn, investigate and expand his knowledge on Healing methods constantly.
Dr. Barak lectures in College, Universities and Medical Congresses Worldwide, is regularly invited as a guest to TV shows, Newspapers and Radio programs. In 2005 published, in Hebrew, together with his life companion, Anat Zahor, who is a Yoga and Meditation Teacher, the book “A guide to Healthy Living”, which deals with leading a healthy way of life and gives natural solutions to many ailments.
Reuven has been practicing Vipassana meditation for 20 years, and was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1999 at the Chom Tong monastery in Northern Thailand.
In his private clinic in  Tel Aviv he treats and advices to his patients using his vast knowledge in Natural Healing methods, his long experience in Conventional, Western Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine; Nutrition, and other systems of healing, all of which, when  applied together, become a real Integrative Medicine system.

Visit Dr. Barak's Website

How to conduct yourself before and after the retreat: 

  • Seven or more days before the fast, please abstain from  alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, sugar, dairy, wheat, animal meat, fish, and eggs. Try to consume mainly organic fruits, vegetables, and beans.
  • Breaking of the fast will be initiated on the last day and a half of the retreat, but you are advised to resume normal eating slowly and gradually for another week. The customary program is as follows:
  • Day 1: Two pieces of fruit. Each piece of fruit is divided in half so there are four servings for that day.
  • Day 2: Lightly steamed non-starchy vegetables, such as spinach.
  • Day 3: Brown rice, fresh salad.
  • Day 4: Organic yogurt, unflavored and unsweetened. Eggs.
  • Day 5: Meat, chicken, fish, tofu, if eaten.
  • Day 6: Beans, other grains may be introduced, if eaten.
  • Day 7: Other foods, as desired.


Juice Fasting is not suitable for the following: 

  • Pregnant or nursing women, People with diabetes, low blood sugar, eating disorders, kidney disease, liver disease, malnutrition, addictions, underweight, anemia, impaired immune function, infection, nutritional deficiency, low blood pressure, ulcerative colitis, cancer, terminal illness, epilepsy, or other chronic conditions. People shouldn't try a juice fast before or after surgical procedures.
  • A juice fasting can reduce blood proteins and change the way prescription drugs react in the body. People taking prescription medications should inform us before enlisting into the retreat, and in case they parcipitate in it, should never discontinue or reduce their medications on their own.
Register before October 30th and receive %5 off
Payment plan:
1st payment October
2nd payment November
3rd payment December

Fees and Reservation: 

Fees include: workshop, accommodation and vegetarian meals.   
    • Triple occupancy in a private casita $1,550
    • Double occupancy in a private casita $1,750
    • Shared room in the Rancho dormatory $1,400
    • camping on a private platform $1,250
*Waitlist for single private room available. 

Please feel free to contact us for queries and information: 

Tel. (506) 8953-4414
Email: alyaretreatcenter@gmail.com 

Why Detoxification 

In our daily life we collect toxins and poisons. We breathe them, Drink and Eat them, Hear and think them. Modern life surrounds us, with its advantages and drawbacks: The air we breathe is contaminated and polluted, our food and beverages are processed and adulterated, we are exposed to radiation from all around us, and Stress leaves its mark on every inch of our spirit and body.
Although our body knows how to dispose of toxins spontaneously on a regular basis, it sometimes cannot cope with all that is accumulated.
A detoxification retreat is the ideal time to allow and aid us to go into a deeper cleansing.
In our Detox retreat we take over control on the incoming and outgoing of our bodies, by nourishing our body only with fresh, organic vegetables and fruits, rich in potent Antioxidants, Nutrients, Vitamins and Minerals, and aiding the process through cleansing techniques, adopted from Ancient and sage Cultures, applied both to our Body and Mind.Besides supplying our body with Raw green nutrition, we will help the process with various available healing techniques from Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Cupping, Gua-Sha), undergoing a Sweat-Lodge ceremony, and practicing guided Yoga and Meditation, techniques known for their ability to guide energies and fluids within our body, thus helping it to dispose of toxins and poisons, soothing and calming both body and mind.While staying with us you are encouraged to rest, as an important aid to the detoxification process, not neglecting calm walks in the beautiful nature that surrounds us.

Program Includes:

Private wellness consulation
· Identification of Traditional Chinese Medicine Energetic Imbalance
·Development of personal nutritional and healing plan
· Participants will be served 4 times a day "Juice Meals" made of  a variety of healthy organic green vegetables and fruits, or pure water according to their personal plan. Meals include organic juice or spring water, and if necessary- Psyllium husks or Flax seed oil, to aid in toxic elimination.
· Oil pulling therapy, a non-invasive detoxifier .
· Daily morning yoga & evening guided meditation.
· Acupuncture.
· Free Time – Swim, Read, Meditate, Hike, Paint, Relax.
·  Traditional Sweat Lodge ceremony.

Our Daily Program is simply a list of activities offered to support your detox. However, you will always be encouraged to do what is most appropriate for you. So if you just want to walk, read, or just stay in bed, then we will support you in that.
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Space is made throughout the day for personal therapies, and nutritional consultation, booked as optional extras.
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​THE YOGA TEACHER
​Anat Zahor is the founder of Yoga Dharma School in Israel where she teaches yoga and meditation.
​Anat is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher since 1999, she studied with B. K. S. Iyengar and various senior teachers around the world, also visited the RIYMI center in Pune several times to learn from the Iyengar family.
​oism and Buddhism from the early 80's. In the early 90's she joined her first S.N Goenka, Vipassana meditation retreat, and since then Buddhism has become her way of life.
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THE CHEF
Born in Venezuela, Chef Maria Laura Quintero obtained her Culinary Arts Diploma at The Institute of Culinary Education of New York and is a Certified Health Coach from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition of New York.  Seven years ago Chef Maria Laura moved from New York City to the Town of Amenia in Upstate New York where she has been growing at her organic vegetable garden all kinds of wonderful vegetables and fruits to supply her private catering business.


Getting here: 

Alya Retreat Center is located 1 kilometer south of san juanillo and then 1.5 kilometers to the east, on the Northern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. for further information click here