Bali Health Retreat Detox | How I Cut Sugar
My sugar journey via the best health retreats Bali has.
Plus, my Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat weight loss success.
Here’s my sugar and food journey due to the best health retreats for detox Bali has. Plus, it turned out to be a Bali health retreat weight loss success. So, see how it helped me cut sugar, and get many other life-changing outcomes.
Plus, when you’re ready, scroll down to also see the big bonus for new and lapsed non-beginners, or those at beginner level, who attend Flametree retreats.
See my story via the slides, or the summary points below, or both.
By the way, the slides have more details, and useful, illustrative pictures, than my summary notes. In particular, the outline why and how yoga produces the outcomes I got.
The presentation below, is from a talk by me, Christine Lalor, (aka Chris), at the July / August 2024 retreat.
It’s just one example of the many useful and transformative presentations that students have received at Flametree retreats. Of course, at retreats, they hear it LIVE, are able to discuss it, and have the time and space to process and use the messages it contains.
I’m a certified Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist, who also leads Flametree Bali retreats.
How I (Chris) cut sugar via a Bali health retreat detox.
To flick through slides, click on them, or use the arrows underneath.
Upcoming retreat start dates are 27 December 2024, 17 April 2025 (over Easter 2025), and 29 July 2025.
All retreats are 6 nights & 7 days, at the proven retreat resort in Bali.
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My Sugar Detox Via The Best Health Retreats Bali Has.
Here’s my story of a health retreat detox, Bali style.
Plus, you can get even more detail by flicking through the slides above.
- When I came to the 2014 Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat, my normal food was unavailable.
- I loved the retreat food, and didn’t miss my normal bread, cheese and sugar. Then, when I came home, I noted that my stomach upsets were gone.
- So, it was the start of a Bali health retreat detox journey.
- I had cravings for bread, cheese etc, and began to eat the same again. But, the stomach upsets came back.
- Meanwhile, the yoga practice allowed me some insights.
- So, I was able take an emotional step backwards, and start to change habits.
- I became more interested in what I was eating, and more mindful.
- Among many other things, the Bali health retreat food helped, because it was low sugar.
- The retreat also gave me time to reflect, try new types of food, and of course improve my yoga and pranayama meditation.
- So, after another Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat, I began to seriously research the effects of high sugar.
The view from one of the sea front single room at the Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat detox.
My Bali health retreat weight loss success
Although it wasn’t my focus, I also lost weight, and kept it off. So, unexpectedly, I also got a Bali health retreat weight loss outcome.
- Then, I watched documentary films, as well as read books and articles, including a long-term study of food habits 600,000 people by Professor Colin Campbell.
- I also saw I could be part of cutting diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, & improving wellness on an important range of fronts (like heart disease and diabetes).
- Plus, I realised sugar is an addiction.
- So, I cleaned out 3 garbage bags of foods that contained large amounts of added sugar.
- It turns out practically every item in my pantry was stacked with sugar! Just like a huge percentage of supermarket food.
- Finally, I saw the contradiction between having a holistic yoga practice that was designed to promote health, while eating lots of sugar.
- I realised that sugar is hard to resist, because it works via chemicals in your brain.
- Your brain needs energy. But, we can get the energy without sugar.
- Now, I generate my own energy via my eating and yogic practices, especially pranayama meditation.
- So, look for around 3% sugar, maximum, of added sugar.
- Also, not all sugar is equal, because some sweeteners have more fructose.
- This fructose is less absorbed than glucose, and too much also causes fatty, liver disease.
- So, avoid food with higher fructose sweeteners. For instance, it’s often in packaged baked goods, candy, and sweetened drinks.
One of the twin rooms on the sea front at the Flametree Bali yoga, meditation, & health retreat.
I learnt mindful eating via my Bali health retreats.
- Mindful eating is the ability to move the emotion out of eating, so you can see the consequences of your eating, and gradually cut what you don’t want.
- To eat mindfully, use yoga postures and pranayama meditation to quieten your mind. Then, you’re more able to be reflective and mindful, about what you eat.
- You also have the space to look at cause & effect. Then, you also come to understand that transformation is possible.
- With more mindfulness, you’re more able to do mindful eating practices.
- So, yogic practices give you more ability to make conscious and mindful decisions, plus a detachment so as to make conscious decisions around habit.
- In addition, many yoga postures, especially restorative yoga, are very effective at reducing stress. Cutting stress also helps you eat less, and eat more mindfully.
- You’ll know the truth when you do it and track your results.
- So, try Flametree Yoga’s Bali health retreats. Plus, if you have not already, build more yoga and pranayama meditation into your life.
- When you can do a retreat at Flametree, you’ll get the best health and wellness retreat Bali has.
At Flametree’s retreat, the dining room and upstairs yoga room, are so close to the sea, that the sea and palms reflect in the window of the dining room. The stairs on the left of the picture lead to the custom built, fully equipped, delightful, yoga and meditation room.
The Flametree Yoga all-inclusive health retreat package
Here’s some of what you’ll get in the all inclusive retreat yoga health retreat deals from Flametree:
- 11 taught yoga sessions, including both active and restorative yoga, over 7 days
- 3 evening talks on yoga, health, detox, and wellness topics.
- 6 pranayama meditation sessions
- 6 nights and 7 days in the delightful, modern Bali resorts
- 3 delicious vegetarian meals a day, for 6 days (with vegan, vegetarian, and carnivore, options)
- A half day off in the middle for sights, or whatever. Tour is included in package.
- Time to swim, snorkel, chat, or shop in the local village and adjacent town
- An opportunity to have tailor made clothes made in the local town
- Time to chat and get advice with your empathetic & accredited Senior Yoga and Meditation teacher (who’s also a certified Yoga Therapist)
- The option of very personalised yoga or meditation programs, created by Flametree’s certified Yoga Therapist, to help with any condition you need to manage or improve.
Plus, those new to Flametree, or lapsed 2 months. get a bonus valued at over AUD$900. (See more on this in the next section).
In addition, as shown in the next section, the extras that everyone gets are worth $339 Australian dollars (AUD).
Bali health retreat weight loss deal, using yoga & meditation, for ongoing success
The magnificent beach right in front of one of the adjoining retreat resorts where one Flametree package also gives you a luxury retreat option.
Value of the extras for all retreat attendees (of AUD$339)
Everyone who attends the retreat, with any of the packages, get very valuable extras, on top of what’s outlined above.
The table below shows they have a total value of $339.
All who attend get these valuable and delightful extras
Extras for new & lapsed beginners (of AUD$927), & start dates
In addition, those who are new or lapsed 2 months, at any stage of a beginner level, get the great class and video package shown in the table below.
Beginners extras and bonus at this all inclusive retreat in Bali.
The many extra LIVE or video classes will consolidate what you learn at the retreat.
So, come along to Flametree’s upcoming Bali yoga and health retreats.
All retreats are 6 nights and 7 days.
Some upcoming Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat detox start dates are 27 December 2024, 17 April 2025 (over Easter 2025), and 29 July 2025.
Learn more about Flametree retreats.
Valuable extras for NON-Beginners (of AUD$900)
If you’re new to Flametree, or lapsed 2 months, at NON-Beginner level, the alternative package below is also worth a total (including the extras outlined above), of AUD$939.
No matter where you are in the world, this many extra and free classes, (online, in-studio, or video), will give you exactly the same consolidation, and habit forming activity, discussed above in relation to beginners.
So, please consider a deposit for the best yoga health retreat Bali has.
Non-Beginners extras and bonus of classes before or after the all-inclusive retreat, or both.
Benefit of yoga health retreat detox packages
The many benefits of all inclusive wellness retreats are now also proven by specific scientific studies.
For instance, one summary of retreat studies that assessed over 20 wellness and health retreats, says:
“… retreat experiences can produce benefits that include positive changes in metabolic and neurological pathways, loss of weight, blood pressure and abdominal girth, reduction in health symptoms, and improvements in quality of life and subjective wellbeing.”
It was also found that the health changes are ongoing.
In other words, the health retreats were also found to produce both long term and short term changes.
In addition, yoga and meditation were the main “tools” that were consistently used in the retreats in these studies, including in the wellness and health retreat detoxes.
I (Chris Lalor) have also seen and experienced many people at retreats, get all the benefits mentioned above, as I’ve discussed in this post of the proven benefits of retreats.
Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat detox teacher, & presenter
Me, Chris Lalor, in the dining room at the retreat resort, right on a secluded Bali sea front.
Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat start dates
Some upcoming Flametree Yoga Bali health retreat detox start dates are 27 December 2024, 17 April 2025 (over Easter 2025), and 29 July 2025.
In addition, you’ll get new levels of room options, such as Budget, Twin, Single Rooms, Family, and Luxury.
Learn more about upcoming Flametree retreats
The view from the Pondok Pisang retreat venue
The whole Pondok Pisang retreat resort is right on the water’s edge, with these decks overlooking the sea, plus sun rises, and sunsets. At medium and low tides, you can also enjoy a private, white sand beach, with magnificent views of both sunrise, and sunset.
Reviews of Flametree Yoga Health detox retreats
At Flametree’s July / August 2024 retreat, here’s a very appreciative review by Barbie, published on WhatsApp.
“I loved the close access to a beautiful beach that offered swimming and snorkelling experiences. This complimented the fantastic food , yoga and people that helped create a fabulous yoga retreat . Thank you”
Helen, who was attending her second retreat, also said:
“It was an excellent Flametree retreat with a wonderful diverse group, … once again! The delicious vegan food lived up to all my expectations and more! Thank you Chris, Stuart, Desa, Wayan and Pondok Pisang staff!”
Or, see more retreat reviews.
Learn more about upcoming Flametree retreats
If you wish, see more at other recent Bali retreat posts & presentation summaries in the Flametree blog.
Turmeric, drying in the sun, outside the retreat resort kitchen. It’s bought regularly in the local Bali markets, and used to make turmeric drinks served in the retreat resort restaurant. Turmeric drinks are a tiny, but very useful feature, or a Bali health retreat weight loss package.
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