The Healing Journey – Detox cleansing in Costa Rica

“It does not matter if you give medicine; you can give food instead. It will heal. You can give water. Some spiritual healers take a glass of water, put their hand on it, and hand it to you...” Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji

My Yogi once told me that I could heal people by serving them a cucumber, and I laughed with doubt. My first trip to the Himalayas I stumbled across a small village on the outskirts of a pine forest that surrounded the Sherab Ling Monastery where I was staying. I walked into the village – The houses are all painted white, a woman with a baby in her arms talks to a neighbor in the middle of a small vegetable garden, a large blue lotus is painted on the wall behind her. As soon as she saw me she stopped talking, gave her baby to the neighbor, and stooped down to grab something out of the garden, and then raced over to me. Startled, I gasped and then saw that she held up a cucumber and offered it to me! Our eyes met for a moment as she passed me the cucumber over the fence. I clasped the fruit in prayer pose and bowed Namaste to her giving my thanks. Hungry and tired on the way to Bir temple, I was so happy for the gift, and when I sat along side a stream and ate it remembering what my Yogi had told me, I knew this was a profound message for me.

I grew up in Santa Monica, California and even as a child, I remember on my walk to school, the smell of the herbicides used on the lawns, the processed foods that I ate everyday, and the noise of airplanes made my head buzz. Now days there are cell towers everywhere, many other forms of pollution, and many people spend most of their day connected to an electronic communications devise. I needed to detox from that exposure, and I know that many people live with those toxins accumulating everyday. That is why when I created this sanctuary for wildlife and to save a piece of the rainforest it is also with the intention to share it with people who need to disconnect and to detox from the industrial world.

Pure crystalline water is one of the most incredible clearing forces of nature, and being next to the amazing constantly changing Cascadas Farallas Waterfalls is to experince a healing mantra. The mind is cleansed so that with peace one’s body can enter into a healing journey. When we are in rhythm with the life force we can heal ourselves. Balance is achieved by practicing Detox Yoga and eating a primarily vegetarian diet with a preference for raw fresh organic foods. Here in the tropical south of Costa Rica there is a phenomenal amount of fresh tropical fruits and luscious vegetables that can be had almost all year around. In my kitchen I work with the new flavors from this bounty that is Costa Rica and prepare healing meals for our guests. The foods taste more alive because they are, and so full of the energy of a pure environment.

Today at the Waterfall Villas in Costa Rica we are surrounded by nature’s wellness center – the rainforest; it is here that the most pure oxygen is produced on the planet. We invite travelers to a healing journey, free of electronic stimulus and the bustling world, a place to reconnect with nature and your self. My garden and my kitchen is where I devise healing energetic live foods for personalized Detox cleansing programs . See more information on our programs at www.waterfallvillas.com