wellness – Jo Sent Me

The third day of the #Grayshott programme is when we fast …but it’s just a semi fast. Finish supper the night before around 7.30 and no more food until the following lunchtime when some soup and a sald is served. That evening instead of supper the most delicious broth – although not enough of it. I pleaded with organiser, the glorious Elaine Williams, who says we can have seconds on our next fast day.

I don’t think I had been without food for that long in an age…but oddly enough it was no hardship. The only hunger pang I felt was immediately before lunch…but I am convinced that ws because I knew lunch was on the way…and I only had a smidge of a headache half way through the afternoon – nothing at all like I’ve had at other food deprivation retreats!

I’m not sure what the fast did to my tastebuds but I must admit that the sauerkraut at breakfast the following morning didn’t taste as ‘delicious’as usual…and was difficult to get through.

Back to normal for another couple of days and then one more fast before finishing the programme

This is one of the strongest therapies I have experienced anywhere – it is the Spa Bath Sound Therapy at Chiva Som. Given that we are all supposed to aim for good vibrations within our body (like everything else if the frequencies within the body become unbalanced it affects our wellbeing and stress levels), this treatment is geared to assist vibrational healing. I have had something similar before which used cymbals, singing bowls and Tibetan bells which I found deeply relaxing. However this, adminstered by a sweet man called Danchai Chernprateep – half Chinese, half Thai – was supposed to be much more rigorous. I had been warned by Pilant, my advisor throughout my stay at the spa, that she had been sick after her first treatment! Yikes, I nearly called it off as I had a two hour car journey to Bangkok the following day.

But, I didn’t, I carried on in the name of research. Indeed I found the treatment restful and relaxing and had a terrific night’s sleep that night. Woke refreshed and ready for the journey…but by the time I hit Bangkok the after effects began to catch up with me.

Whatever it had released into my system I needed to take to my bed – and missed a half day’s shopping into the bargain.

I slept straight through until the following morning – about 16 hours non-stop. I felt fine when I woke but after calling Pilant to find out whether this was usual or not…back came the reply that my body obviously needed serious rest.

Suffice to say I had a perfectly normal day and no more signs of heaviness and tiredness…but for the first time on my return to the UK I had no trace of that heaviness that accompanies jet lag.

Category: wellness

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