3 Night Fasting Cleanse Retreat
from €449
Join us this April 2024 in Transylvania for 4 days of guided cleanse & healthy lifestyle.
This programme is suitable for those who want to try a detox without deprivation programme supported with daily walks, yoga classes, meditations and lifestyle skills to take home with you.
from €773 € for 2 person private or twin sharing room, 3 nights All inclusive Retreat
This is a residential experience held at Akasha Wellness Retreat - Pestera, Brasov, Romania.
3 Night Program Overview
This is an all inclusive, residential programme held at Akasha Wellness Retreat in Transylvania. An intimate experience designed for maximum 15 guests at a time so you can meet, interact with other guests on retreat, have quality time for yourself to integrate and absorb, treat yourself with massages and feel supported by our facilitators, guest speakers and therapists.
Included in this 3 Night Retreat Package:
Room & Facilities :
A 3 night stay in a Private or Twin Sharing Rooms. All rooms come with en-suite bathrooms, bath robes, toiletries, safe and usual amenities you would expect in a hotel.
Unlimited access to all retreat facilities & common spaces, fully equipped gym, library with international books. Our space is exclusively reserved to retreat guests.
Spend time outdoors & oxygenate in Piatra Craiului National Park at 1000m altitude with daily scheduled guided walks, forest spa & foraging.
Digital Detox - we encourage no mobile devices in our common rooms and sessions and for the purposes of digital detox and EMF Detox we don’t provide TV’s in our rooms.
An Organic fasting Cleanse Food & Drink Menu designed by Akasha Functional Medicine Doctors & Nutritionists with unlimited slow pressed juices (80% vegetable based & 20% fruit based) , varied soups, varied salads & snacks. Morning and evening beverages as per the cleanse programme (excluding caffeine, sugar, gluten, dairy).
Supplements, Superfoods & Fermented Foods for optimum balance of nutrients (Organic nuts & oils, High grade Marine Omega 3, Probiotic, Raw Protein Powder, Colon Cleanser, Liver Flush, Activated Charcoal, Raw honey, bee pollen & more).
Unlimited refreshments, tea blends and infusions as well as our own harvested organic teas, filtered spring water. All our water comes from our own mountain spring well, even the water we cook with and shower with ensuring as little possible chemicals on your skin and in your hydration.
2 x Daily Yoga & Meditation Classes 90 min each with Akasha instructors, taught in English and suitable for beginners. We provide all equipment: yoga mats, bolsters, straps & blankets that are regularly cleaned & disinfected. However you are welcome to bring your own.
Daily Infra Red Sauna & Traditional Sauna
Daily Outdoor Jacuzzi
Daily Red Light Therapy Sessions that boosts natural collagen, helps recovery & healing.
Group Transport from Brasov train station or city centre on day of arrival pick up at 3PM
Group Transport from Akasha drop off in Brasov train station or city centre on day of departure at 2PM.
3 Night Retreat Schedule
Day 1 - Arrival
3PM - Group Transport from Brasov train station or city centre
4PM - Check in your room, meet the other participants, tour the house & grounds
6PM - 90 min Yin Yoga class
7.30PM - Light Detox Dinner
8.30PM - Opening circle introducing facilitators, programme and each other.
9.00PM - Warm up in the Sauna & Jacuzzi
Day 2
8AM - 90 min Morning Yoga Class
10AM - Breakfast & Morning Juice
12AM - Mid Morning Snack & Afternoon Juice
2 PM - Lunch - Detox Salad
12.30PM - 6PM - Time for walks, reading a book, spending time in the sauna or jacuzzi or booking massage therapies.
4PM - Mid Afternoon Snack & Afternoon Juice
6PM - 90 min Yin Yoga class
7.00PM - Dinner - Soup
8.30PM - Warm up in the Sauna & Jacuzzi
Day 3
8AM - 90 min Morning Yoga Class
10AM - Breakfast & Morning Juice
12AM - Mid Morning Snack & Afternoon Juice
2PM - Lunch - Detox Salad
12.30PM - 6PM - Time for walks, reading a book, spending time in the sauna or jacuzzi or booking massage therapies.
4PM - Mid Afternoon Snack & Afternoon Juice
6PM - 90 min Yin Yoga class
7.00PM - Dinner - Soup
8.30PM - Warm up in the Sauna & Jacuzzi
Day 4
8AM - 90 min Morning Yoga Class
10AM - Breakfast & Morning Juice
10.30AM - Closing Circle
11AM - Mid Morning Snack & Afternoon Juice
12PM - Check Out & Departure
1PM - Group Drop off in Brasov train station or city centre
Facilitators & Instructors
1 x Experienced yoga & meditation teachers leading classes & private sessions
1 x Experienced massage therapist
2 x Retreat Chefs preparing your Master Cleanse Programme fresh every day.
1 x Happiness Coordinator (Our Full Time Host) available to you throughout your stay for co-ordonating your arrival & departure, scheduling massages, therapies or any other activity you might like to do during your stay.
Rooms & Facilities
11 Sleep Sanctuary Rooms with en-suite bathrooms. We offer daily housekeeping and change of towels once per stay with more available on request.
Rooms include all the amenities you’d expect in a hotel with high quality linen, hypo allergenic pillows, foam mattresses, luxury bath towels & robes, slippers, toiletries, safe, hairdryer, essential oil diffuser & nature inspired decor.
Akasha is set on 7000sq m of wild land and has it’s own permaculture garden you’re welcome to visit & get stuck in. You’ll also find sun loungers & umbrellas, 2 x south facing terraces, a gazebo, our sauna with a view offering traditional swedish and infra red heat, outdoor jacuzzi, a fully equipped gym.
From Akasha you can explore Piatra Craiului National Park, with direct access from the property to wild forests ad meadows, witness the slow paced life of Pestera & Magura, two of the most beautiful villages in Romania & visit the local bat cave.
Eligibility
This retreat is suitable for anyone except those with the below medical conditions. We don’t allow children below 14 on retreat. Children 14 or older have a choice of foods available from a pre-set healthy menu discussed in advance.
This program is not designed to cure or heal, instead it is focused on helping you introduce more foods into your diet which have been shown to activate and assist your body’s own healing mechanism. Before beginning any practice related to health, diet or exercise, it is highly recommended that you first obtain the consent of your licensed medical professional.
If you suffer from any of these medical conditions we cannot host you for this programme however please check our other programmes that have more varied food options: diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, low blood pressure or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
What to bring with you
Rainproof clothes & walking shoes so you can enjoy the outdoors.
Water bottle.
Sun block for sunny days.
Clothes suitable for yoga classes.
Swim wear for jacuzzi & sauna.
Any medication you may be on.
Any books or reading materials you would like to have with you although there are plenty of options in our library.
Who comes on retreat at Akasha
Our guests are usually solo travellers just like you. Usually women & occasionally men from all over the world who receive the call to come to experience Transylvania, differently. For most, this is their first time on retreat and for a few lucky few a usual kind of holiday break. Most of our guests are between the age of 25 - 45 years old, career orientated, busy professionals who spend most of their time in urban settings, we’ve designed this space with their needs in mind.
We welcome people from all over the world regardless of religion, skin colour, sexual orientation, etc.
If you’re looking to travel with your partner, friends or family choose a private room for 2.
Well behaved pets (on leash) are welcome to share a private room with you however they would not be allowed to join sessions in common areas, you would have to bring everything your pet would need on retreat: food, bedding, etc.
Booking & Cancellations
Our all inclusive costs are mentioned above as per which option you would prefer: private or twin sharing rooms. Rates include all taxes and fees except airfare, taxi transport to/from airports, health insurance.
Payment in 3 equal instalments is possible with a 5% admin fee.
All our retreats are bookable online, simply add the experience you would like to your cart & checkout with a debit/credit card. We also accept payments by bank transfers for those that require company invoices.
Availability for any of our retreats is displayed on our website and we are available by email and Whatsapp if you have any querries or questions.
10 Days Pre-arrival - we will email you our retreat intake form with with dietary requests, preferences & goals for the experience.
7 Days Pre-arrival - we will email you access to our Members Portal to pre-book Treatments & Massages or any other activities you might like during your stay.
5 Days Pre-arrival we connect you with other participants that you may share a room with if you have booked a twin sharing room or that you could travel together from the airport or Bucharest. We aim to connect as many before retreat as possible to reduce the number of cars, taxis needed to bring participants to and from Akasha.
All payments made are final, any cancellation, for any reason is non-refundable however it can be transferred to any stay within an 12 month period or transferred as a gift voucher for someone else with an 12 month validity.
Packages & Extending your stay
Our packages are fixed arrival dates with a daily set programme. You can participate in as many or as little sessions you prefer. If any activity is weather dependent a suitable replacement will be offered. Guest Speakers & Facilitators will be announced a minimum of 4 weeks before the retreat date. If you need to stay less than 3 nights, the full package will still apply.
If you’d like to extend your stay you can choose to extend with our 4 Night or 5 Night Retreat Packages or contact us for options.
If you require recommendations for places to stay before / after the retreat please let us know.
Sustainability, Ethics & Transparency
We believe in ethical, sustainable business practices and no retreat can run only in the benefit of it’s guests it has to also work for the people that live and dedicate their time to create exceptional memorable wellness experiences. To run our standard retreats at Akasha following ethical principles we employ 16 full time local & permanent live-in staff who receive decent salaries (not minimum wage) to support their families and livelihoods. Our. yoga teachers, facilitators and guest speakers are all compensated fairly for their time at Akasha so they can be fully present with you during retreat and support their sources of income. We also don’t compromise on the quality of produce we choose to offer so we work with local farmers and producers who can offer us the best organic produce available each season and delivered especially to Akasha, we also source only organic dry ingredients, supplements and superfoods, this usually costs more than buying from commercial large supermarkets. In order to create an oasis of peace and harmony in a little village, off grid from the usual things like municipal water, public transport connections we’ve invested heavily in our own infrastructure and regular maintenance.
We donate 1% for the planet, support local NGO’s & charities because we believe we all have a responsibility to do more.