8 Days Package (7 nights)
About this Retreat
Ira Schneider Ohm, EYRT 800, founded Zen Den Yoga Studio in 2008, Zen Den Yoga School in 2009, and Zen Den Retreat Center in 2013. He has always been blessed with an awareness of something larger then himself. As a boy he embraced practicing Pranayama, meditation, and positive thinking. In his first yoga class Ira knew that this practice was like a coming home, three months later he went to Nicaragua and got his 200 hour yoga teacher training certification.
Upon completion of his YTT 200 with School Yoga Institute, Ira immediately started to teach private and large group classes in Boca Raton, Florida. His strong entrepreneurial background made the creation of Zen Den Yoga Studio the next logical step. Within eleven months he returned to Guatemala for his 500 and 800 hour certifications in order to launch Zen Den Yoga School. He fell in love with the culture, the nature and the Mayan people. He decided in 2009, along with a few other inspired yogis, to build a sustainable yoga farm on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The Yoga Farm is a retreat center and a yoga school. Ira still leads retreats to the magical energy vortex on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Much of Ira's training has been deep in the world of shamanism. His skills of astral travel and ability to see into people make a significant difference in people's lives. His teachings bridge the gap between our illusion of maya and true consciousness. Ira loves sharing his deep knowledge and love of the Sivananda tradition of yoga, Ashtanga-inspired Vinyasa, restorative yoga, and shamanic breath-work with his students, retreat guests and the South Florida community.
Valerie Leeds is an ERYT500, and a dynamic wellness entrepreneur teaching people to access their best selves in mind, body and spirit for 28 years.
Valerie is also Certified as a Bodywork & Energy Therapist and a Health Coach. She owns and facilitates Zen Den Yoga School & Wellness Retreat Center with her husband, Ira, in Boca Raton, Florida, where they guide people in disconnecting to reconnect.
Valerie developed her unique ability to connect mentally and emotionally with people on a deeper spiritual level through her first certification in Bodywork & Energy Therapy at the The Academy, (originally located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, now in Stamford, New York and called the Harrison Center for Personal Development). The Academy of Natural Healing has been an alternative education center and school offering diverse natural healing programs run by Director, Lewis Harrison, an internationally respected visionary, author, speaker, trainer and coach. Here she found like minds and developed an understanding of how managing our mindsets can be life altering, and our bio-magnetic fields intersect with and impact our physical and mental bodies.
She continued expanding her expertise in healing and transformation training through multiple disciplines: Access Consciousness and Energy Transformation coursework; Summit Education; The Gratitude Training; Masterful Living; and Compass Coaching. She was a student turned coach during this decade of work, which gave her many hours with clients one on one, both on the massage table and off, and later as President of Kevin Heaphy Fitness Studio. This boutique studio, in Soho, New York City, offered personal training, yoga, pilates, bodywork and energy therapy, personal development coaching, along with a juice bar and cafe in a gorgeous 5,000 square foot store front. Valerie cultivated a set of tools based on the premise that human potential is limited by our belief systems to bring a fresh look at how your mind and consciousness can be adapted on a moment to moment basis to live life in greater mastery, and she teaches how to deepen our connection to what she calls our “internal barometer.”
During this time she also went through a number of years of sales training and psychology working with Equinox International and Advanced Marketing Seminars; Staten Island Boat Sales; and AOL Time Warner, and others, which gave Valerie a diverse foundation to teach, train and educate people how to shift their belief systems and behavior. She realized that there are many barriers people form to resist change and personal growth, one of them is being out of alignment in our physical health. She spent a year living in Colorado deepening her own practice while she got Certified as a Dr. Sears Health Coach in order to give people a system to follow a simple healthy lifestyle.
Over the last two decades Valerie Leeds has created many programs that give people tools to step into their “next level,” whatever the category of life their desire may be: relationships, career, spiritual growth, physical fitness-- all of her creations will give people a vehicle to create greater ease, joy and greatness in their lives– Language of Energy, Energy of Language Course; Invigorate U: A.R.C. Angel Coaching Program; Extreme Concepts for Golf Mind Coaching; Be The Blossom Workshop; and My Voice Matters Worldwide Workshops for children.
These days she can be found teaching at Zen Den Yoga School & Wellness Retreat, and being a loving wife to Ira and step-mom to their fifteen year old Hali. Testimonials and references available upon request.
Details of this retreat
Our Intensive Detox Retreats are a juice and water fasting experience to cleanse, heal and repair on all levels. The juice fasting Detox and Cleanse retreats range from 3 nights up to 1 month, you choose whatever suits you best, and together we will invigorate your healthy lifestyle! Rolling admission allows you to choose when to take this retreat, we welcome you in Season and Summer to our S. Florida locations.
You consume only: 3 juice "meals" daily, which we teach you how to juice so you're empowered to take the skills home with you. You'll also have a LOT of alkaline water with herbs and spices from our special water system, and in the evening before bed 1 Ayurvedic herbal tea. That's it, it's truly a fast. You also are required to do a colonic which takes place the first or second day of your retreat. This is important to rid yourself of toxins prior to fasting, so they don't contaminate your body while you are fasting and healing. This would be counter-intuitive to have toxins floating back into your system while you wish to clean them out. The hydro-colonic is the only added cost a la carte, not part of the package through a 3rd party expert therapist, ($150 depending on your needs.) Every day you will be walking 20,000 steps to move the toxins out of your system. Some guests divide this into 2 or 3 outings, others do it first thing in the morning prior to meditation - however you do it, this is extremely to important to your detoxification and cleansing process, in addition to supporting in weight and waist management.
Envision yourself enjoying sunny days, white sand beaches, palm trees and the tropics... This is your destination for your retreat. Support your body's natural ability to heal itself with our complete package to reset and recharge mind, body and spirit through our juice fasting detox program. You just pick how many days you want to spend in paradise. We'll take care of the rest.
While recharging at our beautiful retreat center in Boca Raton, you will enjoy daily movement, breathwork and meditation, with plenty of time to relax in our hot tub and pool. There are weekly sunrise beach meditations, community classes in the park, intro to tai chi, and more, some nights may even include satsang, sitting around the fire, kirtan or sound healing (weekly evening schedule varies and the schedule depends on the days you are with us).
We teach Sadhana Yoga, the Yoga of Spiritual Practice and the asana practices of Vinyasa, Hatha and restorative flow. Our approach is experiential, contemporary and eclectic. We bring to life the ancient teachings of yoga through accessible spiritual lessons still relevant today.
Leaving our detox retreat, you can expect to reset - most experience many of the following benefits depending on your week prior and post juice and water fast: cleanse out your toxins, reduce bloating, feel more energized, lower cortisol levels, help begin to stabilize blood sugar levels, reduce and even eliminate cravings, lower your blood pressure, improve flexibility, increase strength, feel lighter and walk with a deeper sense of calm and balance. With our guidance, you will be ready and able to take on new lifestyle choices with transformational long-term results for you and your family!
Highlights:
In-depth detox program including guidance to begin before, during and after your stay
60-minute clearing and relaxing complimentary massage per week (may be derived from many traditions of bodywork & massage therapy)
Healing Hot/Cold Therapy - pool, hot tub, infrared sauna with chromo-light therapy & cold plunge
Multiple yoga classes (these may include: Ashtanga-inspired Vinyasa, Sivananda, Yin, Restorative, Hatha Chakra balancing flow)
All-inclusive detox juice feast, special energizing herb and spice waters, cleansing and repairing nutraceuticals, Ayurvedic herbal tea with everything you need to recharge and reboot during your stay here
Coaching session with strategy to go home and continue your new healthy lifestyle in a sustainable way
3 refreshing nights accommodation in our lovely retreat houses
De-stressing balancing Intro to Tai Chi class
Daily grounding meditation in different styles daily (if Saturday morning yoga is in the Park with Yoga Journey, this is an asana class only, no meditation prior)
Yoga Sutras Interactive Talks (optional by request)
Stunning sunrise beach meditations weekly on Tuesday and Friday mornings (weather permitting)
Sanborne Square park yoga community yoga class (Free Sat. 9 a.m., we give you a ride there in our VW Yogi Bus)
Sun & Fun! Enjoy white sand beaches and playing in the turquoise ocean waters just 1.5 miles away
Everglades tours available to see our local birds, alligators, and more fauna and flora! (additional fees apply through Holiday Park, this is on your own and a la carte)
Stand up Paddle Board Excursions available along our Intercoastal waterways($75/pp)
Itinerary/Information About Retreat
Welcome! Check in the earliest at 2pm You'll be welcomed to our private property with a lovely alkaline water drink when you arrive. We will give you a tour and review your schedule to curate any last minute needs and desires before the fast.
Energizing Ashtanga-inspired Vinyasa flow is at 3:30pm. (every day but Saturday)
5:15pm We guide you to have your "last meal" prior to your fast.
7:00pm Time to settle in, relax and rejuvenate in our hot tub, or peruse our library. Enjoy our warm relaxing evening Ayurvedic herbal tea beverage
~The next days will provide you with a liver, kidney, candida detox and cleanse~ First morning is sunrise meditation at the beach (departure varies based on sunrise time)
7am Start each day with lemon water (warm or room temp) We teach you how to juice your first morning with us after yoga, and you'll be empowered to continue do so so on your own for the remaining days with us.
8:30am Meditation 8:45am Gentle chakra hatha flow (on M, W, Th)
Breakfast – A liver and kidney cleanse and a parasite detox drink – we all have a microbiome of good bacteria and organisms and not so good ones in our systems. We want to flush out the bad ones to begin.
After class and for the rest of the day you will use Ira's energizing detox water instead of plain water as a sipping solution throughout the day. Using this in-between the meal drinks and classes keeps you feeling invigorated. Your goal is to sip and finish three 32oz. bottles of the Ira's Energizing Water Drink per day by 5:30pm. You will use the bathroom a lot during this process. This is good.
11:00am-12:00pm If you have your Wellness Services - 60 minutes of stress melting massage and healing restorative hot/cold therapy are scheduled prior to your arrival. (Timing varies based on availability of appointments and therapists)
2:30pm Lunch: Your second juice detox drink.
3:30pm Energizing Vinyasa class, OR even more important we recommend taking a walk to the beach or in our nearby parks. Our recommendation is to walk 20,000 steps per day to really move the toxins out of your body and get the most out of this juice fasting detox and cleanse process. Those who do walking will shed the most weight and have the best results. (That being said, at times you may request rest and relaxation at our pool or the beach, it is your choice when to have naps if needed).
Always Hydrate...
5:30pm Dinnertime: Your third juice detox drink, finish up Ira's Energizing Water Drink, switch to our plain alkaline water now.
7:00 - 8:00pm Time to settle in, relax and rejuvenate in our hot tub, or peruse our library. Do some journaling, this will support you as you integrate emotions as you detox, shedding the old and letting go of anything that no longer serves you. Enjoy our warm relaxing Ayurvedic herbal beverage to prepare you to relax before bed.
DAY 2 is the same as DAY 1, except the drink regimen times change - 6:15am water with lemon and breakfast juice; 10:30am lunch juice; 3:30pm dinner juice. Our class schedule varies a few days per week. Colonic is in 1st day or 2nd day. (NOTE: colonic fee $150 depending on your body's needs).
Walking 20,000 steps can be around town to explore the surrounding area- just a little over a mile and a half east our famous tropical blue beaches, a little over a mile south a variety of boutiques, galleries, parks surrounding the retreat, like Mizner Park and Royal Palm Plaza, there are also parks, and canals to walk exploring southeast Florida flora and fauna (like birds and big iguanas).
What's included in Your Quick Reset Detox Retreat
Our program is designed to support your inner healing ability through food, breath, asana, clearings for the mind and spirit.
In-depth guided elimination diet for 1 week before, and 1 week after your stay, of course we guide you every step of the way during your visit with us
1 wonderfully cleansing and relaxing 60-minute massage per week (additional sessions available, albeit challenging to squeeze in for the 4 day retreat)
60 minutes of hot/cold therapy per week with special pranayama techniques - Journey through the pool, hot tub, infrared sauna with chromo-light therapy and cold plunge.
1 Customized 60 minute Consultation with Certified Health Coach
7 refreshing nights accommodation in our lovely retreat house
Healing pranayama breath exercise teachings
All-inclusive juice, herb and spice alkaline water, Ayurvedic evening tea, and nutraceuticals, giving you everything you need to detox and cleanse during your stay here
Relaxing Tail Chi on Thursday evenings
Daily grounding meditation in different styles
Multiple yoga classes, may include: vinyasa, sivananda, yin, restorative, chakra flows
Engaging yoga sutra classes on Tuesday nights* (*optional by request)
Nearby our beautiful yoga community has drum circles and community park classes (these are optional and drum circles require an Uber to get to in our neighboring town of Delray Beach)
***********SHORTER OR LONGER STAY REQUESTS AVAILABLE BY REQUEST***********************
When you need to boost your body and soul this retreat will allow you to return home with a clean slate and new energy.
What's Not Included
Food, except to break your fast on your final morning with us. Remember this is an intensive juice and water fasting retreat program
Required Colonic
Workshops
Stand Up Paddle Boarding (with yoga or without)
Everglades excursions
More than one massage or hot/cold therapy session per week
Transportation to and from airport
Uber to acupuncture or anywhere else
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