“Eat, Pray, Love” a movie where Julia Roberts is the main character, is very similar to what one can expect at health and wellness retreats.
Typically, retreats offer a variety of optional activities and therapies, such as meditation, massages, healthy meals, and stress management. Along with these services, most health and wellness retreats also provide opportunities for fitness classes, workshops on natural healing practises (biohacking), and medical services. Additionally, participants can expect to engage in discussions and counselling sessions to address their mental and emotional well-being.
You get a selection of retreats, which range from a spiritual retreat, a fitness retreat, healing retreats, medical retreats, couple retreats, family retreats, or even a weight management retreat. Retreats assist with medical diagnosis management, grief after the death of a loved one, or divorce, providing a digital detox, and grounding you to effectively make important decisions.
The question that you can ask yourself when you’re searching Google for a “health retreat near me” is, “What wellness retreat packages does the health and wellness spa resort offer?”
We will discuss what you can expect at our health and wellness spa resorts and what we offer during our retreats.
Who usually attends health and wellness retreats?
We often see clients checking in to our healing retreats for the following reasons:
- To recover from anxiety and stress. (healing retreats)
- To revive and recharge. (healing retreats)
- To release stress and trauma, which often block creativity and effective decision making. (healing retreats)
- To assist in weight management. (healing or weight management retreats)
- For support of chronic disease diagnosis. (medical retreats)
- For cancer support. (medical retreats)
- For assistance in dealing with grief and losses such as the death of a loved one or divorce. (healing retreats)
- For general health, wellness, and fitness boosts. (healing retreats)
- Requiring spiritual guidance and wanting a deeper connection with their higher power, or the Holy Spirit. (spiritual retreats)
- To assist couples to reconnect and start the process of healing their relationship. (couples retreats)
- To detox from technology. (digital detox retreat or silent retreat)
Our retreats are unique in that we help you modify and sustain your program after the retreat. Too many people leave a retreat and return to their old habits, but we can help you continue your program and maintain the changes by reprograming your subconscious mind into new neurochemical neuropathways that instil new programming and allow you to establish new habits.
What you can expect from our health and wellness retreats:
If you’re stressed, burned out, overwhelmed by life, dealing with a medical diagnosis, experiencing trauma or suffering from anxiety, attending one of our retreats will help you find balance physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically, spiritually, and even financially.
Imagine waking up to the sound of waves gently lapping against the shore or taking in the breathtaking views of the mountains as you embark on a guided forest walk. Picture yourself releasing stress and tension through therapeutic massages, detoxifying with state-of-the-art ozone sauna therapy, and finding inner peace through prayer meditation in our individualised retreat programs. At Chi-Chi’s, these are not just possibilities but realities designed to enhance your experience and support your journey towards a healthier, more balanced life.
A healing, spiritual, medical, or weightloss retreat will benefit you greatly if you suffer from road rage, anger, always operating from a trauma response which cause you to make irrational decisions. Trauma responses such as fight, flight or fawn, disconnects you from your higher self and intuition. This in turn affects your problem solving and decision making abilities because your rational thinking is affected, biologically.
We found that medical doctors, lawyers, advocates, professional athletes, artists and corporate authority figures benefit from our retreats because it grounds them and destresses them. This in turn helps them run their business more effectively, helps them make important decisions that’s not emotionally based, optimises their performance and energy.
We provide very private individualised and customised retreats for as long or as short as you require. We can cater for up to groups of 4 people but generally our retreats are a boutique and intimate experience.
What we offer at our holistic wellness retreats:
Our wellness retreat packages offer a variety of choices from 3 types of accommodations, with different meals, healing modalities, spa treatments, beauty treatments, and physical exercises.
We are also opening a slimming clinic that will be incorporated into our retreats if you’re struggling with weight loss and general health. (Opening in the last quarter of 2024)
Facilities:
- Chi-Chi’s Beach Resort and Spa is situated in Strand, in the Western Cape, at the Hibernian Towers. Strand Beach is right outside on the doorstep, offering kilometers of safe ocean beach walks to add that extra feeling of being on holiday or at a holiday resort.
- Chi-Chi’s Wellness Retreat and MindSpa is situated in Stellenbosch, also known as Cape Town’s Winelands. Here, you can enjoy picturesque forest walks with a beautiful view of the Jonkershoek, Drakenstein, and Simonsberg mountains.
- Chi-Chi’s medical retreat and spa is situated in Somerset West, in the Helderberg district of the Western Cape. This is our latest franchise, and we offer guests medical assistance and supervision in association with Dr. Hilda Landman.
Healing Modalities (included in all wellness retreat packages):
These are essentials as part of the basic wellness retreat packages we offer. Whether you are on a 1 day, 2 day spa retreat, 5 day, or individualised duration health and wellness retreat.
1. Stress Management Techniques, which include
- TRE tension, trauma, and anxiety release exercises
- Breathwork
- Visualisation Meditation
- Sound Healing
2. Hot and Cold Hydrotherapy, which will boost all the feel good hormones
- Dopamine
- Serotonin
- Tryptophan
- Exotoxin
3. (EFT) Emotional Freedom Techniques
To fully embrace the benefits of a transformative healing retreat, releasing negative emotions is essential. We provide you with emotional freedom techniques designed to help you let go of these negative feelings. Since emotions are energy in motion, cultivating positive energy is crucial.
We also offer various techniques to address specific emotions such as guilt, anger, and shame. Emotions originate from your thought processes, and the interplay between these emotions can contribute to discomfort and illness in the body. By addressing these emotions and reprogramming the subconscious mind, you can alleviate both discomfort and pain.
4. Ozone Sauna Therapy
We have the HOCATT™ Infrared Ozone Sauna at our Strand branch which can take up to 125 kg, and in Stellenbosch, our Salvagente Ozone Sauna can take up to 180 kg.
Energy, clarity, and overall wellness are delivered via the most potent non-invasive technology currently available. With ozone sauna therapy, you will experience the following benefits:
- Reduce stress.
- For better sleep.
- For pain management (great for athletes, enhances sport performance, and recovers).
- It relieves pain and calms nerves (often used by patients with fibromyalgia).
- Boosts the immune system.
- It removes toxins, viruses, and bacteria, which include yeast and fungus infections.
- Reduces Inflammation.
- Normalises hormone and enzyme production.
- Improves mental focus and brain function.
- Helps with weight loss.
- Reduces stretch marks, cellulite, scars, and fine wrinkles.
- It promotes the natural healing of your body and overall circulation.
- Purifies the arteries and veins.
5. Far Infrared Therapy
Within the next 5 years, you’ll have far infrared therapy (FAT) in every medical doctor’s room because it’s the state-of-the art internationally known way to reduce inflammation and pain.
Our chiropractic massage bed uses far infrared rays (FIR) while providing acupressure and spine alignment. As already briefly mentioned, our HOCATT™ Infrared Ozone Sauna and Salvagente Ozone Sauna also have far infrared technology.
FIR infrared ray energy is part of the natural light spectrum of sunlight minus the skin damaging UV, which is why NASA spacecraft have utilised this heat. In Asia and Europe, it has already revolutionised health and beauty products.
Far infrared rays (FIR) are a form of light energy from the sun. Energy is absolutely essential and beneficial for human beings and all living things in the world.
The human body can absorb FIR because of its deep penetrating ability. When FIR penetrates through the skin to the subcutaneous tissues, it transforms from light energy into heat energy. The thermal effect within the deep layers of tissues causes blood vessels in capillaries to dilate, promoting better blood circulation, and the heat so produced helps to get rid of body toxins and metabolic wastes through sweating.
6. Various Massage Types are available
What is a retreat without a massage? We provide the following massages at our health and wellness retreats:
- Lymphatic drainage
- Reflexology
- Swedish or aromatherapy massage
- Cupping
- Hot stones
7. Beauty Division
Once you detox within, we will tidy you up on the outside too with:
- Facials
- Manis
- Pedis
- Body scrubs
It’s always nice before our guests return home, as a special parting gift to themselves.
Wellness Retreat Add-Ons:
You can choose to add any of the following professional services to your wellness retreat; some of them will depend on the venue you choose for your retreat.
- Hypno Therapy
- Acupuncture
- Medical Doctor
- IV Drips
- Psychology
- HCG Slimming Formula
Optional Retreat Exercise:
- Pilates
- Yoga
- Somatic stretches
- Indoor pool
- Steam room
- Jacuzzi
- Re-bounder
- Vibration plate
- Beach walks
- Forest walks
Final thoughts: Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body, and Spirit at Chi-Chi’s Health and Wellness Retreats and Spas
- At Chi-Chi’s Health and Wellness Retreats, we understand that every individual’s journey to wellness is unique. We offer weekly retreats and optional day and overnight retreats at all our properties. Whether you are seeking spiritual growth, emotional healing, physical revitalisation, or a comprehensive approach to your overall well-being, our retreats offer a sanctuary where you can unwind, reconnect, and rejuvenate.
- We help you biohack your body with natural God created therapy, food, and techniques; except for degenerating yourself at night, you’re going to rejuvenate yourself every night.
- With a diverse range of retreat options—from healing and medical retreats to weight loss and spiritual retreats—we are dedicated to providing an environment that promotes holistic healing and personal transformation.
- Our basic facilities, expert staff, and tailored wellness packages ensure that every guest receives the personal care and attention they deserve.
- Our retreats are unique in that we help you modify and sustain your program after the retreat. Too many people leave a retreat and return to their old habits, but we can help you continue your program and maintain the changes by reprograming your subconscious mind into new neurochemical neuropathways that instil new programming and allow you to establish new habits.
- Stress, trauma, toxicity, and negative emotions can disconnect you from your higher self. Our program can help you connect with your higher self or other belief systems, such as the Holy Spirit, intuition, or “air traffic control”, to answer your life questions such as:
- Who am I?
- What is my calling?
- What is my purpose?
When you are in a state of trauma and toxic negative emotions, your frequency drops to lower vibrations, making you feel unworthy and unloved. When you attend our retreat, we raise your vibration and frequency to unconditional love, peace, harmony, and abundance. And this, my friend, is how you turn trauma into a blessing, and so it is.
As you prepare to embark on your wellness retreat, remember that this is more than just a getaway—it’s an investment in yourself. It’s a chance to step away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, to reflect, recharge, and return home with a renewed sense of purpose and well-being.
So why wait? Find your calm among the storm in the rat race called life. Your path to a healthier, happier you begins at Chi-Chi’s Health and Wellness Retreats. We invite you to explore our offerings, book your retreat, and take the first step towards a transformative experience that will leave you feeling refreshed, recharged, and ready to embrace life with newfound vigour and clarity. You will walk away with a different perspective.
Reconnect with yourself and rediscover the joy of living—only at Chi-Chi’s.
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