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Detox, Colon Cleaning & Yoga at Ananda Resort

te_mana — Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:58:00 GMT

It has been six days since my last entry and what I'll do now is give you a brief idea about what the detox, colonic cleaning is like here at Ananda Resort on Koh Phangan.

But first an update, it is the last part of my program. This involves, taking a final colema with water, some flora grow for my colon (drink) and then I can eat fruit and salad from lunchtime.

I feel really great. I have more energy. When I started I had a bad chest cold, conjunctivitis in both eyes, ear ache and hemorroids. They have all gone.

So the colema and the detox do work wonders.

Basically your program will look like this (photo). It is very busy. In the morning you wake up at 7.30 and you drink a shake. This has good stuff in it to collect the body toxins in the colon and then you wash it out with the colema. There are two colema a day.

At first I thought the colemas were painful because of my hemorroid.I had to get Zhou to help push the nozzle in and it would rip my hemorroid...wow. That was tough for the first three days. But later it grew better and it actually shrunk in size and it moved away. Now it is still there but getting smaller every day.

The yoga here is great. I have been doing ashtanga yoga for two years and the yoga here is very different. The style of yoga here, Agama Yoga, is Tantric Hathya yoga. It is very slow, deep and powerful because you have a very real, deep understanding how yoga works in your body and in the universe as a whole. Three are three sessions a day: morning lecture/theory; afternoon practice and evening seminar.

I really recommend that everyone experience the detox and the yoga programs here at Ananda. It will change your life for the better.It has for me.

Detox on Koh Phangan at Ananda Resort

te_mana — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:23:00 GMT

If your thinking about doing detox here at Ananda Resort, it is best to come prepared. This is my second day and I now realise that a little bit of prep. work will put you right. I think you need your own toiletries: soap; shampoo; razor; etc. Also you need a couple of beach towels. These are good to use for a spread sheet to lie on or blanket at night because they don't give you one here at Ananda. In the rooms where I am staying, it is basically geared toward "backpackers". These rooms are quite standard. It costs 340 baht a night if you do one of the detox programs. There are three programs: 11, 7.5 and 3 days. I am doing the 7.5 day detox. This is my second day and so far so good. I wish I had done a little more reading about detox and especially colonic cleansing. Last night I couldn't fit the noozle up my rectum and had to call "Zou" one of the thai guys for help. He tried to adjust it but it just kept splashing around my bum. Kinda funny now that I think about it but not at the time. I was a little freaked out. One need not be. Another thing is it is best to be mentally prepared. This will help you with all the little challenges that you face. I can see the difference between those who have the mental "strength" and those who just come here by chance but in search of the health benefits. I am sure everyone benefits but those who have the "wairua" (spirit) for it, cope a lot better. What I mean is that you have to accept things more and learn to control yourself and not worry about things that cannot be controlled. Everything is connected in some way. Finally, I have not started the yoga yet, but I am looking forward to it. I first thought this place would be some kind of cult group, into free love, hugging trees, guru worship kind'a place. I think that it can be, by looking at most of the people here but it can also be for ordinary rugby blokes like me who are just trying to change for the better. So, it is what you make it. I figured this out fast. I hope I am right.

Narita cold to Thai hot - Silom Dentist and Ferry to Koh Phangan

te_mana — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Well it was just as I had imagined. From the Japanese cold rush to the relaxed hot Thai pace. I arrived late at 12.00 at night and caught a cab to my hotel near Surkhimvit... the place was near Soi 21 and it looked empty. It was old and cheap just what I needed.

After a real bad nights sleep I organised myself and caught the BT to Chon Chari (?) where the Silom Dentist is. They have a big flash building with no patients there. I didn't see anyone else but me and wondered if I was funding the whole place. The staff were very nice and looked very pretty...reminds of a few places near my hotel.

I got my teeth cleaned, polished and also had a prep talk with the boss. Hmmm...she was very clear and liked to give me the technical details. I found myself easily dominated by her. They advertise stuff on their webpage such as the laser polishing but actually they recommend the higher priced Bright Cleaner which is about 3000 baht more expensive. Being the sucker that I am I choose it.

I don't really know if my teeth look better or what but I can't help feel like that it is really just one long sales drill to get me to loosen my wallet. The whole thing took about one hour. I paid about 32000 bhat (20,000 deposit for my implant, 10,000 for the bright cleaner, 2000 for cleaning and polish).

I quickly jumped into a cab made the one hour trip to the airport with plenty of time to spare and caught my delayed flight to Koh Samui. There was a connecting ferry (slow but nice) to Koh Phan Ngan. At first I thought this would be a slow pain in the arse because I was still in Japan mode. It turned out to be a really nice slow ride, giving me a picture perfect view of the setting sun, the half moon and a lovely lone bright star.

Jumped off the ferry and got a rental bike from a thai guy and rode over to Ananda Resort. It was a wee bit scary cause I didn't know where I was going and had to stop a few times to ask for help. When I pulled in the place it was packed with yogi chatting in the restaurant. It was a bit intimidating walking into the place...I was afraid of being noticed.

Vangelis the manager here is very committed to running a professional yet caring resort. He seems intense yet relaxed in the same breath. He looks healthy and confident which gives me confidence too. I feel like he has done this many, many times. So reassuring and relaxing at the same time.

Now in the morning, after getting all the details which I will include as a photo shot I have just finished my first shake, met my two detox mates: Annita from Hungary and Megan from Canada (photo). We are on the way and we feel very happy and jovial. I think we are going to do all right. There is a very nice feeling here in our group. The weather here on the island is great...not too hot and a little bit of rain at night. It is about 29 degrees cel.

But the first three days will be tough for me and I hope that I will not bite so many people...have to wait and see.