This weekend we hiked up la Concha, the highest mountain (1300 m) in the Marbella area. It’s so beautiful, so majestic, so hugely vast. Up there, from the top, I feel so small, so insignificant. In a good sense. It’s so relieving. At least for me it is a good feeling, like seeing the big picture. Imagine being an astronaut or a astro physicist, seeing the planets, the stars, the universe, every working day before going home to empty the mail box with the bills. Imagine seeing your life in a 137 billion year perspective. All the problems just seem so small.
Africa with its Atlas mountains is seen across the sea. Sierra Nevada 200 km away shines with its snow on the top. After walking for about 4 hours, mostly in silence, a bit of climbing in concentration, a bit of danger, mindfulness in every step, I feel detoxed. It clears my mind. Works my muscles. Energy. Prana.
We sat down on the highest mountaintop, did Pranayamas breathing in the fresh air, meditated. Time was irrelevant. I felt the healing nature of the scenery. I feel so grateful, thanks!
Back down by the embracing woods at el Refugio de Juanar, by the olive groves where they were harvesting (now is the time to buy the freshly pressed olive oil, loaded with vitamin E), I wondered why I don’t do this more often? If I did, would it still be as detoxing every time? This mediative 5 hour hike, gives birth to the deepest thoughts and conversations afterwards. Silence is the source of creativity for sure. But the conversation and communication is the productive outcome of it. Let me know if you want me to take you up there.
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O•live Retreat demystifies health and in the process it stands clear that health is far from drugs or injections made from petrochemicals.
First we make sure you know yourself, your body and what being healthy means to you, really means. Then we continue to a good cleanse on all levels, Body·Mind·Soul.
With over 15 years in this business and as Conde Nast Travel and some others put it "top-ranked" health retreat, we base our work on the O• method, derived from a multitude of methods, both old as Ayurveda and new as Orthomolecular Medicine. You'll get healthier in all areas of life (as we don't think one can leave health at home while going to work and we can't say we are healthy if we destroy our bodies over the weekend either). One is either healthy or not, within oneself and in ones habits. What that means can only be defined by each and one and if that is to indulge in the unhealthy stuff it's because it's really worth it for the only judge - you.
We offer events such as retreats, workshops, or online courses and we believe in education as the fundamentals of healing is that it's done by oneself. Others can support but it's only oneself that can heal oneself.
The key training for professionals is focused on enhanced productivity through self-inspiration and self-care. As a high equity manager in the finance sector put it - it's all about staying highly inspired. We couldn't agree more and we know how that biochemistry looks like.
Independent studies find that 96% of our guests become more healthy and stay healthy after 6 months, 82% stay healthy after a year. This is a better rate than any other retreat, treatment or training, as far as we know. Our teachings are based on modern science, and ancient evidence based techniques, and a lot of personal experience with trial and error, in the field of being a healthy human in the 21st century.
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