Introduction

The Hippocrates Health and Wellness Transformation Programme is an immersion vegan raw food detox health programme created by Dr Ann Wigmore over 60 years ago. It is designed to address health challenges and replenish nutritional deficiencies to optimise health on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. The Hippocrates centre is based in the USA in West Palm Beach, Florida (www.hippocratesinst.org). The Programme is offered in Wales by Nadia Brydon a qualified (in 2003)and experienced Hippocrates Health Educator at her wellness retreat centre in the Brecon Beacons. 

The immersion Hippocrates Wellness programme weekly rates includes:  DAILY: 2 green juices, 1 green smoothie, a 2oz Wheatgrass juice shot morning and afternoon, vegan raw food lunch and dinner consisting of soups, salads, raw food recipes, sprouts, dulse seaweed, fermented foods, soaked nuts and seeds, avocado, dressings, green algae, herbal teas and fruit as an occasional snack.  Some cooked vegetable soups, steamed and baked vegetables are available especially in the cold Winter months. Oils will never be heated. Supplements if required are an extra cost. 

Not allowed on the programme: Deserts, sugar, alcohol, chocolate, tea and coffee, recreational drugs and smoking are strictly forbidden on the Programme.  As well as any processed non organic foods. TV is discouraged, particularly the News! Although there are TV's available, sitting in front of the log burners, reading a book or listening to music, painting, meditating or writing your journal is more healing than watching TV! 

We encourage a full on learning experience:  This is a once in a lifetime chance to stop the world and get off. There is an extensive library of books and CD's on health and wellness available for Clients to borrow during their stay. There are nightly opportunities talks and videos, Film nights as well as classes how to carry on the programme at home with recipes. Yoga, meditation, cardio vascular exercise is recommended on a daily basis come wind, rain or shine! There are many public foot paths up the mountains around the property including the wonderful Iron Age Fort with commanding views right across the valley from the Cambrian Mountains to the Black Mountains just 5 minutes up the road. We can arrange walking guides for you. Please bring walking shoes, warm socks, rain gear, warm clothes and wellies. There is an Ashram across the valley where yoga is available, horse sanctuary just down the road, ruins of Welsh castles abound in the locality, The Botanical Gardens, Aberglasny Gardens, beautiful beaches just 1 hour away or the mountain at the back of the property with Kite feeding stations, lakes and waterfalls. We are remote and this is wild wet wales! We are 5 miles from the nearest town!

Clients who are pregnant or breast feeding or on certain medications cannot be accepted on to the programme but are most welcome to come and stay for a general healthful rest and regeneration retreat. All clients must be over 18. Children are most welcome and dogs on a case by case basis.

Also included in the Hippocrates Wellness Health Programme rates: Free 1 hour zoom consultation prior to confirmation of booking. 1 enema bucket provided on arrival. 1 hour consultation per week with Nadia Brydon. A meditation class. All food is organic where possible (it will be listed when it is not organic). Treatments and herbs are an extra cost.

Contract of Agreement: Following the free 1 hour zoom consultation and confirmation of the booking the client will enter into a contract of agreement to abide by the programme rules and will then make the full payment. For guests staying longer than 4 weeks this can be paid every 4 weeks. If payment is made quarterly (covering 12 weeks) for longer stays there is a further discounted rate 

HIPPOCRATES HEALTH AND WELLNESS DAILY SCHEDULE AT CWMDU

7.30am Meditation, yoga and or early morning walk

8am  Lemon Water - Fresh lemon juice squeezed in water

9am  Green juice 500mls (Cucumber, celery, sunflower sprouts and pea   greens)

10am Water enema (recommended)

11am  Wheatgrass juice 30mls

1pm  Buffet lunch: Choice of raw vegetables, herbs, salads, dulse chips,   olives, one or two dishes, dressings, raw hummus, dehydrated  crackers, kale chips, sauerkraut, kimchi, variety of sprouts and  more sprouts

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3pm  Wheatgrass juice (30ml)

4pm  Green juice (500mls) (Cucumber, celery, sunflower sprouts and  pea greens)

6pm  Dinner: Cooked or raw green soup or Cooked vegetable dish with   herbs and spices or baked sweet potato.

Choice of raw vegetables, herbs, salads, dulse chips, olives,   one or two dishes, dressings, raw hummus, dehydrated  crackers, kale chips, sauerkraut, kimchi, variety of sprouts  and more sprouts. 

7:30 to 8.30pm  Talk, Film, discussion or Hippocrates programme study session. 

Please note that every Wednesday is a juice fasting day when no food is consumed. Green juice is provided instead of meals on weekly fasting days. On fasting days it is recommended to rest as much as possible, meditate go to bed early and there will be no talk, film or discussion in the evening.

Herbal teas are recommended and available throughout each  

What to bring: Summer: 

shorts, jeans, T shirts, swimming things. (When walking in long grass please wear long trousers and cover your legs, feet and ankles due to deer and sheep tics being prevalent here).  Winter:  Wellies, walking shoes, umbrella, warm coats, socks, gloves, hat and your favourite water bottle or electric blanket. In general: SLIPPERS (no shoes allowed upstairs or in sitting room), yoga mat (although we have some extras you can borrow) your laptop and phone (good strong wifi here), no smart clothes needed just your most comfortable clothes, tooth brush, toothpaste, torch, journal for writing in, any books or CD's you want to catch up on, musical instruments, painting things if you want to paint. But please leave the rest of the world behind. This is a chance to get off the world for a while. 

Staycations and vegan BNB: staycation guests are most welcome to come and stay simply as bnb guests or for a staycation holiday on a self catering basis in the 2 self contained units. Vegan meals (hot or cold or raw) and Juices and smoothies are available as extra either delivered to your door or in the Cwmdu dining room. Please refer to the website for information about staycations and Airbnb:  www.cwmdu-retreat.com

 Cwmdu garden and vegetable garden: 

we have a kitchen garden which is in the process of being developed. We also have a conservatory with a beautiful grape vine.  It is planned to get some WWoofs (volunteer organic gardeners) to help with the setting up of the garden and kitchen garden. We have 2 small poly tunnels and 2 greenhouses. In addition a meditation area and meditation garden are also planned. If any guests want to get connected to the earth and volunteer work in the garden it is much appreciated including chopping of wood for the Rayburn and 2 wood burners in the house. Physical work in the garden and on the land is very healing. We are contemplating getting rescue chickens but being a vegan establishment this is probably counter intuitive! Still to be decided. 

After care and support:

this is on an individual basis designed for each client. The importance cannot be overstated how vital it is for clients to feel supported and held through the transition process back to normal life and weaving their new found skills within their old life throwing out the old and bringing in the new.

The future at Cwmdu: 

There is an un-restored barn to be converted in to a yoga and teaching studio during 2022, in addition it is planned to have yurts and a wild outdoor sauna based on the 3 acres of land here at Cwmdu. The vision is a work in progress.