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About The Detox Collective Juice Fasting Yoga Retreat

The Detox Collective at Moinhos Velhos offers juice fasting detox retreats with yoga, meditation, nutrition & wellness workshops for body, mind & spirit.

Chris Lloyd Pack

Chris and Karen are originally from England and have been living here in Portugal for many years. Both are qualified Sivananda yoga teachers. They both studied in Kerala, India, while they also facilitated of Moinhos Velhos fasting programs during the off season. Chris became holistic in 1971 after being referred to a naturopath and later being introduced to a faith healer. He has had some wonderful teachers, one being the late Jack Temple, a renowned dowser and healer as well as a pioneer organic farmer. Jack was able to introduce Chris to dowsing and the benefits of organic gardening.

Debby Van Tegelen

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Debbie is one of the yoga teachers and facilitators. After working 11 years as a nurse in a Dutch hospital, she started to develop more interest in alternative ways to heal the body and mind. After leaving the Netherlands and traveling for 2 years through Asia, she arrived together with her husband, Ed in 2016. In 2017, Debby got her a scholarship for the Sivananda yoga teacher training in India. After successfully completing the training, Debby has been teaching yoga and giving meditation classes here at Moinhos Velhos for the past 2 years.

Ed Van Tegelen

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Ed, together with his wife, Debby arrived at Moinhos Velhos in 2016 after traveling for 2 years through Asia. Originally from The Netherlands, Ed is the head nutritionist. He uses an evidence-based approach to cut through the confusion about nutrition and will give you advice that’s firmly rooted in science. He has previously worked as a plant-based chef in a restaurant and can thus provide you with lots of tips and ideas for a healthier diet. Ed recently released his first book 'Nutrition in The Kitchen' and he is also well studied in Thai massage, having studied in Thailand.

Karen Lloyd Pack

Karen is one of their yoga teachers and facilitators, she has 15 experience here at Moinhos Velhos helping support and guide clients through all aspects of the Juice Fasting program. ‘Regular cleaning of the body is essential for good health, shining from the inside out’. Karen believes in empowering yourselves and others and works for the benefit of all. Karen is also a trained Martin Brothman Foundation Chakra Healer and a keen organic gardener. With her husband Chris, Karen co-facilitates the Juice Fasting programs in the Sivanada Ashrams in India.

Richard Brook

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Richard has over 20yrs experience in wellness and specialises in 5 Elements acupuncture, dru yoga, embodied movement and the body-mind connection. He's also author of 'Understanding Human Nature, A User's Guide To Life'. He started at Moinhos Velhos in 2014 and is passionate about understanding and creating what you need to have a successful life – measured from the deepest level of your own perception, not through achieving in the eyes of others! He previously developed his Creative Yoga brand into one of London’s most unique projects and also designs corporate wellness programmes.

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Donna Kerr

April 2025

A hospital for the body & soul

Had an incredible 10 day journey, left feeling refreshed, more agile, fully detoxed,lighter and happier. Chris & Kate, Benjy & Sofia and all the team are excellent.

Samantha Sutherland

from Great Britain, April 2025

What a gift this has been!!

I came here with the hopes of connecting to myself and healing my body. I can honestly say I’ve gotten 1000 times more than what I expected! Let’s start with the staff. Everyone here is so full of love and joy! I felt so taken care of and nurtured by the whole experience. The classes were for all levels and in just two weeks, my yoga practice transformed! All the ceremonies for healing that we did truly brought change to my being. Sweet Stella, the chef created the most incredible broths to nourish the soul every evening. All the juice that was made was fresh and delicious! I was only hungry one of my 10 days. The property is absolutely stunning and they have many different facilities to use! Which I used all of them often. I am so grateful for this experience!

Louise Berrington

from Great Britain, October 2023

Amazing experience at Moinhos Vellos

All therapists exceeded themselves. The juices were very nourishing and I didn’t feel hungry. Richard”s sessions were all brilliant and so were Karen’s especially her treatment. Overall fantastic experience- highly recommended. Plus the surrounding buildings and gardens were beautiful. All the team were lovely and worked hard and were always very happy and pleasant. Lots of fun with the group of lovely guests

Anonymous

from Switzerland, June 2022

Moinhos Velhos Detox Retreat

Beautiful relaxing place, wonderful and kind instructors.

Marijke Horstink

from Netherlands, May 2022

Heerlijke plek voor reiniging van body and mind

Heerlijke plek met eenvoudige maar prima faciliteiten. Het detoxen gaat heel gemakkelijk en wordt op maat begeleid. De sappen zijn verrukkelijk en nagenoeg allemaal van eigen biologische producten van Moinhos Velhos. De behandelingen zijn uitstekend. De yoga en meditatie eveneens. En passant wordt een enorme hoeveelheid kennis overgebracht, wat het tot een nog rijkere ervaring maakt. Voor herhaling vatbaar.

Theresa Mattingly

from Great Britain, April 2022

A Piece of Paradise

The environment was perfect…. the staff were warm and professional…the activities were thoughtfully designed. Everything was great .. from the pool to the quality of the bedding.

Lucy Cheyney

from Great Britain, March 2022

Amazing, beautiful and healing.

Everything. Just perfect.

Anonymous

from United States, December 2021

The vibes, the harmony, the kindness, the peaceful surrounding

Kate Shaw

from Great Britain, November 2021

Perfect

Looking kindness of the staff was more than I expected and gratefully received

Georgia Cowen

from Israel, December 2020

Magical

The ease and joy that emanates from this magical place is contagious. I felt free to be me, alone or social, as I like. The facilitators were excellent and clearly walk their talk with integrity and authenticity. I highly recommend this retreat and I look forward to returning. Big love!

Ursula Morrison

from Portugal, December 2020

win-win-situation

Actually everything - even the rainy weather was very symbolicly - all the instructions running Moinhos velhos are extremly and authenthically friendly,helpful, supportive, knowledgeable and just adorable. I LOVE(D) IT and certainly come back to this place again. It was indeed really easy to follow the detox-week, being busy with drinking juice/tea/water/soup, talking, doing yoga, taking massage, zapping, clymaxing..-), meditation, sauna, walks, laughters... time just run out..-) thank you to all of you there putting your whole and heartly engagement in this wonderful job. Big hugs (even in time of Corona...-), Ursula

Frederic Rochet

from France, March 2020

Peacefull place, with good installation (swiming pool, sauna, jaccuzi)

Some nice walk to have arount in the country or to the sea.

The team is disponible, give good advice and give a good coaching.

Yoga coach help you to improve yourself.

It's a realy good break with a well thinking program. That i recomande it!

Merci

Barbara Hall

from Luxembourg, March 2020

Surprise and delight

Delightful location with lush green hills, gardens, pleasant walks, buildings that fitted the rural setting, pure delicious water, facilities such as swimming pool, sauna, hot tub, temple, clinic with a fascinating library, delicious freshly-made juices, excellent yoga instructors each morning, and health practitioners with genuine expertise and a variety of interesting healing techniques that were instructive and seem to have worked for me. I was pleasantly surprised, for example, to find the amazing Physioscope in use (I'd just been introduced to one in my home town - the first I'd ever encountered) and other techniques I hadn't expected on a detox retreat. All this and excellent staff support throughout. A very congenial group of people during the week was another fortunate highlight. Greatly to be recommended if you are interested in health. Be prepared for some steep hills within the property and some challenging yoga workouts (although the instructors are all charming, flexible and helpful, so you don't need to be super-fit from the start: you will certainly feel fitter by the end of the week!).

The approach to healthy eating at Moinhos Velhos is vegan, but having some (sadly not all) staff pleasantly open to nutritious non-vegan foods (outside the retreat) was very welcome. We had some great and amusing discussions during the week.

Angela Slomke

from Canada, March 2020

Brilliantly Developed Detox Program

There wasn’t much not to like on this retreat. I have attended many yoga and meditation retreats and I can honestly say this was one of the best. The quality of instruction and shared teachings and knowledge from the varied backgrounds of the staff is superb. Every niche seems to be covered by one member or another. You feel very cared for and held. The program is very well researched and delivered confidently with nutrition and detox knowledge by their nutritionist and other members. The holistic treatments offered widely vary and you can choose the support that fits you best. I particularly loved Richards acupunture and his 5 element approach and sharing of how it works on the many layers of our being. I found after my sessions with him many dreams that seemed to deliver “aha” moments and give me greater insight and wisdom into my life and left me feeling like my heart was more open or less in protection. The whole program together I feel created an opening that just yoga and meditation alone seemed not to do in past retreats. There is something magic about blending the juice detox and that sense of being cleaned out that opened my wisdom vision in a clearer way and I left feeling more flexible than I had in a couple of years and that remains till today. The breath practices everyday also helped cleanse and my sinuses and respiratory system feel much clearer now. The place is also gorgeous and I highly recommended sitting near the lake fir it’s peaceful stillness

Anonymous

from Ireland, September 2019

Everything Excellent

Everything

Engel Nieman

from Netherlands, September 2018

Goed

Yoga en de groep

Hrefna Regína Gunnarsdóttir

from Iceland, November 2017

Everything was superb!!

Anonymous

from United States, September 2017

Life Changing Experience

I liked the comprehensive nature of the program which included full days of yoga, juicing, supplements, and a wide variety of therapies with exceptional practitioners in an extremely supportive environment as well as time for both calming relaxation at the pool and invigorating walks around the property or nearby trails. I also enjoyed the beach outing which provided both mental and physical benefits with a nice change of scenery.

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