Green juice fasting is Waterfall Villas' specialty detox technique, with the primary ingredient being organic, fresh picked kale, with all types of vegetables and some fruit to give you a blast of energy while loosing and excess that is slowing your metabolism down. This is a full reset for the digestion system!
Alternatively to M.D. Natalie Rose’s detox formulas, the retreat can also offer the Master Cleanse formula OR a yogi mixture of fruit juices every morning and green juices in the afternoons / evenings. You can even do a raw meal at night if you are into a partial juice fast.
The retreat can personalize your juice as you go to see what suits you best. You will be consuming juices about every two hours, and you can also make them to-go and give you mason jars and a little cooler to take to the beach.
Fast for 6 days from the morning after arrival. You will have a light dinner on arrival, and then start your fast after a morning yoga class.
Juice detox benefits
The green juice cleanse may bring you great results. It really works! The ingredients are the best that Costa Rica can offer in terms of freshness and organicness. First, you see it in your skin, and then you will feel incredible. Bloating goes away, and your energy level boosts. It is very important not to skip any juice times. This retreat offers your juice every 2 hours fresh, and you will drink an equal amount of spring water included… otherwise, you might have the desire to come off the fast. That is the only caution: you cannot get hungry, so the retreat will have a person in the kitchen to make fresh juices for you all the time. These are not stored; you get them as fresh as can be each day.
You can take it very slowly if it's your first time, and you can come off the fast at any time, and have vegan or raw foods. For some people, that is more than enough to detox – all depends on your starting condition.
The starting condition is a measurement defined by Dr Natalie Rose detox MD, and the retreat follows that guideline to see what you can handle from the get go. And let you know where you are after your program—measured in a level analysis for detoxing the body that is lifestyle-dependent.
Example juice cleanse detox program at the Waterfall Villas
The juice cleanse can be done up to 6 days in the 7-night program. You can decide when you are ready and you can be served either vegan meals or raw vegan meals during the time you are off the juice fast. In the 3-night special, you will go on juices from the moment you arrive so preparation is required.
First, you will sit down and talk about your situation, measure the starting condition by a questionnaire, and understand your goals in the detox plan. You can also do this ahead of time by using Skype. Then, on arrival, the team will transition you with a clean organic raw vegan meal the first night. Although some people start juicing from arrival, you can do that if you have done this before and by your request. If you are ready to start the second day, the program below can serve as an example.
You will have various types of green drinks principal ingredient is fresh cut organic kale every two hours or less during the duration of the fast. If you are not ready, you can wait and have 3 light meals, especially if you have made alot of bad food choices lately or if you are just not ready emotionally. This can be decided your first day, and revisited each day. It is always easier to do it with a friend who is committed to the detox or has experience.
The example has 3 days of fasting. If you want to do more days of juices, then it is the same for the following three days. The last day, either the 4th or 6th day in the evening, the team will transition you off the fast with fresh vegan soup, and the next day you will have the chia breakfast with fruits to fully cleanse out. If you are only fasting 3 days, you will get either raw vegan (faster detox) or cooked vegan meals after your transition off to solids, guided by how you feel how you would like to continue with the detox process.
The team will be checking with you every day to customize the program for your needs. If your goal is to lose weight, they can also alter the juicing recipe to what you can handle to get maximum results; they can add some chili if you can handle that to up the metabolic rate. You may loose up to 8 pounds in one week. If you are already underweight and trying not to lose weight, then they will add avocados and nuts for additional proteins to the juice mix so that you don’t lose weight if you want to maintain the same weight. Although some weight loss is likely to occur.
You can also do a Water Fast or a Master cleanse at the same price. Then, the retreat will plan a re-feeding program for your last 24 hours before you leave. Waterfall Villas recommends green tea or vegan chai during fasting days in the morning, and to not have coffee during your fasting days, but they will serve you fresh coffee if you ask for it.
Daily plan
Day 1, Arrival
- Check-in is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please let Waterfall Villas know in advance your arrival time.
- Welcome fresh fruit drink
- Expectations interview: your treatment is personalized with the utmost attention to YOU!
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 5 p.m.
- Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Relaxing dinner to transition into the juice cleanse vegan green salad with mora berry dressing / Moroccan Tagine of vegetables, stuffed mushrooms, and fennel salad with quinoa. Or raw option: Raw raviolis with pesto sauce. Raw sugar-free coconut ice cream with raw chocolate crepe
Day 2
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga at 8 a.m.
- Start juice cleanse – Day 1: with a mix of Kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado. For morning, the juice can have fruits, and then they will serve you juice every 2 hours with more veggies, fresh basil or mint, and lemon juice. Then in the evening, add carrots or beets and pineapple.
- Massage treatment from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- At 12:30 p.m. enjoy green detox drink with fresh organic greens, which continues every 2 hours. If you go to the beach, you can take the day's juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 4 p.m.
- Green detox juices until 7 p.m. and one to take to your room at night. All rooms have a small fridge
- Ginger tea
Day 3
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga at 8 a.m.
- Day 2 of the juice cleanse: with a mix of Kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado. In the morning, the juice can have fruit, and then they will serve you every two hours juices with more veggies and fresh basil or mint, and lemon juice, then at the evening add carrots or beets and pineapple.
- 12:30 p.m. green detox drink with fresh organic greens, and continues every two hours. If you go to the beach, you can take the day's juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 4 p.m.
- Green detox juices until 7 p.m. and one to take to your room at night. All rooms have a small fridge.
- Ginger tea
Day 4
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga at 8 a.m.
- Day 3 of the juice cleanse: with a mix of Kale with cucumber, celery, turmeric, ginger, organic vanilla, fennel, and bananas / avocado. For mornings, the juice can have fruit, then they will serve you every two hours juices with more veggies, fresh basil or mint, and lemon juice, and then at the evening, add carrots or beets and pineapple.
- Massage treatment: 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
- 12:30 p.m. green detox drink with fresh organic greens, and continues every two hours. If you go to the beach, you can take the day juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 4 p.m.
- Green detox juices until 7 p.m. and one to take to your room at night. All rooms have a small fridge
- At 6:30 p.m. there will be optional dinner. If it's your last day fasting, come off the fast with a warm squash soup / or vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda)
- Ginger tea
Day 5
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga at 8 a.m. – Optional, depending on the tour time
- Breakfast at 9 a.m. Enjoy Chia seed pudding with fruits and fresh berry and green goddess smoothie
- At 9:30 a.m., hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall OR Zipline at Baru reserve, Manuel Antonio National Park with a naturalist – and beach afterwards, kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling at Cano Island. Or in July–September, the whale watching tour is incredible (note: tour and transfer are not included in package price; Waterfall Villas can organize it as a free service, and you pay operator directly). If you go to the tour, you can take a packed lunch and also day juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 4 p.m.
- At 6:30 p.m. Dinner: Warm soup of asparagus (balance and alkalize) / Costa Rican vegan Ron Don with fresh veggies and special fresh made coconut milk sauce / Raw Carrot tart. If all raw detox after fast, the team will make a Raw Vegan Pad Thai – with fresh marinated veggies, chayote noodles, and with an almond and miso sauce. Fresh ginger tea or Chamomile tea
Day 6
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga 8 a.m. – Optional, depending on the tour time
- Breakfast: 9 a.m. Chia seed pudding with fruits and fresh berry and green goddess smoothie
- 9:30 a.m. Hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall OR Zipline at Baru Reserve, Manuel Antonio National Park with a naturalist, and beach afterwards, kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling at Cano Island. Or in July to September, the whale watching tour is incredible (note: tour and transfer not included in package price; Waterfall Villas organizes these as a free service, and you pay operator directly). If you go to the tour you can take a packed raw lunch, or if fasting also day juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root at 4 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m. Dinner: If this is your last day fasting, come off the fast with a warm squash soup / or vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda). If you are having raw dinners, you can enjoy a raw mushroom and broccoli curry with heart of palm rice. Fresh Ginger tea or Chamomile tea.
Day 7
- Fresh Noni drink / or fresh coconut water
- Yoga 8 a.m.: Optional, depending on the tour time
- Your last day of juicing: every 2 hours, take a juice
- 9:30 a.m. Hike to the Giant Nauyaca Waterfall OR Zipline at Baru Reserve, Manuel Antonio National Park with a naturalist, and beach afterwards, kayaking in the mangroves or snorkeling at Cano Island... Or in July to September the whale watching tour is incredible (note: tour and transfer not included in package price; Waterfall Villas organizes these as a free service, and you pay the operator directly). If you go to the tour, you can take a packed raw lunch, or if fasting, you can also take day juices to go in glass containers and also in a cooler pouch.
- Detox tea with fresh Pau de Arco root, 4 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m. Dinner: If your last day fasting, come off the fast with a warm squash soup / or vegetable detox soup (Ayurveda). If you are having raw dinners, you can enjoy a raw mushroom and broccoli curry with heart of palm rice.
Day 8
- Fresh Noni drink…must wait an hour before eating. or fresh coconut water
- Yoga at 8 a.m. – Optional depends on the departure time (not offered on Sunday)
- Breakfast 9 a.m. – Parfait of fruits and coconut with fresh nut crumble and served with greens combo smoothie. Or organic oats with fruits cinnamon and raisins (please let them know if you want the warm or raw breakfast).
- Check out at 11 a.m.
- Waterfall Villas is very willing to customize the plan. The above plan is the type of detox they regularly offer.
