Here below are some comments by clients of Ananda’s detox programs. Agama Yoga refers its students to Ananda for these cleansing programs, which are comprehensive, supportive, and offer high-quality service.
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I wanted to write you because of some very good news: after the detox my asthma disappeared!!!! Nearly three months have passed and I gave up my medication!!! Can you imagine?? This is incredible for me: 20 years of daily medication morning and night and, just with a seven-day detox, gone!!!!
So I just wanted to write you to say THANK YOU!!!
My best wishes
-- Ainhoa, Spain
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The detox program saved my life. I got my confidence back and my health. Vangelis [the owner of Ananda] was marvelous. I follow all his advice still. My hands do not peel anymore.
-- Anonymous, UK
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Vangelis, I wanted to update you on the progress that has happened to me since the cleanse. It is only four days later, but I am now starting to recover my energy. I am feeling amazing now... and I hope that the energy just continues to happen. Some physical results are that I continue to lose weight. I am eating and the pounds are just shedding. I tend to have blood sugar issues, and when I do not eat my body tends to gain weight, but doing the fast / cleanse / detox has resulted in a jumpstart of my system. I can feel my body assimilate better the raw foods that I am choosing to eat, and I have never digested lettuce or carrots raw well. Spiritually, doing Yoga is now an open doorway. Where I felt much energy before, now my energetic system is completely cleaned and open to all that is around and within me. So thank you for the support of Zao [Ananda’s detox manager] and you!!!
-- Anonymous, USA
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Being essentially disciplined and non-toxic, and having handled detox and sanka praksalana on several occasions easily, I was very skeptical about Ananda detox: I could easily do it myself, just buy the herbs and use enemas instead of colemas. I don't need the massage, didn’t feel like going there all the time, etc. etc. A trusted friend convinced me and I went "on faith." I am writing this six days after the detox finished, i.e. acclimatized to a regular diet. The result: I highly endorse the Ananda program as a great value. All my assumptions were flawed: there is a world of difference between administering your own enema vs. a colema; the massage is entirely necessary if not essential; the environment that Vangelis and So [Ananda’s detox manager] create is very nourishing and supportive. Perhaps the key word here is "easily": you cannot do this easily on your own. At Ananda, they make it easy so your nervous/energetic system gets to relax, be more receptive, calmer, which allows you to surrender more fully and get more out of your detox process. If something strange occurs, Vangelis is totally there to answer your questions and adjust your program.
You cannot achieve such energetic states easily by having to worry about getting the coffee water to the right temperature, making the carrot juice, doing the equivalent of 14 enemas (in order to get the flushing power of 2 colemas), not to mention the sauna and the energy of the other participants. Finally: perhaps the most important part of a detox is returning back to regular diet. As a vata-pitta, this always gave me trouble, with vata exploding two days after the detox was over. This was the first time this has not happened; in fact, my energy levels have been extremely high from the third day of detox onward. One more thing: pranayama works great too. But that, you do on your own.
-- D.T., an Agama Course Level 9 student who did the seven-day detox
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(before the cleanse)
I was experiencing a humble, blistering rash on my arms and wrists, and I had much constipation.
(during the cleanse)
Many different levels of energy spikes and indefinite releases, both physically and emotionally.
(after the cleanse)
More clear-headed, able to make decisions better, and the rash entirely cleared up. I will recommend this to everyone.
-- Dea, USA
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(before the cleanse)
I had been traveling the world for two months eating and drinking whatever I felt like before the cleanse so I had put on weight and my skin was quite oily.
(during the cleanse)
During the cleanse I lost 6 kilos and my skin problems cleared up. I felt tired and lethargic but would also have bursts of amazing clarity. I felt clearer every day.
(after the cleanse)
I feel great. Really energetic and focused. I also am committed to taking better care of myself in the future.
-- Kirileigh, Australia
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(before the cleanse)
I spent the summer working on a boat in Europe. I overate, drank, and didn’t exercise. After just five months of this I felt I had aged.
My joints ached when I got out of bed.
(during the cleanse)
A few cramps while on the colema board, but I expelled lots of mucous.
(after the cleanse)
I truly feel young again and my joints don’t ache when I wake up. I am also going to be very conscious about what food I put in my body - no meat, dairy, or wheat. Thank you, Vangelis.
-- Glynis MacDonald, Australia
