STAYING CONNECTED TO THE TREE… Support for wellness and consciousness at any distance
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Remain supported and connected with our network of internet/ telecommunication media, audio, video, articles and symposia at www.AlivewithGabriel.com. Each program presented by Gabriel Cousens features a variety of practical and invaluable information in spirituality, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles to help you sustain the Culture of Life.
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Become a beacon of light in your own communities, and a branch of our ever-expanding global Tree of Life network by hosting monthly potlucks and seminars following the regularly scheduled Alive with Gabriel live internet telecasts. Visit our website www.treeoflife.nu for more information.
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L IFE AWAKENED L IVING S HOPPE
Located at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, the Awakened Living Shoppe offers vegan, organic foods and items, supplements, books, and other products to support a healthy, awakened life. We cheerfully help with questions and phone orders; dial 520-394-2520, ext. 212 between 9:00 and 5:00 PST. Internet orders can be placed by visiting www.AwakenedShoppe.com.
4. S UPERFOOD JUICE F EASTING For those who have long-term weight loss and detoxification needs. Visit our website www.treeoflife.nu for more information.
Tree of Life RE JUVENATION CENTER
P.O. Box 778 (mail) 686 Harshaw Ave. (UPS) Patagonia, AZ 85624 U.S.A. 520.394.2520 www.treeoflife.nu
Tree of Life RE JUVENATION CENTER
AN OASIS FOR AWAKENING Printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks. Tree of Life plants more trees, through www.coolingtheplanet.org, than were required to create the original paper recycled to create this brochure.
TAKE SHADE UNDER OUR TREE D e a r Friends,
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elcome to our “family” and to the Culture of Life that is at the core of the Tree of Life Experience. At the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, we are dedicated to helping you enjoy choices in cuisine and lifestyle that inspire and empower your
transition to the Culture of Life. Through our educational programs and your experience here in our majestic mountain valley of Patagonia, you will learn about the choices that naturally bring forth optimal health and spiritual joy. You will also experience what thousands of our guests attest to…a unique, healthy foundation for living, a renewed connection with yourself and a strong unshakable sense of self-esteem and love for Self and all living beings, as well as for the living Earth. There are many ways by which our guests find the Tree of Life: some people come to enhance and support their already healthy
T H E T R E E O F L I F E R E J U V E N AT I O N C E N T E R
is an ecologically based health and spiritual center and community dedicated to the awakening of consciousness through worldwide educational, humanitarian activities and specialized retreat programs. The Center, located on 174 pristine acres in the exquisite high-desert mountains of Patagonia, AZ, is indeed an oasis for life: We are the only center in the world offering 100 percent organic, live-food, plant-source cuisine, much of which is cultivated on our own land, which borders the Coronado National Forest and flows from the majestic 6,300-foot Red Mountain. The Patagonia Mountains are majestic, yet calming and very peaceful, and offer spectacular views of the water valley as well as breathtaking walking and hiking trails. The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center is a sanctuary for spiritual healing that inspires openness and awakening. People from 89 countries have taken shade under our Tree; they have touched its earth, breathed its pure air, and reconnected to life in new and unimaginable ways–always with soul-enriching experiences.
lifestyles and to ensure their healthy futures; some are seeking more joy, peace and a deeper soul connection to the Divine; while others simply wish to experience the joy of a vegan vegetarian spiritual retreat that is in alignment with their personal lifestyle. There are
Expansive, clear skies and majestic star-filled nights are a stunning backdrop for a healing and educational community that features:
also those who are suffering the results of years of damaging lifestyle
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Meditation Temple
and dietary choices, and visit out of their need to address a serious,
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Live-Food Café
life-threatening illness. They may also feel a lack of joy and peace, a
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The Tree of Life Spa
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Non-chlorinated swimming pool and hot tubs
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Ecologically sound strawbale lodging
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Awakened Living Shoppe
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Two-acre Organic Garden for our healthy cuisine
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Kali Ray TriYoga®
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and soul, and to escape the chaos of the world. This new way of living, with a foundation
The largest outdoor Chartres Labyrinth on the globe
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Inipi (Native American Sweat Lodge)
of compassionate action and conscious eating, consistently nourishes one’s being with the
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The Peace Garden Children’s School
pleasure, happiness, inner peace and love that is our divine birthright.
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Nature trails and Mountain Views
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World-famous bird watching region
separation from love and Self, and a disconnection from the experience of the soul. Still others are experiencing environmental stress and degradation first-hand in the form of chemical imbalances and toxicity, and while they may not be diagnosed, they have very little energy and enthusiasm for life. Taking shade under our tree means having a place to rejuvenate, to rest the body, mind,
We invite you with love to embrace and enjoy the Tree of Life Experience, and to join us in reconnecting with the Culture of Life. However you choose to experience our Center, whether through a personal or family vacation, an apprentice program, a workshop or specific training, you are making the choice to improve, maintain or enhance your health, and are creating a foundation for lifelong joy, health and happiness. We celebrate you and your journey to wellness and spiritual pleasure! B l e s sings, Gabriel & Shanti Cousens
The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center is natural and purposefully simple. We celebrate living close to the earth and remain intentionally “back-to-nature” with dirt roads, pathways, and minimal artificial lighting. Our guests enjoy comfortable year-round weather in our tranquil and natural setting. During the summer months of July-September, Patagonia, Arizona, is regularly 8-15 degrees cooler than Tucson or Phoenix, an enjoyable year-round climate.
OUR PROGRAMS
RETREATS, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAININGS
All Culture of Life Programs include:
R EVERSING D IABETES N ATURALLY
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Ecological straw-bale lodging
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Use of the facilities, swimming pool, hot tubs, all meals and/or juicing, hiking trails, meditation temple, labyrinth, day and evening seminars (excluding specific workshops and programs), far-infrared sauna
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Daily Kali Ray TriYoga® group classes with pranayama and meditation
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100 percent organic, plant-source live-food cuisine and juice with group and community blessings of meals
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Conscious living-food preparation and sprouting classes
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Nature and wild food hikes
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Mishpacha (Guest support groups): Two times each week guests share their ongoing experiences with our friendly staff.
C ONSCIOUS E ATING I NTENSIVE
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Bi-weekly nutritional Q&A sessions: In these sessions you can ask questions about nutrition, diet, live-foods and making the live-foods lifestyle work for you.
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Evening spiritual programs (Check website for frequency):
21 Days + 1 Year Follow-up Available Regularly
Refresh Your Spirit!
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S PIRITUAL JUICE F ASTING
he Tree of Life Experience is a dynamic, ongoing program for cultivating personal harmony and revitalization. Our guests find
inspiration and wonder in the high desert setting, enhanced by our simple, gentle yet effective approach to whole-person awakening.
10 Days 3 to 4 Times Annually
D ETOXIFICATION F ASTING P ROGRAM 10, 17, or 24 Days Begins Weekly
Z ERO POINT P ROCESS
encourage connection with all aspects
“Food is a love note from God. Its letters are written by the sunrays, saying ‘I shall take care of you with the offerings of my Earth.’”
of Self and environment while fostering
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
During your Tree of Life Experience you will cultivate valuable skills and new perspectives that inspire your new beginning. Our programs embody the essence of the Culture of Life: they
spiritual development and connection with the Divine. Our programs also promote sustainability and address your health and that of our planet on a foundational level. At the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, we are sensitive to people who are transitioning into the Culture of Life and provide guidance to support a positive and uplifting experience. We also offer post-program assistance to help you maintain the Culture of Life and continue to experience the joy and inner peace of this beneficial lifestyle upon returning home for your self and your communities. PILGRIMAGE…TO YOURSELF
4 Days 4 to 6 Times Annually 6 Days 4 to 6 Times Annually 4 Days 1 to 3 Times Annually
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Agni Hotra: Sunset Ceremony for Healing the Planet
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Satsang: This is a special time to gain support by asking questions that pertain to your spiritual life
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Shaktipat Meditation (weekly): Brings a sense of inner peace, builds spiritual power, and activates the next evolutionary phase in spiritual life
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Homa (weekly): Ancient Indian ceremony designed to burn up that which no longer serves you
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Chanting: Opens the heart, allowing love to permeate your very being
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Shamanic Kabbalat Shabbat: Ancient Essene ceremonies to invoke joy, peace and harmony
I NTER-D EPENDENCE C ELEBRATION 5 Days 1 to 2 Times Annually
W HOLE P ERSON H EALING
3 Days Per Doctor’s Availability
EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS (See our Tree of Life Educational Programs Brochure for more details)
S PIRITUAL L IVE -F OOD A PPRENTICE P ROGRAM 10 Weeks Five Cycles Annually
S PIRITUAL VEGANIC F ARMING A PPRENTICE P ROGRAM 12 Weeks Four Cycles Annually
S PIRITUAL S PROUTING A PPRENTICE P ROGRAM
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Native American Sweat Lodges or Inipi (monthly)
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Women’s Circles near the time of each new moon
Plus! The Peace Garden School, which offers children 3-7 who accompany their parents to the Tree of Life their own experience of the Culture of Life. Held in an uplifting School Greenhouse! We support a whole-family approach to the Culture of Life. As a part of whole-person awakening, many guests elect: •
1 Month Monthly
VEGAN AND L IVE -F OOD N UTRITION P ROGRAM 2 to 3 Years Open Enrollment
E SSENE P RIESTHOOD AND P RIESTESSHOOD 2 to 3 Years Open Enrollment
Bodywork and healing energy practices at the Tree of Life Spa that stimulate and soothe the senses, balancing the internal with the external: •
Lymph and Deep Tissue Massages
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Oxy-Rebounding
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Far-Infrared Sauna
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Body Wraps
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Ozone Steambox
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Facials
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Whole Person Healing Consultations
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Private Kali Ray TriYoga® sessions for enhancing the flowing motion of Kundalini
For more information on our programs or for reservations fill in the “Call-Me-Now” Form at www.treeoflife.nu, or call 520.394.2520
OUR PROGRAMS
CULTURE OF LIFE RETREATS & WORKSHOPS SPIRITUAL AND YOGA FASTING RETREATS
Refresh Your Spirit!
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he Tree of Life Experience is a dynamic, ongoing program for cultivating personal harmony and revitalization. Our guests find
inspiration and wonder in the high desert setting, enhanced by our simple, gentle yet effective approach to whole-person awakening.
encourage connection with all aspects
“Food is a love note from God. Its letters are written by the sunrays, saying ‘I shall take care of you with the offerings of my Earth.’”
of Self and environment while fostering
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
During your Tree of Life Experience you will cultivate valuable skills and new perspectives that inspire your new beginning. Our programs embody the essence of the Culture of Life: they
spiritual development and connection with the Divine. Our programs also promote sustainability and address your health and that of our planet on a foundational level. At the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, we are sensitive to people who are transitioning into the Culture of Life and provide guidance to support a positive and uplifting experience. We also offer post-program assistance to help you maintain the Culture of Life and continue to experience the joy and inner peace of this beneficial lifestyle upon returning home for your self and your communities. PILGRIMAGE…TO YOURSELF
The New York Times calls Gabriel Cousens, M.D. “A fasting guru.” This 10Day revitalizing spiritual Juice Fast renews body and soul, and reconnects you to your inner truth and sacred design! Continual support is provided by Gabriel Cousens and Shanti GoldsCousens, who have experience guiding thousands of fasters worldwide. Includes Shaktipat meditation, Kali Ray TriYoga®, spiritual Q&A, chanting, sweat lodge (weather permitting), organic green juice, and support for breaking the fast with live-food meals.
DETOXIFICATION & CLEANSING FASTS Harper’s Magazine says we are “One of the world’s ten best detoxification retreats!” Our 10, 17, and 24-day packages enliven every cell in your system! Fresh organic green juice, innovative, non-invasive cleansing technologies, and the natural way of yoga and meditation turn on the genes for youth and euphoria. The plan allows the body’s innate wisdom to restore beauty and balance through a variety of massage therapies, oxygen-enhanced rebounding, air-and-sun bathing, ozone therapies, hydrotherapy, infrared sauna, colon therapies, nature walks and more. Toxins are removed from reproductive cells, and we experience weight reduction and rejuvenation. Includes some individually designed support. Starts every Tuesday!
REVERSING DIABETES NATURALLY The Tree of Life Reversing Diabetes Naturally 21-Day + Program is a medical breakthrough for successful treatment of diabetes. With more than 35 years of professional experience in reversing diabetes naturally, Dr. Gabriel Cousens offers you this important and highly effective program that traces its origins to the 1920s when medical doctor Max Gerson facilitated, world-renowned medical doctor, Albert Schweitzer’s full recovery from diabetes using live foods. The Tree of Life Reversing Diabetes Naturally Program’s success is based on two important steps. First, we show you how to stabilize physiology by applying our present and advanced understanding of live foods, green-juice fasting, and anti-diabetes supplementation. At the Tree of Life, guests with Type 2 diabetes are regularly able to eliminate the use of insulin and oral hypoglycemic medications within one to four days, with the majority returning to a blood sugar level below 100 by the end of the three-week program. The challenge begins in step two. The ultimate stabilization of the reversal of Type 2 Diabetes requires transitioning from the lifestyle habits of what we call the “Culture of Death,” which caused the disease, to the health-supporting habits of a person dedicated to healthy world cuisine and the “Culture of Life” that we teach here at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center. The Culture of Death is a lifestyle and diet that brings forth disease, a lack of joy, separation from love, disconnection from the experience of the soul, and destruction of the environment, while the Culture of
Life causes health and pleasure in all levels, including a strong sense of self-esteem and love for the Self and the living planet. Our one-year follow up program is specifically designed to address the needs of people recovering from diabetes, and is successful depending on the client’s commitment to embracing the principles and cuisine of the Culture of Life. This is a cutting-edge program that can help you save your life and avoid the negative long-term effects of diabetes-related illness. However, you must be ready to choose and commit to a healthy cuisine and lifestyle. •
7-day or 14-day green-juice fast under close medical supervision
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Zero Point Course to help eliminate attachments to poor dietary and lifestyle choices, and to open yourself to love
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Conscious Eating Course that trains and teaches World Cuisine for the Culture of Life
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One Year Follow-up Program
ZERO POINT PROCESS INTENSIVE Awaken from the dream of a separate “self” so that you may live without fear in the chaos of the world and embrace your true destiny! In this extraordinary training program you will learn how to turn off the mind and become free from unhealthy habits and negative emotions, self-images, and phobias, allowing you to reconnect with the authentic Self. This course is part of the Six Foundations for Spiritual Life, which prepare you to hold the grace of liberation and open you to living in the pleasure of the Divine Presence.
This 4-day, all-day, intensive course taught by world-recognized spiritual teacher Gabriel Cousens, who trained as a psychiatrist and family therapist, is Gabriel’s approach to Jnana Yoga – Yoga of the Mind. It can bring us to direct knowing and clarity that “the personality is a case of mistaken identity.” Learn how to let go of the mind’s addictive emotional patterns, obsessions, and thought forms! Live in celebration and experience the non-causal joy, inner contentment, and bliss of who we are!
WHOLE PERSON HEALING This expertly designed health evaluation and personal treatment program, created by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. is a foundation for optimal strength, vitality and longterm wellness. Whole Person Healing targets your individual health needs. We offer individualized guidance on nutrition and lifestyle change, and create a superior supplement plan designed to help you realize harmony in body-mind-spirit quickly and effectively. This program offers a level of self-awareness that makes it possible to heal more rapidly from diseases such as depression, diabetes, arthritis, chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, candida, fibromyalgia, chronic degeneration and to create your own health.
CONSCIOUS EATING INTENSIVE This exciting six-day course in the basics of live-food preparation is an immersion into the Conscious Eating Lifestyle. We will show you how to create the deeply healing and delightful cuisine that is the foundation of the Culture of Life. Join us for an incredible journey into the food that supports the blossoming of wellness and spiritual life! Includes three lectures and Q&A sessions.
TREE OF LIFE SPA EXPERIENCE
The World’s Most Empowering Summer Workshop!
An ideal daylong retreat for vegans and vegetarians who wish to enjoy spa treatments within a spiritually consciousness community and our 100 percent organic, plant-source live food. The Tree of Life Spa Experience is a treat for mind, body and spirit, and a delightful reprieve from the busy life! Infuse your spirit with love and joy at the place where thousands around the globe have initiated their awakening to the Culture of Life. This is a wonderful gift for you and your loved ones.
J U L Y 4 TH I - D A Y
SACRED RELATIONSHIPS Unleash the dynamic force of couples’ love and embark on a journey into the unknown frontier of intimacy as a spiritual path. In this 4-day, 3-night workshop for couples, lead by Gabriel and Shanti, you become skilled and empowered in the art of Sacred Relationship and learn how to invoke Divine Union in every moment. Cultivate deep listening skills, practice connecting through shared body movement with Kali Ray TriYoga®, and experience the ecstasy of subtle spiritual energies merging into one powerful, devotional and synergistic energy. Join us and begin to realize the universe as the sensuous, wild, passionate, and abundant playground of intimacy that it truly is!
Inter-Dependence Day (5-day annual retreat) Live-Food and Consciousness Celebration! Led by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. and David Wolfe, J.D., M.A. I-day is a weekend of inspiration, education and fun! Hear the newest research in optimal healthy lifestyles; learn basics and revolutionary advances for beginners, vegans, and live-food advocates. Enjoy lectures on topics such as superfoods nutrition, vitamins, mineralization, detoxification, ormus, transformation and longevity! Attend these extraordinary annual Q&A sessions with Gabriel and David, which are the centerpiece of the Inter-Dependence Day experience. Participate in a wild-foods tour, nature foraging, Kali Ray TriYoga®, Shaktipat Meditation, spiritual music concerts in our outdoor amphitheater, and other consciousness-expanding spiritual practices. An incredible immersion opportunity and celebration of the Culture of Life!
“Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” Albert Schweitzer
THE TREE OF LIFE COMMUNITY
“A LEARNING JOURNEY”
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These spiritual luminaries offer love and assistance through our programs to
“The Tree of Life experience is a “learning journey” amidst like-minded seekers. It opens the eye to what is clearly the cutting edge of the new paradigm of physical and spiritual well-being.”
support the Culture of Life and the awakening of human consciousness.
Larry I., Oakhurst, California
he Tree of Life community is a group of heart-centered, spiritually minded people in service to the living planet and to all living beings.
G ABRIEL C OUSENS , M.D., M.D. (H), Diplomate of American Board of Holistic Medicine, Diplomate in Ayurveda, World Peace Worker, is the Founder and Director of The Tree of Life Foundation and Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, AZ. Gabriel serves as a Physician of the Soul, Holistic Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist, Family Therapist, Arizona Licensed
“Awesome! The Tree of Life Experience was way beyond anything I could imagine: beautiful food, loving service, and a perfect program. I only felt better and more alive each day. Beyond excellence!” R. Beecher, Sacramento, California
authority on Plant-Source Only,
“One can totally understand how Dr. Cousens has achieved the highest accreditation in the practice of holistic medicine. I trust his knowledge in terms of diagnostic evaluation of my disease. He is a teacher and healer of the highest reputation– a man who truly cares, and gives of himself to those who need his help, wisdom and knowledge in support of wellness in body, mind and spirit. I feel so fortunate that he was introduced into my life…I know now for a fact that I will live well.”
Live-Food Nutrition.
Barbara O., London, England
Homeopathic Physician, Rebbe, Yogi, and Native American Sun Dancer and Spirit Dancer. Gabriel’s best-selling books include Spiritual Nutrition, Conscious Eating, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine, Sevenfold Peace, Tachyon Energy, and Depression-Free for Life. Appearing on film, radio, TV, and online discussion-support symposiums, Dr. Cousens is known worldwide as an empowered, liberated spiritual teacher and the leading medical
S HANTI G OLDS C OUSENS , M.A., serving as Co-Director of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, offers holistic wisdom in Kali Ray TriYoga™, Aromatherapy, and vegan raw foods. Shanti and Gabriel’s partnership embodies the Divine Flow inherent in Sacred Relationship and the Culture of Life. Shanti and Gabriel share a Divine Union based on awakening the light within and harmonizing the masculine and feminine energies on the planet for whole-person and planetary peace.
“I have done fasting, yoga and meditation before, but never on the level of competence and integrity that Dr. Cousens and his staff offer. They have designed one fully integrated, lovingly supportive program to address medical, emotional and spiritual concerns. A fantastic experience!” Galina D., Tucson, Arizona
“I feel tremendous, reborn and totally inspired.” Sarah D., Grand Cayman Island