Would you like to take some time for body cleansing? Would you like to have a fresh clean start and re-evaluate your 2010 New Year resolution with brand new mid-year resolutions? If so, you are invited to join me, Rennea Couttenye, in Playa Viva this summer. I will be there for two weeks doing a detoxifying diet and fast along with some readings, creative writing and time for insight. I'd be happy to coach and work with you for mutual support on a program created just for you.

There are several ways of getting rid of toxins in your system. These range from eating only the right foods and trying to acquire taste for healthy organic foods in the right combination, to only-fresh-juice fast, to a more extreme protocol of water-lemon-cayenne fast. Each detox program is entirely individual. If you are interested in spending a week or two being wonderful to yourself I will be in Playa Viva doing my personal work and helping you on your personal journey.

Dates: July 18 to August 1 - Flexible Programs range between 5 days to 11 days within this period
Consultation Fees: $450 per person plus normal room/board fee
Materials: range $50- up - subject to length and program chosen

Days 1- 2
Prepare
Overview of the program.
Personal exploration:
Understanding what you are looking for.
Understanding your personal needs.
Reflection or Meditation

Create your program
Personal consultation.
Set goals, create your program.
Gather your personal program items/ foods.

Days 3- 4- 5- Relax and Detox
Embark on your detox program
by eating specially chosen or prepared foods or fasting.
Daily support, readings, meditations, writing according to person's need.

Day 6- 7- Ease into Healthier Habits
Coming out of fasting or mono-food diets need special attention to choice of foods and amounts.
Having a feeling of lightness and wellness makes you inclined to want to keep it that way.

Day 8- Return Home
This is the time when you've given yourself a new fresh you and want to take your best step forward each and every time. Share your new habits to your friends and family.

About the Instructor:
Rennea Couttenye, Venezuelan born and long time San Francisco resident is a dedicated seeker of balance, harmony and fulfillment in life, hence her core values have co-existed hand in hand with her various life achievements and endeavors.

Rennea started her career as a designer, who in previous years worked in large corporations such as Esprit de Corp., The Gap, Levis-Strauss, Fieldcrest-Cannon and other large textile manufacturers. Later, she founded Español for Kids, a school that teaches Spanish as a foreign language and is an active member and lecturer at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). She is a singer and regularly plays with renowned musicians around the Bay Area. As an avid rock climber she looks at every rock with special interest, including pebbles. But what she considers her best achievement has been single-handedly raising three conscientious children who now in their twenties strive for being good world citizens: Renie Joie, 25, the holistic health graduate; Avery, 23, the mother of her two grandchildren Felix 2, and Didi, 6mo and Skylr, 21, the future firefighter.

Rennea wants to follow her still healthy and well 92 year old grandmother footsteps, of meeting her great-great grandchildren and being able to enjoy them. She strives to be an active, healthy and giving person each day and throughout her next 45 years of life. With that goal in mind, she is an active searcher in her own wellness. In the tradition of Latin women she is happy and willing to share it with all.

Disclaimer: Rennea has no "letters" after her name: MD, PHD, DO, she has not written books about the "perfect diet" nor is she making money selling products. The dieting or fasting protocols you embark in this week retreat are done at your own risk and her consultation is no substitute for medical advice.