The Five Senses Detox & Rejuvenation Retreat is a 4-day weekend retreat at Still Mountain Wellness Retreat in California Hot Springs, designed to help guests recover from sensory overload, digital fatigue, mental clutter, digestive heaviness, and stress through Ayurveda-inspired daily rhythm, gentle yoga, breathwork, Shinrin-yoku forest bathing, clean vegetarian meals, and a practical integration guide.
Return to Inner Stillness
Modern life asks the senses to carry too much: screens, noise, hurry, processed food, poor sleep, and the constant pressure to stay available. This retreat creates a quieter rhythm. Over 4 days, you will step away from digital overload and return to the simple medicine of breath, movement, clean food, nature, and rest.
Set at Still Mountain Wellness Retreat in California Hot Springs, near the quiet beauty of the Sequoia forest, this weekend is designed as a reset for the body, mind, senses, digestion, and daily rhythm. The work is gentle, but it is not passive. We slow down enough to notice what the body has been carrying, and we begin to choose a different way of living.
A Five Senses Detox & Rejuvenation Retreat for those ready to rest the nervous system, clear the mind, and return to a steadier daily rhythm.
Not a harsh cleanse. A return to balance
This retreat is not built around deprivation or intensity. It is a guided reset rooted in Ayurveda, Yogic sciences, clean nourishment, sensory awareness, and the quiet intelligence of nature. Instead of forcing the body, we support it. Instead of overwhelming the mind with more information, we give it space to settle.
The five senses become the doorway. Through sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch, you begin to soften the habits that keep the nervous system strained. The goal is simple: to leave feeling lighter, clearer, more rested, and better prepared to protect your energy at home.
Digital Rest
Step away from screens, notifications, and the constant pull of outside input.
Physical Reset
Support digestion and natural cleansing through simple meals, movement, rest, and daily rhythm.
Mental Quiet
Use breathwork, mindfulness, silence, and nature to create more space inside the mind.
Daily Carryover
Leave with practical habits and an integration plan you can continue at home.
Healing begins with what we notice
The senses are often the first place we become exhausted. They are also one of the first places we can return to balance. During the retreat, each sense is gently invited back into a more natural relationship with the body and the world around it.
Sight
Rest your eyes from screens and take in natural light, open sky, trees, and quiet visual space.
Sound
Listen to breath, silence, mantra, nature, and the quieter rhythm of the body.
Smell
Notice herbs, forest air, warm food, tea, and the grounding scents of the land. Taste
Receive simple, clean, easy-to-digest meals that give the body a chance to rest.
Touch
Return to the body through gentle movement, walking, warmth, breath, and stillness.
Resting and Detoxing near the Creek
A weekend rhythm designed for restoration
Personal Body-Mind Evaluation
Receive guidance that helps you understand your constitution, patterns, and what your body may need to begin returning to balance.
Daily Yoga & Breathwork
Practice gentle movement and breath-centered sessions that support flexibility, steadiness, and nervous system ease.
Shinrin-yoku / Forest Bathing
Spend time in the stillness of the woods. This is not a hike to finish, but a slow sensory practice of walking, listening, seeing, and breathing.
Daily Detox Protocols
Learn practical routines that support digestion, rest, sensory boundaries, and a cleaner lifestyle rhythm.
Saatvik Nourishment
Enjoy simple vegetarian meals made from whole, additive-free ingredients, prepared to be light, grounding, and easy to digest.
Post-Retreat Guide
Take home a practical integration guide so the reset continues beyond the weekend.
Meals that help the body rest
Nature and Shinrin-yoku Food is not separate from the retreat. It is part of the healing container. The meals are vegetarian, clean, and easy to digest, prepared to support the body rather than burden it. This gives the digestive system a pause and helps the rest of the practices go deeper.
Guests will also learn simple daily detox habits that can be brought home without making life complicated. The emphasis is on what can actually be lived: cleaner food choices, steadier timing, better rest, and more conscious boundaries with
Meditation in Sequoia National Forest
Let the forest quiet what the world has overstimulated
The retreat is held near the Sequoia forest, where nature becomes part of the practice. Through guided Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, you are invited to slow down and meet the forest through the senses: the light between the trees, the sound of wind and birds, the scent of earth and bark, the feeling of each step, and the breath moving through the body.
This is not a hike to complete. It is a way of remembering a slower rhythm. The forest offers a kind of instruction that does not need many words: be here, soften, listen, and let the nervous system receive the quiet.
Guidance rooted in food, breath, yoga, and lived practice
Hiral is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant and Wellness Specialist. Her work blends nutritional research with mindful lifestyle practices, helping guests understand food, daily habits, and body patterns in a practical way.
Shobana is a Certified Yoga Therapist and Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher who has taught since 2008. Her classes emphasize breath-centered movement, pranayama, meditation, sound, and mantra to support nervous system balance.
For those who feel full, tired, scattered, or overstimulated
This retreat is for people who know they need to pause but may not know how. It is especially suited for those experiencing screen fatigue, mental clutter, digestive heaviness, poor sleep, stress, burnout, or a feeling of being disconnected from the body.
No prior yoga, Ayurveda, or breathwork experience is required. The practices are guided, gentle, and adaptable. Come as you are, with no need to perform.
A reset that continues after you leave
The retreat is designed to be felt during the weekend and remembered afterward. You will leave with a practical integration plan that helps you protect the benefits of the retreat in ordinary life.
A Personal Integration Guide
Clear suggestions for continuing the retreat rhythm at home.
Daily Detox Practices
Simple routines for digestion, sleep, sensory boundaries, and steady energy.
Breath & Movement Tools
Gentle practices that help the body settle when stress begins to build.
Food & Lifestyle Awareness
A clearer understanding of how daily choices affect energy, mood, and clarity.
A New Relationship with the Senses
More awareness of what nourishes you and what drains you.
A Quieter Baseline
A felt memory of slowing down enough to hear what the body needs.
What Is Included
Personal Body-Mind Evaluation
Guidance to understand patterns, constitution, and supportive next steps.
Daily Yoga & Breathwork
Gentle sessions to support flexibility, clarity, and nervous system ease.
Shinrin-yoku Forest Bathing
A slow sensory immersion in the woods, guided as a restorative practice.
Daily Detox Protocols
Simple, practical routines for food, rest, sensory boundaries, and daily rhythm.
Saatvik Vegetarian Meals
Clean, easy-to-digest meals prepared to support rest and nourishment.
Post-Retreat Integration Guide
A take-home guide for continuing the reset in daily life.
Based on the core elements shown in image_02b587.png, our integrated program offers a beautifully streamlined path to restoration:
● Heal through the Five Senses: Engage in immersive, nature-centered practices that nourish your body and mind by gently awakening touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing.
● Experience Forest Bathing for Stress & Inflammation: Step into the stillness and silence of the woods. Guided forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) helps lower cortisol levels, quiet the nervous system, and combat systemic inflammation.
● Receive a Personalized Body-Mind Evaluation: Understand your unique physiological and energetic constitution to target exactly what your body needs to begin its journey toward balance.
● Practice Daily Yoga & Breathwork: Enjoy gentle movement and breath sessions tailored to promote physical flexibility, mental clarity, and deep nervous system recalibration.
● Learn Daily Detox Protocols: Discover gentle, practical, yet highly effective daily practices to seamlessly support your body's natural, ongoing cleansing mechanisms.
● Savor Nourishing Meals: Enjoy delicious, easy-to-digest "Saatvik" cuisine made from whole, additive-free ingredients designed to give your digestive system a complete rest.
● Experience Forest Bathing for Stress & Inflammation: Step into the stillness and silence of the woods. Guided forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) helps lower cortisol levels, quiet the nervous system, and combat systemic inflammation.
● Receive a Post-Retreat Integration Plan: Take home a personalized, practical guidebook to help you seamlessly integrate these clean lifestyle boundaries and holistic habits into your everyday life.
What's Included
Daily Schedule
Meet the Teachers
Hiral Jhaveri, N.C., M.M.S.
Hiral Jhaveri is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor. She blends scientific nutritional research with the Ayurvedic philosophy of ‘Saatvik’ living, helping people make healthier food and lifestyle choices based on their unique biochemical profiles. Her passion for nutrition began after she successfully managed her own daughter’s allergies with food instead of medication. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she believes that “we are what we eat and how we digest it,” a philosophy that guides her work with clients. For more information please contact Hiral at: info@purepraana her website: www.purepraana.com
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Shobana Mani, Ph.D., E-RYT, C-IAYT
Shobana Mani is a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher who has been sharing the transformative power of yoga since 2008. With over 2,000 hours of teaching experience, her classes emphasize breath-centric movement and mindfulness to restore balance to the nervous system, mobilize energy, and provide greater clarity. As the owner of Synergy Yoga and Wellness Center, Shobana is dedicated to empowering individuals with holistic tools to address issues like chronic tension, stress, and poor posture, allowing them to take control of their health beyond superficial metrics.
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[DEMO - Please update] Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of medicine and holistic living that focuses on balancing the body, mind, and spirit through diet, lifestyle, herbs, and daily routines tailored to your individual constitution (Dosha).
[DEMO - Please update] No. This retreat is designed to introduce Ayurvedic principles in an accessible and experiential way. All backgrounds and levels of knowledge are welcome.
[DEMO - Please update] All meals from dinner on Day 1 through lunch on Day 4 are included. Meals are organic, vegan, and prepared according to Ayurvedic Saatvik principles.
[DEMO - Please update] Comfortable clothing for movement, a journal, layers for cool evenings, and personal toiletries. A full packing list will be emailed upon registration.
[DEMO - Please update] Please contact us for our full cancellation policy. Limited work trade and financial assistance are available.
