7-14-21 Day Quit Smoking Retreats on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

The most comprehensive holistic program in Canada for smoking cessation. Since 2005 we are here to help you safely and effortlessly quit smoking, counteract its side effects on your health and teach you how to live the life of a non-smoker. 

Most of our guests have tried multiple ways to quit smoking.

Have you tried: “Cold Turkey”, gradually decreasing the number of cigarettes, Nicorette Gum, Champix, Laser Therapy, Acupuncture, Hypnotherapy, reading books about How to Quit Smoking, attending a Quit Smoking Workshop… and it did not work?

If the answer is “Yes”, the Fresh Start Program is for you. 

It is NOT for those who are looking for a self-help guide, an instant solution or a quick fix. It is FOR those who tried those and are looking for a more comprehensive approach.

Fresh Start program goes beyond quitting smoking. It is about total health and life transformation.

  • First of all, our goal is to help you Quit without painful withdrawals by rapidly, safely, and effectively eliminating toxins from your body.
  • Secondly, we address the underlying emotional issues that could be a culprit of why you smoke in the first place.
  • Thirdly, we empower you to start restoring your lung capacity and teach you how to replace the addictive habit with new, healthy, life-long routines.
  • Additionally, our goal is to dramatically decrease the chances of post-smoking health issues by encouraging your lungs to replace the unhealthy cells with brand-new cells, while preventing toxic cellular debris from being trapped and rotting under a layer of new skin.

Since 2005 Fresh Start professional team has successfully guided through the programs over 2,500 individuals.

Doug, ON, CA, 21-Day

My wife was here and quit smoking 3 years ago, now it’s my time!

Length of Smoking: 40 yrs.

Amount Smoked Per Day: 40 cigs

Quit Smoking, Breathing/ Lung Issues, Digestive Health, Insomnia/ Sleep Issues, Neck, Back and Hip Pain

Crystal, ON, CA, 21-Day

Crystal shares how she quit smoking at Fresh Start 2.5 yrs. ago

Length of Smoking: 30+ yrs.

Amount Smoked Per Day: 20 cigs

Quit Smoking, Breathing/ Lung Issues, Low Energy/ Fatigue, Relationship Building, Self-Identity Redefining, Spirituality/ Connecting to the Soul

Glynda, AB, CA, 21-Day

I’ve quit 14 months ago at Fresh Start, and am still smoke-free

Length of Smoking: 40+ yrs.

Amount Smoked Per Day: 25-50 cigs

Quit Smoking, COPD

If You Crave more Health and a Smoke-Free Life, Our Quit Smoking Retreat Is For You

Stop the frustration and be finally successful at stopping smoking for good.

Quitting smoking is one of the most significant ways to improve your life. Having a thriving business or a successful career is great, but what’s the point if your health is deteriorating? When you do well, your business and your job do well.

Since 2005, we’ve helped hundreds of guests who decided to COMMIT and follow the time-tested process. We are here to guide you in your journey to freedom from the habit that you have outgrown. The Fresh Start program will help your body and soul start recovering from the damage smoking has done to them.

Check out the story below about a Fresh Start guest who got tired of patches and was able to quit smoking and claim back his health.

A Guest Story

Fred, MD, US, 21-Day

Length of Smoking: 35 yrs.
Amount Smoked Per Day: 30-35 cigs

Issues: Cigarettes, Breathing/Lung Issues, COPD, Grief, Heart Healing, Unhealthy Lifestyle Habits

I kept waiting for these pangs and painful withdrawals to occur but they never really did!

“As difficult as it was for me before I arrived, I really tried to mentally prepare that I just want these things out of my life. And so I tapered down as much as I could, but I do believe that helped but when I got here, I had had my last ceremonial smoke mindfully, when I had the last one, I smelled it and tasted it and just recognized how nasty it really was to get that in my head. But once I arrived here, the healthy food that I was eating and the vitamins that were with the meals, I kept waiting for these pangs and that painful withdrawal thing to occur… OK, is it going to happen today… and it never really did. I was conscious that wow I’m quitting smoking, and I’m OK, I can do this.”

A Guest Story

Mandeep, BC, Canada

“Being a smoker for 20+ years, you’re almost terrified, scared of what it’s going to be like to wanting to quit; the cravings, the withdrawals. I tried to quit before, I know what the cravings are like. I realized now that coming to the program at Fresh Start, I was stunned that I could go from 35-40 cigarettes a day, to zero. Truthfully tell you, I didn’t feel cravings. I’m sure that it has a lot to do with the fact that you’re detoxing in every way (lungs, liver, kidneys). All the different, specific protocols are set up exactly for you.”

Here Is How You Will Quit Smoking Successfully

Component 1 – DRAMATIC DECREASE OF WITHDRAWAL

We will use effective tools for curbing or eliminating the withdrawals

The withdrawal may scare the most strong-hearted, especially if you smoked most of your life.

Using advanced whole-body detoxification, enhanced hydration, and a specially designed cleansing and alkalizing diet that does not contain stimulants and unhealthy substances, such as coffee and alcohol, we’ll ensure that nicotine leaves your system as quickly as possible. This will greatly shorten withdrawal and decrease its intensity.

In addition, guided meditation, yoga, and sleep-enhancing tea will help with calm your nervous system.

Some of the symptoms that you may be able to avoid or minimize:

  • Feeling Anxious, Restless and Antsy

  • Severe Nicotine Cravings

  • Heartburn
  • Strong cough
  • Difficulty bringing up phlegm
  • Tingling sensations in fingers/toes
  • Numbness and cramps in extremities
  • Strange sensations in the heart area
  • Difficulty to swallow
  • Dry throat, pinching of the throat
  • Headaches
  • Hot flashes
  • Mouth soreness, bleeding, burning or rash
  • Skin hives or dryness
  • Swollen lymph nodes
  • Mood changes, irritability and anger
  • Weight Gain
  • Breaking capillaries and bruises

Component 2 – SAFE CHEMICALS DISPOSAL

Understand the “Physical” part of quitting smoking

It is not enough to quit smoking. You need to ensure that the toxins leave your system as fast as possible. Allen Car, who wrote the famous book “EasyWay to Stop Smoking” and taught thousands of people how to quit smoking successfully, died from lung cancer. He quit at the age of 42, after 30 years of smoking, and died at the age of 72, 30 years after quitting smoking.

The most important risk post-smoking is lung cancer. This is because when the body grows new lung tissue, it covers the old toxic tissues formed during the time of smoking.

In order to dispose of chemicals safely, we will:

  • Use special powerful toxicity binding agents internally.
  • Do rapid digestive and lymph flushes to remove toxins quickly and effectively.

  • Deeply detoxify your liver and lungs with various supplements and therapies.

  • Antioxidant therapy – we will be applying these internally and externally, as your body’s need for antioxidants increases by multiple times when you quit.

  • During 7 days after your arrival, we will apply salt scrub for deep skin exfoliation.

Component 3 – LUNG RESTORATION

Increase Your Lung Capacity

Post-smoking life is not a lot of fun when you cannot take a deep breath.

Deep lung restoration therapies will assist you to start your new life page healthfully.

In order to restore your lungs, you’ll be doing:

  • Halotherapy (Salt Cocoon) – by breathing invisible particles of salt, you’ll greatly assist your lungs.

  • Take a daily steam bath with aromatherapy and cold water treatments.

  • Deep breathing exercises on the ocean side and walks in the surrounding forests.

  • If lungs are severely impacted, we may add additional therapies and remedies.

Component 4 – EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Address Root Causes of Addiction

Smoking can become a sinkhole for money and all kinds of problems if you don’t find a way to stop the crime.

Understand triggers and your smoking patterns.

When at the retreat, you will be able to:

  • Identify, with help of our life coach or another emotional specialist, the unhealthy thinking patterns and how you use smoking as a coping mechanism to deal with daily stresses.

  • If smoking is associated with the loss of a loved one or another trauma, address the underlying issue.

  • If more help is needed to work on emotional wellness issues, we may recommend you energy treatments, such as craniosacral, somatic or acupuncture.

  • In the first few days you’ll get a Swedish massage or an Aromatherapy massage, which will help you unwind and will prepare your muscles and connective tissues for deeper cleansing.
  • Create a post-program plan and how you will handle triggers when you go home.

Disclaimer: Your quit smoking plan is individualized and tailored to your individual needs. Some therapies described above may not be included if you do not need them or if they do not fit the budget allotted. 

Component 5 – LEARN HOW TO LIVE A LIFE OF A NON-SMOKER

Replace unhealthy habits with wholesome ones

Quitting is one part, but after you let go of your “old friend” who went with you all the places, you need to replace it with new interests and healthy “friends”.

It’s time to fill your toolbox with fresh ideas and new practical skills.

During the program, you’ll learn how to:

  • Prepare healthy meals to live for. And not just that, you’ll eat them!
  • Various organs and systems in your body function, and what they need for optimum health.

  • Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend and give supper to your enemy. While we serve three meals, suppers are not huge belly stuffers at Fresh Start.

  • Exercise regularly and have fun with it.
  • Read food labels and buy the body care products that are non-toxic and safe (lecture topics may vary).

Here’s What You’ll Get At The Fresh Start Quit Smoking Retreat

Whether you simply need time away from home or aim to address concurrent emotional or physical issues, the Fresh Start Quit Smoking Retreats will provide you with the support and tools needed to achieve optimum results.

Program Offerings

You will get support from our practitioners, instructors, Program Director and the group. The program offers an advanced therapeutic base, essential for post-smoking health restoration. The experience includes steam bath, yoga, guided meditation, fitness, educational classes and various body treatments. Surrounded by a loving and dedicated team who work from the heart, Fresh Start is an amazing place to start your new life chapter.

Individualized Approach

Fresh Start is Canada’s premier detox. Having been specializing in quitting smoking programs since 2005, we’ve learned that a cookie-cutter approach does not work. While we have a very specific sequence that is well-tested and proven to work optimally, when you arrive, we create a custom plan for you depending on your health assessment results, physical and emotional state, and how heavily you smoked. Upon arrival, you will receive a quit-smoking pack and journal.

Stunning Location

The retreat is located in one of the most beautiful locations in Canada. The views of the mountain range of Desolation Sound, quiet and beautiful Oyster Bay, and the surrounding wild nature are just an unbeatable backdrop for your experience. During your stay, the Ocean Centre is exclusively reserved for our program participants, which makes the experience very private and laid-back. Oyster River and Park are located within walking distance.

A Guest Story From Our Quit Smoking Retreats

April, North Carolina, USA

“The Digestive Issues were always a problem when I quit…Because of the way the food was here and the digestive protocol, I did not have the acids, and did not want to eat, eat, eat to put out that fire.”

A Guest Story

April, North Carolina, USA

“The Digestive Issues were always a problem when I quit…Because of the way the food was here and the digestive protocol, I did not have the acids, and did not want to eat, eat, eat to put out that fire.”

Your Quit Smoking Retreat Will Be a Life-Changing Experience

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