In our daily lives, we are always running to the future, dwelling in our thoughts about the past or getting caught up in our projects in the present. Our mind is not with our body. We are not present. We lose the ability to centre ourselves and take care of ourselves by being ‘in the moment’.

As a result, so many of us experience worry, anxiety and stress; we’re overwhelmed by the Monkey Mind: that state of being unsettled, restless, or confused. And we often find it hard to relax.

In our busy, modern world, with too much information from the food and health industries, we are bamboozled with marketing claims, fed conflicting information, and advised to try this and that. It’s impossible to know who or what to believe.

Quite often, we eat on the hoof, seek out foods for comfort, and rely on snacks for instant gratification — mostly foods which are highly processed and full of sugar. Or we convince ourselves we have intolerances, and take pharmaceuticals or go on crash diets to combat symptoms such as weight gain and allergic reactions.

Most of us know our diets are less than ideal. Bad diets can lead to impaired digestive function, inflammation, painful joints or arthritis, along with diabetes and auto-immune diseases. It can also result in low energy, brain fog and difficulty relaxing and sleeping.

Ultimately, we are left feeling de-motivated, rudderless and despondent when it comes to our health and well-being.

Reprioritise your wellbeing

Somara Detox is a guided, 21-day online course with Ayurvedic recipes, advice, and guidance to help you set new healthy habits. It helps you shine the light on the negative habits and learn how to create new ones so you can feel on top form — always.

In these seasonal courses, you will understand the barriers to improving your health and discover the techniques to help you prioritise your health and set positive habits.

Each course includes a guide with easy-to-follow Ayurvedic detox recipes, nutritional advice, healthy habits guidance (including intermittent fasting), daily practices and questionnaires to help you discover your constitution type. You will also get audio recordings including guided meditation plus NLP and hypnotherapy techniques for positive mindset transformation.

And, as part of an online group, you will be part of a community of like-minded people where you can keep the motivation, swap ideas and keep on track. You have the option to join live, weekly interactive Zoom catch-ups with like-minded people (also available on-demand) and access a private Facebook group with regular updates and relevant posts and insights.

Why do we detox? It’s about more than food

Often we wait until we’re sick to take time out of life. With the detox process, you instead instigate a seasonal time-out to heal and reset. You give yourself a chance to align your habits with who you want to become and how you want to live, as well as what you eat.

As you enter detox mode, you start to slow down and simplify your life: you go to bed earlier and cut back on media stuff, you keep silent more, take longer walks, and you prepare simple, nourishing foods for yourself. Your diet is only the beginning for changing habits, but it’s the right place to start.