0:00:03 > 0:00:04The wellbeing industry is booming -
0:00:04 > 0:00:08more people seek alternative ways to cope with rising obesity,
0:00:08 > 0:00:10stress and depression.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Stress levels have been getting heavier,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I do not understand why I'm so stressed and can't switch off.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Heading for a retreat on an island in the South China Sea,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Nick Knowles joins a group who are all seeking the antidote
0:00:22 > 0:00:24for the strains of modern life.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28This place in Thailand says it can actually change your head around,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29change your inner space around.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33How will the gang cope with a completely new way of living?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I think that some of the participants didn't really know
0:00:36 > 0:00:38what they were getting into.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39It's almost cultish.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40I think it will be a challenge.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Will 28 days of detox and alternative therapies
0:00:44 > 0:00:46be enough to change their lives?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I don't think anyone would be surprised to find out
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm the least likely person to take on this challenge.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is one kick-ass detox.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Welcome to Thailand.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04It's day one of their fast and the gang has a gruelling week
0:01:04 > 0:01:07of not eating ahead to test their resolve.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10They can expect headaches.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12They can expect to be tired,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14but mostly very hungry.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Every day includes a detox regime
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and the gang meet to discuss tactics.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Good morning.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24How are we this morning? We're well.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Hi, Maggie. Good morning. How are you feeling?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I had a really good night's sleep.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'm feeling way better.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Good morning, Cathy, how are you, princess?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Fine, and you?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37THEY LAUGH
0:01:37 > 0:01:39How are you, sweetheart?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Great. Had loads of sleep.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Feel much better, walked into town about 4.00 this morning.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Partied. Partied. Had a few beers.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Bit of pool and snooker.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The team seems like, the first day,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54they were all doing their own thing and now they're starting to share
0:01:54 > 0:01:58with each other and I think Billy is really helping out with that.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Morning, Nick.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Morning, morning. Come and join the party?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05The, er, detox party.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The colonical detox party.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I've had a thumping headache since yesterday evening.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Do you want to look at the nice ingredients?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15There's a detox drink there.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17That's the husk.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19There's the measuring spoon
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and obviously, that is the glass we fill it in.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26And we don't want to talk about what the little thing is?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29No. The little thing will be put up somewhere later.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Do you put the water in first?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37As well as the regime of supplements to speed the detox,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41it includes a psyllium drink to aid digestion while not eating.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44There's a man used to drinking pints!
0:02:44 > 0:02:46That's us clear now until 8.30,
0:02:46 > 0:02:51when you have to take two supplements and two chompers.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Which are those?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54These ones here, aren't they? That's right.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55They're doing fine.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I thought they were going to be more grumpy than that.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59The only grumpy one is Nick.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Did you do all your homework, by the way?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Did you read about your Colema technique?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Yeah. Yes.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I've got an hour and a half to read it now.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11You can have a cappuccino, a latte...
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Next up, the Colema.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22First of all, I am going to put the tube into coconut oil,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26to make it a little bit smoother, for when it enters my butt.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Now I shall put this through a little hole in there and join it up.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36What happened yesterday? I heard you had some problems.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I fell off the surfboard three times.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41When we say a surfboard, we mean this plastic plate with a hole in
0:03:41 > 0:03:44that's supposed to sit on the toilet.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now this is the bit where...
0:03:48 > 0:03:52..I shall proceed to go on the board.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58But first of all, I'm going to put a bit of the oil on my own butt
0:03:58 > 0:04:00to make it a bit more lubricated.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04It's not a bad little number.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Me, in my wisdom, I put the surfboard that way,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09so it kept falling off.
0:04:09 > 0:04:16I am now going to take the clip off and let the water into my bottom.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And I forgot
0:04:19 > 0:04:21to add the coffee.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22HE LAUGHS
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Obviously, when I got comfortable and nearly got there,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28put the tube there, it came off the other bit of the tube,
0:04:28 > 0:04:29so I wasn't getting near enough.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32The result, what I have seen that has come out,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35has been absolutely brilliant.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Now I just look forward to it.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Really? Yeah. What a surprise!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I don't mind a bit of... No...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43THEY LAUGH
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Right... That's more information than I needed right there.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Unbelievable. I feel 100%.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54You know those moments, where they say, "Oh, I'm busting?"
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I can feel why they feel like they're busting.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59It's a lovely feeling.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01WATER RUSHES
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Maybe I should sit down and go to the toilet more often.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Do we have to have these conversations with everybody?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Couldn't you have them on a one-to-one basis with Billy?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Cos I'm never going to get that image out of my head
0:05:13 > 0:05:15for the rest of my life.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I don't know how I'm going to manage with that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19How are you doing? You all right?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I'm doing fine. We've got an expert here.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24THEY LAUGH
0:05:26 > 0:05:28With Billy having conquered his fears,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31the others remain tight-lipped about their own.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33We've started the programme.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36We've had several drinks, you know,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39stuff I haven't really liked too much at the moment.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43I will honestly say I was terrified.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48I must confess, I'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of
0:05:48 > 0:05:50washing any dirty linen in public.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I kept thinking, "Are you doing the right thing?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56"At your age, should you be doing something like this?"
0:05:57 > 0:06:03I have really bad halos from the lights and slightly double vision.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05And I just want to stay in bed.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08On top of the Colemas,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11the week ahead will consist of some light yoga
0:06:11 > 0:06:13to ease the digestive cleanse.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Although the early morning commute is wet and treacherous,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20the views aren't bad.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Nick's having a rest, I think. Where's Nick? Oh, look.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25But there is some slow traffic.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Nice of you to meet us.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Yoga is the backbone of the holistic programme
0:06:36 > 0:06:38the gang are going through.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It is believed to cleanse the body and mind
0:06:41 > 0:06:43for physical and mental wellbeing.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45My name is Satyama
0:06:45 > 0:06:49and I am very happy to introduce you to the journey of yoga
0:06:49 > 0:06:51for those who haven't done it before.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57Just take a moment here to breathe fully into the body.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03And stretch, stretch, stretch the body.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Extend the legs long as well.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Really go for it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And when you exhale, you go deeper.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Forward and back. So the forward inhale and the back exhale.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Breathe through the nose. And then next time you rock,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19we're going to make this a little bit bigger.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Go for a side body stretch by dropping the right leg over
0:07:23 > 0:07:25towards the left wrist.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Just follow me, lads. Just follow me.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29THEY LAUGH
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Go for the good example.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Bring that leg back down. Change sides.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Bring the left leg up and over.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Beautiful.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41It's all possible.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm not feeling it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Well, it's over time.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Remember the journey.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I've got short hams anyway.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Who doesn't have short hams?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I don't know. I've got extra short hams.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57OK, come with me.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Bring this foot in front.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Now bring this one back a little bit.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Yeah. A little bit more back.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09A little bit more. Now drop this knee.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Now lean back.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Take the hands down into Anjali mudra.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It represents the unification of the sides of the body.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Your body can go further than you probably think.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Yeah? And when you can't reach any more, take the hand to the shin.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Not holding on too hard.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Just lightly. It's the core of the body.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Attention on your back.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Relax your brain.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Slowly, mindfully, come up into a seated position.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54And if you are sleeping,
0:08:54 > 0:09:01hear into my voice that you are not sleeping
0:09:01 > 0:09:02any more.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08THEY APPLAUD
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Hello, Milton. Hello.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Morning.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Wow.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24That was interesting. My first-ever yoga lesson.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25That was, um...
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Well, it's tougher than I thought.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30My hamstrings are tight.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35My shoulders. It all aches.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Also got a banging headache at the moment,
0:09:37 > 0:09:38which I've had for the last...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Well, since last night.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43So I had to pull out of some of the poses when my head was down
0:09:43 > 0:09:47because the headache gets worse and worse and worse.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49But really fascinating. Also...
0:09:49 > 0:09:53it was so good that Billy and Milton both fell asleep.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54How was it?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Not sure, really.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Um...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I think it's going to take me a little while to get into it.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I kept forgetting to breathe properly.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And then...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11But I wouldn't say I've instantly clicked with it,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13if you know what I mean.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17It was definitely stretching bits I hadn't stretched for a while!
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Bit of leg shaking going on.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21But, no, it was good. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25When I was first doing it, everything was kind of twinging.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27It wasn't that elastic.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29But after a while, as we went through it,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32everything felt a bit better. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It was tough but afterwards, standing here talking to you now,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I enjoyed it. And you had a bit of a snooze.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39And I had a bit of a snooze.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42HE SPEAKS THAI
0:10:44 > 0:10:51That's all we have to eat every day, a bowl of watery broth.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55You put plenty of salt, plenty of pepper, plenty of chilli in it.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Look at that salad. A great big bowl of salad.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02When have you ever said, "Look at that big bowl of salad,"
0:11:02 > 0:11:04in your life? Never.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06When you've got that to a bowl of salad,
0:11:06 > 0:11:07I'd sooner have a bowl of salad.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09At least it's something, isn't it? Yeah.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11That's ALL we have to eat.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14When I'm at home and I'm cooking, I'm cooking vegetables.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16That's what you chuck away, isn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:20You make gravy with it but the majority of that gets chucked away.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29I've seen washing-up water like this.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It's tasty, but...
0:11:31 > 0:11:35The regime now consists of one bowl a day in the canteen.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41It's 4am in the morning and we're just about to walk to the hospital
0:11:41 > 0:11:44to get some blood tests done.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It's going to be challenging.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It's about 7km.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53But it's going to be cool, it's going to be a good little walk.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I've got Cathy coming with me, my little team-mate,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and we're going with Ron,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03so we're going to have a good long walk
0:12:03 > 0:12:06and see how it goes. Speak to you later.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Dominique, the retreat's detox manager,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12has requested Milton does more hospital checks
0:12:12 > 0:12:14before he starts his fast.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19And Cathy and Ron have opted to go with him for moral support.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20It's been a nice walk. We're nearly there.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Probably got about another 15 minutes' walk.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Here we come.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28We've made it. First Western. Made it, made it.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The last time, my bloods and that was a little high.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Now they've said I should do a new blood test to see how it is now.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Yeah? OK.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Yes, yes.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54You don't think it's changed in one week?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07One week, you mean?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10The same?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12OK, OK.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Yeah, let's do it. They're paying for it so...
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Despite the fact the doctor doesn't think a change is possible
0:13:22 > 0:13:28within 30 days, let alone six, Milton does all the tests again.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29It's like a good wine.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Yeah! SHE LAUGHS
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Cathy and Milton are back from the hospital with his results,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41and the gang have gathered together
0:13:41 > 0:13:44to see if the doctors have cleared him to do the detox.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46So let's see the results.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50In six days of eating healthy, his fasting blood sugar,
0:13:50 > 0:13:56this is the sugar that is in his blood, high-risk is 150 to 180,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00so he was at 170 and now he's at 101.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Wow.
0:14:01 > 0:14:0370 drop.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04THEY APPLAUD
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Wow. Good thing you kept all of this.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Triglyceride, circulating fat again
0:14:10 > 0:14:14that is caused by too much refined carbs, alcohol, cigarettes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Yeah? The bad stuff. Yeah?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20He was at 231, which is super high.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22He's at 111.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24THE OTHERS GASP
0:14:24 > 0:14:29That's brilliant. It is brilliant. And, to be honest,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I never expected those results to be so amazing this morning.
0:14:33 > 0:14:40I thought that they would be great but this is dramatic.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41This is incredible.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Milton's hospital results show that of a pre-diabetic patient,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49seemingly achieved in one week on a strict programme of yoga
0:14:49 > 0:14:51and vegan food.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54But can they really stay that low until the end of the month?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57And can Nick and Julian even stay at all?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59You were thinking of giving it up yesterday.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01How are you feeling today? I feel a bit more positive today.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I'm getting into it. You can just see the benefit.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Even though I still don't want to do the regime
0:15:07 > 0:15:10but because I can see the benefit,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12it's pushing me on to do it a bit more.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Yes. Anything irritating you at the moment?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16I've got to be honest,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20the main thing that's irritating me at the moment is Billy's happiness.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22NICK LAUGHS
0:15:22 > 0:15:23It's just like...
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's like he's turned native.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27He's gone with it so much.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30He has, hasn't he? That's great for him, obviously.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32It's great he's enjoying it. Absolutely.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34I'm 100% behind him. But, you know, you think...
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I just wish I was 200 yards 100% behind him so I didn't have to hear
0:15:38 > 0:15:40some of the detail we were getting. Yeah, yeah.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Wind it in a bit, Bill. There's other people still suffering.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Give him five years, he's going to be a yogi here.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49He'll be sat here with a two-foot beard.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Good for you. I'm pleased you're over the hump, so to speak.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Yes, I'm over...
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I'm over something. Yes.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Shall we go and get some...? That time of day, is it?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I think it is. Then it's yoga. Yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Haven't we got a detox at 11 o'clock?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yoga? Yoga, over in the back one.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08A detox at half ten?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10No, there was supposed to be one at 9.30.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Did you not do that one? No, because I've done it at 8.00.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I'm an hour behind because we went to watch the sunset.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18You've probably got time to do a detox drink.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I'll just go for a detox and meet you over there. Yeah.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25While everyone splits for various treatments,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Dominique sits down with Milton
0:16:27 > 0:16:30to discuss the incredible hospital results.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Everybody around the table was so excited as if it was their results.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Oh, yeah, I did keep it in a little bit,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38otherwise I was going to get teary-eyed, you know what I mean?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39You don't do that stuff.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43I try not to. I just want to keep going and have another look
0:16:43 > 0:16:45or talk about it right at the end,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47because that's when I'm going home on the plane.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51I want to be going home on a plane further in front of these.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I think that if we see you again in one year,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55you're even going to be slim.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58If you continue like that, you're going to be a changed man.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Maybe I'll come back just to show you. Amazing.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Now that Dominique considers Milton healthy enough to start the fast,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08he needs a little help from the island's newest expert.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Right, what we do...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Yeah, go on, then, Bill, show us...
0:17:11 > 0:17:15The bigger spoon, you put two spoonfuls of this.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Two spoonfuls. But what you've got to make sure, see all the...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Sediment. Give it a massive shake. Yeah.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25So that's it, it's all mixed now.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28So take two spoonfuls, careful...
0:17:28 > 0:17:29OK. ..cos it'll go everywhere.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Two spoonfuls of this.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34A quick stir.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39And just down it, yeah? Yeah, just down it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It's lovely. It's like the teabag splitting
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and then you're drinking it and you go...
0:17:44 > 0:17:45HE SPITS
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Right, and now... Tastes like water with sawdust in it.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54I didn't get much sleep last night.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Haven't got really a busy day today,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00we've just got yoga and then most of the day is free.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01It's quite warm outside,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04although it's 5.50 in the morning.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08It's all good, let's see if we can have a good day.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Nick and Julian still find enough energy to paddle across the bay
0:18:17 > 0:18:21for their penultimate yoga class before the fast ends tomorrow.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I've got to keep my oar over my underpants,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30which I've just realised have gone see-through on the way across,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35which is...not what you need.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37That was a jolly paddle, wasn't it?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41It was kind of, wasn't it? Bit of exercise plus a bit of an adventure.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Yeah.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48What I'm struggling with more than anything with,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I'm not getting into the yoga.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53We've got different teachers and different teachers
0:18:53 > 0:18:58do it in different ways. I can sort of get it with one of them.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01But there was a new guy today and I just...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It's just not me, it's just not my thing.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07So from here, palms facing up, looking up to the thumb,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10stretching through the abdomen and throat.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15I'm a yoga therapy teacher so I went in fairly therapeutically.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I started off with breathing and mindfulness
0:19:18 > 0:19:22and just bringing your mind back to your breath.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Tune in, breathe into your body. Tune in this, tune in that.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He just thought it was a complete waste of time.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Got up after two minutes and gave me one of these and just left.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You don't want to upset anybody or, you know,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I guess what you would call stereotype somebody,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42but I am finding the whole place a bit hippy-ish.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You're breathing with your chest
0:19:49 > 0:19:51but not breathing with the diaphragm.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I'm confused now.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Just this alone would create anxiety, because...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I don't get it. I just don't...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I guess because I'm not a hippy,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I don't want to keep on saying hippy because it sounds like you're...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09..you're being horrible.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's definitely something I didn't expect, the way it's going.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14With these guys, I wanted to teach them,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16to show them that anyone can do yoga
0:20:16 > 0:20:19no matter what kind of physical shape you're in,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21that yoga can help everyone.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25BILLY: That was nice, eh?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26It was. Really good.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Really good. You seem a little bit sad today?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I know, I just...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I sort of, um...
0:20:34 > 0:20:37have got trepidation about my second Shakti.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Just because some stuff came up I just didn't expect to.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49You know, obviously, I haven't got over my father's death
0:20:49 > 0:20:50when I was 14.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53So I've got to deal with that.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Maybe have it with Shakti.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58No, I will do, but I'm just...
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Right, so we'll see you...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02See you in a minute. Go and...
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Bless you, sweetheart.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I love you, princess. I'll see you at yoga,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and don't forget your detox drink. That's right. No getting out of it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10See you later.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Bye, Maggie. Bye.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Billy, tell me, how can I help you? What's going on?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20What, in my life?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Yeah, what is it you'd like to work through or work with?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24What's been...?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I've been very, very lucky in my life,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I've worked for television for 35 years, BBC.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I've travelled the world. Mm-hm.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Had four daughters, I've got six grandchildren, three of each,
0:21:38 > 0:21:39three boys and three girls.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44So, my life is very, very happy and very content.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Well, I feel it is,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48but the biggest problem I've got is...
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Mm-hm? ..my daughter, Emma.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57She passed away when she was 20.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Mm-hm. And it's 20 years ago and the hardest thing to accept...
0:22:06 > 0:22:11..that's she's been passed away as long as she lived.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Now I can talk about Emma like it's...
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Like this but more so, this 20/20 keeps playing on my mind.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I can never, never
0:22:26 > 0:22:30not fill up with tears when I talk about Emma.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Shakti is starting to draw out
0:22:32 > 0:22:36some of the gang's deeper emotional issues.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39And the next day's morning meeting is an unusually subdued one.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Is it a good day or a bad day?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Fine. I'm still feeling a bit cloudy.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I heard that there were some interesting reikis?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Yeah, was it a good thing, for the rest of us that haven't?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Would you recommend it or not?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56It's amazing. You felt you really...?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58It was something special.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02For me, it felt very special, what we talked about.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I've never been able to speak about Emma to anyone
0:23:06 > 0:23:10without actually really breaking down in lots and lots of tears.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14When you think of Emma, where in your body
0:23:14 > 0:23:16do you feel it? Just there.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17In your heart.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Do you see Emma?
0:23:22 > 0:23:23OK. OK.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29I want you to look her in the eyes
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and I wanted to ask her what she needs.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Tell me what she says.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36She says, "Let go."
0:23:37 > 0:23:40OK. I can't let go.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42She's my baby.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44She's my eldest daughter.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Shakti asked me to lose Emma, let her go,
0:23:48 > 0:23:53I couldn't and then she said, "Trust me. Trust me and trust Emma."
0:23:53 > 0:23:55So I did, I put my trust in her.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Emma was telling me, "Dad, I'm all right, be happy. I'm all right.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03"Come on. Go to the next step."
0:24:03 > 0:24:08And I thought, "I can't let her go," but it went through me and she did,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12she walked through the sun, the door shut,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14but she looked back and was fine.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16So it was good? I feel much better.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I woke up this morning and thought about it, and I felt happy.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22INDISTINCT MURMURING
0:24:24 > 0:24:28If you've got anything that's depressing you or getting you down,
0:24:28 > 0:24:33just spill out, just spill out because she's brilliant at making...
0:24:33 > 0:24:35talking to you and the way she talks to you.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41And you will, you just go whoo-whoo with everything in there.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42I found the same experience.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46She helps you feel better and she's very kind to you
0:24:46 > 0:24:48and says some special things
0:24:48 > 0:24:53and shows you a way of thinking about things differently.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57In a more positive light and imagine better things.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00That's quite a strike rate. That's three out of three yesterday
0:25:00 > 0:25:03in terms of positivity for people who went to it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I've been through that with Shakti,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08she made me let go of things and I see this,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12I can't even imagine what's going to happen this month.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Holy! It's amazing.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The detox is over. Just had my last soup.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Day seven, tomorrow, the schedule actually says,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37"Food - lunch and dinner."
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Woohoo!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43That's so nice now.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46CHEERING
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Oh, my God. Bowls and utensils with solid things in them.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52That looks nice. Only five.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Not for me, thanks. I'm not hungry this morning.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57LAUGHTER
0:25:57 > 0:25:59# Happy birthday to us. #
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Girls, what's happening, you're not eating?
0:26:05 > 0:26:11No, we think we can extend the fasting bit with the juice option.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13And support Milton while he's on his.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14More support for Milton.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Milton, I'm not going to support you at all.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18LAUGHTER
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Jules, man! I was counting on you. And Billy. Who?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Tell us what it tastes like.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Look at you!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29THEY LAUGH
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Don't say it tastes disgusting.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Chew your food.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Nothing can be disgusting after not eating for seven days.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Is this papaya?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41You haven't eaten for a week, what do you care?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I know, she's being really picky.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Get it down your neck.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I'm going to go and pack.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52There's no mess unless you're a little loose.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Teamwork, we finished.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:26:56 > 0:26:58So nice.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Congratulations.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well done!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04THEY LAUGH
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Do you feel any different from the detox?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Yeah. In what way?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Lighter headed, lighter in body.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Almost said, "In body and spirit" then, I almost said that,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20maybe I'm catching on to it. I don't know, I just feel...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23..fresher, really, than I have done in a long time.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26See, I don't really think I feel a massive difference.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29You look a lot different. I don't feel it, really.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31You looked like a sluggish oaf when you arrived
0:27:31 > 0:27:34and now you're all sparkly-eyed and sprightly around the place.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36"Sluggish oaf"?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Yeah, that was in the past, we can forget about that now I've said it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42HE SNIGGERS
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Yeah, but anybody... Like, because I've burnt myself and look a bit
0:27:45 > 0:27:48browny and reddy, anybody that has a bit of a tan looks better,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50don't they, generally?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52That doesn't look good.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54That's not a bit of a tan and that doesn't look good.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Everyone except Milton is now back on food and the effect
0:27:58 > 0:28:01of the island and its healers on the gang is astonishing.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Next time on The Retreat...
0:28:05 > 0:28:06I don't like being at the back.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I've seen it in the films - they take the back man out first.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I would stay away from the gym.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20I just never realised that yoga was that powerful.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Just waking up the meridians of the body and getting the energy flowing
0:28:23 > 0:28:25and Nick walked off.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29No, wasn't very happy about it, to be honest.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Before attempting any of the detox techniques or practices
0:28:36 > 0:28:38demonstrated in The Retreat,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41you are advised to seek out your doctor's advice.