0:00:02 > 0:00:03The wellbeing industry is booming.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05More people seek alternative ways
0:00:05 > 0:00:09to cope with rising obesity, stress and depression.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11My stress levels are getting heavier and heavier.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12I don't understand why I'm so stressed
0:00:12 > 0:00:14and I can't switch off.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Heading for a retreat on an island in the South China Sea,
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Nick Knowles joins a group
0:00:19 > 0:00:23who are all seeking the antidote for the strains of modern life.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25This place down in Thailand
0:00:25 > 0:00:27says it can actually change your head around,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28change your inner space around.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32How will the gang cope with a completely new way of living?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I think that some of the participants
0:00:34 > 0:00:36didn't really know what they were getting into.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37It's almost cultish.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I think it's going to be a challenge.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Will 28 days of detox and alternative therapies
0:00:42 > 0:00:45be enough to change their lives?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I don't think anyone will be surprised to find out
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I'm the least likely person to be taking on this challenge.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52This is one kick-ass detox!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Welcome to Thailand.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
0:01:03 > 0:01:06As the gang have more days on solid food,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09their energy levels are increasing more and more.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And with Milton losing weight faster and faster,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20their walks get faster and faster, too.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29One of the interesting things about being on this trip is that...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33..it's kind of reawoken my interest in keeping fit,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36which had disappeared for the last three or four years.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39So on top of the yoga and canoeing
0:01:39 > 0:01:44and all the various other activities and the mountain treks we're doing,
0:01:44 > 0:01:45I decided to get into the gym once a day
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and see if I can do an hour on the cross trainer
0:01:47 > 0:01:50and a few weights, and get myself back in shape.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54It's working at an amazing speed, so it's kind of cool,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56although very hard work in this heat.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Hello.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02It's me again...
0:02:04 > 0:02:06..obviously, cos I've got this camera.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09So it is only going to be me.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12But let's just have a quick rundown.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19I cried last night, woke up crying a couple of times last night,
0:02:19 > 0:02:24and woke up this morning with, you know, tears in my eyes
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and cried a bit more,
0:02:27 > 0:02:33which is quite weird for me, because I'm not really an emotional person.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35When Cathy came into the first session,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38there was a lot of stuff
0:02:38 > 0:02:43that she hadn't even started to get close to within herself,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45so we started to work through that
0:02:45 > 0:02:46and I think it was...
0:02:47 > 0:02:52That was probably the bombshell of the session, the first one.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I've seen psychologists and different kinds of people back home,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59and...I haven't got to...
0:03:01 > 0:03:05..that emotional state before with any of them.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06That reiki really...
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I don't know if it was the reiki or the teacher that made it happen,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12but it was brilliant
0:03:12 > 0:03:16and I'm starting to feel a bit lighter
0:03:16 > 0:03:21and, um...just like I can now focus and deal with what needs to happen.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Next in line for some reiki with Shakti
0:03:26 > 0:03:28is an even tougher nut to crack.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31How are you today?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- I'm all right. - Feet towards the door.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Yes, please. - Bad energy out the door.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Bad energy out the door. - See, I remembered.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40First of all, I want you to move over a little bit.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42You can sit up for a little bit if you want.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Tell me how you're doing.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Good.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I've just had a very, very strange experience.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59You know, I'm not a spiritual person.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I didn't think I was.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Just had my third session of reiki.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And... And...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I don't know how to explain it. It was...
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Something happened.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19And, like, I've been repressing a few things,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22mainly from my daughter's illness and stuff,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26but I just had this moment where I...I just...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I just felt a light...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35..a repressed light,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38literally come up through me.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And it was... It's the bizarrest...
0:04:41 > 0:04:44HE LAUGHS
0:04:45 > 0:04:50The lady that done...done the reiki,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I started... She said, "Just let it...
0:04:52 > 0:04:55"How do you feel?" I said, "I feel like laughing."
0:04:55 > 0:04:56And she said, "Well, laugh."
0:04:56 > 0:04:59So I laughed, she started laughing,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I had tears running down my face
0:05:01 > 0:05:05and we were both laughing for, like, ten minutes solid.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07It was such a bizarre thing.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I never thought something like that could happen.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Even Julian is having a hard time denying his experiences.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31While the rest of the gang are getting more and more out of it
0:05:31 > 0:05:35and their relationships are deepening in surprising ways.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I had this...almost horrible realisation
0:05:41 > 0:05:43because I kind of...
0:05:44 > 0:05:45..had found it funny
0:05:45 > 0:05:48that you had, like, come over in your boat
0:05:48 > 0:05:49and then you did the yoga
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and then straight off to the gym - like, lunch, gym.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54At one point, I was kind of giggling because I was like, "That's funny."
0:05:54 > 0:05:58But then, I just had this...like, epiphany,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00and kind of just felt like I had let...
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I don't know, I'd let you down because I wasn't...
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Well, yeah, maybe I wasn't strong enough to be, like,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08"Look, I'm worried about you. Please just..."
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Yeah, but, look, Luke,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11it's very nice of you, but there are two things.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14One, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You can show me all the techniques in the world,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but if I don't take it on myself, that's my responsibility, not yours.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Over the last two years, my physical fitness
0:06:21 > 0:06:22hasn't been in a good place.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Sure, I get that.- And that has made me mentally unhappy
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and it's made me not so good at my job.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Now that I'm mentally in a good place,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I'm working on the physical fitness
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and feeling more energised with both sides of things
0:06:34 > 0:06:36and I think I'll be able to handle my job
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and any difficulties that come my way a lot better.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41With the extra tools that you're giving me in terms of...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45..heart breathing, yogic breathing in the morning
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and the sun salutations,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50which I think I'll continue in all weathers back home.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55It's another morning yoga session with Luke
0:06:55 > 0:06:59and it turns out to be particularly profound for Nick.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Nick talked about kind of like an
0:07:01 > 0:07:05out-of-body experience today and from a yogic point of view,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08they talk about astral projection and kind of leaving your body
0:07:08 > 0:07:10and going somewhere else.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I haven't mentioned it, because I haven't experienced it,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15so then Nick's talking about that and him and Jules are just lying
0:07:15 > 0:07:19down at the end of the class, casually talking about chakras and astral projection
0:07:19 > 0:07:23as though they've been yogis for, like, lifetimes or whatever,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26their whole life, and it's just madness, really.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28An orangey, goldy colour.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Right.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31And mine is more...
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Not rolling out...rolling in, like, in the centre of it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38- Rolling into the centre?- Yes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40This was this orange thing you saw?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Do you think you just understand? - I'm not going to say...
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I'm not going to say I did, because I was, like...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I was probably just a bit dizzy from all that walking this morning.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Because it was weird. Do you remember when we had this over us?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Yeah.- Over our eyes? When I took this off,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I had a vivid, golden behind my eyes.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Which you would think is just the light coming in.- Yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Except it wasn't, because when it stopped,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09the light was actually just how it would be.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I had exactly the same thing.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Yeah.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15And is that what you had the other day?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Same colour,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19but not the same thing.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21When I had that the other day, it came up...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24..up through.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Yeah.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Because... Because it's really weird. Honestly, because you know
0:08:30 > 0:08:34the bit where he goes... Luke? No, it's... This is too freaky, because
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'm, like...possibly because I was slightly dizzy because I did that
0:08:37 > 0:08:41flipping great long walk. Come over here. I did that long walk this morning.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So, OK. So, when I was doing that, I was, like, seeing, like, gold colours.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45But you know when you go,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48"Put your mind in your left foot or end of your left leg?"
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Yeah.- And then, start to move up through there?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Well, in the past, I've been putting my mind there and, you know,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56imagining, like, little electric things or anything going up my leg
0:08:56 > 0:09:01to make this come down. Today, when I did it, I put my mind there and
0:09:01 > 0:09:05it was, like, dark green, like it was shrouded.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07My foot was suddenly shrouded like the top of a mountain,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09in a dark, smoky sort of colour.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12And there was a light gold came onto my toes and then went again.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I was trying to get it back into my toe and I was fighting it and
0:09:15 > 0:09:17it wouldn't burst through the dark green.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21And, eventually, when it didn't, I got so fed up with it, I actually...
0:09:21 > 0:09:24suddenly found myself going outside and going down and looking
0:09:24 > 0:09:26at the bottom of my feet.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And then I thought, "What the hell's going on?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33"I'm looking at the bottom of my feet!" And freaked out.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And then couldn't relax after that.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39And it went again. Suddenly, I was back inside,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41thinking about trying to put my mind in my feet,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43but there was a moment where I went, "Sod this, I'll go have a look,"
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and I actually went round and looked at the bottom of my feet,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and could see the bottom of my feet.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I mean, from a yogic point of view, they talk about astral projection,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54but it's funny, because you two were just talking about, like,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56colours of chakras, just lying there, casually just, like,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58"Oh, yeah, I saw gold," and I was just, like...
0:09:58 > 0:10:02That's why I was trying to keep it quiet, because I felt such a pillock talking about it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I was asking him what he saw, because there was a moment
0:10:04 > 0:10:06when I was getting this, like, super gold,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09but not gold like a gold gold, like a sunset gold.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Like an orangey gold, yeah.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14That's just ridiculous.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Well, it is, isn't it? It's...
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It's you on the turn, that's all it is.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- No, I'm just dizzy because I did a long walk this morning. That's what it is.- Yeah, yeah(!)
0:10:24 > 0:10:27That's what you've put it down to, but really, you're on the turn.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32You've been seeing your chakra colours and your spirit took you around.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Listen to yogi Jules, here!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37You are. You need to go and have reiki this afternoon.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38It's festering.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- It's at the point where... - My chakras are festering?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Yeah, it's... They need to come out.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Honestly. They're bubbling.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46You're taking the mickey now, aren't you?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Well, yesterday, right, I felt, like, a blue air bubble
0:10:51 > 0:10:52in my stomach
0:10:52 > 0:10:56and then that pulled them all up and out.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I think you're fighting it. You just need to go with it.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01The funny thing is I haven't mentioned anything about the chakras
0:11:01 > 0:11:04once in any of my classes. I've tried to keep it therapeutic,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06But you guys have raised it more than I have.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Jules is just radiant now.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12He's just, like, got this beaming smile and he looks lighter.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I don't know how to explain that, but he looks lighter.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20His energy is light and he's just... His posture's changed.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21It's incredible.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Milton is up early, as per usual,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36but this time, it's not the walking that motivates his excursion.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38There he is.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Now, this is...- The proud owner of his very own juice.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43The proud owner of my first juice
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and, you know, I'm just going to look at it for a bit.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49We're going to look at you looking at it. Oh, that's a good look.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Own it, Milts. Yeah, that's it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53It's been tough. I didn't think it would be that tough.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58I mean, I've been all right, but then certain times, you get a little bit of a mood swing, you know?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00So, I was just wondering what that was, speaking to other people,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03they were just saying, "It's because you ain't eaten."
0:12:03 > 0:12:04- It makes me weak at the knees.- Yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06But now I'm going to taste it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Let's zoom in there for that sip.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Oh, look at that!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I feel better. More energy. You know what I mean?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19And just get back on the plant-based diet.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I think that's going to be a good thing.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24# Hallelujah!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26# Hallelujah! #
0:12:29 > 0:12:31That was a proper hallelujah moment.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33# His milkshake brings all the guys to the yard and he's like
0:12:33 > 0:12:36# It's better than yours... #
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- Oh, yeah.- Well done.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I could see why everyone was salivating the last few days.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- Cheers.- Cheers!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Hello, hello, hello.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Oh, it smells delicious.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- What one would you have first, chicken or vegetable?- Both.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58This is what... This taunts me every day.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00In fact, I think I'll go for the vegetable one.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Maybe I should do veggie? One sniff, please?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Mmmm!- Oh, that smells so...- In fact, I want the whole plate.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- It's heavenly.- I know, I know.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14This, I know this is a tough one here, Milts.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Right, let's go!
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Temptation often calls right at the end of a fast
0:13:24 > 0:13:28and Milton and Cathy just manage to hold off until the official end
0:13:28 > 0:13:30at a restaurant the night after.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Good evening, everybody!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- ALL:- Good evening!
0:13:40 > 0:13:43How are we? Have we all had a great day? Milton?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- All good.- How are you feeling for your first real meal?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Oh, I can't wait. I need some food!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53With Milton back on solids at last,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55he's finally caught up with the rest of the gang
0:13:55 > 0:14:00and they all enjoy a vegan feast together for the first time.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Who else had brown rice?
0:14:02 > 0:14:06OK, let's do this. I'm going to use hands.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- My thing is dessert.- Really?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09I like everything.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The energy levels have just shot up.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15After, basically, eating nothing...
0:14:15 > 0:14:16You know, it feels good.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22You'd better take tomorrow off.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23I might do that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33He doesn't understand English, does he?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Ah, nice day. Went for a walk this morning.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46It seemed that it was really quick this morning.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- So, we're going to ramp it up and maybe do another half-hour on top tomorrow.- Yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Cos I think we're just up to speed
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- and this morning just felt like nothing.- Yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56So, I think Cathy's up for it
0:14:56 > 0:14:58and we're going to do a little bit more time tomorrow.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Nice.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Right, this will be a session we've never done, isn't it?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14# Good morning Good morning
0:15:15 > 0:15:17# We've danced the whole night through. #
0:15:17 > 0:15:19We've come for reiki...
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- ..intuition.- Reiki training.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- Reiki training.- Two days.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27But our trainer's not here.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- But that's OK.- All right, let's go.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33No, we'll have a glass of water, because we've just walked.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Look, we've been sweating.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39We need to rehydrate, so our brains are fully functioning for today.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- Did you bring a pen?- No.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47The main purpose of an attunement is to raise the student's energy levels,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50reconnecting them to their inner selves.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54During the attunement, the most important thing is to just relax.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57You don't have to do anything really, just this feeling of
0:15:57 > 0:16:00relaxing and surrendering is the most important.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Everything else, I do.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07At some point, I'm going to guide you to bring your hands up here.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10And then, at some point, your hands will be like this,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13you'll feel me stroking your hands and doing this.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16You can stay sitting with your eyes closed for as long as you need.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Some people cry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Some people feel sick. Some people get really light-headed.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Others get really heavy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Some have their epiphanies.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24OK. So, close your eyes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And as you inhale, you're inhaling light into your lungs.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34And just sense or imagine that light
0:16:34 > 0:16:37seeps into the centre of the chest,
0:16:37 > 0:16:38your heart chakra.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Each reiki teacher uses a set of unique hand movements
0:16:46 > 0:16:48and signs written in the air.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53These are to help guide the student to an increased sensitivity
0:16:53 > 0:16:55or what they call a higher vibration.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07The result is supposed to be that the student becomes open
0:17:07 > 0:17:11to the power of their spirit to heal the physical and mental self.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16A sort of power of positive thinking.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50What do you feel?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Really...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- High?- High. Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yeah, I also had indigo right at the beginning,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06which was really beautiful
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and then a major hot flush.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Yeah, just sit there for a bit. Do you need anything?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Everyone has had a distinctly different experience
0:18:20 > 0:18:24with the attunement and it seems to have had a negative effect on Billy.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26It was like those gloopy lamps.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- Yeah, yeah. The ones like in the '90s.- Yeah.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Anne, would you like to share?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Erm, I think it was just very calming and relaxing,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41and just the heat, just feel heat...
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Mm-hm.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44..which just felt nice.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52And I thought I felt vibration in this side,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54but I wasn't sure.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57So, it was... Yeah, that was good.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Where's it hurting? Is it just your entire belly?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And across the back. I don't know if that's because I'm sitting...
0:19:05 > 0:19:06I don't know if it's the banana.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09- Want to stay here? - No, I don't think so.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Billy thinks it's the banana he ate for breakfast making him feel sick.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23What did you have yesterday? It could be that massaman, you know.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I think eating spicy food after your fast,
0:19:26 > 0:19:27I don't think it's worked for you.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I think you need to have a bit of a lie down.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Have some hammock time.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Physiological reactions are apparently common
0:19:38 > 0:19:39with reiki attunements,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42but stomach upsets are also common in Thailand.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Whatever it is, Billy takes to his bed for five days.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Cathy, however, is beginning to find something in the reiki.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55I never know if I'm making it up or not, but I felt like I got hit by
0:19:55 > 0:20:00two, two balls that came through me, though.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02The second one was stronger, but I don't know.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I mean, you never know if you're making that up or if you're not.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I know that I can feel it,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09you know, but it's just I can't feel it now.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12It's different with, I think, again, seatings and cameras and...
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Yeah, that's the difficulty I have, I think.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17- Conscious of it.- Mmm.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Conscious of, you know, the filming,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and it stops, it seems, it feels like it stops me...
0:20:25 > 0:20:26It stops you from experiencing it?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Yeah, yeah.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Julian feels that, unlike his private session,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35when he saw light coming up through him,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39he was too conscious of the cameras to really let himself go
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and he thinks it didn't work.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50It's another perfect day
0:20:50 > 0:20:53and some of the gang are off to visit a monk
0:20:53 > 0:20:57to have a long conversation about nothing.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Thinking and being nothing.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46If I watch my thoughts go by, I'll end up sitting on an island here
0:21:46 > 0:21:48and not looking after anybody.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I mean, it's my job and responsibility to look after people.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07It's a nice idea to go through life smiling, but it's very difficult
0:22:07 > 0:22:11sometimes when there is something burning inside you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13All I got from that was somebody being really selfish about
0:22:13 > 0:22:15themselves, following their own way.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Because he owns a bloody great hotel, he's able to step aside,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21leave his family for two years and go and follow his own selfish interests.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I don't see how he gets to lecture me on what part of my life I'm missing out on.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Perceiving Nick's scepticism,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Olan has invited them all back in the next few days
0:22:46 > 0:22:51for a rare opportunity to get into the world of a Buddhist monk,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54in a three-and-a-half-hour walking meditation.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06After many days of new practices, the weekend presents more yoga.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07This time, with a difference.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Where's my lift?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Shakti takes the gang out onto the beach...
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Come on, then.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17..for a lesson in harnessing their inner energies.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Qigong really changed my life,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22because it just opened up my thinking
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and it gave me so much more energy.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- It's really beautiful.- I know.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28We had some jumped on the boat.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33What we're doing is we're connecting to the elements of nature
0:23:33 > 0:23:37and we're connecting to the elements within us, our own nature.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39When that happens, you push out what you're not.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42So, all the illusions, all the rubbish, all the toxins,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45all the emotions that get in the way - the confusion -
0:23:45 > 0:23:47is what we release.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50And then we connect to the pure core of what we really are.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52This is how it improves our health.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55OK, so we're going to do five element qigong,
0:23:55 > 0:24:00which is connecting to the five elements of fire, water, air,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02matter and consciousness.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It will bring you out of your head and into your body,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08and it's really about feeling and just going with the motions.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10So, copy what I'm doing.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I'll just say things like this, you know, and if you need adjustments,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I'll come round and give you adjustments.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21But just flow with me, all right?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25And then, from that point onwards, we can enjoy the sunset,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27enjoy the elements that are around us.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32It was in the warm up and, yeah, where we're tapping
0:24:32 > 0:24:34and we're just waking up the meridians of the body and
0:24:34 > 0:24:35getting the energy flowing.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Smile.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48And Nick walked off, which was, I found, actually,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I found that quite rude.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I'm not here to prove myself or to get people to jump through hoops
0:24:56 > 0:24:59or to do anything that they don't particularly want to do,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02but at least give it a go and then speak from your experience,
0:25:02 > 0:25:03and he didn't even do that, so...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39With some of the gang still holding back,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43there is only 12 days left to go before the end of the retreat
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and the cracks are beginning to show.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Because I've decided to go home.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Early.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02My journey here has come to a natural end.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06My gut instinct is telling me to go home.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I'm never going to be a full-on vegan, I don't think,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13but I'm definitely going to change mine and my family's diet at home.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I can still go back and lose weight.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20It doesn't mean to say, the second I leave here, I'm going to stop.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Jules is going home? - Yeah, he's had enough.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I've had a chat with him to see if, you know,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31we can push it for another week, but...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33He's got young kids, hasn't he?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37And I've spent my life away from home, so...
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Goodbye, everybody.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Bye, Jules.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41- Thank you all very much. - Safe journey.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Love you all.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47After Julian has come so far, he completely surprises the gang,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51as the pull of home is just too strong for him to resist.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Going to miss you, Jules.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Take care.- Keep in touch. - Yeah, and I'll see you soon.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Ciao, ciao.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13With a Julian-shaped hole in the gang,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17an island-hopping tour is arranged to re-bond the group
0:27:17 > 0:27:18and raise morale.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Little do they know that in less than 72 hours,
0:27:41 > 0:27:42another of them will be gone.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51For now, though, the beauty of the islands in this part
0:27:51 > 0:27:55of the South China Sea is a majestic distraction.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Next time on The Retreat...
0:28:08 > 0:28:11I have to say, I was sceptical about how much effect it would have when I
0:28:11 > 0:28:14came here and it's kind of almost like a magic bullet.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17It's beautiful to feel that trust and that surrender.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20So, it's always better to soak your nuts, I explained to you...
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- Sorry!- You can't say that!
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Oh, my God!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Very, very simple, for everyone.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28When I did do that, it felt like I was floating.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Before attempting any of the detox techniques or practices demonstrated
0:28:36 > 0:28:39in The Retreat, you are advised to seek out your doctor's advice.