THE RETREAT

10 YEARS LIGHTER.

That’s how guests often describe their energy, focus and self-esteem.

 

 

The Moonlit Temple is designed around female biology. Women’s bodies respond less to restriction and more to safety, rhythm, and nourishment. A gentle 5-day juice fast provides dense micronutrition without digestive strain, allowing the body to shift from constant processing into repair. 

 

When digestion rests, inflammation lowers, blood sugar stabilizes, and hormonal communication softens. This creates ideal conditions for cellular renewal, metabolic flexibility, and emotional regulation, without triggering stress responses that harsh fasting often causes in women.

 

The gut plays a central role in this transformation. As the body’s “second brain” and home to over 70% of the immune system, the gut directly influences mood, hormones, immunity, and skin. 

Gentle fasting reduces mechanical stress on the intestines, supports beneficial bacteria, and improves nutrient absorption. As the gut calms, women often experience clearer skin, improved immunity, reduced bloating, enhanced mental clarity, and a deep sense of internal quiet.

 

The seaside environment of our Crete retreat amplifies these effects biologically. The sound of waves, ocean air, negative ions, and natural light activate the parasympathetic nervous system, known as  the body’s rest-and-restore state, lowering cortisol, improving sleep, and allowing true repair to occur. 

 

In a remote, peaceful setting, the female nervous system receives a powerful signal of safety, enabling the body to release inflammation, tension, and stored stress. Release, radiance, and emotional clarity emerge through regulation, not through force. 

 

There is no deprivation. But we are deeply recalibrated through the process. Our guests emerge more hormonally balanced, less inflamed, emotionally steady, and deeply reconnected to their body’s wisdom. Healing continues long after the retreat ends, because the body has remembers how to heal itself.