The Menopause Reset: A Holistic Journey to Wellness.
22-28th March, 2025 | AMATARA Welleisure Resort, Phuket, Thailand
Enjoy luxurious treatments, expert consultations, and revitalising therapies designed to balance hormones, improve strength, and restore inner peace.
About the Retreat
Join leading nutritionist, wellness expert and author of The Menopause Diet Faye James for a transformative 6-night retreat designed for women aged 35-60 who are navigating the perimenopausal and menopausal stages of life. Held at the beautiful AMATARA Wellness Retreat in Phuket, this experience offers personalized guidance on nutrition, hormone balance, and emotional well-being. Through fitness sessions, cooking demonstrations, meal planning, mindfulness practices, and in-depth workshops, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to embrace this natural transition and leave feeling empowered, refreshed, and in control of your health and happiness.
About your Facilitator
This is your opportunity to join renowned nutritionist, wellness expert, and best-selling author, Faye James, for an exclusive retreat that promises to transform your approach to health and well-being. With over 20 years of experience, Faye is a resident health expert for Body & Soul magazine, a menopause specialist for HELLO! magazine, and a proud member of both the Australian Menopause Society and Australian Nutrition Society.
Faye’s holistic approach blends personalised nutrition, lifestyle strategies, and wellness practices to help you navigate life’s most challenging phases, from hormonal transitions to achieving optimal longevity. Her best-selling books, including The Menopause Diet, The Long Life Plan, and The 10:10 Diet, have inspired readers worldwide to lead healthier, more vibrant lives.
This retreat offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from Faye, gain invaluable insights into your own wellness journey, and equip yourself with tools to maintain long-term vitality. Whether you’re seeking to balance hormones, manage menopause, or simply enhance your overall well-being, Faye’s guidance will empower you to embrace a healthier, more fulfilling life. Don’t miss this chance to unlock your best self in an immersive, supportive setting.
Program Overview
Nutrition for Menopause
This workshop is designed to empower women with dietary strategies based on The Menopause Diet, helping manage symptoms like hot flashes and weight gain. Participants will engage in a meal planning session and a hands-on cooking demonstration, where they’ll learn to prepare hormone-balancing recipes that support their well-being during this transformative life stage. As a valuable takeaway, each attendee will receive a personalised meal plan and a recipe book, providing ongoing guidance for maintaining a balanced, nutritious diet tailored to menopausal needs.
Managing Sleep & Stress During Menopause
Menopause brings unique challenges to sleep quality and stress levels, and effective management techniques can greatly enhance overall well-being during this transition. Participants in this session will explore essential topics like sleep hygiene, relaxation practices, and stress-reducing activities. Through hands-on assessments of sleep habits, crafting personalised bedtime routines, and practicing relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation, attendees will gain valuable skills to manage menopausal stress and improve their sleep.
Mindfulness for Emotional Well-being
This transformative session is designed to enhance emotional health by providing participants with practical coping strategies and stress management techniques for overall well-being. In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining emotional balance is crucial for mental clarity and resilience. This session integrates mindfulness practices, including guided meditation and mindful breathing, to help participants cultivate deeper awareness and emotional stability. These exercises are specifically crafted to calm the mind and reduce stress, fostering a sense of inner tranquillity. Participants will leave the session equipped with mindfulness techniques that can be easily incorporated into their daily routines, allowing them to manage emotional triggers and stressors more effectively. Whether you’re new to mindfulness or experienced in meditation, this session offers valuable tools to foster long-term emotional resilience, helping you navigate life’s challenges with greater awareness and compassion.
Cooking for Hormone Balance
This hands-on session explores the important link between diet and hormone health, focusing on how specific foods can naturally support hormonal balance. Participants will learn about the role of phytoestrogens and other key nutrients that help regulate hormones, particularly during times of hormonal fluctuation, like menopause.
The session includes an interactive cooking class where participants will prepare delicious, hormone-friendly meals using nutrient-dense ingredients known for promoting hormonal harmony. Recipes will feature a range of phytoestrogen-rich foods that support endocrine function and overall well-being.
By the end of the session, you will have gained practical knowledge on how to incorporate hormone-balancing foods into your everyday diet, along with easy-to-follow recipes designed to enhance your hormone health naturally. This experience offers the perfect blend of education and culinary enjoyment for those looking to improve their well-being through mindful eating.
Fitness & Movement for Menopause
Centred on movement strategies to ease common menopausal symptoms like fatigue, joint pain, and mood swings, this workshop provides low-impact exercises specifically designed for menopausal women. The session incorporates gentle activities such as yoga and Pilates to promote flexibility, strength, and emotional balance.
Participants will learn techniques to alleviate discomfort and gain valuable tools to support their ongoing fitness and wellness journey. Each exercise is carefully chosen to be both effective and sustainable, helping women maintain an active lifestyle during menopause.
By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a personalized fitness routine they can integrate into their daily lives, empowering them to manage symptoms and improve their overall well-being.
Building Your Menopause Survival Kit
This workshop focuses on holistic approaches to managing menopause symptoms by guiding participants through the creation of a personalised menopause toolkit. The session emphasises natural and supportive methods for addressing common menopausal challenges, helping attendees discover ways to enhance their well-being during this transitional phase of life. Participants will explore a range of tools, including supplements, herbal teas, essential oils, and other wellness products that can be easily integrated into their daily routines.
Through interactive, hands-on activities, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how these products work to alleviate specific symptoms like hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and mood swings. The workshop not only empowers participants to take control of their health naturally but also equips them with the knowledge to craft a personalised toolkit tailored to their unique needs, ensuring they leave with practical, actionable solutions to improve their quality of life during menopause.
Join Us for a Journey of Empowerment and Renewal
At AMATARA Wellness Retreat in Phuket, experience a holistic approach to menopause with Faye James. This retreat offers a supportive, serene environment where you can recharge, gain valuable insights, and connect with like-minded women. Embrace the next chapter of your life with confidence, health, and vitality.
Retreat Inclusions
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Full board, 3 healthy cuisine meals per day
- Wellness consultation (60 min)
- Departure consultation (30 min)
- Blood pressure check-up
- Physical analysis (30 min)
- Body composition analysis and Biological age testing
- 1 Pelvic Floor Exercise (50 min)
- 1 Full body Toning Exercise (50 min)
- 1 Pranayama- The Art of Yoga Breathing (50 min)
- 1 Relaxing Lavender Massage (60 min)
- 1 Manual Lymphatic Drainage (90 min)
- 1 Chi Nei Tsang (60 min)
- 1 Gua Sha – Oriental anti-aging facial massage therapy (60 min)
- 1 signature of Amatara Massage (60 min)
- 1 Thai Hammam Journey (105 min)
- 1 Healthy Cuisine Cooking Class
- 1 set of Female-Anti-Aging Support Supplement
- 1 Take-Home Guide
- Unlimited access to wellness activity class
- Daily infrared sauna or steam
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