International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 53 | Page 61

Well, I may just have the answer!
In issue 50, you can read it
online or just click here, we ran
an article on Radiant On Raw.
Gabriela Lerner runs classes and
workshops in the UK but she also
has a beautiful retreat set on the
glorious island of Tobago. Now, for
me, this has to tick all the boxes
required. Warmth, beauty, history
and of course, great food!
Vacations and retreats are an
excellent way to try out a new
way of life and eating. So what
better way than to spend a week
on a glorious Caribbean island to
explore the beauty and flavours
of raw foods, learn recipes that
can be easily integrated into your
busy life and practise some more
advanced skills of enhancing raw
foods to culinary heights.
If you’re new to raw food this
is a wonderful opportunity to
experience how raw food can give
you more energy, help you lose
weight, naturally detox and make
you feel radiant. For those already
living a raw food lifestyle, the week
is an ideal way to spend a holiday
in the Caribbean whilst being
served daily, delicious, nutritious
meals and learn some new tricks
of the trade. Although free of
any animal products and starchy
carbohydrates, raw food is not a
restrictive diet but rather a lifestyle
of eating the most delicious foods
without the experience of guilt and
‘paying for overindulgence’.
What is really fab about this

vacation is that you can bring
along a partner, or two, who may
not be as interested in raw food as
you, but who want to experience
the beauty of the island, and this
has been catered for. Castara
Retreat Restaurant, where you will
be staying, offers an optional menu
of fish, chicken and vegetarian
dishes. The fee for the week is the
same as for attending the classes
and includes all meals, so you
get to experience the aspects of
a vacation that interest you and
share your experiences, you never
run short of conversation!
As well as daily raw food
preparation classes, there are
three half-day trips on the island so
you can fully experience Tobago
and what it has to offer, something
that everyone can enjoy.
These are included in the cost and
are:
A half-day boat trip after lunch,
which includes visits to secluded
bays to swim, snorkel and chat
including a visit to the pristine
secluded beach known locally as
Big Bay.
An early morning guided birdwatching and rainforest tour with
an experienced guide, following
ancient trails to explore the oldest
protected rainforest in the northern
hemisphere.
A morning visit to The Cocoa
Plantat ion to see the workings of
a traditional plantation producing
cocoa beans that are the raw
material of an award winning
single estate chocolate.

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