Preparing the body: why the dieta matters

You may wonder why the dieta matters. It looks like a rule, a dress code the retreat imposes. It is the first ceremony. It starts at home, two weeks before you see the mountains.

The medicine works through your body. If the body is full of processed food, alcohol, salt and stimulation, the medicine spends its first hours clearing that noise. When the body is clean, the same cup goes straight to the place it needs. Ask anyone who has sat both ways.

In practice the dieta is simple. No alcohol. No pork or heavy red meat. Little salt, no strong spices, no fried food. No stimulants, no caffeine after midday. Mostly plants: fruit, vegetables, grains, water. We are asking you to get quiet enough to hear.

There is also the inner dieta, which matters just as much. Less news, less scrolling, less arguing. More walking, more writing, more sitting still. The medicine meets you at the level of your nervous system. A calm system meets it calmly.

Start when we tell you to start. Two weeks is enough if you are honest. If you fall, do not punish yourself. Begin again the next meal. You can slip and begin again. Every guest has.