14-Night Weight Management Retreat in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland

Living Valley Springs runs this as a full residential programme, not a drop-in course. You arrive on a Sunday (complimentary transfers are provided from Brisbane and Sunshine Coast airports) and settle into your room before the programme proper begins. The minimum stay is 14 nights; you can extend to 21, 28, 35 or 42 nights, and the price scales with both the length of stay and the room you choose.

A typical day starts with a guided morning walk, followed by a functional movement class. Breakfast is an organic gourmet meal, and lunch follows the same standard. Dinner is lighter — nourishing soups or broths — and there are structured detox fasting periods using shakes, juices and smoothies. Throughout the day you'll have stretch classes, breath and relaxation classes, an aqua fit class, and daily steam baths for detoxification and immune stimulation. You also have access to the on-site gym, swimming pools and kilometres of natural bush walks.

The clinical side is what makes this different. You get two naturopathic consultations that end in a personal supplement plan, three individual psychology sessions, and four personal training sessions. The workshops are scheduled deliberately: Mindful Eating dietary planning runs in your first week, and Keeping on Track lifestyle planning runs in your final week, so you finish with a plan rather than just a rest. There's also a healthy cooking class and a series of educational health and lifestyle lectures.

Treatments included in the programme are two colonic hydrotherapy sessions, two lymphatic treatments, one clay wrap, and one extra treatment of your choice valued at 65. Optional add-ons include further colonic hydrotherapy, lymphatic drainage, detox clay wraps and daily steam baths, subject to availability. A long list of optional upgrades is available at extra cost, including InBody composition analysis, live blood cell analysis, drip IV therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, hot stone massage, remedial and deep tissue massage, spinal flow therapy, Pilates private sessions and equine therapy.

Every Saturday at 5am there's an optional sunrise trip to Noosa National Park. Transport is provided (numbers permitting) and you're back in time for an 8:30am breakfast. There's also a firepit Letting Go ceremony during the stay.

Couples are welcome but the programme is built for individuals. Couples can only share a room at Superior level and above, and the second person gets 20% off the programme price when both are doing a full residential programme in the same eligible room. Shared accommodation isn't available in Standard Rooms or Basic options.

What's included

- 14 nights private accommodation (minimum 14 nights, up to 42 nights available) - 2 colonic hydrotherapy treatments - 2 lymphatic treatments - 1 clay wrap treatment - 1 extra treatment of choice valued at 65 - 4 personal fitness training sessions - 2 naturopathic consultations with a personal supplement plan - 3 individual psychology sessions - Specialised weight management workshops (Mindful Eating dietary planning in week one, Keeping on Track lifestyle planning in the final week) - Educational health and lifestyle lectures - Healthy cooking class - Personalised transforming lifestyle Take Home plan - Organic gourmet breakfast and lunch - Dinner - nourishing soups or broths - Structured detox fasting with shakes, juices and smoothies - Guided morning walks - Daily steam baths for detoxification and immune stimulation - Functional movement classes - Breath and relaxation classes - Stretch classes - Aqua fit class - Firepit Letting Go ceremony - Access to on-site gym, swimming pools and kilometres of natural bush walks - Optional Saturday 5am sunrise adventure to Noosa National Park (transport provided, numbers permitting) - Complimentary Sunday transfers from Brisbane and Sunshine Coast airports

What's not included

- Optional upgrades and treatments (subject to availability) - InBody composition health analysis - Live blood cell analysis - Drip IV therapy - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy - Additional personal training sessions - One-on-one counselling sessions - Specialised day spa beauty treatments - Hot stone massage - Detox clay wrap - Remedial, deep tissue, aromatherapy and relaxation massage - Spinal flow therapy - Aroma transformation therapy - Pilates private session - Equine therapy - Additional colonic hydrotherapy, lymphatic drainage, detox clay wraps and daily steam baths - Travel insurance - Personal expenses