Wellness Disclaimer

Everything on Alchemy Wellness Resorts is here for general information and to help you understand what wellness retreats involve. It is not medical advice at any point, and it cannot stand in for the guidance a doctor or other qualified professional gives you about your own health.

Wellness is not medical treatment

This matters enough to say first and plainly. A retreat, a spa, a fast, a cleanse, a cold plunge, a course of massage: these are wellness, not medicine. They do not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition, whatever a brochure may imply. If you are looking to treat an illness, that is a job for a clinician, not a resort, and nothing on this site should be read as a reason to delay or skip proper medical care.

General information, not advice for you

What I write describes categories of retreat and common practices in general terms. It is not tailored to your body, your history, or your circumstances, and no two people respond to the same programme the same way. Read the site as background and honest company while you make up your own mind, not as instructions to follow.

Talk to a doctor first

Some of what this industry sells puts real physiological stress on the body. Before you book or begin fasting, a detox or cleanse, or any intensive programme, and especially if you have a health condition, take prescribed medication, are older, or are pregnant, speak to your GP or another qualified clinician first and get their clearance. If a retreat ever encourages you to stop prescribed medication or promises a cure, treat that as a warning sign and take medical advice before going near it.

Reading this site sets up no clinical relationship

Visiting these pages, or writing to me, creates no doctor and patient relationship of any kind. Ingrid Sollberger, who reviews the health claims here for general accuracy, plays no part in your care and cannot advise on your particular situation.

If something feels wrong, do not wait

Wellness programmes can go further than they should. If, during or after one, you feel faint, unwell, badly unlike yourself, or frightened by a symptom, stop, and contact a doctor or the emergency number that covers where you are, rather than pressing on because the schedule says so.

Accuracy and links to other sites

I make a fair effort to keep what I write accurate and current, but I cannot promise it is complete or a fit for your circumstances, and what you take from it you take at your own risk. The sites I link out to, including any third-party retreat sites, are there for convenience and wider reading; what they publish, and how they behave, is their concern and not mine.

Always ask a professional

Any question about your health, a condition, or whether a programme is safe for you should go to your doctor or another suitably qualified professional, and no professional advice should be brushed aside because of something you have read here.