COLON HYDROTHERAPY / COLONICS

Colon hydrotherapy can assist the body with healing a variety of conditions:

• constipation, bloating and excessive gas
• diarrhea
• irritable bowel
• indigestion
• allergies
• candida overgrowth
• skin problems (Acne, Psoriasis or Eczema)
• brittle nails and hair
• abnormal body odour
• unpleasant breath
• backache and general stiffness
• arthritis
• fatigue
• insomnia
• poor concentration
• headaches
• weight loss (in some cases)
• pre-menstrual cramps

Almost everyone can benefit from a series of colonics.  If you don’t have any of the contraindications (listed below) and are over the age of 18, it will definitely benefit you!  It’s a wonderful part of a healthy lifestyle, and will help keep you on track.  Once you’ve seen undigested food come out of your system, people are typically far more aware of how they eat and chew.

Contraindications for colon hydrotherapy are:

•  Cancer of the colon or GI Tract
• Vascular aneurysm
• Acute abdominal pain
• Renal insufficiency
• Recent history of GI bleeding
• Epilepsy or psychoses
• Congestive heart failure
• Cirrhosis
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Carcinoma of the rectum
• History of seizures
• Severe hemorrhoids
• Abdominal surgery
• Intestinal perforation
• Diverticulitis
• Fissures or fistula
• Recent heart attack
• Abdominal hernia
• General debilitation
• Pregnancy
• Recent colon or rectal surgery

NO. This is probably the most frequently asked question. We wouldn’t say it feels lovely though. The closest description would be that it feels rather like diarrhea or having a bowel movement, because you are! The speculum is inserted about an inch, and as long as you can relax, no part of this process should be painful. There may be some cramping; that is typically prior to releasing a large amount of fecal matter and mucous. Diana always tells people “better in the tube than in you!”

YES. Everything that comes into contact with you is disposable – the pads you lay on, the shorts you wear (for privacy) as well as the speculum kits that allows the filtered water to travel in and the waste to travel out. The speculum is only inserted approx. 1 inch, so there is no risk of perforation of any kind. Our therapist is I-ACT (International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy) trained and registered and meets the highest professional and ethical standards. Our therapist will monitor the pressure in your colon at all times to ensure that it is at a safe level. After your session, because you release good and bad bacteria over the course of the treatment, we provide you with a probiotic drink to replenish the healthy bacteria that may have been lost. You are in very safe hands.

In preparation for a treatment, we recommend that the following be done:

At least 2 hours prior to the appointment:

• Refrain from drinking and eating a heavy/large meal

At least 48 hours prior to the appointment:

• Do not chew gum
• Do not drink any alcohol, carbonated beverages including soft drinks (soda), carbonated water and beer
• Try to avoid "gassy" foods like beans, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and tofu
• Stay hydrated. Sip plenty of water (with a target of half your weight in ounces) until 1 hour prior to the appointment time

Please be advised that no fasting of any sort is required. As well, please be sure that they are not taking any antibiotics on the day of your treatment, as the treatment may make them less effective.

Typically, one colonic will not completely empty your colon. Many of us have impacted feces and undigested food and there is work to be done to remove it over the course of your sessions. The first session is the hardest for most people, as they are unsure what to expect and their body tends to be a bit tense. As you go through the experience and subsequent sessions, you will feel more relaxed and your body will release more material.

The first session is booked for 90 minutes so that we have time to review your intake forms and the procedure and answer any questions you might have. Subsequent sessions are booked for 60 minutes unless advised otherwise. For example, some clients who have specific issues/physical impairments may require 90 minutes to be booked.

Your large intestine is 4 to 6 feet long, and everyone is different and has been exposed to different environments and stresses, so there is no standard number of session recommended. You will feel great even after your initial session, but it is necessary to take additional colonics to sufficiently cleanse the colon. We suggest that you book a single session and discuss your health goals and background with your therapist during the consultation. During your session and based on your results, we’ll discuss recommendations. Typically, a course of 6-10 sessions over an initial 3-5 week time frame produces the best results with regular maintenance thereafter. After your initial series, take a break, see how you feel and come back in 3-6 months, after a trip or a bout of antibiotics for a quick ‘tune-up’.

Yes, the therapist is with you the entire time to guide you through the process, perform light massage and answer any questions you have.

People are often energized following a colonic and report feeling lighter and less bloated. Many clients have reported clearer eyes and skin.

After the session, you can go back to your regular schedule – go back to work, go to the gym, out for dinner – whatever they like. You will have to pee a bit more over the next 12 hours of so because of the amount of water that they’ve absorbed, but other than that you should feel great and sleep very well that night. Diana advises people to eat lightly just to give their system a break.

There can be a slight delay in your routine, depending on how much material is released and how much of a workout your colon had during the session. For some, it can take up to 4 days after their first session to resume a normal bowel schedule, but that does decrease over the course of your sessions, so that when you have a colonic, you return to your regular bowel schedule the following day. This is a result of your colon being toned by the process; the motility getting stronger over the course of your sessions.

No. A colonoscopy is a test that allows your doctor to look at the inner lining of your large intestine (rectum and colon). He or she uses a thin, flexible tube called a colonoscope to look at the colon. A colonoscopy helps find ulcers, colon polyps, tumors, and areas of inflammation or bleeding.

Colon Hydrotherapy (also known as a colonic) is the gentle rinsing of your large intestine using filtered water and natural healing elements like chlorophyll, aloe, coffee and wheat grass. Colon Hydrotherapy can be used to prepare for a colonoscopy. While you get to see what comes out of your colon, you can’t see inside your colon with a colonic.

Colon Hydrotherapy is also referred to as a colonic. An enema is a different process and can be done at home, but usually only reaches the sigmoid and descending colon (approx. 2 feet). A colon hydrotherapy session allows water to flow through all 4-6 feet of the colon.

All of our healing elements have specific benefits and they can be used singly or combined, based on health history and needs. Our element list includes:

• Chlorophyll
• Bentonite
• Organic Coffee
• Aloe Vera
• Citricidal (Grapefruit Seed Extract)
• Wheatgrass
• Triphala
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Lavender Oil
• Fennel Oil
• Oregano Oil
• Echinacea Oil
• Clary Sage Oil
• Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

The average person carries around between 5 and 40 pounds of fecal matter (yes – can you believe that!). Even if you go to the bathroom every day, some waste gets left behind in the small pouches (haustra) that make up your colon. Compare it to your dental care – you brush your teeth every day, but they still need regular cleaning.

By spacing the sessions out accordingly, we ensure that your electrolytes remain balanced. As well, while bacteria is removed from your colon during a session, it is only transient bacteria being removed; we do not impact the residential good bacteria there.

We use the FDA and Health Canada approved Aquanet EC-2000. It is the premier closed system available, because if allows the therapist to tailor the water flow to the client’s needs, allowing for maximum comfort.

During a closed system treatment, you are lying on a massage table during the session.  The speculum is inserted approximately 1 inch and the hoses attached to it run from you directly to the machine, so no odour escapes.  It has both a small hose for warm filtered water to flow in and a larger hose for waste to flow out. You are able to see what you are releasing through the viewing tube that takes the waste back to the sewage. Your therapist remains with you the entire time and will perform light massage if needed/desired. Your therapist, in constant communication with you, is in control of the water going in and then releasing the water via the waste control. All of the waste goes through the tube without you having to push; your therapist will guide you in breathing through it.. In addition, your therapist will add healing elements like chlorophyll, aloe, coffee and wheatgrass to help breakdown the fecal matter and mucous, ensuring that you have a great release.

The Open system is more of a self-serve model. You are shown how to operate the machinery and how to position yourself on the bed for insertion of the rectal tube. The bed typically resembles a bathtub and you position yourself for comfort. As the water trickles in and you get the urge to defecate or push out, you do so. The water and the fecal matter goes around the tube and drops through the contour basin under your bottom in the table and then travels through the clear tube at the side of the table. While providing tips for you, the therapist may not stay in the room with you during the treatment.

Which system you choose is up to you, based on your personal comfort and your self-awareness.

The water is taken from the municipal supply, filtered three times and sterilized using UV Filters.

It goes back directly into the municipal sewage system.

The session pricing includes everything – the disposable speculum kit, the disposable shorts and post-treatment robe, the healing implant, the probiotic afterward – EVERYTHING. The only time the client would pay extra would be if they needed an extended session, due to special circumstances.