Three-week Internal Cleanse Program:

Our popular three-week Internal Cleanse Program
is the best thing you can do for your health!

This is an all-encompassing dip into live foods, why they are critical to your health, how to prepare them, as well as a deeply cleansing live-food regime and fast that assists you in ridding your body of old toxins and purifying your blood.

The first meeting is an orientation where you’ll receive a 70+ page notebook filled with class materials, articles and instructions, including a course syllabus, information on the benefits of live foods, directions on how to perform the different flushes, live-food recipes, guidelines, and a shopping list. You will also enjoy a freshly prepared live-food meal, watch a video presentation, listen to a detailed lecture on the structure of the three-week cleanse and have an opportunity to get any questions answered. You’ll receive your first homework assignment: To prepare a live-food meal which you’ll share at the next class. Features for this first night include teaching you how to prepare a live-food meal, giving you a 3 week menu planning schedule, and providing you with directions on how to set up your home kitchen.

The remaining 10 structured classes of the three-week Internal Cleanse Program feature: lectures on live foods and their nutritional benefits, how to make, grow, juice or store specific live foods, a live-food “homework” sampling from your own kitchen, and instructions in various cleansing techniques. In addition you will attend hands-on lab classes in the following live-food subjects: sprouting, dehydrating, rejuvelac, seed cheeses, sauces/salad dressings, soups, delicious green smoothies, juicing, protein balancing and nutrition, balancing the 6 tastes, chelation, liver cleansing, parasites, food combining, gourmet international live-food cuisine, gourmet breakfast/brunch fare, traveling "live," designing your live-food kitchen, and more!

Specialty Classes:

Warning: Did you know that a skin care line can include as little as 2 drops of any ingredient (like aloe gel or vitamin E) and still claim the effect of that ingredient?

Only by making your own products (or paying exorbitant prices for high-end lines) can you be assured of any skin cream’s quality. Making your own product is always the best way to ensure that you get as much anti-oxidant herb, anti-wrinkle vitamin or any other herbal oil or ingredient in your cream or salve. And you don’t have to spend a fortune!

1) Skin Care I – You will learn how to create herbal-rich, creamy and emollient face and body lotions. It's easy! We start by determining your skincare type so that you can add ingredients that are specific to your needs, including antioxidants, vitamins, organic herbs, even sunscreen! You will also learn how to heal specific skin conditions using an organic diet and herbs. The class includes a notebook filled with information on the specific healing properties of herbs and how to use them. Every participant makes and takes home a 4 oz jar of skin cream, easily valued at $160!

2) Skin Care II – You will learn how to create herbal-rich ointments for burns, hemorrhoids, athlete’s foot, herpes, psoriasis, seborrhea, as well as salves such as personal lubricants, hormone creams, and breast massage creams. These are easy too! The class includes a notebook filled with information on the specific healing properties of herbs and how to use them. Every participant makes and takes home a 4 oz jar of ointment, easily valued at $150!

  3) Healthy Children/Yummy Snacks – Take you kids off potato chips and let them experience the delectable tastes of live-food snacks and treats. You will learn how to make these snacks. Better yet, give them the knowledge of how to make their own yummy snacks. You’ll be amazed at how empowering this is for children! They love taking care of themselves. The class includes a notebook filled with information and recipes on creating healthy live-food snacks.

4) Special consultations – I will go to organizations and schools and teach classes on health, live foods, diet, and herbs.

5) Private Home Visits – You’ve taken one of my classes and/or you know how vitally important live foods are to health, but you have no idea how to restructure your kitchen so it’s easy to make live foods. I am available for home visits and will spend 2 ½ hours to completely re-work your kitchen so that you can more easily incorporate live foods into your lifestyle. I will also answer any additional questions or give you further instruction on live foods during this home visit.

6) Dehydrating – Learn how to use a dehydrator to create enzyme-rich live foods. The dehydration process retains almost 100% of the nutritional content of the food. It also maintains the alkalinity of fresh produce and inhibits the growth of microforms such as bacteria. But a dehydrator is more than just a food preserver; foods prepared and combined through selective dehydration, are reborn as nutritious gourmet meals. You can make live-food crepes, pies, pizza, crackers, burgers, quiche, pancakes, cookies, breads, and sauces, to name a few. You will also delight in the live-food dehydrator samples. The class includes a notebook filled with information on the benefits of live foods and recipes and instructions for dehydrator use.

7) Sprouting – Sprouts contain all of the energy, vitamins and nutrients needed to transform a seed into a strong plant. As a sprout, the nutritional value is highly concentrated. Sprouts are also extremely alkalizing. Sprouting is easier than you think! You will learn a variety of sprouting methods, as well as how to sprout seeds and nuts for optimum nutrition. The class includes a notebook filled  with instructions for proper sprouting.

8) Rejuvelac – This drink is frequently referred to as a “live-food elixir.” Dr. Ann Wigmore says about rejuvelac: “This slightly fermented sprouted wheat berry drink is one of the most important items in the living foods lifestyle. It contains friendly bacteria that are necessary for a healthy colon and assists the body in removing toxins. Rejuvelac is filled with B complex vitamins and vitamins C and E.” Learn the extreme benefits of Rejuvelac as well as how to make your own Rejuvelac with this easy hands-on class. The class includes a notebook with instructions for making your own Rejuvelac.

9) Viva la Live Foods! – In this extremely popular class you will learn how to prepare live-food variations of popular meals such as Italian “pasta,” Mexican “tacos,” Greek “Baklava” and even American “pizza.” You will also learn to prepare themed live-food meals like, “brunch” or “smorgasbord.” Each class features one specific food item and includes a notebook filled with instructions/recipes for that featured live-food item. You will also enjoy samples of live-foods featuring the specific item.

10) Specialty Foods – I offer these classes to focus on specialty foods such as Nori, cacao, or live veggie pasta. Not only will you learn a wide variety of ways to prepare the foods, you’ll learn about their nutritional value and importance while you sample live-food offerings featuring that specific food.

Kathy Matara has taught herbal classes since 1992. In addition, Kathy has completed extensive studies in Ayurvedic Herbalism, Reiki I, II, & III, and is certified by the Village of Natural Teaching as a Natural Health Care Practitioner.

Why you shouldn't cleanse alone:

One of the most common questions about supervised cleansing is, “Why can’t I just do it myself, at home?” Of course you can, and many do.

There are some very important reasons why the group support and guidance you’ll receive from a trained cleanse facilitator, such as Kathy Matara, can make a big difference on both follow through and results.

1) A cleansing fast is not a starvation fast. During Kathy’s cleanses you are eating a carefully selected variety of live-food soups and smoothies. Knowledge of proper preparation is critical to receive maximum benefits from the cleanse.

2) Coming off a fast properly is essential to preventing digestive difficulty in the transition back to your normal diet. Knowledge and guidance is helpful to stay on track.

3) Enema’s are a critical part of a cleansing fast. Without them toxins can build up in the intestines and cause moderate to severe discomfort. A cleansing fast supervised by Kathy will instruct you in proper enema techniques and alleviate unneeded discomfort.

Do-it-yourself fasting is a recipe for discomfort, inefficient cleansing, and a tendency to break the fast early or with inappropriate foods causing damage to the digestive system.
Let Kathy’s experience guide you to maximum health benefits
and minimum fasting discomfort.