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The Infertility Cure
by Dr. Randine Lewis

Fertility Enhancing Retreats utilizing The Fertile Soul Method

An Overview of Our Infertility Treatment Series 

Hope. It is the foundation of the human spirit. And fertility. Our well-being depends on it.

A diagnosis of infertility can rob us of our hope. Labeled as defective, broken and old, we may feel desperate, anxious, angry, sad, lonely and alienated from those we love most. Worst of all, our loss of hope decreases our receptivity to conception, exacerbating the situation we most want to transcend.

The Fertile Soul is a comprehensive fertility institute founded by renowned fertility expert and author of The Infertility Cure and The Way of The Fertile Soul, Dr. Randine Lewis, Ph.D. Dr. Lewis’ own fertility journey, her study of both Western and Eastern medicine over almost 20 years and her specialization in treating infertility using Chinese Medicine have given her a rich perspective on both the scientific and soulful aspects of a couple’s struggle with this painful diagnosis.

Dr. Lewis’ experience is that almost any infertility issue can be cured by accurately diagnosing and treating the root cause of the problem. The Fertile Soul program uses the natural, holistic approaches on which Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is based to help patients examine how their lifestyle choices, stress, negative emotional patterns and other factors adversely impact their reproductive system and fertility and learn what can be done not only to correct these imbalances and reverse infertility, but also to restore themselves to a state of greater well-being body, mind and spirit.

Dr. Lewis and the healing Fertile Soul team have had uncommon success helping thousands of couples become parents by overcoming previously intractable issues including premature ovarian failure and poor ovarian response, high FSH levels, polycystic ovary syndrome, fibroids, endometriosis, implantation failure, recurrent miscarriage and male factor infertility. The Fertile Soul’s treatments can help whether a couple is pursuing assisted reproduction or looking for an all-natural solution.

The Fertile Soul Treatment Philosophy

The Fertile Soul treatment program is designed as a minimum 90-day process. Why 90 days? Your egg or sperm quality today are a direct reflection the health of the follicle or spermatozoa (male germ cell) during the preceding three months when they entered the most important growth phase of their ongoing development. Your complete health picture during this time – including nutrition, stress levels, blood oxygenation, hormone levels, emotions and other factors – affect the quality of your fertility in the current month. Our bodies didn’t evolve to make reproduction their first priority – survival comes first. When we live in a continuous state of high stress, inadequately nourishing and nurturing ourselves, the reproductive organs don’t receive the energy they need to function optimally, particularly as we mature.

We know you want a child now. Yesterday, in fact. We know 90 days sounds like an eternity. And yet, you may have been trying for a child for years, spending a lot of time, money and anxiety scrambling around, researching options, doctor-shopping, having extensive lab testing, trying Clomid, IUIs and/or IVFs. You may have tried acupuncture or yoga. And after all of it, you have ended up lost, confused and no closer to your goal. It feels like nothing has worked or will ever work. And then, when we ask you, in your utter desperation, for 90 days – it seems like an eternity.

Your fertility isn’t “out there,” a magic cure to be given to you by the doctor or natural healer treating you. It is inside, tucked within your body’s own internal wisdom, waiting to be unleashed when coaxed properly.

Through the retreat process we teach you to breathe differently, eat foods that nourish your fertility, express your emotions honestly and rid your body of the negative effects of stress and limiting belief systems. We redirect your body’s attention to your reproductive organs, which in most cases, have been starved of circulation and attention. We teach you how to live life again – fully, joyfully, and fertilely. Our recommendations may require you to make some pretty dramatic lifestyle changes, as most of us have never been taught how to express our fertility.

We invite you to try a different approach for the minimum amount of time that it takes an egg or sperm to renew itself. Miracles are possible when we bring ourselves back into balance and alignment with the nature of which we are a part. When you learn to live life according to the laws of nature, she won’t let you down.

The retreat process is not a quick-fix, like IVF claims to be, though you will feel immediate benefit. Its effects are much more dramatic – our program helps people find and express their health and innate fertility, for life.

For 2008, we have moved to an "all-inclusive" pricing structure for our retreat, which will be held primarily in Asheville, North Carolina at the Lake House Lodge & Spa as indicated below:

Single (Session A or B):
Fertile Soul Program Fees and Therapeutic Treatments: $2000
Lodging, Meals & Spa Services (5 days/4 nights):          $ 995
Total:                                                                         $2995

Partner Add-on (Session A or B):
Fertile Soul Program Fees and Therapeutic Treatments:  $1065
Lodging, Meals & Spa Services (5 days/4 nights)            $ 430
Total:                                                                          $1495

Session C's are 4 days/3 nights and are discounted.  Women are welcome to attend alone but the retreats are especially beneficial for couples. Spouses are welcome at all Session A and Session B retreats and select Session C retreats. Multiple retreat discounts offer additional savings - please email coordinator@thefertilesoul.com for details.

Overview of Intensive Retreats

Over the course of five days and four nights in a nurturing natural setting, you will learn about the Eastern medical perspective on infertility, including detailed information about how stress and the emotional impact of medical treatment and lifestyle issues can adversely impact the reproductive system physically, leading to conditions such as premature ovarian failure, high FSH levels, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and recurrent miscarriage – and what can be done to reverse these manifestations of infertility.

You will receive an individual TCM evaluation and diagnosis (or re-evaluation if you have attended one of our retreats previously), acupuncture treatment, massage, custom herbal prescription and nutritional supplement recommendations. Informational lectures and demonstrations, meditative movement to improve the reproductive response, group sharing and personal introspection will help you heal. Exercises in awareness and joy clear and calm your mind and help restore your spirit. A custom take-home program helps you put it all into practice on your own or working with a local practitioner.

Dr. Lewis personally leads key retreat lectures and group processes. She also oversees all Fertile Soul practitioners and collaborates on diagnoses and treatment plans. She no longer treats patients individually, though she will consult with patients personally at the Session C retreat. Participants are generally surprised and pleased by how present and accessible Dr. Lewis is throughout the retreat.

Attending the retreats in sequential order is required as their teachings and the group experience are additive. The body, mind, and spirit aspects are all significant for fertility, no matter what your individual diagnosis – age, endometriosis, ovarian dysfunction, or hormonal imbalance. If you can only attend a single retreat, you would attend Session A.

Session A – “The Fertile Body” The foundational retreat teaches the Chinese Medicine perspective on the physical aspects of fertility and how disease and dysfunction, including infertility, result from imbalance in the body. The medical perspective on egg development and reproductive health are explained and Qi Gong breath meditation and femoral, ovarian and uterine massage techniques help focus the body's attention on and increase circulation to the reproductive organs. The Spleen Qi diet for nourishing the reproductive organs and reducing inflammation that may be impairing your fertility is presented and practiced.

Session B – “The Fertile Mind” This retreat helps you shine the light of awareness on mental, emotional, and lifestyle barriers to fertility and facilitates the physiological process of working through them and 'letting go’ to balance your hormones. The process helps your reproductive system become and remain harmonized. As you identify and release patterns that are no longer working for you, you begin a process of surrender and acceptance that makes your body more receptive to becoming pregnant.

Session C – “The Fertile Spirit” This retreat helps you open to implantation and carrying a pregnancy through the delivery of a healthy baby by supporting you in continuing to loosen the desperate clenching of the infertility struggle and become more receptive to the soul of your child. Deeper exploration of preparing the body physically, reducing stress, releasing old patterns and practicing acceptance bring you to a place of healing you never knew was possible as you continue to discover and align with your true and miraculous self.