me me me: short [official] version
Suki Zoe is a Super-Food-Living, Liver Loving, Colon Hydrotherapist – when she’s not traveling, making Xocolati and mischief, taking photographs, writing & drinking Tea. With the intention of feeling more vibrancy, joy & clarity in every moment – her path has led to a cleansing lifestyle, embracing new health paradigms: this year, her 4th and longest Juice Feast lasted 84 days.
As an ex-art student who found herself in NYC (quite by accident) - studying with the Colonic Maestro Gil Jacobs (quite fortuitous) was a turning point. Suki also to loves to throw raw chocolate parties; recently the co-host of New Horizons – a weekly series of talks @ inSpiral Lounge, London: a free-flow of information, community & fun are an essential part of her work/life. [She has an inexplicable fascination for cephalopods].
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and then I get to waffle waffle long styley…
So, I get asked most days ‘how did you get into colonics & isn’t this a gross job?’ No it’s not – I still love colonics – it’ll be 11 years this year (not that I had a grand plan or anything). Somehow Gil Jacobs figured out I had an aptitude for poo when we met (and he knows best, believe me) & that was that – it may surprise you, but colonics wasn’t something I’d grown up wanting to do. I had left art college & was working an a vegan pastry chef (Muffin Queen) at the lovely Sacred Chow in New York, when Anouchka sent me to Gil for my 1st life changing colonic & the rest is history.
I’ve done several different kinds of cleanses/fasts & I’m constantly refining & retuning my diet & lifestyle. Since 1995 I’ve eaten vegan & wheatfree – mucous-less basically – thanks to the writings of Arnold Ehret & Norman Walker. I now enjoy SuperLife LivingPlant foods – though for me it’s more about focusing on cleansing foods than counting percentages. On a good day, I am a systematic undereater & stomach layerer. My weight & emotional health still fluctuate – BEing human I guess. On July 1st 1996 I went cold-turkey on alcohol, drugs, sugar, coffee, wheat & smoking overnight – I slept alot that weekend! For a while I was a born-again health-dullard – my friends started tearing their hair out – I was reading the Dhampada & preaching clean living in a hideous fashion. I’ll never forget staying up for the 1st time till 4am, sober – how happy was I & how shocked the next day that it was even possible! (I stayed off chocolate for seven years after that & coffee for 9 – before I returned to re-battle those demons..)
I’d had several different health problems since travel vaccinations in 1990, which culminated with 7 rum-induced anaphylactic attacks in a 2 year period. That was pretty scary, so I realised whilst on 14 cups of coffee a day, that it was about time I cleaned up my act. I’d started reading health books when I was 18 – convinced I had a zinc deficiency due to poor slops in the college canteen. I remember meeting my 1st vegetarian & asking her what she ate at Christmas. I went home on my 18th birthday & declared myself a meat-free zone. This wasn’t to save the cute fluffy critters, but to impress a boy. I’m not sure it worked, but I did start to feel good.
I had my 1st obvious bout of Candida when I was 22 (I suspect I was born with it..). My GP was somewhat ill informed, so I ended up having some accupuncture for what now would have been diagnosed as IBS (it wasn’t invented back then), & when Paul told me to give up beer (yikes) & bread, I was left with little other than brown rice & humous – there were no free-from foods back then. Sadly most doctors (MDs) still aren’t too clued up on colons & how they work in the real world (oh the stories I could tell..) NB. Big respect goes out to all ER surgeons and A&E staff.
I digress. The accupuncture & radical absence from the pub (alas short lived) helped me no end. The link between coffee & spliff consumption causing panic attacks took me a while longer to figure out. Anyways, I’m rambling – point is, my health journey happened step by step – with plenty of mistakes, experiments, books & people along the way. Because I find London’s energy tricky to stay healthy in, I’m always seeking new highs & ways to feel good, emotionally spiritually & physically. I don’t drink alcohol any longer (coming up for 2yrs); haven’t eaten bread since that day in ‘96; my last mouthful of MacDonalds was in December 1989 & I’ve NEVER had a microwave meal. None of these changes have been ‘hard’, as I’ve approached them with excitement & curiosity – no decision is a life sentence.
[I should mention that I inherited my mother's genes when it comes to exercise - it makes more sense to me to eat less, thus avoiding needing a gym, than to eat loads of cake & feel like I should go & work it off. I do get really into yoga or rollerblading for periods, but it still seems to be cyclical & I don't have a regular practice, so I can't pretend that I'm superfit or that I have the exercise thing down].
Juicing has to be the single most effective way of transforming your health & vitality (green juices especially so) – in the last couple of years I’ve done several cleanses – 1 on daily Oxypowder for 5 weeks (+ 100% sugar/fructose free), 2 fasts with my fabulous friends at JivaHealing; 4 juice feasts – the longest was 84 days – all at home, according to my own schedule & intuition. Since Eden Hot Springs last year I’ve been Loving My Liver regularly & don’t see any end in sight – check out my Liver page. I did try the master cleanse too out of curiosity – it tastes great & is really easy, but it’s ‘Lucifer’ inside the colon if you have any tendency towards Candida! The more clean/sensitive you are, the less I would recommend it.
So now I’m feeling pretty amazing – it’s a trip (natural of course) this life I’m leading. Enough about me… I’m currently practising colonics in Chelsea & Hammersmith. Check out Chakra 17 in New York City. I’m a member of the Association & Register of Colon Hydrotherapists.
I have these letters after my name:
RCT (registered colonic therapist) ND SNHA (nutrition diploma) M.ARCH (member association) MAP (microscopy association) BA (hons, metalwork) ITEC (nutrition, massage, AP&M) CTM (chavutti thirumal massage)
However, letters don’t neccessarily a good therapist make. The EU is changing the rules & pretty soon experience will count for nothing – we’ll all need more letters (& manuals to explain what they mean…)
Legal Note: I am happy to provide products & services which will increase your health & wellbeing, I do not aim to ‘treat’ or ‘cure’ any disease. Under UK law only a medical doctor may ‘treat’ an illness & disease with a ‘medical’ origin. Any information is for information purposes only.
March 6, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Hey Suki,
Ok I have seen everything here and my space. even wrote a very short blog. why? no idea. just love your pics and information. I am hooked! but at this point,
I need your help. per my last visit with you things have gone haywire. not as bad as the one visit to the chelsea clinic. thank GOD! The bloods have been done: I am perimenopausal and have an underactive thyroid. I do have all the usual symptoms for both the ‘M’ and the underactive tyroid, but I am suddenly constipated, (having not changed my diet at all, even trying to eat a bit more raw and less meat). I am about to make an appt with you for hopefully very soon. Any hints to keep my tummy happy for the next week?
Another thing please, I need a name of a acupunturist? I keep reading that this is a great way of balancing those crazy hormones for everything. HRT has not been talked about yet(need to get the tyroid right with some very low dose short term meds.) my moods are still up and down and the I am starting to get those hot flashes.anything else you can recommend both my new ailments would be greatly appreciated.
your website and my space page are frickin fab!!!! keep it up. plus I absolutely love your green head and your green headed mates.
see you very soon love deborah
March 7, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Hi Deborah!
At last we have something to pin all your symptoms on.. Castor oil packing on your thyroid & abdomen – I’ll email you some info about it. Of course I would recommend urine therapy, but it may take persuading you in person! Atsuko at Brackenbury is said to be amazing (me too scared of needles & needle bearing peoples to know personally) It’s very hard to come off the thyroid meds once you’ve started taking them – there are alternatives (ie agnus castus, maca, medicinal mushrooms). I’ll have more info for you when you next come in. See you soon, Love Suki x
April 5, 2007 at 6:15 am
Hey Suki!
it is so great to come across another wheat free vegan! I am in a dilemma right now about whether to get vaccinated for travelling or not. The amount of animal use and chemicals in vaccinations make it feel so wrong to me to put that in my body as someone who is very much into alternative medicine.
I am travelling to the South Pacific and am recommended to have hepatitis A and B and malaria.. I am pretty much choosing NOT to have these vaccinations, BUT should that mean I just shouldn’t travel to that area? Or do you belieive that there are other measures I could take and remain safe? Where i’m going is very low risk due to the fact i’m NOT backbacking, I’m staying in a friends clean house preparing my own food and I’m not planning on having sex with any of the locals!
There are just alot of what ifs playing on my mind…like if there was an emergency and I needed a blood transfusion or whatever…I may come into problems with hep B.
Anyway… I don’t mean to sound like a burden, I just was interested as to what your standpoint is on getting vaccinations..travel ones particularly..given that you are vegan raw foodist.
Thanks Suki
Namaste
Kai
x
April 5, 2007 at 6:51 am
Hi Kai, Thanks for your question. The answer is NO! We can’t treat any disease prophylactically – there are things you can travel with & methods for keeping safe & clean, ie. colosan, colloidal silver, oil of oregano, garlic, barley grass + many more. Keeping yourself alkaline & healthy means not creating an environment suitable for dis-ease. There are no accidents! We don’t catch illness – it doesn’t just drop out of the sky..
The best thing is to see a great homeopath who can make travel recommendations – Erroll Bowyer at Brackenbury is a living legend!
Suki x
April 5, 2007 at 9:39 pm
thanks Suki!
it really is lovely to see you are being so vocal about this alternative thinking and living
I am very much an advocate for anything natural and full of love and of light.
I beleive that we create our realities…that we are in control of our lives in every way..we are souls who are on a path..i believe in the law of attraction and i like you believe that dis-ease is a result of many individual factors…our food, our mentality, our emotions..everything.
thank you for your advice… it is very hard to find a homeopath where i live i think…i’ll try..is there a way of being in touch with Erroll Bowyer just for some advice on the phone or email do you know? I’m from Chester and I am travelling in 3 1/2 weeks! lol
take care
thanks again, for the swift response as well!!
love and rainbows
Kai
xx
June 2, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Hi there,
I am relocating from NYC to London and will be in town later this month. I would like to schedule 3 colonics. Let me know if I should call directly. You have a great website! A lot of valuable holistic info. Thanks. D
August 14, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Hi,
I tried to look at your site in mainland China and it would not let me onto it -
I have just got back to Hong Kong and have had no trouble…
I wonder if your type of site/subject is censored??
Keep up the good work!
J
August 15, 2007 at 7:26 am
Hi James,
Really? China knows about me!! Wow..
I’ve no idea what that’s about – maybe the pee? I’ve heard certain site blockers prevent access to me… Sx
September 15, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Hi Suki, fantastic website! I met you in tonys hemp corner, i was the girl who said great! when you said you served all raw.I was just pushed into having an anti d injection by my doctor under sedation after saying many times that i did not want any vaccines whilst more concious. My arm has turned to stone, is sore, my head and breasts have strange pains and I feel spaced out and just want to know if theres any way of getting this poisonous anti freeze and other gunk out of my body asap. I read that you had illnesses after your travel vaccines so thought you may be able to give advice. I hope to come for a colonic with you soon, love, jennifer
September 20, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Hi Jennifer,
Come have a colonic asap; see a homeopath for vaccination vaporizing; try urine therapy on your skin &/or castor oil packs; drink 35% foodgrade hydrogen peroxide – 1 drop / 2oz water; epsom salt baths & saunas/steam rooms; massage will help too.
Hope that helps – hard to say more without seeing you.. Suki x
October 4, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Hi Suki,
I met a friend of yours called Sue at Wholefoods on High Street Kensington, and she advised me to speak to you regarding colonics.
I had a baby a year ago, and then this July I was in hospital for a month with Meningitis…since then my bodies gone haywire! I’ve had breakouts of spots round my chin and just generally feeling very tired. Sue advised me to have a colonic with you and start to detoxify my body to hopefully regain some energy and nice skin! I live in Chelsea and she said you had a clinic close by.
Please let me know if you can help me,
Kind Regards,
Kate
October 5, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Hello Kate,
I’d love to try! I’m away till the 25th Oct – so book in to see me soon after that.. Hope to see you then, Suki x
November 1, 2007 at 12:24 am
Greetings Suki,
Just dropping you a brief message to tell you that I am so very inspired by the depth and commitment of your work….
You are most deserving of the “Inspirational Bloggers Award”
Thanks for everything Green and Clean..
Please check my Blog at
Citizensoulpower.wordpress.com
Peace ,Love and many Blessings
Citizen Soul Power
February 29, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Hi Suki,
My sister Katie (Morley) has recommended (very highly!) that I get in touch with you as she said you’d be an amazing person to see! I’ve had a series of symptoms over the past few years that I thought were unrelated, but suddenly had an epiphany moment a couple of weeks ago when I figured that they are likely to be linked with candida.
I would love to come and see you for some advice!
I’ve been trying to send you an email but it keeps bouncing back. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
Sarahx
April 3, 2008 at 12:51 am
I Love YOU, Suki honey bee!!
June 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Hello Suki,
Just wanted to say thanks for a great colonic last week. I am feeling much better now.
Also thank you for your ‘links’ and ‘read’ pages. I am leaping ahead by light years in my healing journey as you have done all the research for me. No more traipsing through Amazon reviews for a while, my wish list is chock full and it was all effort free.
Best links page on the web.
Love
Hayley W
June 24, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hi Suki, have tried emailing you, but you must have one hell of a spam filter, as both attempts came back to me, saying unable to deliver. Firstly, thanks so much for yesterday’s colonic, it was fantastic. Secondly, is there another email address where I can write to you – need to ask you a question privately? Many thanks. Sasha
June 24, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Happy Birthday Sasha!!
sukizoe@mac.com should work.
Thank you – YOU were fantastic
more in secret.. Sx
June 26, 2008 at 8:44 am
Hi Suki
I’ve been trying to email you, but I keep getting a delivery failure notification… Is your email still the same?
Thanks
November 6, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Oh Suki you are indeed a Cosmic Sister! How lovely to meet you : ) Love, ZOE
December 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm
wow. i loved reading about your journey. gil jacobs changed my life this past year in ny, but i have moved home to st. croix.
can you recommend a home colonic kit? also, can you recommend any way i can be certified online? i just want to be able to administer to my self and family/friends who really need it!
i’ll keep looking at your site- love the way you write.
alisha
February 25, 2009 at 11:22 am
HELO SUKI
I NEVER KNEW WHAT A BLOG WAS UNTIL MY FRIEND ALICIA POINTED YOU OUT TO ME, AND I THINK ITS A GREAT IDEA. I AM A THERAPIST( MASAGE/REFLEXOLOGY/NATURALFACELIFT THERAPIST/REIKI) AND WONDERED IF YOU EVER FELT LIKE JOINING FORCES TO PROMOTE A RETREAT ECT, WE COULD COMBINE SKILLS.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF VERY HIGH PROFILE CLIENTS IN LONDON,WHO VISIT, COLON HYDROTHERAPISTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH THEIR COLONS:) AND IT BEING DETOXED, IM SURE MANY OF THEM WOULD COME TO A RETREAT WITH OUR COMBINED WORK, WHAT DO YOU THINK? TRIED TO EMAIL YOU BUT KEEPS BOUNCING BACK:( KEAH