Fabulous fasting

I have just completed my second juice fast.

It was a completely different experience to my first.  I had some interesting observations which I will share with you.

I didn't experience any obvious "spiritual revelations" during my first fast.  I was ill then.  I was seldom hungry and we went away for the second half of the fast.

This time round, I simply felt like I needed calibrating.

The first two days were a breeze.  No hunger at all, no detox symptoms, I felt really good.  Day three was another story.  My hunger kicked in at lunch time and snarled at me until I went to sleep that evening.

And sleep didn't come easily.  I discovered that fasting is very stimulating.  If any one has any trouble keeping their eyes open, stop eating for a few days and see what happens.  Millions of people out there must pay a fortune for medication to keep them hyped up.... just stop eating!

I began to think about the millions of people on our planet who do not have access to food or water (and certainly not delicious organic green vegetable juices made from a hi-tec juicing machine), who are hungry constantly, who really don't know when they will eat again, starvation.  I felt incredibly humbled and grateful in that moment for conciously choosing to stop eating for a very short time.  It made the hunger easier to deal with.  I felt very connected to another type of human experience.

On the seventh day, I drank water only.  Also, a lovely gentle experience on the day, I didn't have any hunger at all.  That evening though I think the candida realised what was going on and decided to protest!  It does this by sending reminders of sugary cream buns to your brain.  We think it's us craving something because we are daft enough to believe we are running the show.  NOT. 

I learned something interesting from my dear friend Peter Daniels at a fantastic talk on "Cleansing the body" last night.  There are more organisms of bacteria in your body than there are cells in your body.  So if those guys live on sugar and alcohol, and we stop feeding them, they freak out, just like anything else that stops being fed.  Have you ever heard a baby scream when it's hungry?  Same thing!


If I did not have some rather strenuous work committments on this week I would have taken the water fast further, because it felt like I was getting into some really good stuff.  

I first read about fasting about four years ago.  Everything about it resonated with me then, and I am delighted to have actually stepped into the experience because it is everything and more that I expected it to be.  Calm, clear, light, focussed, highly energised, more comfortable in my pants, a sense of wellness, gratitude and zero mentrual pain this week.  And more gratitude.  For the abundance that I have. 





A bloke came to my window on Tuesday evening and told me he was hungry. He needed two hands for all the change!

I am so committed to this modality of healing that I plan to include fasting into my weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual body planning along side our company strategic planning.  I found an excellent site called allaboutfasting.com, which has given me much to ponder over and rejoice about.

And did I mention gratitude?  For having decided to fast in the first place!  If you are thinking about it, just do it.  You will never look back!