Archive for 'All things Fasting'

Does time heal all wounds?

Does time heal all wounds?

I recently held a workshop in which one of the participants stated on her feedback form, “I have struggled with the old saying “Time heals all wounds” on a subconscious level for years. On a conscious level, I’ve said to myself, come on – it’s been long enough – just get over it. Thanks to the workshop, now I know I have to make a deliberate intent to release my hurts and pains. This was probably the most profound message I could have gotten.”

Fasting and Freedom

Fasting and Freedom

When we are born, we are pure potential.  A clear glass filled with unlimited possibilities.  We are PURE LOVING ENERGY.  However, as we begin the journey of life, we quickly accumulate emotional, mental and physical toxins.  The experiences and beliefs of the egoic, false illusion of life fragment our soul, filling our glass with emotional [...]

Food, Fasting and Karma

Food, Fasting and Karma

I have never looked at food so differently than I do now. I just finished my 14 day fast at the Dharma Healing Center, a beautiful sanctuary in the island paradise of Koh Samui, Thailand. The week before I left for Koh Samui I met a middle aged man in Starbucks that asked me, “Why in [...]

Fasting and Vegetarianism

Fasting and Vegetarianism

As I continue on my journey, I watch closely the relationship between the causes and effects of my life. Where am I moving toward unconditional love and where do I still have a lack of awareness and lessons to learn?
2 years ago when I was backpacking through Asia, I had the opportunity to visit a [...]

Benefits of Fasting by Swami Sivananda

Benefits of Fasting by Swami Sivananda

One of the great saints of modern times, Swami Sivananda (1887 – 1963) is the inspiration behind the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. His teachings are a synthesis of all the formal doctrines of Yoga. Author of over three hundred books, Swami Sivananda was a medical doctor before renouncing worldy life for the spiritual path. His [...]

Fasting for Answers

Fasting for Answers

In general,  man-kind has  lived as a race of individuals, thinking and feeling as if they were separate from everyone and everything.  Their false-identities create a shell of beliefs around them that include things such as race, color, creed, sex, age, education, status & nationality. But as the consciousness age permeates throughout the world, we [...]

Fasting vs. Cleansing

Fasting vs. Cleansing

There is much confusion about what constitutes a fast and what the difference is between a fast and a cleanse.  Both of these terms have been used interchangeably and for good reasons.  Fasting is simply a rest from food for the purpose of restoring your health through the cleansing of your body.  A true fast [...]

Fasting rebuilds the body

Fasting rebuilds the body

Our body is an amazing structure and each part has its own detailed function. The structure of the body’s delicate tube contains within it, millions of miles of microscopic tubes while the membrane consists of thousands of square feet of membrane surfaces. The circulatory system is 60,000 miles long. The lungs contain 300 billion capillaries. The [...]

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