Water fasting before and after 7 days11/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet on a very deep spiritual level, I knew this was life asking me to STEP UP. I was plagued with questions on the daily: What is wrong with me? Do I have an autoimmune disease? Am I allergic to something I am surrounding myself with every day? Am I allergic to ALL FOODS? Am I ever going to get better? Is this chronic stress manifesting itself all over my body? The chronic fatigue I was facing plus the insomnia from my rashes and the rashes themselves were only getting worse, and by March I was in for a massive wakeup call that if I didn’t slow down I was headed for a major nervous breakdown - both mentally and physically. I wanted to be somewhere where I could rest my exhausted body and be taken care of by doctors and be UNDERSTOOD. Why? Because as my health continued to deteriorate at a rapid pace… I started to DREAM of being able to rest for weeks on end (or longer), with no responsibility or obligations or anywhere to be. But it didn’t take long for water fasting to become extremely appealing to me. Of course when I first heard about extended water fasting I was both intrigued AND fearful! It sounded incredibly hard, and I wasn’t necessarily interested in being bed-ridden for weeks (just the image that I had) without being able to exercise or maintain my strength. ![]() ![]() If we are scared or turned off by something, we have to work even harder to surrender our judgement and fear around it. All we have to do is be present and remain open, and surrender to what the universe is telling us. I am a firm believer that exactly what we need shows up to us at the exact right time in our lives. The modality was presenting itself to me loud and clear. At the end of that month I did an Ayurvedic Panchakarma, and even Marta - the Ayurvedic doctor who I trust more than nearly anyone else I know with my health - recommended a water fast for my rapidly multiplying & intensifying skin disorder that was by then getting totally out of hand. Then, in January when I became covered in full body hives and eczema, water fasting was again recommended to me by many of my amazing readers and podcast listeners (you guys!). Water fasting came up in my search time and again. First, when I was diagnosed with a uterine fibroid in November the size of a BASEBALL (not totally uncommon, yet not at all normal or remotely okay for a 27-year-old who definitely wants to have kids in the near-ish future) I started looking into holistic healing modalities for shrinking fibroids. I embarked on this extended water fast for a few reasons. My 2 Week Water Fast… Let’s Get Into It! My “WHY” // This is what life at True North looked like for me… except usually I was in bed! Occasionally I walked around my room or the property to stretch out my legs & get some movement in. I wouldn’t entirely blame you either way! And the detail I go into in that post should clear up some of your questions. ![]() I broke down the scientific details of water fasting here for anyone who is coming to my blog for the first time and may be thinking, “WHY THE HECK WOULD THIS CHICK DRINK ONLY WATER FOR TWO WEEKS?” Your question is very valid. They are leading the SOS-free plant-based charge and have provided tons of incredible information about the subject for us all to dive into + learn! If you want to learn even more, I would highly recommend watching the documentary Forks Over Knives, and looking into the works of Dr. If you want to read more about the SOS-free life & why I’m doing it, head here. I put “regular foods” in parentheses because I am still following the SOS-free (salt-oil-sugar-free) plant-based diet that is encouraged & taught at True North, the healing center where I did my fast. It has now been almost *two weeks* (where does the time go?) since I started the slow & guided re-feeding process, and one week since I have been home back on “regular foods” and not just on a re-feeding protocol. But before I wrote this, I needed to give the experience some time to soak in, as well as see how the re-feeding process went to see if I could still attest to feeling amazing after some time. HELLLLO, my fabulous loves! Oh man, oh man - I can’t believe I am finally just now writing this… considering the extended water fast I embarked on this month was THE AWAKENING OF MY LIFETIME and I really do want to shout about it from the rooftops. ![]()
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