Yoga and fasting

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#1

As there is yoga way of eating, there is yoga way of not eating(fasting). This will help your digestive system to get rest a day or two and to recover from abuse. This is process of cleansing.

  1. Fasting for a single day as a start will make you feel confident that it is not tough.
  2. If you are 3 meal taker then it could be tough for you,but intially you can cut down to one heavy meal(lunch or breakfast) and can remaining day having water or juices or fresh fruits.

Breaking down the fast:
day1: fresh fruits with a tablespoon of yogurt for digestion
day2: salads
day3: steamed vegetables
day4: gradually return to the normal diet.

So good luck…!! Stay healthy… :smile:

#2

Easiest way to fast a day is to skip the evening meal, and the next day’s breakfast. This way, the sleeping time (katabolic phase) resets your appetite, and it is much easier to perform than a calendar day fast. The best would be to do this fast from Thursday to Friday.

Fasting is said to be related to the seventh chakra.
Supposedly, to every chakra there is a corresponding diet:

muladhara - omnivore
svdasthana - ovo-lacto-vegetarian
manipura - lacto-vegetarian
anahata- vegan
vishudda - raw vegan
ajna - raw fruit
sahasrara - fasting

In our today’s shape and form, most of us cannot observe the last two or three indefinitely (although there are exceptions, it is not and should not be our goal)

Timing your fasting to the moon’s phases also important, fasting during the vaning phase helps get rid of bad habits (intent and consciusness about it is important) and fasting during the waxing phase helps aquire target virtues.

Homework:

  • identify the most annoying bad habit of yours
  • identify a virtue you’d be happy to grow in
  • for jnanis - identify the source of all of the above information

Happy fasting !

#3

hey thanks for such good piece of information…!!

:slight_smile:

#4

nice post hubert! thanks for sharing!!

#5

This being Tuesday, I am fasting (as I do every Tuesday). It is an easy day as there are the least social obligations on this day (compared to weekends), and no one notices at work. My fast consists of one black coffee in the morning and pure water for the rest of the day. I break it only Wednesday morning with a normal breakfast of fruit and almond butter toast.

#6

I have been eating only spirulina, bee pollen, raw fruit, sprouts, and hemp seed milk for almost 6 months… my asanas are better than ever and I have much more energy when trekking up a mountain or doing difficult vinyasa.

#7

[QUOTE=Hubert;64359]

Fasting is said to be related to the seventh chakra.
Supposedly, to every chakra there is a corresponding diet:

muladhara - omnivore
svdasthana - ovo-lacto-vegetarian
manipura - lacto-vegetarian
anahata- vegan
vishudda - raw vegan
ajna - raw fruit
sahasrara - fasting

Homework:

  • for jnanis - identify the source of all of the above information

Happy fasting ![/QUOTE]

Okay - can anybody take on that challenge? It’s in direct contradiction to my reading of the classical Yoga texts - [I]Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and Siva Samhita.[/I]

#8

thank you brother to share such a great and help full information, i really like it and i find it very help full, keep it up