Fasting, or the abstinence of food, is a means used in nature by all creatures from the beginning of time. Either by instinct or intelligence this means has been used to assist the body to relieve itself from discomfort, pain and disease.
An Empowering Rest:
Fasting is a process of deep physiological rest. This rest period helps you rebuild functioning power and recover from the energy dissipation caused by hectic daily schedules and abusive living habits. When outside stressors and dietary influences are eliminated during the fasting state, fasting reveals the baseline status of your body. This connection fosters a greater awareness of the instinctive biological and emotional requirements that are essential for the maintenance of health and wholeness.
Give your body a well-deserved rest!
Heightening your Awareness:
It allows you to put an interval between the behaviour that you are accustomed to and the behaviour that you aspire to. We tend to be creatures of habit, and the ways we are accustomed to eating and living feel as natural to us as breathing. That is why it is so difficult for people to stop bad habits. But fasting brings your present lifestyle to a halt. It gives you an opportunity to pause, reflect and decide how you are going to conduct your life afterwards. This enables you to make a break with your past and set off in a new more positive direction.
Fasting improves motivation and creative energy, enhances health and vitality and lets many of the body systems rest.
Rejuvenate the Digestive Organs:
Physiologically, refraining from eating minimizes the work done by the digestive organs, including the stomach, intestines, pancreas, gallbladder and liver. Most important here is the liver, our body's large production and metabolic factory, can spend more time during fasting cleaning up and creating its many new substances for our use. Breakdown of stored circulating chemicals is the basic process of detoxification. The blood and lymph also have the opportunity to be cleaned of toxins as all the eliminative functions are enhanced with fasting. Each cell has the opportunity to catch up on its work; with fewer new demands, it can repair itself and dump its waste for the garbage pickup.
Fasting increases the process of elimination and the release of toxins from the colon, kidneys and bladder, lungs, sinuses and skin. This process can generate discharge such as mucus from the gastointestinal tract, respiritory tract, sinuses or in the urine. This is helpful to clear out the problems that have arisen from over-eating and a sedentary lifestyle.
Decrease the Aging process:
Much of aging and disease occurs when cells do not get enough oxygen and nutrients or cannot adequately eliminate their wastes. Fasting helps us decrease this suffocation by allowing the cells to eliminate and clear out the old products.
Other benefits at a Glance:
Weight loss - More Energy - Reduction of Allegies - Greater Clarity, mentally & emotionally - Change of Habits - Better resistance to Disease - Clearer Skin - Improved Senses, vision, hearing & taste - Inspiration - Motivation
Colonic Irrigation Board
Colonic Irrigation:
The colon is a tube approximately 5 feet long and 2 1/5 inches in diameter. A healthy colon has uniform size and tone and its functions are:
The final digestion of food
The elimination of digestive residue
The discharge of toxins and wastes from your body
When the colon is congested and stagnant with waste, poisons backup into our bodies and pollute the inner environment making it ripe for
diseaseand sickness. The colon is the largest contibutor to disease of any organ in the body. It is said to be the initiator of 80% of all critical illnesses.
When a colon is unhealthy, the inner diameter is reduced like a water pipe blocked by mineral deposits, and eventually the opening becomes so narrow that it is most difficult and even impossible to pass waste. Since the walls of the bowel which normally absorb nutrients from your food, are so encrusted, your absorption rate becomes dramatically reduced. This gives way to poor health and diminished lifestyle.
Of all the excretory organs, the colon is the most abused and overloaded. Believe it or not, the average Western male today carries about 5-6 kg of dense, rubbery, mucoid material (a thick toxic sludge) imbedded in his bowels.
How this Toxic Layer can Affect the Body:
The local effects of this poisonous residue are irritation of the colon and the general reactions include:
diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue, headaches, dull eyes, poor skin, spots, aching muscles, joint pains and depression.
The poisons circulate via the blood through the lymphatic system to all parts of the body. If the body has to pump excessive toxic waste around for any length of time then it is not surprising that it sometimes gives up, allowing the disease process to take over.
When the muscles of the colon wall lose tone, then ballooning or the formation of pouches called diverticula result. The food trapped in these pockets creates a breeding ground for bacteria. The result can be diverticulitis, an infection where there is often a fever and acute abdominal pain.
Cleansing the Colon:
Colon cleansing is the first step on the road to recovery. When you have cleansed your colon and restored the balance of good and bad bacteria, when you have adequate production of enzymes and your dietary intake and internal production of vitamins is correct, your body becomes totally rejuvenated, giving rise to increased energy, lightness of being and an overall healthful feeling.
What is Colonic Irrigation?
Colonic irrigation, using the gravitational method, is an internal bath that helps cleanse the colon of poisons, gas and accumulated faecal matter. Unlike an enema, it does not involve the retention of water. There is NO discomfort, NO internal pressure, just a steady, gentle flow in and out of the colon. At the same time, an abdominal massage is given to stimulate the colon to recover its natural shape, tone and peristaltic action.
How is a Colonic Administered?
A person receiving a colonic, lies on a special colema board which is about 32" - 42" below the controlled water flow. A sterilized speculum is gently inserted into the rectum (by yourself). Water flow, which is under the control of the person receiving the colonics, flows into the colon via the specula, then out and around the specula carrying with it impacted faeces and mucus. As the water flows out of the colon you gently massage your abdomen to help the colon release its contents. It is possible to see the expelled waste matter in the catch basin at the end of the process.
You will perform the colonic irrigation by yourself in the privacy of your own bathroom. The colonic process usually takes about 30-40 minutes.
Are there Side Effects?
There are no side effects. It is not uncommon however, for some people to start to feel like they have a cold or a headache after a colonic. Toxins which have been lying dormant in the colon are now being flushed out and a small amount may be re-absorbed into the body's system. This healing crisis passes quickly and the person will realise a feeling of well-being with further treatments.
Will colonic damage normal Intestinal Flora?
The normal intestinal flora will NOT be disturbed. One of the functions of the first half of the colon is to gather the intestinal flora needed for the colon. When the accumulation of faeces in the bowel leads to faecal encrustation, it is difficult for the colon to function normally and the glands in this lining cannot produce the necessary intestinal flora. The resulting lack of lubrication intensifies a state of constipation and generates toxemia. This upsets the normal acid-alkaline balance and the growth of the Friendly Bacteria is stunted. Cleansing the colon will help bring acid-alkaline ratio back into balance. In this environment, the Friendly Bacteria will again thrive and disease causing bacteria will find it difficult to develop.
