Category: Alternative methods

• Juice fasting

  

  If you don’t feel ready to try out water fasting, then juice fasting is a great place to start.  Otherwise known as a “juice diet”, it involves the elimination of solid food from your daily consumption.  In other words, instead of eating and drinking, you only drink. Beyond this single restriction, the possibilities of how […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Alternative methods

• Shankaprakshalana: intestinal wash as preparation

  

  What on earth does an intestinal wash have to do with water fasting?In one sense, nothing. But… after you get over the shock of it :-), there are certainly good reasons to contemplate such a cleanse before undertaking a water fast, especially in the case of a fast lasting more than a day or two.  […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Alternative methods

• Intermittent fasting

  

  If a one-day water fast feels too frightening, beyond reach, that’s totally okay.  Today in the modern world many people feel the same.  Rather than pushing yourself into something you’re not ready for, intermittent fasting is a less extreme, more easily achievable goal – and it still offers significant health benefits over the long term. […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Alternative methods