What if you could use sleep and exercise to trick your body into thinking you’re fasting?
What if fasting could be personalized to your gender and your genes?
What if fasting could make you both physically and mentally stronger
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
We each seek our own, idiosyncratic path toward the same goals of controlling our hungers and overcoming our cravings, cravings for anything we want but don’t have. That is exactly what makes fasting so powerful
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
It’s more than what’s (not) on your plate
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
Meditation is going without thinking.
Solitude is going without other humans.
Sabbath (or Shabbat) is going without working.
Abstinence is going without sex and sexual release
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
be something that doesn’t seem like an addiction at all, such as going to the gym. Whatever it is you think you need, fasting is about deciding that you are in charge of it—about summoning the internal fire to say “no
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
When you go without, it creates space in your mind to examine the things you think you depend on and to discover whether that dependence is
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
You can actually fast from oxygen. It’s called hypoxic training, and it can increase endurance
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
are now exposing themselves to brief periods of no oxygen, which drives superhuman biological changes
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
are now exposing themselves to brief periods of no oxygen, which drives superhuman biological changes. There are also ways to “fast” from oxygen by controlling your breathing, which can greatly enhance a meditative state
R Güemeshas quoted2 years ago
Examining your actual needs versus your perceived needs up