Tuesday
alright so i spoke about how nice it was to chat with fellow ashtangi's at sundays puja, which it was.
during a conversation with someone they talked about a 10 day fast that they had just done, its the one where you drink fresh squuzed lemonade (basically) with maple sryup (grade b or below) and cayenne pepper.
these 3 ingredients are supposed to cover your basic nutritional needs. i was intrigued, as i had been on the subway a few nights before and heard someone talking about the same fast. so i decided to try it.
the deal is that you have to do it for a minumim of 10 days which just isnt going to happen but i am going to do it for a couple of days. maybe work up to a longer period over time. the juice itself is delicious. tastes just like lemonade but with a bite. they pepper makes the juice alomst substancial if that makes sense. anyway, we'll see how it goes and for how long. i love food and i love eating it.(just ask my belly.) but it seems like a good idea to clean the pipes out every now and again.
the shala was packed today with many faces ive never seen before. my theory is that people are coming out of the woodwork prior to guruji's visit later this month. one thing i know for sure is that im getting to the shala EARLY for mysore with sharath. i hope we dont have to move to the back for closing when he's in town. it would make the experience a lot less stressful, infact i wish we didnt have to move to the back for closing now. im sure there are good reasons why its necessary to move but it would be nice if we could just close where we start.
Comments
Be prepared to stop practicing for a few days if you do the fast. Its becomes really hard to do a practice as vigorous as ashtanga with no fuel. Fasting can be good, but can be taken to an unnecessary extreme. Ayurveda is pretty down on fasting unless you are super Kapha. Just take it slow, and break the fast for half the time that you actually fasted. So if you fast for three days, take a day and a half of really easy to digest foods, veggies, fruits, kitchari, rice, etc. Good luck.
Posted by: neti | February 28, 2006 12:51 PM
hey neti -- thanks for the wise words. im only planning on three days to start, today is actually the second. todays practice was alright other than continually bumping into my neighbor(sorry dude!) but i didnt notice an extreme enegry abscence. tomorrow self practice so i can take it realy easy. i agree that fasting can be taken to an extreme but given my love for food i dont think id make it past three days.
Posted by: jody | February 28, 2006 12:57 PM