
The Transformational Power of Fasting
The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Rejuvenation
Stephen Harrod Buhner(Author)
Healing Arts Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-59477-466-9 (ISBN)
Description
For millennia humans have fasted for spiritual, emotional, and physical reasons--as a way to heal their bodies, reconnect to the sacred, regain a sense of life's purpose, and allow their souls to detoxify. We are evolutionarily designed to fast, and the body knows how to do it very well. Fasting allows the body and all its systems to rest, purify, and heal. During a fast, the body enters the same cleansing and healing cycle it normally enters during sleep. As a fast progresses, the body consumes everything that is not essential to bodily functioning--including bacteria, viruses, fibroid tumors, waste products in the blood, buildup around the joints, and stored fat--and the mind and heart release their toxic buildup as well. As Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals, in order to be truly transformed, you must first empty yourself. Offering step-by-step guidelines to fully prepare yourself for a deep fast, Buhner explores what to expect during and after spiritual, emotional, and physical fasting and detoxification. He details the necessary dietary and mental preparations leading up to your fast, what you can and can't do during a fast, and how to end your fast. He also explains how to plan the length of your fast and how to choose between a water fast, a juice fast, or a mono-diet fast. Revealing how fasting can help or heal many chronic conditions, such as type II diabetes, childhood seizures, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, psoriasis, insomnia, and fibromyalgia, Buhner shows fasting as a way to truly inhabit the body, to experience its sacredness, and to activate its deep capabilities for self-healing.
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Edition
2nd Edition, New Edition of The Fasting Path
Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester
United States
Publishing group
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59477-466-9 (9781594774669)
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Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Transformational Power of Fasting
The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Rejuvenation
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2nd Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
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01/2004
Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.
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Person
Stephen Harrod Buhner (1952-2022) lectured throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include Ensouling Language, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine.
Content
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
A Note to the Reader about Water and Juice Fasting
1 On Fasting and the Spiritual Life
2 Spiritual Fasting and Detoxification
3 Emotional Fasting and Detoxification
4 Physical Fasting and Detoxification
5 Preparing for the Fast, Fasting, Breaking the Fast
6 Deepening the Fast
Appendix 1 A 10-Week, Low-Fat Cleansing Diet
Appendix 2 Juices for Fasting
Resources
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Preface
A Note to the Reader about Water and Juice Fasting
1 On Fasting and the Spiritual Life
2 Spiritual Fasting and Detoxification
3 Emotional Fasting and Detoxification
4 Physical Fasting and Detoxification
5 Preparing for the Fast, Fasting, Breaking the Fast
6 Deepening the Fast
Appendix 1 A 10-Week, Low-Fat Cleansing Diet
Appendix 2 Juices for Fasting
Resources
Notes
References
Index
About the Author