All Blog Posts Tagged 'Fasting' (2)

Thomas Ryan takes a thought provoking position in his book "The Sacred Art of Fasting"



"Our unlimited freedom and resources have not brought us unlimited fulfillment. The time

has come for the consumer society to generate its antithesis: the person who stands against

the conditioned reflex, who is free not to consume, who chooses to fast because of the self-

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FastGirls is collective of women who have chosen to practice the sacred and beneficial art of fasting in an effort to heal their body, mind and spirit.



Fasting has its roots in nearly every religious tradition from Christianity and Islam to Judaism and wisdom traditions of the East. The practice can be found in history as early as 7000 B.C. and most recently in modern houses of worship and hospitals around the world.



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