Well it’s early Sunday afternoon and I’ve been fasting for 3 full days. This morning a wrench was thrown at me when I started my monthly cycle. Now it’s going to be hard to be clear on what I’m feeling. Overall my mood and spirit feels great, I’m a little weaker than yesterday and finally feeling a little tired, and I have severe lower belly cramps.
I’ve decided to stick with the fast during menstruation but will be assessing and evaluating my condition. So I made some fresh pineapple juice this morning and OMG, it was soooo delicious! I sat out on my porch and let my senses bring everything 10 fold around me. The breeze felt amazing on my skin and brought the scent of my lilac trees right to me. The birds are happy the weather has turned warm and everything is so vibrantly colored.
The coolest part of the fast so far has been my heightened awareness of my senses. It’s been really great because my senses are what most strongly bring me into the present moment, so it’s been really fulfilling.
My mouth is no longer pasty and I my head feels really clear, I mean really clear. I’m surprised but starting yesterday afternoon, I haven’t had any more headaches. Wahoo!! That means my caffeine addiction has been officially kicked and hopefully lots of toxins out of my head. The reason I’m most surprised is that my allergies have been really bad this spring. My sinus’ have been really acting up. I haven’t taken any allergy medicine since Wednesday and I haven’t had any issues with my allergies :) I’ve done one Neti pot rinse I’ve started fasting, but I’ve been doing them about every 3 days for the last month, so nothing new has changed there.
Oh, and yes my body is still vibrating, although at a lesser degree than yesterday and the day before. My vision appears to be clear, but at times distance stuff still seems ‘a little off’.
Rest, right now my body needs rest. It always does the first day of my cycle. I’ll tell you what, I always appreciate my advil, but right now I’m really appreciating its existence since I won’t take it right now and I know so strongly why I always do.