Monday, June 8, 2009

First Fast

This weekend was interesting. I decided that my fast would be a technologlical one as well, so after we spoke Saturday morning I turned off my phone and computer and I left my camera at home. Coincidentally, the sunrise that morning was excessively sublime. There were purple and grey clouds in the middle of the sky. It was clear, bright orange where the sun was rising and it was a tranquil seafoam green to the west, over the sea. I went to work and then began fasting Saturday night at 18:30 after Yoga class. The last food I had was a juice from Liquiteria. I felt good and slowly made my way home. I sat and read on the Smith and 9th train platform for a while and watched a few Fs and Gs pass me by and the sky grew dark. Did my laundry that night and fell asleep around 00:00. Woke up at 7 and went to the park to practice Yoga and walked a long way home and buried a very pretty dead bird on my way. Spent the rest of the day relaxing, reading, making a cassette tape, and drawing. Around 19:00 I began to feel very nauseous and I couldn't get over it and I realized it had been 24 hours so I may as well eat. I had five or six fresh green grapes and I felt better. First I sat and stared at them for a while, then I put one in my mouth and did not chew it but just let it sit on my tongue for a few minutes. I have read that grapes and apples are good for breaking a fast because they are not starchy like bananas and they have a lot of water and juice which makes them easy to break down and digest.
After that I stretched out a bit, but I felt drained so I laid out like a corpse under a sheet and fell asleep until about 22:00 when I had to pee and brush my teeth and then I went back to sleep until 2:00 this morning when I woke up, showered and practiced yoga while making another tape, downstairs. I figure I will wait until I get to work to eat, making it like a 24 hour fast, a break and then an additional 12 hours. It was alright, I will see how I feel when it is over. I think I need more practice because I was too distracted by my body to really meditate too deeply most of the time.

2 comments:

  1. I had kind of a mini fast too today, I guess it was about 18 hours or so, I couldn't eat because I had a headache and i walked and thought mostly.

    I wish I could stay off the computer, even the sound that it's making made my head hurt even more yesterday.

    But fasting for me is alright, I remember once I didn't eat or sleep in 48 hours.

    And there was this period before I came to the USA, I ate maybe 1 banana once a day or I just had a liter of juice a day and that's it. And I felt good still. But I guess I had emotional breakdown or something

    Anyway it's a good start! I hope we can fast together sometime!

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  2. I hate prolonged telescreen exposure and I would like to collaborate with you for sure.

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