Fasting

config.footer.left: "[[sanuela.org->https://www.sanuela.org]]" config.footer.center: "[[Support this work->https://www.sanuela.org/donating/]]" -- {embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/breakfasttable.webp', alt: 'Young boy sitting at a breakfast table with white bread, jam and black tea'} The first addictions I developed as a child were to sugar, wheat, cheese, and the industrial snacks or 'comfort' foods that we turn to when we're feeling empty. As a young teenager, I also became addicted to caffeine through drinking flavoured black tea. This helped me feel more awake when I was forced to get up earlier than a child naturally would. My addictions to coffee and alcohol came later. > [[More about my coffee addiction ...->Caffeine]] > [[What about sugar, wheat and industrial 'comfort' food?->SugarWheat]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/breakfastadult.webp', alt: 'Adult man sitting at a breakfast table with muesli and coffee'} For most of my adult life, I wouldn't leave the house without a coffee because I felt foggy and couldn't focus. However, it was only when I became more sensitive that I realised the coffee made me feel as if my blood was boiling inside, probably due to a sharp rise in my blood sugar levels. I also experienced frequent energy crashes, illnesses and declining stamina. I was only able to quit caffeine by gradually reducing my daily dose with a transition to green tea and then Pu-erh tea. > [[Continue ...->Caffeine2]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/quittingcoffee.webp', alt: 'Adult man sitting at a breakfast table with muesli and coffee'} When I finally got clean, I learned that coffee and tea plants produce caffeine as a neurotoxic poison to kill or repel insects that would otherwise eat their leaves. What is deadly to small animals triggers a feeling of anxious alertness in our nervous system. Our body does not gain energy from caffeine, but reacts to the fear-based alarm state stimulated by caffeine. Over time, we can become so dependent on this state that natural clarity and focus feel out of reach without it. > [[What about sugar, wheat and industrial 'comfort' food?->SugarWheat]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/supermarkettrolley.webp', alt: 'Man pushing supermarket trolley with junk food'} From childhood onwards, birthdays and holidays were sugar overdose rituals. With cakes and sweets everywhere, celebration was linked to a blood sugar rush. This wired our brains and taught us to seek joy in sugar highs. Wheat-based breads and pastries, as well as cleverly designed 'comfort' foods, can temporarily fill the void left by loneliness, boredom, stress, a lack of physical contact or disconnection from our heart. With such easy access to these products, we learned how to numb unpleasant emotions whenever we wanted to. Supermarket drugs became emotional crutches, blocking our natural heart energies. > [[More about sugar and wheat addiction->SugarHolidays]] > [[Can we overcome food addictions by willpower?->SugarWillpower]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/christmassweets.webp', alt: 'Man being tempted by christmas sweets'} As adults, we may find it difficult to resist the temptations of Christmas sweets and festive treats in supermarkets. The appeal of special treats triggers old patterns, pulling us back despite our best efforts. It's not just the taste; it's also nostalgia, ritual and emotional comfort, mistaken for happiness. These allurements make the thorns of craving cling tighter to our physical and astral bodies. It is fascinating how we have confused Christmas with the old Roman festival of Saturnalia, which was all about gluttony and excessive indulgence. This contradicts the very thing that Jesus wanted to show us: that we can find deep inner bliss through moderation and fasting. > [[Continue ...->SugarWillpower]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/junkfoodsofa.webp', alt: 'Man sitting on the sofa surrounded by junk food'} When trying to give up deeply ingrained eating habits, sheer willpower often fails because food addictions are often rooted in unmet emotional needs. LOVE, safety and joy have been fed by industrially isolated substances. If our needs are not fulfilled, the gut bacteria that thrive on these substances will always scream for more, intensifying our emotional voids. > [[What is food freedom?->FoodFreedom]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/foodfreedom.webp', alt: 'Man eating raw food'} Food freedom begins with gradually changing our eating habits until no craving dictates what we eat. One way of achieving this is through periods of fasting. It enables us to replace the dominant bacteria in our gut. It also connects us with the hidden parts of ourselves, giving us the chance to rewire the connections between our gut, emotions and brain. > [[Show me more benefits of fasting->FastingBenefits]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/fastingdetox.webp', alt: 'Man meditating in a cave, showing detox process'} When the body is not constantly digesting, it can focus more on repair. Inflammatory processes may calm down, joints can feel less swollen, and old tensions in muscles and connective tissues can gradually soften. The body can begin to detoxify itself of stored acids, residues from processed foods and stimulants, and even heavy metals. This process is accelerated when fasting is combined with movement, sweating and deep rest. > [[Continue ...->FastingBenefits2]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/fastingaura.webp', alt: 'Man walking in the woods with an enhanced aura'} Honest communication becomes easier. Our creativity can flourish. Fasting can clear mental fog and raises our astral frequencies. When the guarding is softened and the door to your innermost temple opens, life can look different. You may feel more clearly guided by your intuition or by a loving, intelligent presence within and around you. Synchronicities can become more frequent, as if your personal universe responds more directly to your thoughts, feelings and observations. For many souls, this is the point where fasting stops being just a health tool and becomes a deep spiritual experience. > [[Continue ...->FastingBenefits4]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/fastinglonging.webp', alt: 'Man sitting in nature, feeling his heart and emotions'} Fasting can intensify the feelings of Luma, the warm glow of our heart, and Elys, the tingling aliveness in our body. It is also about acknowledging the deeper longings and emotional roots beneath, using them to develop inner wholeness. This path naturally accelerates our inner shadow work and goes through deep vulnerability and getting to know ourselves better. > [[Continue ...->FastingBenefits5]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/togetherness.webp', alt: 'Man and woman sitting on a bench in nature, feeling their togetherness'} Heartfelt connections with others become deeper. Hugging and all forms of caring touch feel more nourishing and potent. Other people's emotions and energies become more noticeable as auras and astral perceptions become more tangible. This is very helpful if you work as an energy healer or want to become an [[Energetic Heart & Soul Companion->CompanionIntro]]. > [[How can I give fasting a try?->FastingTrial]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey3-images/handholdingwithnils.webp', alt: 'Holding hands with Nils at Finca Sanuela'} Some souls feel called to embody the medicine of human touch and share it with others. The guided training to become an Energetic Heart and Soul Companion walks you through the process step by step: - deepening your own heart connection, vulnerability and confidence; - communicating allowances and boundaries with clarity and LOVE; - holding safe spaces for hand-holding, hugging meditations and presence touch. You will learn how to support others without needing to fix them, simply by being a clear, loving and balanced presence. If you would like to explore this path in more detail, please contact Nils or check out the [[interactive journey->https://sanuela.org/Heart-Soul-Companion.html]] on this topic! > [[Back to fasting ...->FastingTrial]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/lemonwater.webp', alt: 'Hand holding a glass of lemon water'} Why not try fasting for just 24 hours, from sunset to sunset? During this time, you should only drink water, herbal teas or lemon or vinegar water, which is alkalising and cleansing for the body. Notice your hunger and let it pass, just like an emotional wave. Observe any emotions, cravings or longings that arise. Journaling can help you find clarity, and going for a walk in nature will keep you active and your energies flowing. > [[I've done that. How can I prepare myself for a longer fast?->LongFasting]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/rawfood.webp', alt: 'Preparing a raw food meal with a food processor'} Fasting becomes much easier if you reduce your intake of unhealthy, heavy foods first. It's best to avoid caffeine, sugar, white wheat, alcohol, meat and fried foods for a few days beforehand. You can also try gradually reducing your food intake over the three days before your longer fasting period. You could have a green smoothie for breakfast, fruit as snacks throughout the day and raw vegetables in the evening. Again, observe your emotions, cravings and longings, and keep yourself active. > [[How do I make a healthy green smoothie?->GreenSmoothie]] > [[What are common experiences during fasting?->CommonExp]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/greensmoothie.webp', alt: 'Preparing a green smoothie'} A well-made green smoothie can easily contain more than ten ingredients. Your body will thank you for giving it the option to choose what it needs to thrive. Try using two or three types of fruit, including a banana to achieve the right consistency. You can add different types of salad leaves, carrots, fennel, celery, coriander and other herbs, ginger, turmeric, some seeds and nuts, coconut flakes, cacao powder and cinnamon. It's a good habit to have a green smoothie every morning as breakfast because it can literally improve your consciousness and your life. > [[What are common experiences during fasting?->CommonExp]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/astralnourishment.webp', alt: 'Man sleeps and is flooded by nourishing astral light'} Fasting periods can rebalance the gut flora. As bacteria that thrive on sugar and processed food lose their main fuel, more peaceful and supportive colonies can flourish. This often reduces cravings, stabilises digestion and creates a lighter, more balanced feeling throughout the body. We may experience clearer skin, better sleep, stronger immunity and reduced pain. Paradoxically, fasting can eventually give us more energy as we learn to feed on astral nourishment. > [[Continue ...->FastingBenefits3]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/cravings3.webp', alt: 'Man journaling on a terrasse while having cravings'} Longer fasting is a different experience each time. One time it may be challenging; another time blissful. Waves of hunger are the most common experience, but they often pass when you observe them and focus on your emotions or something else instead. You may see images of the food you are craving at that moment. > [[Continue ...->CommonExp2]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/mentalclarity.webp', alt: 'Man enjoying a blissful state with mental clarity on a terrasse'} As your body starts to release and heal itself, you may experience physical detox symptoms. These could include bone or muscle pain, headaches or general fatigue. However, there can also be waves of heightened mental clarity and bubbling joy from deep within. Each fast provides many opportunities for self-observation as you move through different phases. > [[What emotions could come up?->CommonExp3]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/blissfulwalk.webp', alt: 'Man enjoying a blissful walk in nature, his heart shining bright'} When you stop using food as a coping mechanism, you may find yourself processing a wide range of emotions. Old, unprocessed childhood wounds, grief, anger or other repressed feelings may resurface. As these hidden emotions suddenly become visible, you may feel vulnerable and experience a deep longing for what has been missing in your life. These emotional waves are invitations to finally feel and heal what food has been numbing down. The intensity of your longing has the power to open up your heart in ways you would never have thought possible. > [[How do I handle these emotions?->WorkingEmotions]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/processingemotions.webp', alt: 'Man sitting on a meditation cushion, breathing into his heart chakra, processing emotions'} It's helpful to know a few techniques for working with the emotions and inner processes that may arise during fasting: - Place one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach. Breathe into the feeling with your heart. - Heart-centred self-talk: 'My [name the feeling], I LOVE you and I hold you.' - Forgiveness rituals for yourself and others; feel it with your whole being. - Crying, shaking, dancing, walking, humming and making sounds to let the energies move! - Spend time in nature and cultivate self-LOVE in silence. - Holding hands and [[hugging meditations->HuggingMeditations]] for support and energetic balance (if available). > [[What can happen next?->FastingClarity]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/feelingaura.webp', alt: 'Man sitting quietly in nature, a gentle light around his body'} Once you have moved through the waves of hunger and emotions, all that inner noise can fade into the background. Now, there is more room for deep inner clarity and a presence that can feel exhilarating. You may experience subtle astral sensations more intensely and vibrantly than before. You become more receptive to the moving energies within your body and the world around you. It's as if someone has tuned the radio of your consciousness to a clearer frequency. > [[What kind of clarity might come through?->FastingClarity2]]

{embed YouTube video: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRVFC1M_CaQ'} Holding hands with someone can feel like a mini hug. Energies are exchanged and naturally harmonised. A hugging meditation can feel even more balancing and healing. Find someone you trust and try it out while breathing through your heart centres together. > [[Back to emotional processing->WorkingEmotions]] > [[Continue. What can happen next?->FastingClarity]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/holdinghands.webp', alt: 'Man sitting in a living room holding hands with a woman, a bright aura around their bodies'} You may suddenly understand certain relationship patterns, or clearly perceive which habits, connections, or environments nourish your soul and which drain you. Decisions that once felt heavy or confusing may feel lighter, as if your inner compass has been recalibrated. If you are an energy worker or wish to support others as an [[Energetic Heart & Soul Companion->CompanionIntro2]], this heightened clarity is highly valuable. You will find it easier to intuitively sense what someone needs to balance and heal. You can hold space more confidently, without getting pulled into their pain or processes. Fasting can make your hugs, your listening and your embodied presence much more powerful. > [[How can I deepen this journey?->RetreatIntro]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/greetingguest.webp', alt: 'Greeting a guest at Finca Sanuela'} If you feel drawn to explore fasting more deeply, you may need a safe space to let go of old patterns, while being held and supported through the physical, emotional and energetic processes that may unfold. If you don't want to walk alone, you are warmly invited to join me for a personalised, guided fasting retreat in the quiet, heart-based setting of Finca Sanuela in Tenerife. We combine fasting with supportive togetherness, time for exploring our inner processes, and nature walks. For some, this can stabilise a new, healthy relationship with food. Others may feel called to explore breatharian initiation, learning to live more and more from astral nourishment. > [[I feel called to a guided fasting retreat.->Contact]] > [[I am curious about breatharian initiation and astral nourishment.->BreatharianIntro]] > [[Show me other interactive journeys from sanuela.org->OtherJourneys]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey1-images/nilsphone2.webp', alt: 'Nils with speech bubble and phone number'} At Finca Sanuela, we can co-create a personal, guided [[fasting retreat->RetreatIntro]] or a [[breatharian initiation->BreatharianIntro]] that fits your situation. We will listen together to what your body, heart and soul are ready for. If you would like to talk about possible dates, length and other details, please feel free to contact me directly via Whatsapp or Telegram. > [[Show me other interactive journeys from sanuela.org->OtherJourneys]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/breatharianlifestyle.webp', alt: 'Man taking a run around a lake'} Although traditional science cannot yet explain it, some people have learned to nourish themselves through the astral realms, so they do not need to eat physical food for long periods of time. Those who live the so-called breatharian lifestyle are often perfectly healthy with excellent blood values, which is astonishing. They can apparently produce everything their body needs. > [[Continue ...->BreatharianLifestyle]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/astralperception.webp', alt: 'Man perceiving astral energies all around him'} Imagine a life with hardly any cravings, where you might only eat once a day, or even once a week, purely for pleasure, emotional balance or grounding. As your body gradually learns to draw its energy and building blocks directly from higher frequencies, your perception of astral energies becomes clearer and more refined. > [[How does a breatharian initiation work?->BreatharianProcess]] > [[I would prefer a normal fasting retreat.->RetreatIntro]] > [[Show me other interactive journeys from sanuela.org->OtherJourneys]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/breatharianprocess.webp', alt: 'Man drawing astral energies into his body'} A breatharian initiation is a carefully held process of usually around nine days. The food can be reduced gently over the first days, so that your body and nervous system never feel suddenly 'starved'. Once you start fasting, your body will naturally seek out alternative sources of nourishment. There may be moments of tiredness and emotional vulnerability, but you may also experience bursts of energy and clarity, and a feeling of being carried by a friendly universe. Afterwards, it often takes months to integrate, experiment and find your own long-term balance between eating and astral nourishment. I can accompany you through this period with regular check-ins if you wish. > [[I feel more called to a guided fasting retreat for now.->RetreatIntro]] > [[I want to talk with Nils about breatharian initiation.->Contact]] > [[Show me other interactive journeys from sanuela.org->OtherJourneys]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey4-images/healingtouchrecap.webp', alt: 'Scenes from the interactive Healing Touch journey'} This interactive journey invites you to free yourself from cultural conditioning about authentic closeness. What if we acknowledge our fundamental need for conscious, caring touch as part of being human, and see holding hands and longer hugs not only as romantic gestures? We will explore the balancing and healing effects on our nervous systems and auras through practices like heart-centred breathing and hugging meditations, viewing them as energetic medicine that can lead us to self-LOVE, balance, and wholeness. > [[Start the Healing Touch Journey->https://sanuela.org/Healing-Touch.html]] > [[More interactive journeys->OtherJourneys2]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/lovenetworkrecap.webp', alt: 'Scenes from the interactive Network of LOVE journey'} What if your heart didn't have to fit into a box? This interactive journey invites you to discover the vision of a stable Network of LOVE, where deeply nourishing affection is shared among trusted souls with full awareness and consent. Explore the loving space between 'just friends' and 'romantic relationship'. Take a look at essential skills like honest communication, emotional self-regulation, setting allowances and boundaries, or how to work with jealousy as a shared responsibility. Examine your own comfort levels with holding hands or having cuddle friends, and start building an abundant, resilient ecosystem of LOVE and care. > [[Start the Network of LOVE Journey->https://sanuela.org/Network-of-LOVE.html]] > [[More interactive journeys->OtherJourneys3]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/soulfamilyrecap.webp', alt: 'Scenes from the interactive Soulfamily Community journey'} Take this interactive journey and imagine life beyond the traditional family model. Discover the concept of a Soulfamily Community, where three to six trusted souls live together as a chosen family with shared values. This offers daily togetherness, emotional safety, and mutual support beyond the limitations of a single partnership. Explore how such a community thrives, from heart-centred trust practices and shared living spaces to value-based agreements and consent-based decision-making. Whether you feel called to raise children with multiple adults or simply long for deeper belonging and care, this journey shows a path towards a more connected and abundant way of living. > [[Start the Soulfamily Community Journey->https://sanuela.org/Soulfamily-Community.html]] > [[More interactive journeys->OtherJourneys4]]

{embed image: 'https://www.sanuela.org/journey5-images/companionrecap.webp', alt: 'Scenes from the interactive Energetic Heart & Soul Companion journey'} In this interactive journey, we explore what it means to become an Energetic Heart and Soul Companion and provide a safe space for emotional healing and balance. It is an invitation to those who feel called to offer their presence, heart and hands as human medicine. This path goes beyond techniques, emphasising the personal, intuitive transformation needed to hold a high-frequency space without fixing, to remain heart-centred in vulnerability, and to offer touch as a sacred, still presence rather than a performance. Explore how this extends into everyday life as well, deepening friendships, partnerships, and your own sense of connection and trust. > [[Start the Heart & Soul Companion Journey->https://sanuela.org/Heart-Soul-Companion.html]] > [[Start the Healing Touch Journey->https://sanuela.org/Healing-Touch.html]] > [[Start the Network of LOVE Journey->https://sanuela.org/Network-of-LOVE.html]] > [[Start the Soulfamily Community Journey->https://sanuela.org/Soulfamily-Community.html]]