When I started Yoga, I heard the practitioners talking to each other, outside the actual classes, about their experiences of fasting. It was then that I made my first attempts at total fasting (I only drank water), for short periods of time: a day or two.

More recently, about ten years ago, I discovered the Buchinger Method through a fasting group. It was founded by a German doctor, Dr. Otto Buchinger **(1878-1966), and is still performed today, under medical supervision, in clinics that bear his name. Fasting is not simply with water, but allows fruit juices, vegetable juices, and vegetable broths.

From then on, I have been a very regular faster, with at least two “real” fasts a year (lasting more than 10 days), and especially two one-day fasts every week. I also did a complete Breuss*** cure of 42 days. 

From then on, I have been a very regular faster, with at least two “real” fasts per year (more than 10 days), and especially two one-day fasts each week. I also did a full Breuss*** cure for 42 days. Fasting is an old companion for me, just like meditation or yoga. It strongly encouraged me to eat a healthy diet, which today is based on fresh fruits and vegetables. There are many kinds of fasts, and there is for sure one fitting to you. I can guide you through all these possibilities, ranging from the least strict fasts (absence of solid food) through Büchinger-type cures to the most extreme fasts (dry, that is say without food or liquid).