A Fast to Fish
Yesterday, I spent the day in a fasted state. I sought to reduce my allergic inflammation---brought about by spring pollen. My eyes water, my nose congests, and my mind fogs, in this season. Fasting, in the past, has healed me quickly. Dry fasting, in particular, is especially effective for my inflammation. The reduction in water removes the bloating around over-inflamed tissue---so it is said. Like all healing methods, I've approached it with cautious optimism, especially because I have some day-to-day responsibilities.
For the responsibilities of the day, I had a tennis match, research work, and preparation for a fish bake. When I've fasted in the past, I've found my mind is mentally sharp and my body moves with vigor for these types of tasks. However, I can get tunnel vision, and gain a stressful hypersensitive awareness. Thus, I've learned to manage these symptoms through constraints.
First, I ensured I had salt water available to me, in the case the fog becomes severe. Second, I ensured I had a reasonable level of exercise and movement--—the movement helps with lymphatic stagnation. In the past, I've fasted without activity, with success, but the day can be easily lost. Finally, fellowship and friendship is a great way to spend my day in a fasted state. Although my mind is not perfectly sharp, the fasted states reminds me to slow down and take care with my words when I speak with friends in a low stress environment.
The finality to the fast was a fish feast. The fasted food preparation, with some tasty food trials (breaking the fast), culminated into a tasty meal.