Online Spiritual Fasting Retreat

STARTS: OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 4, 2024

REGISTRATION ENDS: OCTOBER 18

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“Within every person there is a dormant spark of pure Divine potential. During the Spiritual Fast that dormant spark, known in the Yogic tradition as Kundalini, is highly likely to become awakened and empower you on the next step in the liberation process. We then carry this awakened spiritual energy with us out into the world to share it abroad. In that way we help to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 42:6, which calls us to “be a light to the nations."

- Gabriel Cousens M.D., M.D.(H)

A unique comprehensive program.

A reset experience for body, mind, and spirit, which is much needed in today’s chaos to remember who you are.

Almost every spiritual tradition reveres fasting as a powerful gateway to the Divine. Spiritual Fasting creates an opening for cleansing and healing on all levels. The Holistic Liberation Online Fasting Retreat is a truly profound experience that rejuvenates the body and provides support for deep spiritual revitalization, recontact with your soul, and the reactivation of your connection with the Divine.

The Holistic Liberation Fasting Retreat with Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D.(H) and Shanti Golds Cousens, which is held exclusively online in order to serve our worldwide community, consists of a 7-day spiritual juice fast (non-medical), and is designed to support the body, mind, and spirit.

During this online retreat, it is highly likely you will make a deeper connection to your soul by creating a quiet mind, going back to your sacred design, and accessing higher spiritual energies.

Fasting allows the body to rest. Without the energy normally expended in the digestive process, the body is able to eliminate toxicity, digest dead and dying cells, create new cells, repair, alkalize, and upgrade all of its systems. Participants report increased mental clarity, increased energy, and a heightened sense of spiritual connectedness.

Optional daily activities such as shaktipat meditation, TriYoga®, insightful lectures, and spiritual discussions offer you an opportunity to enhance your spiritual fasting journey by including deeper levels of relaxation, self-discovery, and expansion of consciousness.

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SPIRITUAL FASTING BENEFITS

“All the vitality and all the energy I have, comes to me because my body is purified by fasting.” -GHANDI

1. It increases your spiritual energy.

There is a real power to spiritual fasting that is recognized in almost every spiritual tradition in the world, including Judeo-Christian, Taoist, Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim. It is mentioned 87 times in the Bible. The Greek greats like Socrates, Plato, and Pythagoras fasted to purify the mind and spirit in order to better perceive the Truth. The power of our spiritual fast is amplified with daily shaktipat meditations; daily TriYoga™; daily spiritual question and answer sessions; spiritual discussions; group support; and an environment that activates these healing and spiritual forces. Many participants experience an awakening of the spiritual energy, known as the kundalini (Holy Spirit).

2. It activates your vital life force.

On the physical plane, a powerful healing energy (the vital life force) is activated by juice fasting. This vital life force empowers people’s cells, organs, and bodies to release physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual toxins that have been stored in them. Fasting activates the vital life force of the cells in a variety of ways that empower them to throw out the tissue toxins. The more toxins are eliminated, the more the vital life force is activated.

3. It creates balance.

Spiritual fasting is also a time to realign with one’s physiological homeostasis and to recover from the imbalancing and weakening influence of a toxic world.

4. It's empowering.

Spiritual fasting is a time to slow ourselves down to discover our sacred design, which includes both our short term and long term life purpose. During the fast, people often reconnect to their personal will power and become empowered to reenter the world and maintain their balance, with renewed energy and hope, and with spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical strength.

5. It helps you realign with your true purpose.

During our Spiritual Fasts, we suggest people consider their life purpose and how much they are aligned with it in their actions. Spiritual fasting helps you to address this. Spiritual fasting is a feast on the full range of life’s energies and naturally helps you rediscover your holy rhythm, aligning you with the rhythm of the living Earth and Universe. Your true purpose naturally emerges out of this balanced state of awareness.

6. It is profoundly healing on all levels.

There are many superfoods, supplements, and gadgets for cultivating health; however, this 5,000-year-old approach still seems the most fundamental, elegantly simplistic, and powerfully profound in helping people access the deep healing and spiritual force within.

The body is a wonderful self-cleansing, self-healing, and self-regenerating organism. It is a God-given gift to all of us. Spiritual fasting best helps us experience this gift and elevates the soul.

7. It's liberating.

Spiritual fasting liberates the body and mind from worldly desires so we can revel in our natural deep ecstasy of God. Spiritual Fasting helps us to become a superconductor for the Divine. We are all divinely blessed with the potential of this gift.

“I often observe in fasting participants that by four days of fasting, concentration seems to improve, creative thinking expands, depression lifts, insomnia stops, anxieties fade, the mind becomes more tranquil, and a natural joy begins to appear. It is my hypothesis that when the physical toxins are cleared from the brain cells, mind-brain function automatically and significantly improves and spiritual capacities expand.”

- Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D.(H)

"Dr. Cousens has a unique ability to combine the physical with the emotional, mental and spiritual. He is deeply researched on any subject he addresses. After doing many spiritual juice fasts with him, it has become very clear to me that one cannot reach one's full potential, healthwise, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, without first clearing our physical body from all the accumulated toxins which we are bombarded with."

- Shulamit

"Fasting with Gabriel goes beyond fasting,it is like Scalar enhanced fasting.His wisdom and humility are awesome.It is a blessing to participate in this program. The community is so supportive and full of Love , you can never feel alone and whatever inquiry or urge you have will be attended wholeheartedly and wisely."

- Fernando

"I just Love this experience, as my 3rd time returning should illustrate :) I really can’t say enough good things and spread enough joy and gratitude to all of you for being and providing such a reliable rock of sanctuary to retreat from the perils and pitfalls of this wild and crazy world and return to that from which we all originate."

- Matthew

"Dr Cousens provides a safe space to execute a fast and provides excellent support during all stages. I have lost over 8 pounds in 7 days and am very pleased with my energy level and the clarity in my mind. Dr Cousens' level of experience with fasting is exceptional and therefore feels extremely safe."

- Paula Murphy

"This was a very powerful experience on ALL Levels. Although I have had a personal spiritual practice for many many years, and have done many long fasts, this is my first Spiritual Fasting Retreat with Dr. Gabriel Cousens and the Tree of Life."

- Linda

"Dr. Cousens and his team have such wonderful energy. The Spiritual Fast is unlike any other program out there. It is truly an upgrade for anyone interested in Spirituality and Self Mastery. I highly recommend it and look forward to the next one."

- Dodee J Schmitt

YOUR ONLINE RETREAT INCLUDES:

BODY

~ 7 TriYoga™ and Pranayama (breath work) classes

~ Green Juice Recipes & preparation instructions for low glycemic, organic, green juices

~ Three “Coming off the Fast” Phase One Recipes from the Tree of Life Café (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

MIND

~ Daily Lectures and Q&A with Dr. Cousens including topics, such as:

~ Sacred Relationships

~ Spiritual Nutrition

~ Holistic Liberation

SPIRIT

~ 2 Daily Shaktipat Meditation with Gabriel Cousens, M.D. (with meditation explanation for those who are new to meditating)

~ Satsang ("being in Truth") with Gabriel Cousens, MD (also known as Spiritual Q&A)

~ Kabbalat Shabbat & Havdalah Ceremonies with Rabbi Gabriel Cousens*

*(Not part of the workshop officially. Will be shared live on Israel time and recorded for the rest to view.)

SUPPORT

~ Welcome Gathering and Introduction to the program and the fasting protocol (3 weeks before the program starts)

~ Daily Group Check-Ins with Gabriel Cousens, MD

~ Group Online Chat board for sharing with other participants and experienced fasting supporters

~ Entering the Fast Discussion with Gabriel Cousens, MD (The day before we start)

~ Coming off the Fast Discussion with Gabriel Cousens, MD - on the "break-fast" (last) day

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

The workshop’s schedule is listed in Arizona time zone (UTC -7). Please refer to the table below for some time conversions. All sessions will be broadcasted via Zoom. If you are unable to watch live, the recording of each session will be available within 1 hour after the live broadcast finishes. Please note, this is a sample schedule only! It is meant to provide you with a rough idea of the time of day the retreat takes place. Actual schedule will be made available to participants upon enrollment.

LANGUAGES: The program will take place in English. We do not offer translation at this time.

THE JUICE

You will enjoy 100% organic, cold-pressed, fresh, raw juices 4 times per day. We recommend preparing low-glycemic green juice diluted with water by 50% for optimal fasting results. If you have the option available to you, you may alternatively choose to arrange your daily juice preparation with a local juice bar, raw café, or private chef. We provide a video with our classic juice recipe and instructions on how to prepare it for all fasting participants.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

This is a Spiritual fast with a focus on liberation. It is not a medical detox. For this reason, this fast is designed for experienced fasters only (meaning you have experienced at least 3 days of clear liquids only at some point in the past).

Any person can safely fast for 7 days, except for those specific cases set out below.

YOU MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SPIRITUAL FASTING RETREAT (or you will require specific approval from Dr. Cousens in advance) if you have any of the following conditions:

~ If you have Diabetes Type-I or Type-II

~ If you are taking any heart medications or anti-seizure medications

~ If you are taking psychiatric medications, or have mental disorder or symptoms (including antidepressant, anti-anxiety, and antipsychotic medications)

~ If your medical, physical, emotional, or mental condition requires nursing, personal, or professional medical attention

~ Pregnant or breast-feeding

~ Malnutrition or under-weight

If any of the above-listed conditions may arise before or during the retreat, your participation may be disapproved or stopped and you may be requested to leave.

Final program participation is contingent upon medical clearance. Prior to payment, all prospective participants are required to fill in a Health Intake Form to ensure they are eligible to fast.

REQUIRED FASTING MATERIALS

Required For All: What you need to get in advance (can be bought locally in most countries)

JUICER

We recommend a slow cold-press juicer, such as Omega, Bravo, Hurom, or Green Star (but you may participate using any juicer)

STRAINER

Fine-mesh strainer, cheesecloth, or nut milk bag for straining the pulp from your juice

PRODUCE

Fresh Organic Produce & Condiments (detailed ingredients provided upon registration)

YOGA SUPPLIES

You will need a yoga mat and yoga belt. If you do not own a yoga belt, you can use a scarf or other belt

BODYCARE

Enema Bag (2 liter / 4.4 lb)

Dry Skin Brush

Tongue Scraper

SUPPLEMENTS

Digestive Enzymes

Probiotics

Triphala

OPTIONAL FASTING MATERIALS

Advanced Detox Supplements (Optional, yet encouraged): Advanced Detox Supplements Kit - should be ordered online at least 3 weeks in advance for international participants.

ADVANCED FASTING SUPPLEMENT

Proteolytic Enzymes (Serraxym)

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Liquid Angstrom Magnesium

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Tachyon Fasting Elixir (Liquid)

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Natural Cellular Defense (NCD)

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Illumodine (Liquid Iodine)

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