EPISODE 397
The Shamanic Journey You Never Knew Fasting Could Be With Sean McCormick
Thanks to its recent mainstream popularity, more people are turning to fasting as a means to promote better health and weight loss than ever before, but is it a good one?
Fasting can be beneficial for some people but not everyone, and only if they really pay attention to what their bodies are telling them and are working with professionals like Sean McCormick, an expert in the realm of dry fasting.
Paul and Sean discuss the real world pros and cons of fasting and how a session of fasting, under the best and safest conditions, can be a life-changing Shamanic journey this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Sean and dry fasting on his website and Dry Fast With Friends where you can access a FREE Dry Fast Guide and masterclass video. Find Sean on social media via Instagram here and here. Listen to Sean’s Optimal Performance podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them.
For Spirit Gym listeners: Interested in taking the next step into dry fasting? Join Sean’s next Dry Fast With Friends 4.0 live event starting June 25 at Dry Fast With Friends. Save 50 PERCENT on the event or any other levels of dry fasting by using the promo code CHEK. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)
SHOW NOTES
4:28 Sean’s journey to performance optimization began when his parents taught him transcendental meditation at age 12.
11:17 Sean’s first dry fast was to impress a young woman who is now his wife during Ramadan.
29:32 Sean’s experiments with various fasting methods that are measurable.
35:13 Why dry fasting works best for Sean.
41:44 Pay attention to how your body reacts badly and well to fasting, then food and water afterward.
53:23 How a fast can be an introspective process.
1:02:07 Down and dirty with enemas.
1:12:11 Can you recognize you don’t know everything and be willing to refer a client to a health professional with more skills?
1:20:32 Dry fasting isn’t good for everyone, with the metabolic disruptions that occur in your body.
1:36:19 Treat fasting like a Shamanic journey, not a quick fix to lose weight.
1:48:50 People have gotten lost in the complexities of what people call “science” that’s not very scientific, rather than embracing bio-harmonization.
1:51:04 WABA = What’s within you, around you, below you and above you.
1:57:03 Our toxic environment creates serious concerns about dry fasting.
2:13:12 The single, simple question Paul asks himself constantly.
2:21:10 Paul’s take-home message about pursuing fasting.
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
The Science of Fasting on YouTube
The Phoenix Protocol: Dry Fasting For Rapid Healing and Radical Life Extension by Dr. August Dunning
Paul’s podcast conversation with Hamilton Souther
The work of John C. Lilly and Dr. John Jaquish
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion With No Name by Brian Muraresku
Clinical Ecology by Dr. Lawrence Dickey
Your Body’s Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford
Into the Wild Frontier on Zumo
When a Normie Does a Dry Fast — 1 Year Later on the Optimal Performance podcast
Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind by Candace Pert
Body for Life by Bill Phillips
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