: retinyl palmitate,
retinyl acetate and others, A natural form of vitamin A found in cod liver oil
appears to be the best form for these patients.
But why do GAPS patients need supplementation of vitamin A?
Vitamin A deficiency is a big problem in the less developed world.
Approximately 350,000 pre-school children become blind each year
because of vitamin A deficiency and the majority do not survive (WHO
1996). But in western countries deficiency in this vitamin is considered to
be rare because of the wide consumption of dairy products, eggs and forti
fied foods. Also the body has the ability to store enough vitamin A, mainly
in the liver, to last at least for three months. On top of that vitamin A can be
manufactured in the body from a large group of plant-based substances,
called carotenoids. There are approximately 600 different carotenoids in
nature (in green leafy and brightly coloured vegetables and fruit), 50 of
which can be converted to vitamin A. Based on all this knowledge western
populations generally are not advised to supplement vitamin A.
However, all this applies to people with healthy digestive systems, which
GAPS children and adults do not possess. In people with digestive problems the picture is very different. The absorption rate of carotenoids
can be less than 5%, which makes them largely useless as a source of vita
min A. Also in order to convert carotenoids into vitamin A the body needs
magnesium, zinc, many amino acids and other vital nutrients which, in a
person with poor digestion, are always in short supply. To absorb retinol
(the pre-formed vitamin A) from dairy products, liver, eggs and other foods
a good supply of bile and pancreatic enzymes is needed. Many GAPS
patients have whitish pale stools indicating that their bile production and
fat digestion are very poor. In clinical practise people who cannot digest
fats always present with vitamin A deficiency.
Digestive system problems and vitamin A deficiency are in a "chicken
and egg" relationship, where it is not clear which is the chicken and which
is the egg. As we have already discovered, poor digestion causes vitamin A
deficiency. But vitamin A deficiency can cause digestive problems. In fact
gut disease is one of the symptoms of vitamin A deficiency, because the gut
lining is one of the most active sites of cell production, growth and differ
entiation. Neither of these processes can happen properly without a good
supply of vitamin A. Leaky gut and malabsorption are the typical results of
vitamin A deficiency.
According to WHO (1996), in western countries lactating women and
infants are two groups at high risk of being deficient in vitamin A. Lactating
mothers need to have much more of this vitamin in their diet, than the rest
of us, and due to all the modern factors many women in our society may
have poor reserves of vitamin A. So it is possible that many infants do not
get a good supply of this vitamin in the first months of life, which makes
their digestive systems prone to developing problems later on. As always
the health of the baby starts from the health of the mother.
It is not only the digestive system which suffers from inadequate supply
of vitamin A, its functions in the body are multiple, involving pretty much
every aspect of health. It is essential in immune response, brain develop
ment, vision, cell differentiation, embryogenesis, reproduction, growth
and many other functions.
One of the functions of vitamin A is its role in immunity. In fact, the
earliest name for vitamin A was "anti-infective vitamin". In vitamin A
deficiency both specific and non-specific immunity are impaired: the
humoral response to bacterial, parasitic and viral infections, cell-mediated
immunity, mucosal immunity, natural killer cell activity and phagocytosis.
Supplementation of vitamin A in children shows proliferation of normal B
and T cells and better response to antigens. Acute deficiency of vitamin A VITAMIN A 189
with night blindness and xerophthalmia in the west are indeed rare. But
vitamin A inadequacy in the absence of clinical acute deficiency is not rare
at all. More than 200 million children around the world suffer from vitamin
A inadequacy (WHO 1996). These children do not have any visual prob
lems, typical for deficiency, instead they are very prone to infections,
because their immune system does not function properly. Infections, par
ticularly with a high fever, destroy a lot of vitamin A in the body. In clinical
practice patients with febrile conditions require supplementation with this
vitamin. GAPS children go through numerous ear and chest infections with
fever in the first years of life, which would reduce their vitamin A reserves
in the body (if they had any reserves) and predispose them to further
infections.
Obviously the best way to establish whether your child has a vitamin A
deficiency is to test for it. But simply by analysing the clinical picture and
health history I would say that all GAPS children and most GAPS adults
need supplementation with a natural form of vitamin A, the best source of
which is cod liver oil. As always, nature knows best. Clinical experience and
some studies show that synthetic forms of supplemental vitamin A (retinyl
palmitate, retinyl acetate, etretinate, accutane and others) do not work for
these patients.
So, cod liver oil it has to be!
The question is - how much?
A typical cod liver oil would provide 800 micrograms of vitamin A per 10
ml of oil. A teaspoon (5 ml) of this oil would provide 400 micrograms.
Recommended daily allowances for vitamin A (UK, USA, Europe,
WHO):
• 0-12 months of age: 150-350 micrograms per day (roughly from a third
to an almost full teaspoon of cod liver oil).
• 1-3 years of age: 200-400 micrograms per day (half to a full teaspoon).
• 4-6 years of age: 200-500 micrograms per day (half to a more than a
full teaspoon).
• 7-10 years old: 250-700 micrograms per day (roughly two thirds of a
teaspoon to almost a full dessert spoon).
• 11-15 years: 250-1000 micrograms per day (from roughly two thirds of a
teaspoon to two and a half teaspoons of cod liver oil).
• Adults: 300-1000 micrograms a day.
• Lactating mother: up to 1300 micrograms per day (more than three
teaspoons of cod liver oil). We have to remember that these daily allowances have been established
for healthy individuals. Children with vitamin A deficiency can be given as
much as 60,000 micrograms of vitamin A as a single dose.
A lot of parents are concerned about overdosing on vitamin A. Indeed in
excess this vitamin can be toxic. However, to reach toxic levels you have to
have more than 10 times the recommended daily allowance for a period of
weeks to years. For an adult that is 20 teaspoons of cod liver oil every day
for weeks or years. For a small child -10 teaspoons a day. I cannot imagine
anybody taking that amount of cod liver oil once, let along on a regular
basis. To cause an acute toxicity an adult has to have 100 times more than
the recommended dose and a child - 20 times more, which translates into
20 teaspoons of cod liver oil for a child of three years of age.
GAPS patients may benefit from larger doses, than the recommended
daily allowances. To be completely scientific about it the person should be
tested for vitamin A status and according to the result of the test the indi
vidual dose can be established, taking into account that absorption of this
vitamin can be poor in a GAPS gut. The initial dose may be quite large.
Then of course the patient has to be re-tested on a regular basis to re
adjust the dose. However, in real life the majority of patients cannot do that
for various practical reasons.
I generally recommend following RDA according to age. This amount of
cod liver oil on a regular basis over time would gently correct vitamin A
deficiency. The diet, which we have talked about, would also provide con
siderable amounts of this valuable vitamin. The whole nutritional pro
gramme over time would restore proper digestion and absorption of this
vitamin, as well as many other nutrients. 4. DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
1. Hypochlorhydria
People with abnormal gut flora almost without exception have low stomach
acid production. Toxins produced by overgrowth of Candida species, Clostridia
and other pathogens have a strong ability to reduce secretion of stomach acid.
What does it mean and why is it important?
The stomach is the place where protein digestion begins. Hydrochloric
acid produced by the stomach walls activates pepsin, a protein-digesting
enzyme, which starts breaking down the very complex structure of dietary
proteins into peptides and amino acids. To do its work properly pepsin
needs the pH of the stomach to be 3 or below. In hypochlorhydria not
enough acid is produced, so the pH in the stomach is not low enough for
pe


paration time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 1
1 eggplant
garlic
parsley, chopped
lemon (or lime) juice
Slice the eggplant lengthwise. Heat a griddle pan (preferably a “ridged” pan). When the pan
is hot, turn down the heat, place the slices of eggplant on the griddle and allow them to cook
slowly. Turn over the slices and repeat. Before serving, squeeze garlic over the slices, sprinkle
with chopped parsley and drizzle lemon (or lime) juice over them. This is a good main course
for lunch served with new potatoes and garnished with chopped parsley.
 Variations:  You can do the same thing with large slices of peppers, halves of onions, or
zucchini halved lengthwise.
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www.thegersonway.comLeek and Potato Bake
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. potatoes
1 small leek, very thinly sliced
fine oats (put some regular rolled oats in the blender)
Parboil the potatoes in their skins until they are hot through  and just beginning to soften.  Very
thinly slice the leek (using the white section only).  Peel the potatoes and co arsely grate them.
Mix in the leek.  Put into a shallow baking dish (sprinkled at the bottom with fine oats  to prevent
sticking).  Cook on the top shelf of the oven at 350° F (180° C)  until beginning to show signs of
browning.  (Don’t leave it for too long or it will dry out.)  Serve with either cooked vegetables or
a green salad and tomatoes.
Leeks or Zucchini  à la Grecque
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. leeks (or zucchini), sliced
3 tomatoes, chopped  (optional)
juice of 1 lemon
bay leaf
thyme
coriander  seeds
Slice the leeks (or zucchini)  into 1 -inch pieces.  Cook gently with chopped tomatoes (if used),
the lemon juice, bay leaf, thyme and coriander  seeds.  Serve hot or cold.
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1 large onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup soup stock
1 cup fresh lima beans
3 cups zucchini
4 medium tomatoes
1/2 tsp. cornstarch
4 sprigs fresh parsley
dash of thyme (or sage or a pinch of dried parsley)
Mix together all ingredients (for soup stock, see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in
Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. 106) except herbs. Simmer
about 15 minutes (until tender). Thicken with cornstarch mixed with a little water. Just before
serving, add herbs.
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
1 lb. potatoes, thickly sliced
1 large onion, thickly sliced
2 tbsp. of water
flaxseed oil
garlic, crushed
Thickly slice the potatoes and onion.  Arrange the potato slices in an oven-proof dish with a slice
of onion between each potato slice.  Pour on the water. Bake in oven at 300-350 ° F (149-177° C)
until well done and beginning to brown.  Allow to cool slightly, then pour on the flaxseed oil and
crushed garlic.  Serve immediately.
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www.thegersonway.comMashed Carrot and Potato Bake
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
carrots
potatoes
Cook the carrots and potatoes gently until just tender.  Mash them and pile into an oven-proof
dish.  Decorate with diagonal fork marks and put into a hot oven at 400-425°  F (204-218° C)  to
brown.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 small onion
yogurt
Peel and cube potatoes. Place in pan with one small onion and enough water to bring to a boil.
Simmer until done. When done, there should be no water left. Mash with enough yogurt to
make smooth.
Mashed Potatoes and Chard
1 bunch green (or red) chard
4-5 tbsp. water (or soup stock)
3 large (or 4 medium) potatoes, peeled and cubed
6-8 oz. yogurt
Shred the chard and put in pan. Add water (or soup stock; see “ ‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates
Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules”) and start to boil. When
boiling, turn down to simmer. Meanwhile, peel potatoes, cube and place on top of the chard. Let
simmer until potatoes are soft and done. Remove water if any remains, and add yogurt. Mash all
together. Add a little more yogurt if the mixture is too dry.
 Variation: The same recipe can be used with kale. When using kale, strip out central
stems before shredding into pan.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
onion, peeled and chopped small
water
Place potatoes and onions in a pot. Add just enough water to reach the vegetables half-way
up. Cover, bring to boil and simmer until potatoes are cooked. (Most of the cooking water will
probably be gone.) Mash potatoes and onions using some (or all) of the cooking water. If not
enough moisture, add some soup stock  (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter
12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules”).
 Variations: Add any herb of your choice, finely chopped. Parsley is very good; mint and
dill will also work.
Oven-Browned Potatoes
Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
potatoes
Cut the potatoes like French fries ( or in small cubes, or in thin slices) and brown on an oven tray
in the oven.  They will brown at a surprisingly low heat (300 ° F (149 ° C)) if left in long enough.
Depending on the variety of potato, they can brown very quickly and puff up at high heat ( 425°
F (218° C)).  They can also be browned under the broiler, but watch them to avoid burning. This
is meant to be an occasional treat!
Parsley Potatoes
potatoes
parsley, chopped
flex seed oil
Boil several potatoes in their skins until done. Remove the peel and roll in some chopped
parsley after slightly brushing with flaxseed oil.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. parsnips, cut into wedges
1 lb. sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
sprig of fresh rosemary
Cut the parsnips and sweet potatoes into wedges, leaving the skins intact.  Put into a baking dish
with a little water to cover the bottom.  Add a sprig of rosemary.  Cover and bake in a medium
oven at 325° F (170° C ) until just cooked.  Serve with a baked potato.
Patate alla Francesca
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
new potatoes
tomatoes, chopped or sliced
fresh rosemary  sprigs
garlic
Bake new potatoes in a covered dish at 300-350° F (149-177° C)  with chopped or sliced
tomatoes,  fresh rosemary sprigs and plenty of garlic.  Serve with lemon wedges and a green
salad.
Piemontese Peppers
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time


will
take
a
closer
look
at
the
above-mentioned
properties
and
their
possible
influence
on
the
human
organism.
The
surface
tension
of
urine
is
85
-
95
percent
of
the
tension
of
water,
i.e.
64
-
69
dynes/cm,
compared
to
72.8
for
water.
It
is
reduced
by
the
presence
of
protein
substances,
bile
acids
and
phenols.
The
essence
of
surface
tension
is
that
the
lower
it
is,
the
better
substances
dissolve.
A
small
surface
tension
increases
the
surface
activity
of
the
liquid
and
thus
a
layer
with
higher
energy
is
created
in
the
surface
layer,
at
the
boundary
separating
individual
environments
(liquid
-
air,
liquid
-
oil,
etc.),
in
which
chemical
reactions
take
place
more
actively.
Thanks
to
the
lower
surface
tension,
urine
is
able
to
dissolve
many
substances
better
than
water.
With
increased
surface
activity,
urine
can
acidify
and
break
down
substances
chemically.
For
example,
waxy
stones
in
the
liver
and
gall
bladder,
stones
in
the
kidneys
and
bladder
can
dissolve
due
to
the
acidifying
effect
of
urine.
That
is
why
it
is
so
often
referred
to
in
old
books
this
property
of
urine
to
dissolve
and
open
blockages
in
the
liver
and
bile
ducts.
Since
the
specific
gravity
of
blood
is
1.052
-
1.061
and
that
of
urine
is
1.016
-
1.024,
urine
is
a
fluid
with
a
lower
viscosity
than
blood.
It
follows
from
this
fact
another
property
of
urine:
when
its
internal
intake
increases
the
fluidity
of
thickened
fluids
-
blood
and
bile.
It
also
dissolves
build-up
mucus
in
different
parts
of
the
body.
Urine
has
many
salts
dissolved
in
it
and
is
therefore
conductive.
If
we
somehow
increase
the
concentration
of
salts,
for
example
by
evaporating
part
of
the
water,
its
electrical
conductivity
will
increase
exceptionally.
If
we
smear
our
body
with
such
urine,
we
will
thus
achieve
a
significant
increase
in
the
energy
inflow
in
form
of
free
electrons
through
the
skin.
This
significantly
activates
all
fermentative
(enzymatic)
processes
in
the
body.
We
have
to
keep
repeating
that
j
we
are
only
healthy
to
the
extent
to
which
our
ferments
(enzymes)
are
active.
In
a
sick
or
old
person,
these
movements
are
slowed
down.
Massaging
the
body
with
urine,
especially
evaporated,
allows
you
to
literally
"pump
up"
a
person
with
energy,
activate
his
enzymatic
processes,
which
ultimately
leads
to
overall
healing.
Now
it
is
also
clear
why
the
old
yogis
recommended
doing
a
massage
with
evaporated
urine.
And
yet
another
amazing
property
of
urine
as
a
concentrated
saline
solution
is
its
tremendous
ability
to
heal
wounds.
We
will
discuss
this
phenomenon
in
more
detail
later.
Now
let's
look
at
the
substances
that
make
up
urine
and
their
properties.
The
overall
composition
of
urine
can
be
divided
into
two
main
parts:
normal,
common
components
and
pathological,
disease-causing
components.
Normal
urine
components
are
contained
in
the
urine
of
a
healthy
person.
We
can
divide
them
into
three
groups:
organic,
inorganic
and
biological.
The
organic
substances
of
urine
are
further
divided
into
nitrogenous
and
non-nitrogenous.
The
final
products
of
protein
metabolism
are
mostly
excreted
in
the
urine.
The
daily
amount
of
nitrogen
excreted
in
the
urine
varies
from
3.6
grams
(with
a
low-protein
diet)
to
17.0
grams
and
more
with
food
containing
a
lot
of
protein,
such
as
meat.
Because
our
body
can
reuse
(resynthesize)
the
excreted
nitrogen,
at
intake
of
urine
internally
and
through
the
skin
can
considerably
reduce
the
protein
norm
food,
without
harming
ourselves
in
any
way.
I
can
confirm
this
from
my
own
experience,
because
currently
I
eat
once
a
day,
mostly
fish
or
spaghetti,
and
at
parties
I
treat
myself
to
shrimp
and
chicken
once
or
twice
a
week,
which
they
prepare
here
in
Yemen
in
a
really
excellent
way.
It
was
this
mechanism
that
ancient
yogis
and
some
tribes
used
to
survive
in
extreme
conditions.
If
a
person
uses
their
own
urine
2
-
3
times
a
day
for
100
-
200
grams,
need
protein
foods,
especially
animal
ones,
practically
disappear.The
main
nitrogenous
components
of
urine
are
the
following:
urea,
uric
acid,
purine
bases,
amino
acids,
ammonia,
creatine
bodies.
The
main
part
of
nitrogen
is
excreted
from
the
body
with
urea
-
80
to
90%.
On
average,
30
grams
of
urea
are
excreted
in
24
hours.
Urea
is
a
natural
diuretic,
i.e.
removes
water
from
the
body,
so
it
can
be
used
as
a
diuretic.
Urine
enhances
the
activity
of
proteolytic
enzymes,
which
are
secreted
in
the
digestive
tract
and
help
digest
food.
At
the
same
time,
urea
has
a
significant
anti-tumor
effect.
The
Russian
doctor
A.
Kachugin
proposed
urea
for
the
first
time
in
the
treatment
of
tumors.
In
the
biological
research
laboratory
of
the
former
Academy
of
Sciences
of
the
USSR
(by
the
way,
one
of
the
best
scientific
institutes
in
the
world),
candidate
of
medical
sciences
G.
Bělikov
confirmed
the
antitumor,
antiviral
and
antimicrobial
effects
of
a
preparation
made
on
the
basis
of
urea
-
semicarbazide.
Practitioners
quickly
became
convinced
that
how
extraordinarily
the
health
of
even
hopelessly
ill
people
improves
when
taking
this
medicine.
Research
has
shown
that
in
a
healthy
body,
the
content
of
intraurea
is
mostly
normal,
but
it
is
deficient
in
an
organism
attacked
by
a
tumor.
A.
Kačugin
proposed
to
artificially
increase
the


ain
Pain	at	the	top	of	a	shoulder
blade	and/or	between	the
shoulder	blades
Dark	color	under	the	eyes
Morbid	complexion
Tongue	that	is	glossy	or	coated
in	white	or	yellow
Scoliosis
Gout	Frozen	shoulder
Stiff	neck
Asthma
Headaches	and	migraines
Tooth	and	gum	problems
Yellowness	of	the	eyes	and	skin
Sciatica
Numbness	and	paralysis	of	the
legs
Joint	diseases
Knee	problems
Osteoporosis
Obesity
Chronic	fatigue
Kidney	diseases
Cancer
Multiple	sclerosis	and
fibromyalgia
Alzheimer’s	disease
Cold	extremities
Excessive	heat	and	perspiration
in	the	upper	part	of	the
body
Very	greasy	hair	and	hair	loss
Cuts	or	wounds	that	keep
bleeding	and	refuse	to	heal
Difficulty	sleeping,	insomnia
Nightmares
Stiffness	of	joints	and	muscles
Hot	and	cold	flashes

	The	Importance	of	Bile

As	already	mentioned,	one	of	the	liver’s	most	important	functions	is	to	produce	bile,	about
1	to	1.5	quarts	per	day.	Liver	bile	is	a	viscous	yellow,	brown,	or	green	fluid	that	is	alkaline
(versus	acidic)	and	has	a	bitter	taste.	Without	sufficient	bile,	most	commonly	eaten	foods
remain	undigested	or	partially	digested.	For	example,	to	enable	the	small	intestines	to
digest	and	absorb	fat	and	calcium	from	the	food	you	eat,	the	food	must	first	combine	with
bile.	When	fat	is	not	absorbed	properly,	it	indicates	that	bile	secretion	is	insufficient.	The
undigested	fat	remains	in	the	intestinal	tract.	When	undigested	fat	reaches	the	colon	along
with	other	waste	products,	bacteria	break	down	some	of	the	fat	into	fatty	acids	or	excrete	it
with	the	stool.	Since	fat	is	lighter	than	water,	having	fat	in	the	stool	may	cause	it	to	float.
When	fat	is	not	absorbed,	calcium	is	not	absorbed	either,	leaving	the	blood	in	a	deficit.
The	blood	subsequently	takes	its	extra	calcium	from	the	bones.	Most	bone	density
problems	(osteoporosis)	actually	arise	from	insufficient	bile	secretion	and	poor	digestion
of	fats,	rather	than	from	not	consuming	enough	calcium.	Few	medical	practitioners	are
aware	of	this	fact	and,	hence,	merely	prescribe	calcium	supplements	to	their	patients.

Apart	from	breaking	down	the	fats	in	our	food,	bile	also	removes	toxins	from	the	liver.
One	of	the	lesser	known	but	extremely	important	functions	of	bile	is	to	deacidify	and
cleanse	the	intestines.

When	gallstones	in	the	liver	or	gallbladder	have	critically	impeded	bile	flow,	the	color
of	the	stool	may	be	tan,	orange-yellow,	or	pale	as	in	clay,	instead	of	the	normal	greenish-
brown.

Gallstones	are	a	direct	product	of	an	unhealthy	diet	and	lifestyle.	If	gallstones	are	still
present	in	the	liver	even	after	all	other	disease-causing	factors	are	eliminated,	they	pose	a
considerable	health	risk	and	may	lead	to	illness	and	premature	aging.	For	this	reason,	the
subject	of	gallstones	has	been	included	here	as	a	major	risk	factor	or	cause	of	disease.	The
following	sections	describe	some	of	the	main	consequences	of	gallstones	in	the	liver	on
the	different	organs	and	systems	in	the	body.	When	these	stones	are	removed,	the	body	as
a	whole	can	resume	its	normal,	healthy	activities.
	Disorders	of	the	Digestive	System

The	alimentary	tract	of	the	digestive	system	maintains	the	following	four	main	activities:
ingestion,	digestion,	absorption,
	and
elimination.
	The	alimentary	canal	begins	in	the
mouth;	leads	through	the	thorax,	abdomen,	and	pelvic	region;	and	ends	at	the	anus	(see
Figure	2
).	When	you	eat	a	meal,	a	series	of	digestive	processes	begin	to	take	place.	These
can	be	divided	into	the
mechanical	breakdown
	of	food	through	mastication	(chewing)	and
the
chemical	breakdown
	of	food	through	enzymes.	These	enzymes	are	present	in	the
secretions	produced	by	various	glands	of	the	digestive	system.

Enzymes	are	minute	chemical	substances	composed	of	proteins	that	cause	or	speed	up
chemical	changes	in	other	substances	without	themselves	being	changed.	Digestive
enzymes	are	contained	in	the	saliva	of	the	salivary	glands	of	the	mouth,	the	gastric	juice	in
the	stomach,	the	intestinal	juice	in	the	small	intestine,	the	pancreatic	juice	in	the	pancreas,
and	the	bile	in	the	liver.

Figure	2
:	The	digestive	system

Absorption
	is	the	process	by	which	tiny	nutrient	particles	of	digested	food	pass	through
the	intestinal	walls	into	the	blood	and	lymph	vessels,	which	help	distribute	them	to	the
cells	of	the	body.

The	bowels
eliminate
	as	feces	whatever	food	substances	they	cannot	digest	or	absorb,
such	as	the	plant	fiber
cellulose
.	Fecal	matter	also	contains	bile,	which	carries	the	wasteproducts	resulting	from	the	breakdown	(catabolism)	of	red	blood	cells.	Nearly	one-third	of
the	excreted	fecal	matter	is	made	up	of	dead	intestinal	bacteria.	The	body	can	function
smoothly	and	efficiently	only	if	the	bowel	removes	these	daily-generated	waste	products
every	day.

Good	health	results	when	each	of	these	major	activities	in	the	digestive	system	is
balanced	and	well	coordinated	with	the	rest	of	the	body.	By	contrast,	abnormalities	begin
to	arise	in	the	digestive	system	as	well	as	in	other	parts	of	the	body	when	one	or	more	of
these	functions	becomes	impaired.	The	presence	of	gallstones	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder
has	a	disruptive	influence	on	the	digestion	and	absorption	of	food,	as	well	as	on	the	body’s
waste	disposal	system.
	Diseases	of	the	Mouth

Gallstones	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder	are	also	responsible	for	most	diseases	of	the	mouth.
The	stones	interfere	with	the	digestion	and	absorption	of	food,	which,	in	turn,	forces	waste
products	meant	for	elimination	to	remain	in	the	intestinal	tract.	The	storage	of	waste	in	the
intestines	creates	a	toxic,	anaerobic	environment	that	supports	breeding	of	destructive
germs	and	parasites	and	undermines	preservation	of	healthy,	resilient	tissues.

Bacterial	infection
(thrush)
	and	viral	infection
(herpes)
	in	the	mouth	occur	only	when
the	intestines	have	accumulated	considerable	amounts	of	undigested	waste	matter.
Destructive	bacteria	attempt	to	decompose	some	of	the	waste,	but	not	without	producing
powerful	toxins.	Some	of	these	toxins	are	absorbed	into	the	blood	and	lymph	fluids,	which
carry	them	to	the	liver.	The	rest	of	the	toxins	remain	trapped	in	the	intestines,	where	they
are	a	constant	source	of	irritation	to	the	intestinal	lining	(which	begins	in	the	mouth	and
ends	in	the	anus).	Eventually,	the	intestinal	wall	becomes	inflamed	and	develops	ulcerous
lesions.	The	damaged	intestinal	tissue


every moment, an inconceivable project is at work, one that is dismantling
the setup of separation to arrive at unity consciousness, the true self, Atman,
supreme Yoga, or whatever you want to call it. The setup of separationdestines you to live in a world of opposites. In the cosmos that we know,
and that has shaped every quality of life, evolution is the opposite of
entropy. Entropy winds down the universe, like a child’ s toy whose battery
grows weaker until the toy doesn’t move anymore. Evolution,  like a new
battery, reener gizes the unive rse. Entropy is the force that ensures
destruction, and evolution takes the opportunity after each act of destruction
to assemble something new from the same ingredients.
Over billions of years, evolu tion created all living things out of
scattered stardust. Yet consider  how dust, the simplest ingredient in the
universe, led to human DNA, far and away the most complex structure in
the universe. On the personal level, evolution proceeds when we dismantle
some aspect of the ego-personality so that a more evolved quality can take
its place. Destruction is essent ial, and you must trust that the true self
knows better than you do which parts of the darkness must reach the light
and when. In Yoga, the all-knowing creative force of Nature is Shakti, the
creative intelligence that controls both creation and destruction.
The darkness, being essential, is not to be feared, shunned, or denied.
Our strategy as evolving selves is to patiently confront every sign of
darkness, accept ing that the light will find a way to transform it and reveal
the essential truth it hides. There is no need to use the tools of darkness
against it, either, since violence, resistance, denial, despair, hatred, and fear
are not how the light operates. The light is nothing but awareness revealing
something new about itself, enabling the true self, which is universal, to
manage everything. A surgeon cannot operate upon himself, but the ego-
personality isn’ t playing the role of a sur geon—the true self plays that role.
Living the vision of Royal Y oga, each of us must remember that the true
self is the real self. Only by standing firm in who we really are can the
evolution of consciousness take hold every day throughout our lifetime.
There’ s nothing more to know and nothing more to do if you want to live in
the light forever.
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OceanofPDF.comACKNOWLEDGMENTS
From Deepak
In recent years, I’ve developed a passion for Yoga in all its aspects, and I
am grateful to my teacher Eddie Stern, whose wisdom and depth of
knowledge extend far beyond our daily sessions of practicing Hatha Yoga.
No one has ever taught me more about Y oga.
It was inspiring  to have Sarah Platt-Finger as my collaborato r in this
book. She exemplifies all the virtues and benefits of her deep dedication to
Yoga.
A write r couldn’ t be more fortunate than to receive the loyalty,
guidance, and personal support of everyone at Harmony Books, beginning
with Diana Baroni, whose dedic ation to publishing is a source of constant
admiration. Your insight and decision-making have been crucial in the
difficult times we’ve been passing through—my heartfelt thanks.
I’ve enjoyed a bond of closeness and shared admiration with my editor,
Gary Jansen. You have been wise and tactful beyond anything a writer
hopes for. Thanks, too, to the whole Harmony team, including Aaron
Wehner, Tammy Blake, Christina Foxley, Marysarah Quinn, Patricia Shaw,
Jessie Bright, Andrea Lau, Jessica Heim, Sarah Horgan, and Michele
Eniclerico.
My sense of love and caring owes everything to my wife, Rita, and our
extended family of children and grandchildren. Thank you for making this
journey a shared venture that enriches all of us.
From Sarah Platt-FingerI would first and foremost like to thank my coauthor, Dr. Deep ak Chopra,
for the great honor of inviting me to write this book with him. The
ecosystem of yoga is vast, with innumerable teachers; it is a great privilege
to share my teachings with such a luminary. Thank you for trusting me to be
your co-pilot on this project.
To my husband, my spiritual partner, and the person without whom
none of the words on my pages  would have formed: Yogiraj Alan Finger.
Thank you for allowing me to walk alongside you for the past fifteen years,
sharing the ISHT A lineage worldwide. Thank you for teaching me
everything I know in the process. Your endless support and blessings of this
book have meant the world to me.
To Claire Kinsella-Holtje, for reminding me of the power of my own
unique voice. I could not have written this book without your mentorship
and validation.
To my parents, John and Sheila Platt, who always supported the creative
energy within me, even if that meant spending most of my childhood upside
down or climbin g on the furnitu re! Thank you for encouraging my words to
go on paper from such a young age.
To my sister, Emily, thank you for being my first teacher in life and a
role model for life. I am so grateful to you.
Thank you to my editor, Gary Jansen; my publisher, Diana Baroni; and
everyone at Penguin Random House, including production editor Patricia
Shaw and designer Andrea Lau, for their unwavering support and patience
with me. You have made the art of writing a book pure joy and much less
daunting than I anticipated! And special thanks to Stephanie Singleton,
whose illustrations in this book captivate and celebrate the beauty of the
human form through asana.
To my dear friends Alyssa Miller, Mona Anand, Kristin Leal, Loraine
Rushton, and Rachel Goldstein. Y our sisterhood is my life force ener gy.
And to my daughter, Satya, for being the light of love and of truth.
Because of you, I know I can; and because of you, I always will.
OceanofPDF.comINDEX
The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of the book.
Each link will take you to the beginning of the corresponding print page.
You may need to scroll forward from that location to find the corresponding
reference on your e-reader.
A
aging, 72–73
anger, 23, 24–25, 40, 43, 51, 74, 135
arohan awar ohan kriya,  142–43
asana,  meaning of, 130
asana(s), 14, 56–71, 87, 129–44
attention, power of, 15, 109–26
B
Baby Cobra pose (bhujangasana),  224–25
backbends, 223–35 ; Baby Cobra (bhujangasana),  224–25 ; Bow
(dhanurasana),  230–31 ; Bridge (setu bandha sarvangasana),  232–33; Camel (ustrasana),  234–35 ; Flying Locust (salabhasana),  228–
29; Upward-Facing Dog (urdva mukha svanasana),  226–27
balancing poses, 197–208 ; Eagle (garudasana),  206–8 ; Extended Hand to
Big T oe (utthita hasta padangustasana),  202–3 ; Lord of the Dancer
(natarajasana),  200–201 ; Tree (vrikshasana),  198–99 ; Warrior 3
(virabhadrasana 3),  204–5
bandhas,  138–40
being yourself, 28–30
belly breathing, 78
bliss, 5–6, 39, 40, 41, 64
Blown Palm pose (parsa ur dva hastasana),  152–53
body, 14, 56–71 ; being in sync with, 67–71 ; conscious, 57–59 ; dissolving
separation of mind and, 96–101 ; presence and, 59–61 ; staying
grounded in, 61–64
Bound Angular pose (baddha konasama),  256–57
Bow pose (dhanurasana),  230–31
breath(ing), 73–80, 135–40 ; bandhas  and, 138–40 ; belly, 78; regulated,
79–80 ; ujjayi,  136–37 ; vagal, 78–79, 137; vayus  and, 137–38
Bridge pose (setu bandha sarvangasana),  232–33
C
Camel pose (ustrasana),  234–35
Cat pose (marjaryasana),  212–13Chair pose (utkatasana),  150–51
chakras, 131–33
“change yourself, change the world,” 15–17
conscious body, 57–59
consciousness, 5, 14, 15, 17, 40, 47, 50, 74, 81, 87–88, 98, 102,


icky
(3) Overactive, intoxicated, negative
(4) Uncontrolled, wildly excited

(A) Tired, absentminded, sniffy, itchy, queasy
(B) Mentally fatigued, achy, puffy, wheezy, may have rashes
(C) Confused, dopey, morose, withdrawn or panicky
(D) Depressed, disoriented, amnesic, or stuporous.

THE TRAP - FATIGUE
Now here is the catch or trap:
In its struggle to cast out the enemy, the body (through its increased heart and circulatory effort) has expended an enormous
amount of nervous energy which it subsequently attempts to recuperate in  order to preserve life. The heart which was
overactivated now slows down, the blood circulation decreases and the nerves begin to rest. This registers in the brain as
fatigue, weariness and mental depression. The more rapid the heart beat or pulse was, th e more accentuated these feelings of
depression are which follow as an inevitable consequence.

REST MUST FOLLOW OVERSTIMULATION
Every stimulation or overactivation of the heart must be followed by a corresponding rest, if life is to continue - every high must
be followed by a corresponding low. Just like the pendulum of a clock - the further it goes to the right, the further it must go to
the left until the body is fully recharged and equilibrium or a state of normalcy is reached.

AFTER STIMULATION - DEPR ESSION
The physiological law which is involved is called the Law of Dual Effects, which states that "all agents which are taken into  the
body or which come in contact with it from without occasion a twofold and contrary action the secondary action being th e
opposite of the primary one". (If the primary action is stimulation, the secondary effect is depression).
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HANGOVERS AND FATIGUE
It is supposed by Hans Seyle and Randolph who wrote on stress, that the stimulated alert state results from the release of
stimulating adaptive adrenal hormones. As fatigue or the wearing out of the adrenal responses makes the hormones less
availab le, hangovers (letdowns and loss of energy) begin to predominate.

CHILDREN GET OVERACTIVE - ADULTS GET DEPRESSIVE
Children and adolescents when adapting show mainly the overactive, stimulated side of the reaction presumably because their
hormonal adaptive  responses are more vigorous than those of older people, in whom the picture of failing adaptation is more
depressive, dopey and withdrawn.
"The more rapid the heart beat or pulse was, the more accentuated these feelings of depression are, which
follow as an inevitable consequence."

The "Power" of Habit Explained
from "Overcoming Compulsive Habits"
DR. HERBERT SHELTON QUOTES
Relative to this subject and of great value to our understanding of how the stimulation and depression mechanism works, I
quote the brilliant Dr. Herbert M. Shelton in his "  Human Life, Its Philosophy and Laws  " :
"This Law (Law of Dual Effects) explains the power of habit. The temporary "relief" from symptoms and the short period of exa ltation are
followed by worse symptoms and depres sion, so that the individual resorts to the drug for more relief and more exaltation. He cannot
tolerate the depression of power that inevitably follows the added impulse of power induced by tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol,  opium, or other
drug.
"The heighte ned sensibilities, pleasurable sensations, joyous emotions induced by opium soon pass, leaving the terrors of hell in their w ake.
The "brilliancy" of thought and intellect and ecstacy of enjoyment give way to languor, stupidity and horror unutterable. The  user resorts
again to his drug to revive the former state.
"His body does not need and does not demand more opium. It needs and demands rest. But he craves more opium as a means of
temporary "relief" from his intolerable suffering. The "relief" produces more suffering, which calls for more relief" which produces more
suffering which calls for more relief and so on until death brings complete and lasting relief. As the drug habitue becomes w eaker and more
nervous, he requires more frequent doses, or strong er doses of his poison.
"A striking confirmation of this view is supplied by the recently discovered fact that when there is no awareness of pain, th ere is no "craving"
for morphine. Vandalistic neurologists have recently devised an operation which they ca ll prefrontal lobotomy, which consists of removal of a
portion of the nerve fibers of the forehead to "relieve" unbearable pain. They find that when awareness of pain ceases, the " craving" for
morphine also ceases and there are no "withdrawal symptoms", ex cept a transient mild tremor. I interpret this to mean that when there is no
consciousness of pain, there is no mental desire for the accustomed means of "relief". I would interpret the so -called "withdrawal symptoms"
in the same way. They grow, not out of  lack of morphine, but out of fear of pain.
"Relieving" morphine -induced pain with more morphine is the height of medical insanity.
"What temporarily strengthens permanently weakens. Tobacco steadies the nerves only to produce unsteadiness of them; alcohol  weakens
permanently because it temporarily strengthens; tonics produce temporary strength and permanent debility; a cup of coffee rel ieves a
headache only to fasten the headache upon the user; it relieves depression of spirits only to double the depression when it "wears off". This
is the reason cathartics, that seem to strengthen the bowels weakens them.
"Let any habitual user of any drug discontinue his drug for a few days and he will experience in their fullness all the secon dary effects - only
to find that these may all be made to disappear by a return to its use. Coffee "cures" the headache it has caused; whiskey re stores the
feeling of strength it has wasted; tobacco the steadiness of nerves it has destroyed."

STIMULANTS ACTIVATE AND DEPRESS
To explain this in other words - All stimulants activate the body initially but depress it ultimately. All stimulants pick you up. Any
ingested stimulant which causes the heart to beat faster is a physiological poison and should be shunned like a plague.
In this case, when coffee is given up, the headache symptom which follows is due to the pain felt in the head from the
congestion in the brain caused by the presence of the caffeine which is transported by the blood as it makes its circulating
rounds throu gh the body to eventually reach the organs of elimination, whence it is discarded.
Now, all addictive habits and compulsions are due to their stimulating character and the more stimulating they are, the more
addictive they are and the more they draw us int o ever -increasing bondage. The cycle becomes more vicious as the habit is
continued.
As stimulation is repeated, in frequency, more recuperation is required than the body is able to receive in a night's sleep, so, in
order to get the same feeling of exhila ration or "high" as he received before, the addict feels impelled to increase the frequency
of his stimulant. Next, he feels that he needs to increase the amount of the dose.

THE MORE STIMULANT - THE MORE REST NEEDED
But each increase in dosage leads to a  further expenditure of energy, thus necessitating a greater need for recuperation or rest.
As the deficit in rest accumulates mote rapidly, this inexorably leads to a greater let -down, thus forcing the addict to increase
the amount of the dosage more and more until the whole body - mind system collapses from exhaustion. This is why it is so
difficult to give up an addiction. No one likes to go through the feeling of "down" with its attendant depression.

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Yet, it is during this recuperation or "down" phase that the body, nervous system and brain, recharges with energy. It is
absolutely essential that we realize that thi s stage MUST be gone through if we are to restore structural, physiological and vital
integrity to the body - if we are to restore our feelings, emotions and mind to a state of normal tone and wholeness.

THE LAW OF VITAL ACCOMMODATION
Continuing with Dr. Shelton, another closely related law follows which is called        the Law of Vital Accommodation - "Nature's
Balance Wheel"   which states that:
"The response of the vital organism to external stimuli is an instinctive one, based upon self -preservative in stinct which adapts itself to what
ever influences it cannot destroy, or control, or avoid".
"As we have shown, the violent actions following the first use of a poison are vital actions and represent an expenditure of vital power. If
these actions were to go on forever to the end of individual life, with each repetition of the dose, speedy exhaustion would result and death
ensue. Either these violent actions must continue so long as the incentive for continued pathological action persists


wary	of	signing	an	informed	consent	for	a	diagnostic	test,	tip-off	about	the
degree	of	risk	involved.
If	the	accuracy	of	test	results	seems	questionable,	seek	a	second	opinion.	Be
skeptical	of	any	diagnosis	based	solely	on	a	test.	If	something	is	found	abnormal
and	the	doctor	wants	to	prescribe,	request	to	have	the	test	repeated	before	doing
something	that	could	cause	damage,	be	it	needless	surgery,	biopsies,
medications,	anxiety	or	financial	cost.	Suppose	that	a	particular	medical	test	is
95	percent	accurate.	For	every	twenty	tests	given,	one	false	result	will	occur,
usually	a	false	positive.	If	a	person	has	this	test	twenty	times	in	a	lifetime,	the
odds	are	in	favor	of	at	least	one	false	result.	In	fact,	many	diseases	can	be
“cured”	simply	by	redoing	the	test.	In	1975,	the	Centers	for	Disease	Control	and
Prevention	surveyed	medical	testing	labs	nationally	and	concluded	that	more
than	25	percent	of	all	test	results	were	wrong;	for	certain	clinical	chemistry	tests,
the	error	rate	was	50	percent.	Not	a	lot	has	changed	since	then.
A	study	in	the	May	1997	issue	of
Hippocrates
examined	169	different	kinds
of	medical	diagnostic	tests	and	concluded	that	only	nine	of	them	actually	did
anything	for	the	patient	for	reducing	the	incidence	of	disease.	According	to	the
article,	many	of	these	tests	regularly	led	to	faulty	diagnoses,	resulting	in
unnecessary	treatments	the	patients	did	not	need,	and	people	with	passing	chest
or	back	pain	were	“being	marched	off	to	surgery	to	get	their	hearts	repaired	or
spines	fixed.”
About	70	percent	of	all	pregnant	American	women	undergo	ultrasound
evaluations,	yet	studies	published	in	medical	journals	including
Lancet
and	theCanadian	Medical	Association	Journal
show	that	ultrasound	may	affect	fetal
growth,	resulting	in	babies	with	lower	birth	weight.	In	addition,	children	are
twice	as	likely	to	have	delayed	speech	development	if	they	were	examined	via
ultrasound	as	a	fetus.	A	1995	study	done	at	the	Massachusetts	Institute	of
Technology	and	reported	in
Science
found	that	low-frequency	ultrasound
increases	the	permeability	of	human	skin,	allowing	proteins	to	pass	through
more	easily.	Ultrasound	definitely	affects	the	body’s	tissues,	yet	it	is	presented	to
patients	as	a	procedure	free	of	risks	and	side	effects.
Should	You	Have	Surgery?
Modern	surgery	certainly	is	one	of	the	crowning	achievements	in	modern
medicine.	Surgery	works	very	well	to	correct	physical	problems,	such	as	those
sustained	in	accidents,	sports	injuries	and	from	birth	defects,	but	surgery	does
not	solve	disease	problems.	Unfortunately,	most	surgery	is	performed	to	address
disease	problems,	wasting	resources	and	permanently	damaging	the	patient.
Every	part	of	the	human	body	is	important	to	the	functioning	of	the	whole;
removing	malfunctioning	body	parts	does	not	solve	the	real	problem.	Surgery
should	not	be	performed	unless	there	is	absolutely	no	alternative,	and	there	is
almost	always	an	alternative.
Most	conventional	cancer	treatments—especially	surgery—	are	directed	by
the	mechanistic	belief	system	described	earlier.	Cancer	is	regarded	as	affecting	a
specific	location	or	body	part	that	should	be	removed	physically	or	otherwise
poisoned	and	killed.	Completely	forgotten	is	that	cancer	is	a	systemic	disease
affecting	the	entire	body,	and	that	a	sounder	approach	is	to	restore	cancerous
cells	to	normal	by	addressing	their	deficiency	and	toxicity.
Cancer	patients	who	properly	address	their	deficiency	and	toxicity	may
experience	what	is	termed	“spontaneous	remission.”	A	study	by	Dr.	Harold
Foster	at	the	University	of	British	Columbia	in	1988	found	that	virtually	every
one	of	two	hundred	cancer	patients	who	had	experienced	a	spontaneous	cancer
remission	had	actually	done	something	to	improve	their	cell	chemistry.	Eighty-
seven	percent	had	made	major	changes	to	their	diet,	while	others	had	used
nutritional	supplements	and	detoxification	programs.	Currently,	numerous
alternative	treatments	for	cancer	are	available	(see	appendix	D).
A	heart	bypass	operation	is	another	example	of	unnecessary	surgery.	In	1992,
Nortin	Hadler,	M.D.,	a	professor	of	medicine	at	the	University	of	North	Carolina
Medical	School,	concluded	that	95	to	97	percent	of	the	coronary	bypass
surgeries	done	that	year	were	unnecessary—even	though	patients	usually	aretold	that	without	the	surgery	they	will	die.	In	truth,	almost	all	coronary	disease	is
preventable	with	diet,	supplements	and	exercise.	Likewise,	coronary	disease	is
reversible,	as	pioneers	like	Nathan	Pritikin,	more	recently	Dean	Ornish,	M.D.,
and	others,	have	proven.
How	much	surgery	is	necessary?	Dr.	Robert	Mendelsohn,	in
Confessions	of	a
Medical	Heretic,
said,	“My	feeling	is	that	somewhere	around	ninety	percent	of
surgery	is	a	waste	of	time,	money,	energy,	and	life.”	Dr.	Mendelsohn	cites	an
independent	review	of	people	recommended	for	surgery.	The	study	found	that
most	of	these	patients	did	not	need	surgery	and	half	of	them	needed	no	medical
treatment	at	all.	In	another	case,	a	hospital	oversight	committee	reviewed
surgically	removed	tissues.	In	the	year	prior	to	the	formation	of	the	committee,
the	hospital	performed	262	appendectomies—after	the	committee	was	formed,
the	number	dropped	to	62.	The	committee	found	that	most	of	the	tissues	being
removed	were	healthy!	In	March	1997,	the	Physicians	Committee	for
Responsible	Medicine	published	a	statement	saying	that	only	10	percent	of
hysterectomies	are	justified.	In	addition	to	being	almost	entirely	unnecessary,
surgery	is	risky;	possibilities	exist	for	surgical	error,	complications	from
anesthesia	and	infection,	not	to	mention	the	physical,	mental	and	emotional
shock	to	the	body.
Should	You	Take	Medicine?
All	drugs	have	potentially	damaging	“side	effects.”	Because	a	malfunctioning
cell	is	the	definition	of	disease,	and	drugs	deliberately	cause	cells	to	malfunction,
drugs	cause	disease.	Drugs	are	foreign	to	the	body;	the	mechanism	by	which
drugs	work	is	to	alter	the	body’s	biochemistry	in	order	to	suppress	symptoms.
Side	effects	often	are	worse	than	the	diseases	the	drugs	are	used	to	treat.	Perhaps
these	hazards	would	be	justified	if	drugs	cured	disease,	but	they	do	not,	they
control	and	suppress	symptoms.	Even	with	symptoms	suppressed,	the	true	cause
of	the	problem	may	be	growing	worse	while	the	body’s	natural	healing
mechanisms	are	being	compromised	by	the	drugs.
Billions	of	dollars	are	spent	in	the	war	against	street	drugs,	but	the	number	of
people	killed	and	injured	by	street	drugs	is	minor	compared	to	prescription
drugs.	Prescription	drugs	kill	a	couple	of	hundred	thousand	people	every	year
and	are	a	leading	cause	of	disease	and


 are getting the second best water in the universe and lots
of easy to absorb nutrients but you keep coming out of a fasted state.
So which is better? Water fasting giving your digestive system a break and
increasing the body’s production of amazing things by thousands of percent, but
no nutrients, or juicing where you have nutrients but have to come out of fasted
state which suppresses the body increasing natural hormones by thousands of
percent?
1.Water fasting. Advantage-Fasted state means increase in beneficial
substances in the body. Also fully cleansing and healing due to fasted state.
Disadvantage no nutrients coming in.
2.Juice fasting. Advantage-Nutrients coming in regularly and you are
consuming the second best water in the universe.
Disadvantage- You come out of fasted state every time you drink so you don’t
get the increase of beneficial substances in your blood and your body has to stop
cleansing and healing every time you come out of a fasted state.
The good news is that there is a third option that offers the advantages to both
options with none of the disadvantages. This third option gives you even more
bioavailable nutrients than juicing, but doesn't take you out of the fasted state.
How could that be possible?
This third option is far better than the benefits of either juice fasting or just water
fasting, because the drink you will be consuming instead is completely bio
available giving you even more nutrients than juicing and will not restart your
digestive system as juicing will do. This drink is exactly the same as what is
already in your blood at the time you drink it, so it's recognised by your body as
already you. Yes this drink is liquid you. And it's given to you every day for free.
It is your own urine, or a better name for it is orin.Option number 3. Omad orin looping. Advantage- You get even more and better
nutrients than juice fasting. The number one best water in the universe even
better than fresh fruit and vegetable juice. You do not come out of fasted state
so have all the advantages of the water only fast. Your body doesn’t have to stop
cleansing and healing. Your body increases human growth hormone by around
2000% along with many other beneficial substances with similar increases.
Every human being has already been drinking it for about nine months before
they were born. As a baby you pee into the space you are floating in and drink it
down again, around and round it goes. This is called looping your orin. Every
human has done this for about nine months.
If it was a waste product as we have been led to believe then every baby would
surely die. The truth is it is not a waste product but an excess product. The waste
goes out the umbilical cord, and then once you are born it goes out the back
passage. The urine does not. The baby pees into the space they are floating in
and drinks out down again and again. This is looping. This is an important part of
the programme. Omad works so much more powerfully combined with orin
looping.
Chapter 2
Urine is antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitical, anti-virus, anti-microbial and anti
just about everything that is bad for humans. It’s in lots of beauty products and face
creams already and you don’t even know it. Urine helps to further educate your body
as to what’s foreign and what’s domestic. Then get rid of the foreign things that
should not be inside you. This is why urine is one of the best choices for autoimmune
problems that are running rampant these days. Urine also contains vitamins,
minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, enzymes, proteins, carbohydrates and most
importantly it’s 100% structured water. Far better than any other structured water in
the universe. Your body will know exactly what to do with it because IT IS YOU. It
also contains several thousand different known chemical compounds and
constituents that are incredibly powerful for the human body. As well it includes an
unknown number of as yet undiscovered and unnamed substances.
Orin looping teaches your body what is foreign and what is domestic. Another way to
put it, it rids the body of what should not be there, but what should be there goes
round and round and is used again and again.
Anything inorganic or dead in the body will be cleaned out. Any inorganic matter,
mostly inorganic minerals which are dissolved rocks and sand. Not only does it rid
the body of dead inorganic matter but there are other living organic things in the
body that shouldn't be there and orin looping also cleans it all out. The bugs, right
from the microscopic virus and harmful bacteria all the way up to the large parasites
as long as your leg. It will not rid the body of good bacteria and enzymes that the
liver decides is good for you.
That's the beauty of the way the liver and kidneys work together when orin looping.
You dump the toxins at the liver every time you loop. The bad things are forced out
the back passage, or your lungs or skin also get rid of the bad stuff. The good stuff
goes on into your orin. You slowly detox the body and get rid of all the things that
should not be inside you. Looping your orin teaches your body what is foreign and
domestic or another way to say it; what is good for you and what is bad for you.I am a distilled water window cleaner in London. Been doing it for decades now. I see
every day first hand just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. Why is pure water
used in machines instead of mineral water? Because the minerals are all inorganic
dead rocks that will build up. Pure water will dissolve them and clean the machine.
Well the human body is a machine. Both distilled water from a distillation machine or
from your body's distillers the kidneys in the form or orin are so magnetic for
anything of the opposite electrical charge.
All the good things in your body, living organic minerals that you get from plants are
the same charge. Everybody knows what happens when you put two sides the same
as each other of a horseshoe magnet together. They repel each other, the distilled
water leaves living good things in the body. It physically and magnetically can not rid
the body of living good minerals.
What happens when you put two opposite side of the magnet near each other? They
powerfully stick together. This is why it is true to say that pure water will rid your
body of minerals, but only the inorganic rocks and sand that has built up inside of
you. Just as all the bugs, right from the microscopic virus and bacteria all the way up
to the large parasites as long as your leg have the opposite electrical charge and
pure water will magnetically rid the body of them.
I see every day in my job just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. It is so
magnetic and vacuums up all the dirt. This what happens in the human body when
you loop your orin, it takes it to the liver and then expels it out with the waste. So
the good clean blood can go on with all the good things to make your orin.
Key point to remember. Both distilled water from a machine or from your kidneys
absolutely can not rid the body of good living minerals. But they will powerfully rid
the body of any inorganic minerals and any foreign matter of the opposite electrical
charge.
The Death of Prejudice Is the Birth of the Chance to Heal
Fear about urine is conditioned and irrational. The following prejudices must be
overcome:
Urine is full of germs.
Urine is absolutely sterile and most of the urine that your body produces goes
back into the bloodstream anyway. Just think about this fact. If urine was full of
germs then why does your body put 90% back into the bloodstream? If you
choose to drink the 10% the body sends to your bladder, what you pee out that
is exactly the same as what your body just put back into your blood stream
anyway.
Urine smells
After a while the uric acid in urine changes into ammonia, and only then does the
urine start to smell. However, the smell will evaporate completely if the urine
gets absorbed into the skin, or any organic surface. Yes it will smell just like old
milk does if it's spilt onto an inorganic surface. Urine is liquid you, or liquid meat
if you like. Yes meat or milk will smell bad if they are left for a long time. The fact
that old milk or old meat smells bad does not stop people consuming new fresh
good quality meat or milk.Urine is a waste product
How can it make sense to reintroduce into the body a fluid that it just has
expended considerable effort to eliminate? A short and simple explanation: Urine
comprises the sum of all the experiences that the body has had (much as our
individual personalities comprise the sum of our experience). Records of
disturbances, infections, diseases, and allergies are stored within our urine. If we
confront our immune system with this information for a second time, we
stimulate the construction of a (finally) effective defence. Urine therefore
teaches the immune system a lesson. Just the same as immunisations teach the
body to build immunity to whatever you are getting immunised against. Your
urine tells your lymphatic system the information it needs to build antibodies.
Fighting like with like. Introduce


cing machine. Our DNA hasaccomplished the same thing on a grand scale, since the
human body is nothing more than variants of DNA built by
DNA.)
You may ﬁnd it easy to think of DNA, with its billions of
genetic bits, as an intellig ent molecule; certainly it must be
smarter than a simple molecule like sugar. How smart can
sugar be? But DNA is really just strings of sugar, amines,
and other simple components. If these are not “smart” to
begin with, then DNA couldn’t become smart just by
putting more of them together. Following this line of
reasoning, why isn’t the carbon or hydrogen atom in the
sugar also smart? Perhaps it is. As we shall see, if
intelligence is present in the body, it has to come from
somewhere, and that somewhere may be everywhere.
—
If we follow the next step of the neurotransmitter story, we
ﬁnd ourselves faced with another quantum leap in
complications, but surprisingly, the relation between mind
and matter actually begins to clear up. The areas of the
brain that mediate our emotions—the amygdala  and the
hypothalamus, which is also known as “the brain’s brain”—
were both found to be particularly rich in all the substances
in the neurotransmitter group. This implied  that where
thinking processes are abundant (meaning that many
neurons are tightly clustered), so will be the chemicals
associated with thinking. At this point there was still a
rather well-d eﬁned divisio n between chemicals that jumped
the gap between brain cells and those that traveled from
the brain down the bloodstream. (In my ﬁeld,
endocrinology, one of the deﬁning qualities of a hormone is
that it ﬂoats through the blood, a process that is generally
much slower than the transmission speed of a nerve cell,
which has been clocked at 225 miles per hour; a signal sent
from head to toe takes less than l/50th of a second.)Just when science thought it could isolate brain
chemicals and categorize their sites, the body cropped up
with its own complication. Researchers at the National
Institute of Mental Health found receptors in equal
abundance at other sites outside the brain. Starting in the
early 1980s, receptors for neurotransmitt ers and
neuropeptides were discovered on cells in the immune
system called  monocytes. “Brain” receptors on white cells
in the blood?—it would be hard to exaggerate the
signiﬁcance of this discovery. In the past, it was thoug ht
that the central nervous system alone relayed messages to
the body, rather like a complicated telephone system
connecting the brain to all the organs it wanted to “talk” to.
In this scheme, the neurons function like telephone lines
conveying the brain’s signals—that is their unique  function,
shared by no other system in the physiology.
Now it was seen that the brain does not just send
impulses traveling in straight lines down the axons, or
trunks, of the neurons; it freely circulates intelligence
throughout the body’s entire inner space. Unlike the
neurons, which are ﬁxed in place along the nervous system,
the monocytes of the immune system travel through the
bloodstream, giving them free access to every other cell in
the body. Outﬁtted with a vocabulary to mirror the nervous
system’s in its complexity, the immune system apparently
sends and receives mess ages that are just as diverse. In
fact, if being happy, sad, thoughtful, excited, and so on all
require the production of neuropeptides and
neurotransmitters in our brain cells, then the immune cells
must also be happy, sad, thoughtful, excited—indeed, they
must be able to expres s the full range of “words” that
neurons do. Monocytes can be thought of in eﬀect as
circulating neurons.
With this one discovery, the concept of the intelligent cell
took on full-ﬂedged reality. One kind of localizedintelligence was already well known, that possessed by the
DNA in every cell. Since Watson and Crick  mapped the
structure of DNA in the early 1950s, investigation had
proved that this remar kable, almost inﬁnitely complex
molecule encoded all the information necessary to create
and sustain human life. But the intelligence of genes was
seen primari ly as ﬁxed, because DNA itself is the stablest
chemical in the body, and thanks to that stability, each of us
is able to inherit genetic traits from our parents—blue eyes,
curly hair, facial patterns, et cetera—and prese rve them
intact to pass on to our children.
The know-how carried by the neurotransmitters and
neuropeptides represented something else altogether: the
winged, ﬂeeting, sentient intelligence of the mind. The
wonder is that these “intelligent” chemicals are not only
made by the brain, whose function is to think, but by the
immune system, whose primary role is to protect  us from
disease. From the standpoint of a brain chemist, this
sudden expa nsion of messenger molecules adds a new
order of complexity to his work. But for us, the discovery of
“ﬂoating” intelligence conﬁrms the model of the body as a
river. We needed a material basis for claiming that
intelligence ﬂows all through us, and now we have it.
Anyone can see that his mind is ﬁlled with a bewildering
ﬂood of impressions that are far too amorphous to pin
down. To describe it, psychology is reduced to equal ly
amorphous terms like the famous phrase stream of
consciousness. Today, as if to ﬁll that stream with water you
can actually see and touch, brain researchers have found
cascades of brain chemicals. But unlike a stream, these
cascades have no banks; they ﬂow anywhere and
everywhere. They never cease this ﬂow, either, for the
smallest fraction of a second. A brain scientist in eﬀect
stops time to examine a cascade’s components. The
chemicals he wants to ﬁnd are extremely minute—it tookthree hundred thousand sheep brains to yield a single
milligram of the molecul e the brain uses to stimulate the
thyroid. Nor are the cell receptors easy to grasp. They
constantly dance on the surface of the cell walls and
change their shape to receive new messages; any one cell
may contain hundreds or even thousands of sites, only one
or two of which can be analyzed at a time. Science learned
more about brain chemis try in the last ﬁfteen years than it
knew in all of previous history, but we are all still like
foreigners trying to learn English from scraps of paper
found in the street.
—
No one has yet been able to grasp how the cascade of
chemicals exactly patterns itself to do all the things a mind
can do. Memory, recollection, dreaming, and all the other
everyday activities of the mind remain a profound mystery
as far as their physical mechanics is concerned. But now
we know that the mind and body are like parallel universes.
Anything that happens in the mental universe must leave
tracks in the physical one.
Recently brain researchers have found a way to
photograph a thought’s tracks in 3-D, like a hologram. The
procedure, known as PET (positron-emission tomography),
is done by injecting the bloodstream with glucose whose
carbon molecules have been tagged with radioisotopes.
Glucose is the brain’s sole food, which it uses much faster
than do ordinary tissues. Therefore, when the injected
glucose reaches the brain, its marker molecules of carbon
can be picked out as the brain uses them, and thus pictured
in three dimensions on a monitor, much the same way a
CAT scan is produced. Watching these marker molecules
shift around while the brain thinks, scientists saw that each
distinct event in the universe of mind—such as a sensation
of pain or a strong memory—triggers a new chemicalpattern in the brain, not just at a single site but at several.
The image looks diﬀerent for every thought, and if one
could extend  the portrait to be full-length, there is no doubt
that the whole body changes at the same time, thanks to
the cascades of neurotra nsmitters and related messenger
molecules.
As you see it right now, your body is the physical picture,
in 3-D, of what you are thinking. This remarkable fact
escapes our notice for several reasons. One is that the
physical outline of the body does not change drastically
with every thought. Even so, the whole body quite
obviously projects thoughts. We literally read other
people’s minds from the constant play of their facial
expressions; without marking it, we also register the
thousandfold gestures of body language as a sign of their
moods and intentions toward us. Films made by sleep
laboratories disclose that we change position dozens of
times during the night, obeying commands from the brain
that we are unconscious of.
Secondly, we don’t see our bodies as projected thoughts
because many physical changes that thinking causes are
unnoticeable. They involve minute alterations of cell
chemistry, body temperature, electrical charg e, blood
pressure, and so on, which do


lowest	price	in	the	stock	market?)Deciding	when	to	say	yes	and	when	to	say	no	is,	in	fact,	one	of	the	hardest
challenges	in	everyone’s	life.	Who	you	marry	and	what	kind	of	work	you	do
depend	on	giving	the	right	answer,	as	do	thousands	of	smaller	choices.	But	if
saying	yes	all	the	time	doesn’t	work,	and	neither	does	saying	no	all	the	time,
what’s	the	alternative?	Must	we	muddle	through	trying	to	figure	out	the	right
answer	on	a	case-by-case	basis?
Most	people	are	already	doing	that.	If	there’s	a	better	way,	perhaps	the
world’s	wisdom	traditions	offer	it.	From	their	perspective,	the	soul	knows	best.
So	what	would	the	soul	do?	That’s	an	intimate	matter.	Your	soul	sees	every
situation	through	fresh	eyes,	and	they	aren’t	the	eyes	of	anyone	else.	Even	so,
there’s	a	pattern	of	trust	that	needs	to	develop	inside	each	of	us,	in	which	we
rely	on	the	true	self	to	bring	the	right	solutions	to	everyday	challenges.
You	can’t	trust	and	be	in	total	control	at	the	same	time;	the	two	aren’t
compatible.	Letting	go	is	how	trust	develops.	You	stop	worrying	that	everything
depends	on	you.	There’s	a	parable	from
India	that	begins	to	shed	light	on	why	a
person	can	rest	easy	and	trust	in	their	own	existence.	The	parable	isn’t	couched
in	religious	terms	at	all.	It’s	about	a	coachman	driving	a	team	of	six	horses.	The
horses	are	spirited,	and	the	coachman	whips	them	to	go	faster	and	faster.
Suddenly	from	inside	the	coach	a	quiet	voice	says,	“Stop	the	coach.”	At	first
the	driver	can’t	believe	his	ears,	and	he	cracks	his	whip	even	harder.	But	soon
the	same	voice	inside	the	coach	whispers,	“Stop	the	coach.”	Now	the	driver	feels
nervous,	and	he	says	aloud,	“Why	should	I	stop?	I	know	how	to	drive,	and	I
want	to	go	faster.”	To	which	the	voice	replies,	“But	I	own	this	coach,	and	I	say
stop.”	At	this	point	the	driver	has	no	choice,	and	the	coach	comes	to	a	halt.
The	meaning	of	the	parable	is	only	revealed	when	you	know	that	the
coachman	is	the	ego,	the	six	horses	are	the	five	senses	and	the	mind,	and	the
owner	of	the	coach	is	the	higher	self.	We	spend	our	lives	with	the	ego	acting	as
if	it	is	in	charge,	and	it	takes	control	over	the	five	senses	and	the	mind,	which
obey	the	ego’s	commands	willingly.	Like	horses	in	harness,	our	five	senses	and
the	mind	can	be	directed	this	way	and	that.	We	see	what	the	ego	wants	us	to	see;
we	hear	what	it	wants	us	to	hear.	As	for	the	mind,	it	can	be	conditioned	to
believe	whatever	story	the	ego	tells	it.
We’ve	all	been	told	a	similar	story,	as	it	turns	out,	which	keeps	being	repeated
generation	after	generation.	It’s	the	story	of	life	as	a	constant	struggle	where
humans	are	puny	things	confronted	by	the	inexorable	powers	of	nature.	No
one	is	immune	from	danger	and	looming	catastrophe.	Because	life	isn’t	fair	and
nature	is	blind,	we	have	no	choice	but	to	struggle	if	we	want	to	survive.
The	parable	of	the	coachman	contradicts	this	story	by	saying	that	despite	all
appearances,	the	ego	isn’t	actually	in	charge	of	how	life	unfolds.	The	owner	ofthe	coach	is
Atman
,	the	higher	self,	which	we	have	been	calling	the
true	self.
We’ve	been	describing	the	true	self	as	the	source	of	beauty,	intelligence,	truth,
and	creativity	inside	everyone.	It	has	been	in	control	of	our	lives	from	the
moment	of	birth,	but	the	ego,	with	its	convincing	story	about	life	as	a	constant
struggle,	has	taken	over.	As	long	as	the	ego	dominates	our	awareness,	we	lose
sight	of	how	reality	actually	works,	the	same	way	the	coachman	lost	sight	of	the
fact	that	he	didn’t	own	the	coach.
At	some	point	in	your	personal	growth,	you	will	want	to	test	the	possibility
that	you	could	be	living	a	new	story.	You	don’t	have	to	test	this	new	story	by
fighting	against	the	ego	and	its	constant	demands,	fears,	old	memories,	and
outworn	conditioning.	All	you	have	to	do	is	rest	into	existence.	This	is	really
the	process	of	accepting	your	own	spiritual	beauty.	On	a	daily	basis	you	do	the
following	things.
The	Practical	Side	of	Surrender
How	to	let	your	spiritual	beauty	shine	through:
When	there’s	a	problem,	look	inside	for	the	solution,	knowing	that
it	will	be	there.
Even	when	the	details	aren’t	perfect,	accept	that	the	larger	picture
will	turn	out	alright	in	the	end.
Don’t	act	when	you	feel	upset,	angry,	afraid,	or	uncertain.
Stay	centered,	and	when	you	realize	you	aren’t	centered,	take	a	few
moments	to	restore	your	sense	of	balance	and	calm.
As	much	as	possible,	don’t	put	up	resistance	to	other	people.	Be
open-minded	and	tolerant	toward	their	point	of	view.
Maintain	a	seamless	flow	in	your	activity.
Don’t	exert	yourself	to	the	point	of	exhaustion	but	don’t	slack	off.
Look	for	hints	from	your	higher	self	about	which	way	to	turn.
Learn	to	trust	your	instincts.
Don’t	do	what	you	already	know	to	be	wrong.
Look	upon	outward	situations	as	a	reflection	of	your	inner
situation.
Take	responsibility	for	what	you	say,	think,	and	do,	without
projecting	blame	or	depending	on	someone	else	to	take	care
of	things.
Each	of	these	items	can	be	tested	at	your	own	pace.	For	most	people,changing	their	story	only	begins	when	they	see	hope	that	it	can	be	changed.
Inertia	is	a	powerful	force.	If	you	have	landed	in	a	bad	relationship	or	a	job	you
hate,	if	you	feel	lonely	all	the	time	or	struggle	with	depression,	it’s	unrealistic	to
say,	“I’ll	just	trust	that	everything’s	okay	and	go	with	the	flow.”	We	aren’t
advising	you	to	do	that.	Instead,	you	need	to	be	reasonably	centered	to	begin
with,	which	comes	about	through
meditation.	You	need	to	feel	reasonably	free
of	damaging	stress	and	have	enough	room	to	make	some	new	choices.	If	these
preconditions	aren’t	met,	this	doesn’t	mean	you	are	in	a	hopeless	predicament;
it	only	means	that	you	should	look	to	earlier	stages	of	growth	as	your	starting
point.
Many	people,	however,	are	ready	to	change	the	story	of	life	as	a	struggle,	and
therefore	they	can	begin	to	experience	a	more	open,	relaxed,	and	trusting	way	of
life.	One	drawback	of	religious	and	spiritual	traditions,	however	beautiful	their
message,	is	a	lack	of	practicality.	Too	often	the	hard	world	is	regarded	as	the
enemy	of	spirit,	which	also	implies	that


; he had played ball with a few students. To celebrate his
112 The Internal Exercises
new life, he held a party. There he inttoduc ed me and held up my hand and
said, ''This is my saviour!'' He was still very healthy seven years later,
though he ''never touched another pill''.
THE TUR TLE
Ancient Taoist texts tell the story of a family which escaped to the hills
during a time of war. They took up residence in a cave deep within the
mountains. One day, a part of the mountain crashed down, sealing the
family within the cave. No amount of digging from inside could free them,
so they sat to await the chance that someone would discover their plight.
Months passed, as the family anxiously awaited their death due to their
dwindling supply of food. One day, they discovered a turtle which had
been in the cave with them from the beginning. The turtle had been so still
that they had earlier mistaken it for a rock. Now they studied it with the
utmost fascination, wondering how it had been able to survive until now.
As they observed it over the following days, they found the only move
ments it made were to extend and shrink its head in and out of its shell.
Occasionally, it would stop to catch on its tongue a drop of water which had
fallen from the ceiling. It had no other sustenance. Soon the family was out
of food. Facing starvation, with nothing else to guide them, they began to
imitate the movements of the turtle in hopes the simple exercise would
somehow keep them alive. Many years passed before others discovered the
family and removed the boulders which had blocked their escape. When
the records were checked, it was found that 800 years had passed since the
time the family had first been locked in the cave! News of their survival
soon spread and their fellow countrym en were astonished on learning that
only a few drops of water and a simple exercise imitating the movements of
a tortoise had sustained them through the centuries.
You may not believe this story, and it is recited only to encourage people
to follow the Turtle Exercise, but the Turtle pose is one which stimulates
the nerves. It stretches, stimulates, and energizes all the nerves of the neck
which lead to the brain and to the lower extremities of the body. The neck
forms the central pathway for all the nerves leading to and from the brain
through the central nervous system. If we are able to gain control over this
complex of nerves, we will control the entire functioning of the body. We
113 The Internal Exe rcises
can cut off an ann and remain alive, but we cannot cut off our heads and still
expect to live; therefore, we must recognize the importance of exercising
the area of the neck, as it increases the circulation and carries away deposits
which would otherwise impair the proper functioning of the nerves, tis
sues, arteries and veins of the neck.
The Turtle stretches the entire spine, energizes the neck, strengthens the
shoulder muscles, and removes tiredness, stiffness and soreness from the
neck and shoulder muscles. In addition, the thyroid and parathyroid glands
are stimula ted and strengthe ned, improving the body's metabolism. If one
performs the Turtle on a daily basis, one will feel younger and radiate an
inner beauty which comes only through the proper functioning of one's
inner energy systems.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TURTLE EXERC ISE
This exercise may be done standing or sitting. The best time to perform
the exercise is in the early morning upon rising, and just before retiring at
night. It may also be practiced any time you feel tension or tightness in the
neck or upper back and shoulders.
I. Bring your chin down onto your chest. At the same time stretch the
a. b.
Figures 50a and 50b. The Turtle Exercise.
114 The Internal Exercises
top of your head upward. Slowly inhale as you do this. The back of
your neck will feel an upward pull and your shoulders will relax
downward.
2. Slowly bring the back of your skull down, as if to touch it on the
back of your neck. Slowly exhale as you do this movement. Your chin
will be pulled upward, and your throat will be slightly stretched.
Also, your shoulders will be pulled upward on either side of your
head, as if you were trying to touch them to your ears.
3. Repeat this cycle for a total of 12 times, taking care not to force the
movements.
NOTE A: You may find it helpful to synchronize the movements of
the Turtle with the breathing techniques of the Crane. In this case, as
you stretch the head upward, inhale; as you bring the head down and
lift the chin up, exhale. In any case, please proceed slowly.
NOTE B: While doing the Turtle Exercise, look straight ahead at a
soft or muted light, or keep the eyes gently closed. You want to hold
the rest of the body relaxed and keep the fingers clasped around the
thumbs as you make a fist. This hand lock prevents energy from
spilling out through the fingers.
NOTE C: Always remember to concentr ate on what you are doing. If
the mind wanders, bring it gently back.
Patience in practicing this exercise will lead you to a treasure of health
ful, emotional, and spiritual benefits. Upon performing the pose correctly,
you may immediately feel a diminishing of any tension or tiredness in the
neck or upper back.
COMBI NING THE DEER, CRAN E, AND
TURTLE EXERC ISES
Once one is able to comfortably practice the three foundation exercises
on an individual basis, then the Deer, Crane, and Turtle may be put
together and performed as one basic exercise. This is accomplished by
combining the compon ent parts of each exercise into one single exercise.
Basically, one will synchronize the neck stretching as learned in the Turtle
115 The Internal Exe rcises
with the breathing as taught in the Crane, together with the anal lock and
hand rubbing as taught in the Deer (eventually the hand rubbing may be
discontinued and only the anal lock used). This may seem a bit confusing
when first practiced, but if one has become proficient in the indiv idual
exercises before putting them together, it should not take long to master this
combination technique.
Each of the three exercises, as well as the combination technique when
mastered, should be practiced daily, preferably once in the morning and
again at night for optimum benefits. If one were only to practice these three
basic exercises, one's health would expand a great deal. The Crane will
strengthen and stimulate the circulatory and digestive systems. If these two
complexes are strong, then it will not be easy to accumula te weakness and
disease. The Deer stimulates the physical as well as the spiritual being of
the practitioner. It improves one's sexual energy and ensures a balanced
glandular and hormonal system. It is said that if one has strong sexual
glands, one may never grow old. The Turtle energizes the nerves and
strength ens the brain, spinal column, and neck region. Possessing a strong
central nervous system helps balance one's mental energy and eventually
helps to bring peace of mind.
Every human being is a meld of three bodies: a physical body, a mental
body, and a spiritual body. The physical body houses the basic needs for
sex, violence, food, and entertai nment. The mental body houses the
emotions, thoughts, and will. The spiritual body houses intuition, con
science, and illumination-or communication with God.
The proper sequence of influence between these three forces should be
thus: the physical body functions only to bring into fruition the plans
formulated in the mental body, and the mental body formulates plans only
in accordance to spirit ual laws. A society functioning under such an order
of influence would be free of all evils and ills.
However, this is often not so. Since Adam ate of the forbidden fruit in the
Garden of Eden, the order of influence has been turned upside down. The
body's needs overpower the guidance of the spirit, and the mind becomes
the body's agent. The result was chaos.
We need, then, to bring the mind back, to return to the natural order. The
Deer, Crane, and Turtle Exercises help us do so gently and pleasantly, by
freeing us from the body's needs.
Taoist teachings are very practical. They teach that we are each responsi
ble for our own state of being-physical, mental and emotional, as well as
spiritual. It is for the purpose of realizing these truths that the Internal
116 Th� lnt�rnal Ex�rcises
Exercises were developed.
THE SITTING POSITION
Taoist teachings offer correct methods for sitting, standing, walking,
and lying down. People tend to sacrifice much of their everyday energy in
supporti ng unhealthy forms of posture. The following suggestions provide
simple ways of arranging our bodies so that we enhance rather than retard
the natural flow of energy as we go about our daily lives.
Sitting correctly increases one's energy and improves the health of the
body even as one sits. It is best for everyone to sit with the heel of one foot
pressed tightly against the perineum. For the male, the heel will press


1 teaspoon honey
STRAWBERRY NECTAR
1 cup orange juice          1 cup strawberries
1 tablespoon honey
BAVARIAN CREAM
½ cup cream         ¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup water           1 banana
2 tablespoons lemon juice
COCONUT CREAM
1 cup orange juice         1 banana
¼ cup fresh coconut pieces
STRAWBERRY CREAM
1 pint strawberries         ½  cup milk
½ cup cream APRICOT GLOW
½ cup fresh apricots            1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice     2 tablespoons honey
GOLDEN CREAM
½ cup sliced carrots           ½ cup raisins
2 cups pineapple juice
PEACH MILK
1 cup milk          1 cup sliced peaches
1 slice lemon
SESAME MILK
1 cup water          1 tablespoon sesame butter
1 tablespoon honey
LIVER COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice             1 tablespoon parsley
1 slice onion                    ½  teaspoon vegetable
1 tablespoon beef liver        broth powder
TOMATO COCKTAIL
1 pint tomato juice          1 stalk celery
½ small onion                     sprig of parsley
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
1 cup cranberries          1 cup water
1 cup orange juice        1 tablespoon honey
LIQUID SALAD
1 cup water                1 small carrot
½ stalk celery            ½  cucumber
½ green pepper          6 almonds
1 tablespoon raisins
BEET COCKTAIL
1 cup beet juice                1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice   1 teaspoon honey
1 slice onion

 SALAD  DRESSINGS
   The following recipes for uncooked salad dressings may be
prepared in the electric blender. For recipes containing no oil, simply put all ingredients into the blender, switch on the
motor, and let run until ingredients are perfectly emulsified.
For mayonnaise and other oil dressings, mix all ingredients except oil first. Then pour oil into blender very slowly while
mixture is turning. This assures a smooth, fluffy dressing in
which the oil is completely emulsified with other ingredients.
Uncooked dressings may be stored under refrigeration in
labeled fruit jars or bottles. Due to the presence of enzymes,
they will not keep as long as ordinary dressings.

MAYONNAISE
1 cup sunflower seed oil        1 teaspoon honey
juice of two lemons               1 egg
FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup rice bran oil           ½ teaspoon honey
1 tomato                          ¼ cup chopped onion
1 egg yolk                        1 tablespoon red bell pepper
PECAN FRUIT FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup peanut oil                 ½ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice      1 teaspoon honey
¼ cup pecans
ROQUEFORT DRESSING
4 tablespoons crumbled          1 cup French dressing
   Roquefort cheese
COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD DRESSING
1 cup cottage cheese                    ½  cup cream
2 tablespoons chopped chives       2 tablespoons chopped
¼ clove garlic                                  green bell pepper
LEMON CREAM DRESSING
1 cup cream                  ½  cup lemon juice
LEMON BANANA DRESSING
1 banana                   ½  cup lemon juice SOUR CREAM DRESSING
1 cup sour cream                  2 tablespoons chopped chives
TOMATO DRESSING
4 tomatoes                      1 avocado
1 egg yolk                       1 tablespoon honey  1 tablespoon finely          ½  clove garlic
   chopped onion
MINT DRESSING
6 tablespoons finely           1 cup lemon juice
   chopped mint leaves       4 tablespoons honey
ORANGE CREAM DRESSING
1 cup orange juice             ¼ cup pignolia nuts

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ALADS
TOSSED SALAD
1 head lettuce, sliced         1 onion, chopped
½ head cabbage, sliced     3 spinach leaves, sliced
1 cup celery, diced            3 watercress leaves, sliced
1 green bell pepper,         1  tomato, sliced
   chopped
   Rub large wooden salad bowl with ½ clove crushed garlic,
and pour ¼ cup sunflower seed oil in bottom of bowl. Add all salad ingredients and toss over bowl, lifting them 3 to 6 inches above bowl and whirling them as they are dropped. Continue, with 15 to 30 tossings, or until all ingredients are
glistening with oil. Add 3 tablespoons lemon juice and toss
again until juice is well mixed with ingredients. Additional dressings are optional. Mayonnaise, French, and Roquefort
dressings contribute to additional flavor. Grapefruit slices,
diced cheese, diced avocado, or other garnishes may be
dropped over finished salad. Ch ill salad in refrigerator and
serve on chilled salad plates or salad bowls.

CELERY-NUT SALAD
4 stalks celery, sliced                     2 large tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, minced         ½ cup grated nuts2 watercress leaves
   Cut the tomatoes in small pieces and mix with the celery
and green pepper. Add mayonnaise as dressing. Use lettuce leaves as a bed for this salad and sprinkle with grated nuts.
Garnish with watercress.

APPLE SALAD
3½ cups diced apples          1 cup diced banana
1 cup sliced celery              ½  cup raisins
   Mix the ingredients and use lemon cream dressing. Serve in
lettuce cups.
AVOCADO SURPRISE
1 large ripe avocado          ½  cup sliced celery
3 slices fresh pineapple      ¼ cup chopped almonds
   Dice the avocado and pineapple and mix all the ingredients.
Use lemon banana dressing. Serve on spinach leaves and garnish with a few chopped dates.

BANANA TREAT
4 bananas                         chopped Brazil nuts
chopped cranberries         whipped cream
   Cut each banana into slices and place on lettuce leaves.
Sprinkle with the chopped nuts and cranberries. Top with
whipped cream.

BANANA-CELERY SALAD
2 cups cubed bananas            ½  cup chopped black walnuts
2 cups sliced celery                 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
   Mix the ingredients and serve on lettuce or spinach leaves.
Top with mayonnaise dressing.

AVOCADO-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups diced avocado         1 cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Slice the oranges and mix with the avocado and celery.
Serve on crisp greens with tomato dressing.

AVOCADO-PINEAPPLE SALAD
2 sliced avocados             1 sliced pineapple
1 sliced grapefruit             2 sliced apples
   Arrange the fruit slices on lettuce leaves. Garnish with a
few chopped dates or nuts if desired, and top with lemon
banana dressing.
BRAZILIAN SALAD
1 cup chopped pineapple            ½ cup Brazil nuts
½ cup sliced celery
   Chop the Brazil nuts into small pieces and mix all the
ingredients. Pile on endive and parsley leaves and top with
mayonnaise.
DATE-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups quartered dates            ½ cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Cut the oranges in small pieces and mix all ingredients.
Add mayonnaise as dressing.
FIG SALAD
1 cup chopped fresh figs          4 cups oranges cut in
1 cup chopped pineapple            small pieces
   Mix all ingredients together and serve on shredded greens.
Pour over a little lemon juice for added flavor.

  BANANA-DATE SALAD
1 cup chopped dates            ½  cup whole black walnuts
2 cups diced banana
   Mix the ingredients with lemon banana dressing and serve
on fresh green leaves, preferably spinach or lettuce. Cover
with some chopped cranberries if desired.
FRUIT COLE SLAW
1 head cabbage, shredded         3 bananas, diced
2 apples, diced                         ½  cup sliced celery
   Mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise and serve on crisp
romaine leaves.
SPANISH-ORANGE SALAD
3 oranges                       3 tomatoes
2 green bell peppers      4 young green onions
   Cut the ingredients into small pieces and serve on
watercress leaves. Sprinkle with chopped almonds and top
with French dressing.

MANGO DELIGHT
2 mangos          2 oranges
2 bananas         1 cup dates
   Cut the mangos, oranges, and bananas into small pieces; slit
the dates into halves. Mix all ingredients and dress with lemon banana dressing. Top with mayonnaise.
SPINACH SALAD
1 pound spinach         2 apples
2 onions                     1 cup sliced celery
   Chop the onions and apples into small pieces. Chop the
spinach quite coarsely and mix all ingredients. Add French
dressing.

  HONEYDEW SALAD
2 cups diced honeydew melon           1 cup diced bananas
½ cup diced avocados                       1 cup chopped dates
   Mix all ingredients and serve on endive leaves. Use coconut
juice as dressing. Cover with chopped Brazil nuts.

VEGETABLE-NUT SALAD
1 bunch watercress            1 cup sliced Brazil nuts
1 small head lettuce            1 teaspoon onion juice
¼ cup tomato juice            ½ cup chopped green pepper
   Mix nuts, onion juice, tomato juice, and green pepper. Place
on a mound of mixed watercress and lettuce leaves. Add French dressing.
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1 head lettuce             3 young green onions
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OnrepertorisingyouwillfindthatPulsatillaisindi-
catedundereachsymptom,andthatthereareno
otherremediesstronglyindicated.Youcangivethe
indicatedremedyknowingthatitwillhelp.Inthe
unlikelyeventofitnotworkingyouwillneedtore-
takethecaseinordertocheckthatyou'vetakenthe
symptomscorrectly.
Case5a
Measlesnotneedingtreatment
AfteranincubationperiodoftendaysChristopher
getsmildcoldsymptoms,whichsoondevelopinto
measles.Theclassicsymptomsarethere:hehasa
feverof103°F/39.4°C intheacutephase,andanitchy
rash.Heismiserablebutdrinksalotandsleepsmost
ofthetime.Whenawakehewantsattentionandlots
ofcuddlesandisreasonablyhappy.Thisphaselasts
forthreetofourdaysandhethenconvalesceswithno
complications.
Notreatment isnecessaryasChristopher iscoping
wellwiththeillness.Hewillalmostcertainlybe
strongerandhealthiergenerallyasaresultofcoping
withtheillnesswithoutinterference.
Case5b
Measlesneedingtreatment
Christopher's friendDavidisalsosuspectedofin-
cubatingmeaslesatthesametime,andhehassome
symptomsbutnottheitchyrash.Aglanceinsidehis
mouthrevealsKoplik'sspots,agrittyrashonthe
insideofthecheek,whichconfirmsthathedoeshave
measles.David,however,throwsahigherfever
(104°F/40°C)andisdeliriouswithit.Hefeelsburning
hottothetouch.Therashdoesn'tappearandhe
becomesverydistressedanddoesn'twanttoeator
drink.Aright-sidedearacheandadrycoughdevelop.
Heisveryrestlessandirritable.Homeopathic treat-
mentisappropriateinthiscasetoeasethepain,to
bringouttherashandtohelphimthroughtheacute
phasesothathewon'tdevelopcomplications.
Youchoosethefollowingsymptoms:
1Measles(Physicalcomplaint)
2rashslowtocomeout(Relatedsymptom)
3Earache(Physicalcomplaint)
4worserightside(Relatedsymptom)
5Cough(Physicalcomplaint)
6dry(Relatedsymptom)
7Fever(Physicalcomplaint)
8burning(Relatedsymptom)
9Thirstless(General)
10Delirium(Emotional/mental)
11Restless(Emotional/mental)
12Irritable(Emotional/mental)Thisisafairlytypicalcaseinwhichseveralremedies
havemanyormostofthesymptomsintheirpictures.
Apis,Belladonna,Bryonia,PulsatillaandSulphurareall
partiallyindicated.Differentiatingbetweentheserem-
ediesiswhatenablesyoutofindthecorrectremedy.If
severalremediesarestronglyindicated,yoursymp-
tomsareprobablyalltoogeneralandyouneedtolook
atthecaseagainforlesscommonsymptoms.
InthiscaseApis,BryoniaandSulphurallhave
measleswitharashthatisslowtocomeoutbutonly
Apisisgenerallythirstless.Asthisistheonlygeneral
symptominthiscaseandbecauseofthehighfever
andthedangerofdehydration itmustbeastrong
guidingsymptomfortheremedy.Wecanalsoelimin-
ateBryoniabecauseoftherestlessness-aBryonia
patientliesstill,likealog.WecaneliminateBryonia
andSulphurbecauseboththesepatientsaremarkedly
thirsty.
Apisisrestlessandirritable-ithastwoofthethree
emotionalsymptoms. IfyoulookupSymptoms,
Right-sided,youwillfindApisandPulsatillalisted,but
wecaneliminatePulsatillabecauseitdoesn'thavethe
rashthatisslowtodevelopandourpatientisn'tclingy
andweepy.
ThatleavesApisandBelladonna.Youreadupboth
thesepicturestodifferentiatebetweenthemandde-
cidethatApisfitsslightlybetterbecauseDavid'sfact
andeyeslookpuffyandheisweepyaswellasirri-
table.Yougivetheremedyfrequently(every2hours)
todeterminewhether itiscorrectandifthereisno
responseaftersixdoseschangetoBelladonna.
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neededduringthestageofthehighfeverwithde-
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Athirty-five-year-old dynamicbusinesswoman starts
todevelopflusymptoms,withaching,weaknessand
exhaustion.Shehasbeenworkingextremelyhard
withoutaholidayfortwoyearsandhasnotbeenill
duringthisperiod.Hersymptomsareunpleasantbut
notsevere.Sheagrees(reluctantly!)torestinbedfora
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fullyandtorechargeherexhaustedbody.Sheisgoing
toeatespeciallywellduringherconvalescence,and
theneaseherwaybackintoworkgradually.
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