woensdag 28 maart 2018

Fasting - le jeûne & purge de Irène Grosjean

I had quite often heard about fasting and I think that it is part of the majority of religious that I know. The Bible presents fasting even as something that is good, profitable and beneficial. I grew up learning that I had to eat to survive and since I was lucky to have always food on the table, I never really got a more direct connection with fasting.

When I changed my food habits back in 2014, I also started to learn more about what impact food has on the body. I learned and felt that quite a lot of my energy is going into digesting food. So the harder it is for my food to digest, the more tired I will be, like I have already explained partially over here. I found what was for me like an excellent balance of food vs. energy.

While experiencing with that, I indeed found out that when I wasn’t feeling so well, start to feel ill, that just continuing on only water felt pretty natural and wasn’t so bad at all. I just started like skipping a meal when I was not hungry and not feeling well, feeling how my body reacts and feeling how it was able to auto heal itself. The fear, that I had of falling dead of malnutrition, was not really what was happening when I was actually doing it.


A trial of a meal, became quite fast a try of a day and even a try of a few days of fasting just based on water. It all felt great, and the only thing I realized that wasn’t so recommended for me, was to make the very intensive short effort. Typically a half hour intensive run, very intense, stressful day at work... would be days that after my experience, I would avoid doing during the fasting. For all other things I really had no issues at all. I could even go and sit at a table having a conversation with others that were eating. I really felt the benefits of fasting, what I see as cleaning my body and provide it some energy to do repair work on it.


With that knowledge, I arrived for a few days of experience at Irène Grosjean (which I describe already partially here as well) premisses and came in contact with her purge recommendations. She mentioned that like all animals, humans should also clean their inside body and purge when they found it necessary. Having no experience at all on the subject, I carefully listened to what she had to say on the subject and it sounded worth a try for me. After a personal consultation with her, I received a personalized purge program from her.

It mainly consisted of 1 purge with ‘chlorumagène’ and 1 with ‘huile de ricin’ that I could do alternating. During our stay there, I heard the wildest stories about these purges, from other participants that had already tried, from being very ill, having to vomit when drinking it… At that moment, nothing scared me, I definitely wanted to try this out and experience what it would bring to me.

Here is what I’ve rolled out. I’ve to say that the fact that I had to get the ‘chlorumagène’ and the ‘huile de ricin’ from the pharmacy, didn’t look like the ideal solution for me yet, nevertheless I tried and believed in it;
  • A few weeks after my stay with Irène Grosjean, I started to experience with these 2 purges and the first effects were quite negative; mouth ulcers, tired, dizzy… Now I have learnt that these were cleaning symptoms, so I wasn’t too worried
  • 1 month later, I started to create some rhythm, reference and took 2 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water and when cleaned, would in the beginning only drink vegetable juices.
  • 2 weeks later I would then have 2 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit and when cleaned, would in the beginning only drink fruit juices. After this one 1 started to have a feeling that I felt way better before then after the purge so didn’t really understood the sense.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 2 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. The 1st and 2nd day I felt nothing, the 3rd day I was completely KO with fever and really no energy left.
  • I stopped during the holidays and the next one was 1,5 months later, I took 3 1/2 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit. After 12h I had again some fever, this time only during 2-3 hours.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 3 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect, low energy and feeling tired as main symptoms.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 4 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit. After 12h I had again some fever, only during 2-3 hours.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 3 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 4 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit and it was the first time that it was very difficult to drink and I needed peppermint directly after it to keep it in my body. Otherwise, I would vomit everything out again.
  • 2 weeks later, I took 4 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 1 month weeks later, I took 4 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit and peppermint directly after it to keep it in my body. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 1 month later, I took 4 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 1 month later, I took 4 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit and peppermint directly after it to keep it in my body. It would already be difficult by only looking to the huile de ricin or smelling the grapefruit. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 1 month later, I took 4 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special.
  • 1 month later, I took 4 soup spoons of huile de ricin in 1 glass of grapefruit and peppermint directly after it to keep it in my body. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special. Seen the stress my body was in to take it, it is the first time I wonder if it is not better to stop with these purges.
  • 1 month later, I took 4 soup spoons of chlorumagène in 1 glass of water. I still had cleaning effect now besides that nothing special. This was the moment that I decided that my body was suffering too much for the benefit I took out of it. I stopped with the purges and focused on the fasting only and cleaning with food instead.
Looking back to it, I think it is an experience I needed to have, I regret nothing and I would do it again could I go back in time. I just felt that from a natural way, my stress repulsive reaction towards the substances of the purge, made me realize, it didn't feel natural anymore and I will stop the experience here with the ‘chlorumagène’ and the ‘huile de ricin’.

Today from a fasting (jeûne) point of view;

When I feel bad or ill, I definitely fast the period I feel necessary for it (based on only drinking water) and only start to eat again when I’m really hungry for some whole food fruits or vegetables.

Try not to eat too late in the evening (typically last thing I eat is around 18h) and try not to eat too early in the morning (typically the first thing I eat is around 7h) which provides me each day with a +-12h fast and sometimes longer. This allowed my body to take full benefit of the rest and sleep to recover and not still 100% digesting at that time.

Purges, I stopped completely in the form of those recommended to me by Irène Grosjean. What I did find out about my journey, is that there are some excellent plants that provide natural cleaning as well. For me beets, carrots, fennel, broccoli, brussels’ sprouts, garlic, ginger, kale, lemon, onions, parsley...are all natural cleaners today, they incorporate into my daily diet and I just try to have a natural connection with them. At some moment I really don’t want to eat them and at other moments they are the only thing I want to eat.

Based on this, my trust in nature raised significantly, and it provided me with the love, comfort and greatness I hadn’t seen for a long time in it.

#peace #goodfood #nature #fruitsandvegetables #fasting #newenergy #excellentbalanceoffoodvsenergy #cleanbodyinside #IrèneGrosjean #purge #jeûne

dinsdag 20 maart 2018

Concrete steps to change life!


Nice, now how do I do this change in life concretely?

One thing they have all in common, I have to start doing something!
If I don’t change or do something, nothing will change or happen…

What can I do?

For Food, Protecting the Planet, Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga...


For Food:



Well, here are the things I’ve done step by step and in that order. Now please note that every person is different and the order might maybe have to be changed.

Note that just like I had explained here, some side effects might happen, it helped me very much look into this with a natural point of view and not with the scared of everything approach I had before.

Note that for the other changes in my live here below, I’ve tried them before I changed my food habits and they really meant nothing for me. It’s only when I changed my food habits, my senses developed, they made much more sense for me and I could really see the benefits of it.

For Meditation;



Like I explained here, it had huge benefits for me. To start with it, I would start by trying to be a dedicated time (maybe 10 minutes a day), just in a quiet place and being with myself without distractions. Try to feel the breath, follow it, feel what it does with the rest of my body.

If that doesn’t help, maybe to try a guided meditation in which I just follow the instructions. I just type for that on YouTube ‘Guided Meditation 10 minutes’. As I feel the benefits, I started to increase and extend on what worked for me.

For Mindfulness;



Like I explained here, this was another major change. To start with it, I went really back to the definition I have for it; ‘basically do one thing at a time and do it very consciously’. So I started with picking one thing and then extended.

This can be driving the car (without listening to the radio, just myself and the car in that experience), now it can be with any activity I do; listening, speaking, walking, running, feeling, driving, loving…

Try to pick out 1 thing and try to do that one, I liked what I felt and I extended the experience.

For Protecting the Planet;



Of course, for me all start with stop eating animal based products. Like Howard Lyman says ‘You can't call yourself an environmentalist and eat meat. Period’. If I don’t understand why he says this, a good start is to look the movie Cowspiracy;


Start with easy plant based food habits like described here, and I was wondering after a certain period what was making it difficult for me, since it really wasn’t difficult at all.

For Yoga;



Like I explained here, this was another great discovery. To start with it, I went to some courses in the neighborhood, which I can find almost everywhere these days and I came in contact with some great people that way. To make this work, I really had to be open for the possibilities and limitations that my body has.

For Minimalism;



Like I explained here, this made me feel much lighter and life much easier. To start with it, I made a cleaning, by getting rid of all my stuff, clothes… that I don't use or wear very often, and provide them to a charity where people can have better use of them.

This is a great act to start with, now in parallel, it is of course also important to address my future consumption level. Since if I buy new stuff for everything I gave away, I don’t really get to feel the benefits of minimalism.

So for every new purchase I do, I ask myself;
- Why do I buy this?
- What if I didn't buy it?
- Is it really necessary for me to survive?
- If it is not the first time, do I really need more of them?
- If I think that it will make me happy, will it really and for how long?
- Presume I have to buy it to survive, do I buy the most friendly one I know for the planet and the people that have contributed to it even if that is more expensive?
- ...

To question myself like that, reliefs quite often the marketing techniques used on me and helps me to work as well as I can to my globally known over consumption.


At the end, here are the benefits I’ve seen by applying those little things step by step.

I’m very grateful for this and there is definitely no way back for me!

Loved to hear which one you are trying out and the benefit they had on you?

#peace #goodfood #nature #fruitsandvegetables #concretechange #changefood #Meditation #Mindfulness #ProtectingthePlanet #Yoga #SantoshaYoga #stepbystep #HowardLyman #Cowspiracy #easyplantbased #Minimalism #TheMinimalists

woensdag 14 maart 2018

Road to better sex!

When I say that, when I started changing my food habits, everything changed very positively, that includes sex as well. It is one of these subject that I would love to talk and share about right away, now it took me 60 blog posts till addressing it.

Why? Basically since, although I wish, today I’m not completely 100% confident talking about it yet. As can be read, I make progress, step-by-step. I also realize that if I want people to talk more openly without prejudgments about it, it all starts with how I openly without prejudgments talk about it. Mahatma Gandhi; “Be the change that you want to see in the world.”

Although great people that inspired me very heavily like Esther Perel, Jessica Graham, Nele, Julie Du Chemin, Ann Cuyvers... do everything to make the word sex more mainstream, it is still difficult for me. For my first time openly talking about it, I also prefer to use the word ‘intimacy’ instead, to which I feel personally much more attractive than to sex.


My first time (of course from a boy’s point of view, I have no view or statement to make here on the girl’s side) I still remember the intimacy very well, to be an extremely magical, special, unique...happening, that I would love to last forever. With the duality of live, of course things have to vary from one state to another, in order for me to realize the difference (one of these magical sides of life).

After that first time, I’ve been regularly back to almost identically the same conditions, so I would assume it to be the same special moment. Now for some reason or another, it was not an extremely magical, special, unique… happening anymore.

Why is that? Because I knew out of previous experience how it was now, got somehow educated, heard about other possibilities as well, saw things that make me dream… I changed my point of view completely and act accordingly.


I went really in a direction of, I want this even better (and this of course without a definition of what is better?).
Why, it looked like already so special?
Yeah, that was then, now I want this better? What is better?
Well, more, different, special…
Ok, and how will I realize that?
Oh, I got plenty of ideas, imaginations and my creativity is endless!
So off I went, in a selfish direction on my own, which result in frustration and looking for things that would not happen.

When I changed my food habits, these main special 10 things, happened to me.

Of course;
  • Better natural connection with my body.
  • Feeling a positive attitude for myself and towards others.
  • More respect for myself and all other living creatures.
  • Fear has received a place of acceptance, easier to live with, rather than something that makes me anxious and feeling bad all the time.
  • Improved taste and big curiosity for trying new things.
  • General improvements of the 4 other senses; feel, see, hear and smell.
are all great things that contribute very heavily to intimacy.


Of course I had way more energy, and I could assume that the activity level increases as well. Now I’ve always had energy enough for things that I loved very much at any moment of my life, so I don’t feel like a main difference there (some might).



Where I did feel a difference, is with the Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga, Ego … and basically the better connection with myself, I had a completely different experience of intimacy. With the general improvements of 4 senses; feel, see, hear and smell, everything is so intense.

It made me realize that what I still remember of ‘The first time’ as being an extremely magical, special, unique...happening, that I would love to last forever, was in fact me being completely present, open for all feelings and especially with no expectations, just a let go attitude. Afterwards it felt like I needed better, was mainly focused on that better, so I was not present, created expectations (some of them probably unrealistic) and especially never talked openly about them, they were my secret desires.



Although it might be seen as a physical act, it’s for me a way more mental activity in which the physical side is just a consequence of.

Today I get naturally into it, I’ve no predefined plan with plenty of expectations, with my progress on the ego and a let go attitude, I feel in real connection and get into explorations, I would have never imagined before and probably the most important part, I communicate about all that, before, during and after.

Before, I presumed things to be a certain way.

It in fact closes my experience field and with my undeveloped senses, it was very difficult to get out of that.

I wanted to experience new things, and already closed the door of experience, before getting in contact with it due to prejudgment and expectations.


Intimacy is today better than ever, I think it is something I have always had in me. For me via food, my connection with life has come back and made me feel the beauty of it. It is something that I was previously trying to find in selfish acts, where there is not much love involved and not much to be found!

Today I follow my heart, live the present moment, experience wonderful sensation, communicate about them and love every second of it!


#peace #goodfood #nature #fruitsandvegetables #wholefood #sex #intimacy #improvementsenses #feel #see #hear #smell #Meditation # PresentMoment #Mindfulness #Yoga #EstherPerel #JessicaGraham #Nele.nu #JulieDuChemin #AnnCuyvers

woensdag 7 maart 2018

The speed of life!

As humans, we are trying to do always more in a given time, and therefore increasing the speed of life tremendously.




I’m really wondering, is that really the purpose?

Is this what I’m supposed to do, or am I part of a trap?


Is it normal that I;
  • Drive a car, listen to the radio and write a text on my smartphone?
  • Eat dinner, watch TV and play on the tablet at the same time?
  • Watch TV, eat chips and check out my emails on the laptop?
  • Run, listen to music and text on my smartphone at the same time?
  • ...
And every invention that is made in that direction, to do more at the same time, looks like the thing I’ve been waiting for and I need to have it.

When I do several things at the same time like the examples here above, time flies by. I cannot imagine how fast things go, from my point of view mainly because they go too fast for me.


When I want to see a place very well, I walk through it, make some pause from time to time and realize that is how I can get the best feeling of something. I visited Paris like that, arrived very early in the morning at ‘Gare du Nord’, walked 35 km to all places I wanted to see and returned in the evening at ‘Gare du Nord’. It was an amazing walk (I’ve to admit I was in very good company), we had some great contacts, great experiences and saw nice places. When I would have done this by car, taxi, metro...I would not have seen half I’ve seen now and it would not have gotten to me so profoundly as it had now.

I’m today in the believe that to some extend;

  • The car, is not meant to be invented for me as a human (although I like it and use it regularly), things go too fast, I cannot get them like if I was walking.
  • Movies, is another example not meant to be invented for me as a human (again, I like it very much and have seen amazing movies), things go too fast, I cannot get them like if I was reading a book.
  • ...
So personally I’m not so sure that as a species we are developing the things we should develop and that are good for us.


I believe that, that is really to do with the speed of life. In modern life I see that things are always trying to be done faster, more efficient...and I’m really not sure of all that is the direction we should go.

Burnout, stress handling, time management… are all things I see and of which I wonder, is all that really worth it?

What do I get in return of that speed?

I realize that it is quite often an illusion, I think that things will be better with that speed, I imagine that I can do more… now if I look objectively to these, I quite often realize that it has the opposite effect.


I take life at my mindful speed of time and I love it!

What do you think about your speed of life?

Great little clip on the subject by Tim Van Orden:


#peace #goodfood #nature #fruitsandvegetables #wholefood #freedom #giveupfear #Mindfulness #mindfulspeedoftime #TimVanOrden #RunningRaw