The Fast

We intend this initiative to be inclusive of all of those who want to join in this honoring fast. We are aware that each person has their own circumstances, limitations, and ways of honoring. We therefore propose a few different possible methods of fasting, as well as fasting timelines. Once you have decided on your own mode of honoring, join the fast below!

Fasting methods

According to each person's abilities, commitment, and wishes, we will each embark in some variation of the following fast:

  • Refrain from eating food or drinking calorie-containing beverages

  • Refrain from drinking any beverages aside from water

  • Refrain from purchasing anything for the duration of the fast (or at least refrain from luxury purchases and purchases from large polluting corporations)

  • Refrain from engaging in our individual addictive behaviors, whether that be phone usage, substance use, the need to be "productive", or any of the many faces of addiction and distraction from discomfort

  • Minimize the consumption of hydrocarbon-based energy and other pollution generation

  • Strengthen our connection to all parts of ourselves, to our community, and to Pacha Mama (Mother Earth)

  • Donate the resources we are refraining from consuming to foster the cultivation and dissemination of indigenous wisdom

Fasting timelines

We recommend starting the fast on Wednesday evening, if you wish to replace the feasting tradition with a fasting tradition, or Thursday evening, if you feel more called to a feast-then-fast tradition. We also recommend committing to one of the following:

  • A 24 hour fast (Wednesday evening through Thursday, or Thursday evening through Friday)

  • A 48 hour fast (Wednesday evening through Friday, or Thursday evening through Saturday)

  • A 72 hour fast (Wednesday evening through Saturday, or Thursday evening through Sunday)

  • A 100 hour fast (Wednesday afternoon through Sunday evening)

  • A longer fast if it speaks to you, and you have done the appropriate medical research

Join the fast!

To state your intention of joining the fast, and to (optionally) join the community of fasters on discord, please fill out the form below.