I “survived” the 3-day great cleanse. It was truly a special, memorable and wonderful experience.
I was actually meant to do the great body–mind cleanse at the end of June. However, I was breastfeeding at the time, so I was advised to do it later. Now my circumstances allow me to practice. Perhaps because I did the great cleanse after learning many other practices from Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga), my 3-day journey was quite gentle.
Before starting, I had heard others say they struggled after 3 days without food, and I was a little anxious because I had never done anything like it. I followed Master Saga's instructions exactly, drinking the mineral salt water and doing the exercises to flush the bowel completely. After drinking about 1.5 liters and doing the exercises, I still hadn't had a release. I grew impatient and a little curious: what would the experience be like? Then I felt cramping in my stomach, real pain. At that point I breathed and stopped taking in so much water so quickly. After about 10 minutes of cramping, I had my first release. Because my family eats mostly plant-based food, the bowel flush was fairly gentle. Throughout the morning I kept drinking the mineral salt water and cleansing. The further I went, the cleaner the “output” became.
Working with the breath went quite well, and by noon I wasn't very hungry. At lunchtime I had only a glass of sugarcane juice. In the evening, while cooking for my child, I craved food so much that I was dripping with sweat. I hurriedly made a glass of warm honey water. Still hungry, I made another and drank it all. At that moment I truly felt I could eat the whole world. After two glasses of warm honey water, I breathed and felt everything gradually settle. The hunger passed.
Days 2 and 3 were much gentler on my body. Sometimes I felt hungry, but as soon as I breathed, the hunger passed. I only ate again at noon on day 4, and ate light plant-based food. After 3 days of the great cleanse I had lost 1 kg.
The Body–Mind Cleansing program gave me the direct experiences I needed and a truer understanding of my body. Hunger really is a kind of illusion; our intelligent body has other mechanisms to nourish itself. Above all, I came to understand that fasting for long enough helps activate cellular autophagy, helping clear out weak and diseased cells so the body becomes healthier. I feel the great cleanse is a wholesome gift each of us can give ourselves.
During the cleansing days I also witnessed negative emotions rising up. My husband took our daughter out, but when she got home she sulked and cried because her dad hadn't bought her a toy. I was already feeling tired, and I became very angry; I raised my voice, annoyed that my husband didn't know how to talk gently with her… And then I scolded my daughter too, telling her she mustn't make demands on her own… I practiced centering my mind and working with my emotions. Gradually I calmed down and tidied the house in silence. I went to lie down in my room first without saying anything. After a while, my daughter came in and hugged me. I felt some regret for raising my voice at her; I apologized and held her as she fell asleep.
For me, this course has not only been beneficial but has truly brought a “miracle” to my family. My husband was overweight. At times he weighed as much as 109 kg (he is 171 cm tall). Together we had tried many different methods (brown rice / no dinner / glass noodles / sweet potatoes / juices…), but none had worked. He moved heavily; every time he walked from the living room into the bedroom I knew at once, because his footsteps pounded the floor. His eyes lacked brightness. He couldn't move quickly… When I took this program, he and I were also looking for a way for him to lose weight. When I learned the principles of weight management from Master Saga's program, I shared them with my husband. He trusted them and was ready to apply them right away.
Honestly, when I helped him do the great cleanse (around mid-August), I didn't have much hope. He normally eats a great deal, and I wasn't sure he could last 3 days. So I simply worked things out on my own, buying aloe vera as Master Saga had instructed to make the cleansing salt for him. And yet my husband “survived” too. Not just 3 days: through his own effort and deep faith in Master Saga's teaching, my husband went through 41 days of body–mind cleansing. He lost 17 kg. Our family is deeply grateful for Master Saga's sound and effective teaching. Now my husband is much slimmer. His clothes have dropped several sizes (from XXXL to L). He moves more lightly and nimbly. Above all, his complexion is brighter. Funnily enough, only recently have I started to feel that my husband is actually rather tall. Before, he always just looked round to me.
Better still, my husband has overcome his snoring. I sleep well, so I wasn't much affected, but people around him could lose sleep if they were nearby. There were times I watched him sleeping and felt so sorry for him, because when he snored (breathing through his mouth) he looked exhausted. Sometimes I even filmed him so he could see it and get “scared” into losing weight… He watched the videos and shook his head, but only after persistently practicing body–mind cleansing and losing a lot of weight did he resolve the problem.
When I did the great cleanse this time, he practiced too (his third time), both to cheer me on and to manage his weight better. Before this round he weighed 79.5 kg, and after 5 days of fasting he was down to 76 kg. I think the key is that my husband has “mastered” the root principle of weight management. However many more kilos he loses is just a matter of time.
I am deeply grateful for Master Saga's sound and effective teaching and methods. I myself have had the chance to experience the wonders of the body and to cleanse body and mind more deeply. My husband, too, had the good fortune to receive them and has benefited more than we ever imagined.

This was my second time doing the great body cleanse. This time, drinking 5 liters of water was easier for me; I no longer felt forced. I just drank sip by sip, and when I got too sick of it I stopped, did the exercises, then tidied my room.
Going to the toilet was also easier than last time; the output turned clear sooner and didn't contain as much residue as during my first great cleanse.
Once my bowel was completely clean, my body felt incredibly light. It was a wonderful feeling I had never had before. My mind was clearer, and my meditation went deeper. It was the first time I felt what it is like to remain in a deep meditative state for a whole day. This inspired me to practice more diligently; I want to carry this state into my daily life. That evening I went to the park and sat in meditation beneath some large trees. I practiced qigong, guiding the energy down to the first chakra, following the guided practice Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga) had shared (“The root chakra becomes roots reaching deep into the earth”). I experienced exactly what Master Saga had described: the first chakra spun strongly, and I felt a sensation of pleasure, purity and intensity.
The first day passed wonderfully.
On the second day, a lot came up that meant I couldn't continue fasting that evening; I had a great deal of work to deal with, and my body needed food to have enough energy.
The third day, the day of body–mind cleansing, was also the day I let three staff members go. So much happened that I lost my temper and my composure. I sat down to do acupoint tapping and gave time to caring for my mind. While tapping, I received a message: I am cleansing across many dimensions, and my energy is being cleansed too. Whatever no longer matches my present energy will leave; that is impermanence. After tapping, my body felt lighter, my headache was gone, and my mind was more balanced. There are practices I have learned from Master Saga but have not yet applied regularly. Focus on what I have already learned and practice it thoroughly before going in search of anything more — that is what I came to realize through this great body–mind cleansing course.

As I write these lines, I have just been through a great body cleanse, having chosen the option of fasting for 2 days. I felt many emotions and went through a lot of inner struggle over those 2 days. But in the end, with the support of the organizing team and the companionship of my fellow students, I came through calmly with a beautiful experience and realization.
I have to say this was something extraordinary for me. My health has never been stable. I am sensitive to the weather. Too much sun, too much cold, a cool breeze, a few drops of rain, and I can fall ill, catch a chill, catch a cold or get a headache straight away. Then come low blood pressure and dizziness, and many times my hands and legs have trembled and I have fainted at school. I was terribly afraid of fasting and always prepared plenty of food. I eat vegetarian about 70–80% of the time. I like vegetarian food, and found myself naturally drawn to it after I began practicing Awakening Meditation (Thiền Thức Tỉnh). Still, I was afraid of hunger, because whenever I ate little my hands and legs would tremble and I would get dizzy. Because of this fear, I still ate a little meat each week, thinking: just to get enough nutrients.
When I learned that the great body cleanse meant fasting for several days, I trembled and felt anxious. Years ago, I once joined a nutrition team and tried to cleanse my body by fasting and taking only dietary supplements. I couldn't make it through a single day. On the very first evening my hands and legs began to tremble and go numb, and my throat and the tip of my tongue went numb too. I was out on the road on my motorbike when the fingers of both hands went stiff and numb, and I had to pull over at a nearby house and ask them to call my family to come and take me straight to the emergency room. I asked myself whether I would be able to do this.
And yet I kept walking steadily along the journey I am following in this SoulCoach 2024 class. And I knew, I trusted in the arrangement the universe had made for me.
At first I planned to practice option 1, eating breakfast and fasting for the other meals. But when it came time to choose, I wanted to push myself a little further, so I went with option 2: fasting completely for 2 days. After receiving guidance from Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga) and practicing step by step, I was still anxious.
My first worry was looking at 5 liters of cleansing salt water and wondering how on earth I would drink it all in a little over 3 hours???
My second worry came once I started drinking: I felt nauseous but couldn't vomit. But I didn't give up. I drank a 200 ml cup, then stood up to do the exercises. After 2 cups the nausea was too much, so I stopped again and exercised again. Then I took small sips, one sip at a time, and exercised. The water came right up to my throat, and I exercised again. Like that, I drank and exercised until I was drenched in sweat, then drank again. But once the nausea passed, I could drink a full cup. I knew I could keep going. When I had drunk about 2/3 of the 5 liters, I began to need to release. Then came the stage of drinking and releasing at the same time.
My third worry: when the output started to turn fairly clear, I noticed my hands and legs trembling, and I felt tired, with a headache and dizziness. I pushed on a little more until the water ran clear, with about ¼ of the salt water left. I needed support, and the organizing team accompanied me safely through this first stage.
At that point I knew I could carry on under Master Saga's guidance.
Over the two days of learning and practicing qigong and meditation, drinking warm honey water and plain water, even though I couldn't yet fully do exercise 2, I increased the number of repetitions of exercise 1 and of meditation. By the end of yesterday I was a little tired, but after practicing qigong and acupoint tapping for this state, the headache I'd had since the afternoon was almost gone. As for the results of two days of cleansing and fasting, I think I'm fine. I never imagined I could do it. Most importantly, I'm still healthy, I can still study, I can still do other things like tidying the house, and I can still do gentle yoga. I don't need to lose weight, but my waist has slimmed, my lower belly is smaller and my stomach feels light. Best of all, my meditation is more focused, and I sense and connect better with the inner teacher within me. My perception feels clearer. Late yesterday afternoon I got a little angry with my children. But as I was speaking, I began to notice what I was saying, and then I was able to let it go right away. Waking up today, everything is completely normal, even somewhat better.
This first cleanse has been a wonderful realization that gives me faith and steady peace of mind, and helps me understand my body for my next cleanse and for regular cleanses going forward.
I am grateful for the guidance of Master Ta Minh Tuan!
I am grateful to the teachers within me, and grateful for the arrangement, full of love, that the universe has made for me!

This was an experience that brought me so many emotions. First came the nervous excitement as I began mixing the salt to drink: would it even work? It seemed so simple, so why did the results sound so miraculous? Then came the anticipation and restlessness when I saw my classmates and friends already going to the toilet, while I had drunk nearly half of the 5-liter jug and nothing had happened — maybe it just didn't work for me?
Then, half an hour into the afternoon class, my body finally began its cleansing process, and I was thrilled and so happy. Wow! I have to say, passing nothing but water from the bowel for the first time felt… so strange. Anxious and relieved at once, I even thought about doing the cleanse every week to stay that clean. I could feel the clear water moving through each section of my intestines, washing away so much residue. The feeling of cleanliness was remarkable — cleaner than taking a shower!
At first my stools were as normal as any other day, but later they became more watery and the water began to run clearer. In the final flushes, as the water became clearer, I could smell a fishy odor from my large intestine, and I felt such tenderness for every part of my gut; it had worked so hard because of my unhealthy, indulgent eating habits. Craving something, I'd eat; just before bed, I'd eat; sad, I'd eat; happy, I'd invite friends out to eat.
Over the past year, when work wasn't going smoothly, I was under a lot of stress, so eating became my way of soothing my exhaustion. Besides three main meals a day, I would sometimes snack to satisfy my cravings, so when I started cleansing I was quite worried, not knowing how far I could go.
And strangely enough, on the first day of fasting my body didn't feel hungry; it felt light and very comfortable. Not like after a big meal, when my mind would turn sluggish and then I'd keep craving this and that. Once I was fasting, I didn't crave anything at all. By day 2, what I craved were plant-based vegetarian dishes with light flavors, not the rich, savory food I used to want.
From the first day of fasting through day 2 I was constantly sleepy; I could lie down and fall fast asleep at once. This morning I was able to dream and remember my dream very clearly. Usually it is very hard for me to remember; you could say I don't even remember whether I dreamed, or the details are very faint. This will also help me a great deal in decoding the messages in my dreams. My sleep is much sounder than before — truly a precious gift for me.
On day 2, during an argument with my husband, anger flared up in me, but I noticed it was much smaller than before; my chest no longer pounded like a drum, and the anger passed more quickly. I easily took the first step to make up, instead of waiting for him to do it. My anger felt small and light, quite ordinary, easy to step out of rather than spiraling deeper into it. Maybe when you fast there's no surplus energy left for pointless things?
The only thing that troubled me in this experience was a terrible pain on the left side of my head. Throbbing waves of pain left me exhausted and wanting only to sleep. My mouth also tasted bland, my muscles felt a little sore, and my ears were ringing. Overall it was rather like having a cold, and still within what I could handle; nothing to worry about, I was just a little tired.
Now it is the morning of day 3, and my hunger is mild, not the gnawing, stomach-churning hunger I used to feel. My hunger used to make me terribly irritable; if I was hungry and couldn't eat, I'd become sullen and grumpy — what people call being “hangry”. Since cleansing and fasting, I have come to realize deeply that my body doesn't crave food the way my mouth does. I now see eating as something refined: we eat to nourish ourselves and bring life energy into ourselves, not to feed a hungry ghost within.
You know, dear organizing team, over the past year I tried many times to restart healthy eating habits without success; I still had those cravings for chicken pho, broken rice, crab noodle soup, milk tea… These delicious flavors are so hard to give up, and yet after only 2 days my body feels very comfortable, at ease and light. If I crave anything, I just want a bowl of rice with boiled vegetables. I can imagine the sweetness of a carrot on the tip of my tongue — delicious.

I did the great cleanse on the morning of 28 June 2024 and fasted for three days, from 28 to 30 June.
This was my first time doing the great cleanse and fasting, yet I didn't feel anxious; I approached it with a calm mind. I think it was the steps I had taken one by one on the SoulCoach journey, together with the energy of Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga), that gave me confidence in practicing this course.
I had no difficulty with the great cleanse. Following Master Saga's instructions exactly, each time I drank 200–220 ml of mineral salt water, then did the 3 exercises and went to the toilet. This cycle repeated quite regularly. Although in the second half I felt nauseous after drinking, I found a way to ease the nausea. I completed the great cleanse in just over 2 hours. My body felt as light as a feather and ready to begin fasting.
By now I have fasted for more than two days. At times I have felt cravings, especially at cooking time, when the aroma of food fills the air. In those moments I felt that a single bite of boiled vegetables, one peanut or a sip of soup would taste wonderful. But the feeling passed very quickly. Sometimes I felt real hunger, a gnawing in my stomach, and I immediately did the qigong exercises; the hunger passed too. At times I felt irritable and uncomfortable, partly because some things didn't go the way I wanted, but I think it may partly have been caused by hunger as well; I need to work more with this emotion.
One special thing I noticed after the great cleanse and during the fast was alertness. I felt very alert, which helped me study and work more effectively.
This has been a very special experience for me. With this experience and the knowledge Master Saga has taught, I have set myself the goal of doing the great cleanse and fasting every quarter or every six months.
Thank you, Master Saga, for passing on such valuable knowledge, and thank you to the class assistants for always being here, ready to support and help.

I did the great cleanse (with mineral salt) together with the class on 28 June 2024. As this was my second time going through the process, it no longer felt unfamiliar. Still, drinking all 5 liters of water and going to “release” was somewhat uncomfortable. Fasting on days 2 and 3 went quite smoothly; my body didn't feel short of energy or hungry at all. I even had enough energy to play some sport.
A big lesson came to me before the cleansing day: cleansing my physical house. The day before, it had rained very heavily, and water overflowed from the rooftop terrace, down the stairs and all the way to the ground floor. My wife and my younger sibling at home had a very hard time mopping up. The next day I had to climb up to the rooftop to check. On the metal roof there were a lot of droppings (probably from the neighbor's cat). Clearly the droppings had been carried down by the water, built up over time and clogged the drainpipe. So I had to clean it all out to clear the flow. My feet felt stuck in mud, slippery, with an unpleasant smell.
From that day's experience, my lesson was that I need to cleanse regularly, both my physical house and my own body. This is very important for preventing emotional blockages.
During the course I felt very happy and grateful to learn about the “Enlightened” way of living, and I resolved to practice it diligently every day.

During the 3 days of the great cleanse, I had the chance to experience “slow living”, observing and paying attention to the smallest movements of my body — something I felt I hadn't sensed in a very long time. Although I didn't complete the great bowel cleanse, I still love and accept myself.
- On the first day, I didn't complete the 5 liters of mineral salt water. Why couldn't I finish this 5-liter challenge? Because I was forcing it too much, too eager to achieve a result. I drank quite a lot of water in the first rounds, hurriedly, without listening carefully to my body's reactions, when I should have gone slowly to let my body adjust. That made me vomit violently 3 times, and I couldn't go on (I also tried invoking the angels and meditating, but it didn't help). Part of me, for the sake of the goal I had set, made my body “grind” beyond its limits. I also have a pattern of not yet welcoming and comforting my body.
→ My lesson: learn to listen to my body more (invoking Angel 5 Mahasiah – Rectification, correcting mistakes, and Angel 15 Hariel – Purification).
- I found it much easier to center my mind thanks to the qigong exercises of observing the belly and the breath. Before, when meditating, I always wondered why “breathe in, the belly rises; breathe out, the belly falls”. I assumed it was because Meditation Masters practiced belly breathing a lot, while I breathed with my lungs, so I couldn't feel what the phrase described. This time I could pay attention to every subtle change in my abdominal muscles, the touch of the breath in my nose, the path of the air: from the nose, through the lungs and down to the belly, then the belly gently contracting to push the air back up and out. I could listen to my breath very slowly and very clearly. I set the intention that if there were an energy vortex above the crown of my head, it would help me feel it by making me turn round and round. And I truly did feel it. When my mind was centered, my body felt very light and soft.
- Strangely, I didn't feel the slightest hunger or stomach pain during all 3 days. Sometimes, when preparing food for my husband, I was a little “tempted”, but I told myself I was fine, I was still cleansing, and the thought passed.
- I had an experience completely different from my long-held beliefs: we can take in energy not only through food! On the morning of day 3, I woke up with quite a bad migraine. Usually I would put this down to hunger or cold (not enough blood reaching the brain). This time, after doing 2 qigong exercises, I felt much better. I felt clear, and my head was very calm. While practicing “using the mind to guide the qi”, I could visualize the energy flowing from my belly up to my head and back again. And quite naturally, the further I went into the movements, the gentler and slower I became, at times feeling as if I were meditating with my own body.
- I had an experience that my rational mind finds very hard to explain. For the migraine, I also tried acupoint tapping. When I practiced the tapping, right afterwards my head felt very calm and the headache was gone at once. I found it truly miraculous. Sometimes I think I am too rational, so things I cannot see (using intention, tapping on acupoints) seem rather mysterious to me.
- I was also a little worried whether, fasting with headaches like that, I could still work productively and creatively. As this round fell on a weekend, I didn't need to work much. I will try it next time.
I am very grateful to Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga) for his knowledge and for what he shared about the way of life of the enlightened and the practices. What I find wonderful is that I am always reminded that I need to practice, to integrate the lessons, and to become my own teacher!

On 28 June 2024, I committed to the body–mind cleanse under option 2, which meant fasting completely for 48 hours.
On the morning of 28 June 2024, after the general knowledge had been shared and explained, we began the bowel cleanse. For me, the bowel cleanse was perhaps the hardest part of the whole cleansing process. After drinking about 2 liters of mineral salt water and doing the supporting exercises to “release”, I found it very hard to keep drinking. It took great effort to drink another liter, and 2 hours had already passed with only 2 releases. I began to feel anxious, wondering how many toxins my body had accumulated and whether I was like the others. I started rereading the instruction sheet to see whether what I was doing was abnormal, and the thought crossed my mind: maybe I should just stop here. At that point I felt a little tired, I was sweating, and I was somewhat anxious.
Then a few students posted in the group chat asking about finding it hard to drink and hard to release, just like me, and I calmed down and carried on drinking, exercising and releasing. I thought: so many people can do it, so why would I give up so easily? Then I remembered that all thoughts simply arise from the mind; if I gave in to it, I would fall right back into the loop. Really, it was nothing so terrible; as long as I followed the instructions correctly, everything would be fine. The reactions in my body were just sensations, perfectly normal symptoms that would easily pass.
By 2 p.m. I had drunk only 4 liters and released 4 times, and then I went back to class. By then my body felt much lighter; I was still a little tired, but I kept drinking and releasing. When I had drunk 4.5 liters, the output looked just like urine and I couldn't drink any more, so I decided to stop. I felt this experience was enough and there was no need to drink more.
After the cleanse my body felt light, and on day 2 I felt normal and not at all hungry, because in fact I'm not in the habit of eating breakfast; every morning I usually have a cup of coffee, and that has been the case for a long time. I studied as usual all of day 2, but in the afternoon I got a bad headache. When a few other students also reported headaches, I felt calmer as the class assistants explained that stiffness in the shoulders and neck can affect blood flow to the brain and cause headaches, and that practicing the acupressure method would help.
On the afternoon of day 2 I practiced this method for the headache, but it eased only slightly. I understand that everything stems from the mind; if my mind had not truly embraced it, it is understandable that the effect did not fully come. I have always felt quite averse to methods that involve saying encouraging, positive words aloud, a bit like NLP. In the acupoint method you tap while saying two rounds of the negative and one round of the positive, and part of me resisted; I didn't believe that such autosuggestion would work…. I recognized the pattern of resistance in me, and I understood why the method didn't really work for my headache. In the evening I had a slight craving, just the feeling of wanting to eat when the whole family was having dinner with dishes I love (at that moment I was observing my mind very closely, which is how I managed to keep fasting).
Two days of complete fasting was a new experience for me. It was my first time; although I had heard a lot about cleansing fasts, this was my first time experiencing one firsthand. Everything went fairly easily: I didn't feel hungry, I just had a headache and a bit of craving, but I wasn't too tired, and it stayed within what I could handle.
I will certainly practice at least once every 6 months, cleansing for at least 3 days each time.

I had known about cleansing fasts for a long time, and knew that many traditions practice fasting, but I had never intended to fast myself, because I'm naturally slim and have no need to lose weight. However, since joining SoulCoach I have done everything the program asks, fully and correctly. So I approached the fasting required by the Body–Mind Cleansing course in a relaxed way, without the slightest worry or unease. I knew Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga) would not teach us anything dangerous. Besides, we weren't “guinea pigs”, so there was nothing to be concerned about, even though Master Saga and the organizing team regularly “reassured” us throughout the course.
I chose option 1 (eating breakfast and fasting for the other meals over 3 days) because I'm prone to low blood pressure and stomach pain if I don't eat regularly, so option 1 would lessen any sudden impact on my health. Besides, I had no need to prove anything to anyone, not even to myself.
Day 1:
I only received the mineral salt packet sent by the organizing team at 11 a.m., so before that I had already drunk a lot of plain water and released some beforehand. So when the packet arrived I mixed only about 2 more liters, as I reckoned I might not have time to drink all 5 liters and finish releasing before 2 p.m. (when the afternoon class began).
After drinking a little over 1 liter of mineral salt water and doing the exercises, I started releasing again. Overall, my output was fairly clean and clear, not dirty and foul-smelling as described in the course (even though I had prepared myself for things to be dirtier), perhaps because I have eaten quite healthily all my life. I carried on drinking the rest of the mineral salt water; in the end about one 200 ml glass was left over, and since it was time for the afternoon class I didn't drink any more. Each time I drank another glass, I released again (even without doing the exercises).
In the afternoon, around 3 o'clock during class, I felt hungry, a gnawing in my gut, but after practicing qigong the hunger was gone. At the end of the afternoon class I practiced qigong once more, then took care of company business. Around 8 p.m., once work was done, I went to the supermarket. Although the supermarket had lots of delicious food, I didn't feel any craving. When I got home I drank honey water, did my evening meditation and went to bed.
I ended day 1 of fasting quite gently.
Day 2:
Waking up on day 2, I wasn't hungry; I felt the same as on any ordinary day. I drank water, then exercised and did my breathing practice as usual.
I felt I could skip breakfast without any problem. I hesitated a little between eating breakfast and fasting altogether. In the end I decided to eat breakfast as per option 1, my original choice. I ate only 2 slices of plain sandwich bread and drank a small pot of Probi.
Then I went to class. The morning of day 2 passed quite peacefully. At noon, when my family had lunch, I felt a little hungry but had no craving.
In the afternoon my gut gnawed at times. Each time, I practiced qigong. Around 6 p.m. I had a slight craving but didn't feel uncomfortable about not eating, perhaps because I'm normally quite “mindful” about eating. When I got too hungry, I drank a glass of honey water.
Around 8:30 p.m. on day 2, I started to have stomach pain, with a burning heat in the area above my navel. I lay down for quite a while to ease the pain, took out Master Saga's book The Awakening Journey to read, and from time to time sent love to my stomach. Usually when I have stomach pain I don't take medicine; I just lie down long enough and it goes away. Around 11 p.m., when the pain had eased, I got up to write this assignment.
Conclusion:
Fasting wasn't too hard for me. Probably the hardest part was the stomach pain, and I've come through that, so day 3 will probably be fine too.
Through this course I learned about cellular autophagy for the first time. I plan to adjust my daily eating schedule after the course so I can make use of this autophagy mechanism.
I found this fasting experience rather interesting, an experience I would probably never have had if I hadn't joined SoulCoach.

Day 01 – Morning cleanse with mineral salt
On the morning of 28 June 2024, I began the first day of my fasting journey to heal my body. A new and challenging experience. Following the instructions, I started by drinking an entire 5-liter jug of mineral salt water. This is an important part of cleansing and flushing the residue out of the small and large intestines.
Drinking the mineral salt water and practicing qigong
At first, drinking the mineral salt water was quite difficult, because the taste is rather distinctive and not pleasant. However, I received guidance and learned to accept it. I understood that this is an important step in beginning the cleansing process. It felt a little unpleasant at first, but after drinking a small amount and resting a little, I gradually got used to the taste. Each cup I drank was about 300 ml, and I did the supporting exercises to help expel the body's toxins and residue more easily. I drank from 10:45 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. and went to the toilet 7 or 8 times. When my bowel felt clean, I took the 2 support sachets and drank a little sugarcane juice. Because the sugarcane juice hadn't been made hygienically, I had to go to the toilet another 3 or 4 times. By then my anus was quite sore and burning, and I couldn't contract the anal muscles. I couldn't do the qigong exercise Master Ta Minh Tuan (Saga) had set as homework. Instead, I invoked Angel 23, Melahel, asking for natural healing of my anus and intestines. Then I went to sleep.
The first effects
About 4–5 hours after finishing the jug of mineral salt water, I felt changes in my body. The residue was gradually leaving my body. A sense of lightness and comfort slowly emerged, as if my body were being cleansed from within. This process also helped me realize the importance of the great cleanse. I had fasted before, but without the great cleanse step, so the results back then were not as good.
Recovery and replenishing energy
After finishing the mineral salt water, I moved on to the recovery phase: taking the 2 recovery sachets and a little sugarcane juice. This combination helps the body regain energy and a greater sense of balance. The sugarcane juice also helped restore my energy and made me feel more comfortable. However, be sure to choose a clean source of sugarcane juice that meets food hygiene standards.
Summary
The first day of my fasting and cleansing journey brought me many new experiences. Despite some initial difficulty, the feeling of lightness and the improvement in my body made me more determined. I believe the coming days will bring more challenges, but they also promise many benefits for my health. Thank you to Master Ta Minh Tuan, the organizing team, the service team and everyone who came together to practice the great cleanse diligently.