Glossary

The energy of air and space together; it governs the body's movement and the expelling of waste. 2–6 in the early morning, 2–6 in the afternoon.

The energy of fire and water together; it governs digestion and transformation. 10 in the morning – 2 in the afternoon, 10 at night – 2 in the early morning.

The energy of earth and water together; it governs the body's structure and its steadiness. 6–10 in the morning, 6–10 in the evening.

The digestive fire. At its peak at midday; it dies down as darkness begins.

The practice of rubbing oil over the whole body and then bathing.

The twenty-four hour cycle the body keeps, following light and darkness.

The practice of knowing and governing the breath.

Drawing in, holding, and letting out, respectively.

The unit by which time is measured in breathing practice; the length of one short syllable.

A sequence of yoga practice made of twelve positions.

The state of complete rest; the last posture of a practice.

A chemical that enters the blood from a gland and carries a message to another organ.

The storage hormone, which sends blood sugar into the cells. As long as it stays high the body will not burn fat.

Insulin's opposite; it releases stored sugar back into the blood.

The state in which insulin is present but the cells do not answer to it. The forerunner of diabetes.

The stress hormone that lifts the body in the morning. Harmful if it stays high for long.

The hormone secreted in darkness that brings on sleep; at its peak between 1 and 3 in the early morning.

The hormone secreted in daylight; at night it turns into melatonin.

The hormone that tells the brain "enough"; it is secreted in fat tissue.

The one hormone that says "I am hungry"; it is secreted in the stomach.

The hormone secreted in the deep sleep before midnight, which repairs the cells.

The form in which sugar is stored in the liver and the muscles.

The test that shows the average blood sugar of the last three months. 5.1 is best; above 6.0 is diabetes.

The waist measurement divided by the height and multiplied by a hundred. 46–53 is normal for men, 46–49 for women.

The unit of the energy food gives. In this cycle, from 0 to 1000 a day.

A fast with neither food nor water. In this book, only on the new moon day.

A fast in which only water is taken.

What happens when cells, during a fast, eat their own damaged parts and so clean themselves.

The protein pathway that governs the making of protein when nourishment is available, and cleansing when there is a fast.

A short unit of time with a beginning and an end. In this book, thirty days.

At the end of the cycle — what worked, what did not, and what to change in the next one.

A list of what could be done. There is no need to do all of it in one cycle.

The condition for calling a day "done" — that day's method, WWYP, and no food after five o'clock.

The day the moon is not seen. The centre of the cycle; the dry fast day.

The full moon day. Both the beginning and the end of the cycle.

The days from the new moon to the full moon, when the moon is waxing. The season suited to nourishing.

The days from the full moon to the new moon, when the moon is waning. The season suited to reducing.

Water, Walk, Yoga, Prayer — the daily foundation habit (method 27).

Ginger and lemon drink (method 15).

Green blend drink (method 14).

Special lunch — ven pongal (method 26).

Dried grape drink (method 13).

Oil bath along with WWYP — days 21 and 28.