My husband and I were looking for a safe and comfortable place for a 5 day water fast. Although we are familiar with juice and broth fasts, we have never experienced a water fast which is why we wanted to be with experienced fasters.
In finding Abadin, we achieved all of our goals and more. Shirley and Ed provided a welcoming comfortable environment with plenty of encouragement and guidance to successfully fast. They provided resources in books and videos for the guests to learn as much as they would like to learn about fasting.
I enjoyed and appreciated having some time each day with Shirley to ask my many questions about fasting as well as understand what I was experiencing each day. A few weeks before our stay Shirley emailed me with helpful tips to prepare for the fast.
My husband and I very much appreciated how well Shirley and Ed handled everything concerning our needs as fasters and our enjoyment as guests in their B&B. We had decided to also include 2 re-feeding days after discussing options with Shirley to ease our transition to normal meals and we are really glad we did; this is the time many novice fasters struggle.
I availed myself of an Art Therapy session that Shirley, a trained and experienced art therapist, offered. This session enhanced my experience of the fast as it fit in well with having the time to focus on myself.
We plan to return next year as we had an A+ experience in every way possible. We enjoyed both a vacation and a fasting retreat, all in one.

Shirley and Ed are a wonderful couple who provide a very warm and supportive environment in which to engage in a short or long fast. I did a 10 day fast with Shirley. She made a point of checking in every day with me – spending time to see how I was feeling. She even timed her own fast to correspond with my dates, so that I would have company doing it. I feel that I not only gained my health, but also some good friends. I recommend their fasting retreat highly!

My Experience with a 3 week water fast

I heard about water fasting through other people in the past. It always intrigued me and I felt positive about it but I had never done any water fasting before.
Suffering from a uterine fibroid cyst at the size of 17 x 12 and scheduled for surgery my goal was to water fast to hopefully achieve a reduction of this cyst and also of course to lose some weight.

When I met Shirley and Ed I knew this was the place to embark on my health and weight loss journey.
Both were such experienced and amazing people who made me feel comfortable and safe the moment we sat down and talked.
Shirley and Ed both had to go through their own health challenges.
When I met Shirley for the first time it felt very special. The conversation we had insured me of her knowledge and I knew that with her support I could do the water fasting challenge. I felt very confident the entire time, I even decided to extend my initial stay of 10 days to a full 3 weeks of water fasting.
With our daily meetings I could easily share my feelings with her throughout my entire fasting journey.
21 days went by fast, I left and I saw my doctor one week later. He found out that my cyst had dramatically shrunken in size from 17 x 12 to 12 x 7 which is fantastic. Even my doc was in disbelieve . I am super happy and my surgery was cancelled.
I knew that the water fasting would work but I have to say I did not expect such a stunning reduction in size.
My plan is to go back in November and hopefully do a 28 day water fast , at least that is the new goal for my health and well being.