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Panchakarma (Part three)

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Panchakarma (Part three)

The photo says it all. Toilet tissue in the foreground. Fading light in the background. You probably can’t see it, but the woman sitting on the mattress – Rebekah, my wife – is despondent, worn out; deflated. This is what a day spent clearing out your bowels will do to you, especially if part of your treatment involves a complete fast on the day of evacuation.

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Panchakarma (Part two)

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Panchakarma (Part two)

My underwear’s halfway down my butt when I’m told to stop. “Keep on,” says one of the men who are about to massage me. He winds then ties a thin white piece of string around my waist. A longer and thicker section of material falls to the ground over my genitals.

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