Health Benefits of Sahaja Yoga

 

Health Benefits of Sahaja Yoga

Article from The Indian Express: "Easy Healer"

Sudipta Basu in conversation with Dr. Umesh C. Rai (left), MBBS, MD, FIMSA, Director of the International Sahaja Yoga Research and Health Center, Mumbai

Doctors in Madrid had given up on her condition of Polyarteritis Nodosa. And Emilia Moreno lived in a state of semi-paralysis for 20 years - she could barely walk or use her hands. And yet, after spending a couple of months at a health centre in Navi Mumbai, she wrote in her farewell note stating : "I was not able to balance and my eyesight was poor. Today I can walk and write and paint ... ."

And there are others like her. There is 48-year-old Shirley Ellerbee from New York who has been here for the past two months and thinks she has been cured of her condition of breathlessness. "The doctors in New York suggested operation for my weak heart. But I am rather cynical about modern medecine and chose to come here for cure.I used to be breathless even while living in suburban New York. But after about a couple of months here I actually feel much better," says she.

It isn't as if these people have been treated with a magic potion, but thanks to Sahaj, their physical ailments have been taken care of, as it were. Sahaj Yoga is practiced in 65 countries all over the world. The International Sahaj Yoga Research and Health centre at Navi Mumbai is also guiding and coordinating research activities of Sahaj Yoga research centers in London, Paris, Vienna, Moscow, Kiev, Toronto and Sydney.

Sahaj Yoga as rediscovered by Mataji Nirmala Devi aims at achieving holistic health care for people. The science focuses on awakening the dormant primordial energy (the Kundalini), whereby a flow of subtle cool cosmic vibrations in the body is achieved which nourishes and rejuvenates each and every cell of the body. Says Dr Umesh Rai, director of International Sahaj Yoga Research and Health Centre, "As a result of meditation, which is the basic aim of Sahaj, the body manufactures certain fluids which have curative powers, which help in overcoming the most severest of ailments."

Another case in point is that of Nilima and Sunil Mane. The couple were seeped in the agony of childlessness even 14 years after their marriage. Thereafter, they sought solace in this holistic science. Says Nilima, now the mother of a 10-year-old : "It is our firm belief that it was only after a course in Sahaj that it was possible for us to have a child."

Dr Rai has researched at the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, on the role of Sahaj Yoga in the treatment of psychosomatic diseases.

He maintains that while with the advancement of the medical sciences, infectious diseases have been wiped out and heart and kidney transplants are quite successful, scientists have yet to find an answer for the treatment of psychosomatic diseases which are on the increase in the developed as well as the developing countries. Some such diseases are hypertension, migraine, bronchial asthma, epilepsy and others.

"The doctor of today practicing modern allopathic medecine has entered a stage of superspeciality whereby they appoint separate parts of the body to be treated by a specialist. Due to this approach doctors are not able to view disease as a disturbance to the whole organism. They treat a particular part of the body without taking into consideration the psychological and social aspects of the patients illness", says Rai. " One could be physically fit, but emotional problems or social isolation could make a person very sick."

He advises recourse to the ancient Indian sciptures like the Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, that mentioned yoga as the most essential technique to keep the body and mind healthy. This is true even today but there is a need for integration that is not merely inner but covers external life as well. "For yoga to be more relevant today, it needs to touch both the physical and mental aspects of health, which is encapsulated in the Sahaj Yoga. This science borders on all that which one is born with," says he.

It is based on our subtle nervous system. The dormant primordial energy is present in every individual in three and a half coils in the triangular bone called "sacrum"- The Kundalini, at the base of the spine. When this gets activated on doing Sahaj Yoga, it ascends and activates one's six subtle chakaras and piercing through Brahmarandhra, it unites with the all pervading cosmic energy."And with this actualisation in the limbic area of the brain, subtle cool vibrations start flowing from both palms and the top of the head. In this vibratory awareness, while one can feel what chakaras are blocked, on the other side one can work out the correction of these chakaras to cure different diseases.

To verify some of the claims of Sahaj Yoga, a systematic research study was organised in the physiology and medecine department of Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals in New Delhi.

The research projects studied were psychological effects of Kundalini awakening by Sahaj Yoga and the effect of Sahaj practise on psychosomatic diseases like hypertension and bronchial asthma.

Says Ellerbee, the most important aspect of this science is to achieve a state of thoughtlessness. "Which is the most difficult of things to achieve. But once you get your mind free, you gradually begin to feel a calm stillness within," says she.

But couldn't the cure here for ailments like hypertension etc. be attributed to the fact that getting here in the health centre itself is a get-away of sorts for the patients ?

"Getting away from regular duties help concentrate on Sahaj but it is imperative that one should continue to keep at it. The cure though is lasting," says she.

An alternative to the traditional medical sciences ? Now that's a tough one, isn't it ?

THE INDIAN EXPRESS, 23 july 1996

LIVER and It’s Functions.

 

 Posting by DR. RAMESH MANOCHA on LIVER and It’s Functions.

1. Toxins in the body are converted by the liver into heat.

a. At a subtle level this occurs by the movement of the swadhisthan around the nabhi, during which time the fire element consumes the toxins.

1. Everything we eat goes to the stomach and small intestines where it is broken down into its basic constitutents. These constituents pass through the walls of the gut straight into a special set of blood vessels (called the portal circulation) that transport this blood directly to the liver. Hence everything we swallow goes to the liver to be further broken down and processed before it is sent to the rest of the body.
2. When fats or proteins are converted to glucose by the liver, heat is also generated, that’s why the liver gets hot when we eat fatty, rich or “liverish” food. It has to work a lot to process fats and proteins but not as much for carbohydrates.
3. This is also why the liver gets hot when we consume toxic stuff such as alcohol, drugs, preservatives and colouring agents.
4. The heat is then radiated out of the body by first transferring it to the blood which is then circulated to the surface of the body which then emits it via usual physical mechanisms. At a microscopic level the liver is designed very similarly to a car radiator ie massive surface area to blood exposure ratio to maximize heat transfer out of the liver cells into the blood.
5. When the liver becomes overwhelmed by toxins (ie bahdhas) it stores them in fat globules in and around the liver cells.
6. When these toxin containing fat globules accumulate, the vibrations of the liver are reduced because it fills up with badha. Strangely enough these fat globules can even be seen with a microscope in liver biopsy samples.
7. As the toxins (badhas) build up, the liver has less capacity to support attention and hence the attention (and hence right side) becomes weak and ultimately “impure”, the person’s behavior becomes ill-tempered and “liverish”. The heat in the right side manifests as too much thinking, poor attention and general difficulty in meditating.
8. This is also why the liver overheats more quickly when it is full of toxins and the fat globules that contain them. Junk food= junk attention!
9. When the liver’s ability to remove heat reaches its limit, other chakras are recruited to help remove the heat, especially vishhudhi. Hence people with very hot livers also have red complexions, and “hot under the collar” behavior.
10. The excess heat travels up to the Vishuddhi. When the vishuddhi is overwhelmed it travels to the agnya and radiates out of the head, hence the term “hot head”.
11. Too much heat in the head eventually puts pressure on the back agnya, making it much easier for left sided negativities to affect it despite the fact that the person is right sided. This is why an ice pack on the back of the head can sometimes help back agnya problems- because it reduces the pressure of the overheated right side on the back agnya.
12. Excess heat can also travel down from right swadhisthan to right mooladhara, causing problems such as haemorrhoids.
13. When the heat crosses from right mooladhara to left, the whole mooladhara can get affected. This explains why very right sided people can develop “anti- mooladhara” behavior patterns.
14. The connection between overheated liver and ill tempered behavior is the basis for the old fashioned term “colicy” behaviour
15. A liver diet and other treatments reduces the strain on the liver by

a. reducing the amount of work it has to do on food, by eliminating fats and proteins for a few weeks.

b. increasing the amount of sugar intake, which acts like a detergent on the fat globules, thereby flushing the badha-containing fat globules out thereby reducing the amount of toxins that it has to work on

c. reducing the amount of other heat containing foods (such as spices, salt, additives, caffeine, tanin etc) so that the liver is able to remove its own residual heat rather an accumulate more

d. cooked food contains heat as well, so raw fruits and vegetables are the ideal “liver diet” food

e. the ice pack accelerates removal of heat, thereby facilitating destruction and removal of more toxins and helping the liver recover normal levels of function

f. footsoak also facilitates removal of heat from the body, helping the liver to work more effectively

g. Egg white is made from a protein called albumin. By coincidence the liver also manufactures this protein which is needed for various body functions. Therefore eating a little egg white actually helps the liver because it reduces the need for the liver to manufacture its own, therefore reducing strain on the liver. That is why egg white, despite being a protein, can be a legitimate part of the liver diet.

h. Cooling of the liver is greatly accelerated by consumption of large amounts of water. Vibrated water is particularly good because the water molecules have a slightly different “bond angle” that allows for more heat absorption.

i. Similarly, vibrations directed into the liver area assists in cooling and normalizing liver function.

j. Cool showers, swimming in rivers, oceans etc also assist in cooling the liver and therefore improving its physical and subtle functions

k. “craving” for rich (liverish) food is a sign of overheated liver. When the liver has cooled down and cleared out these cravings will stop. Strictly speaking, when the cravings stop that is the authentic indicator that the liver diet has been successful and it’s time to finish the diet.

l. Generally , speaking the liver diet shouldn’t be done for more than a month or so

1. These principles explain why the liver diet, footsoaking, ice packs and other sahaj treatments work so effectively.
2. It also explains why what you eat and drink can have such a direct impact on the quality of your meditation.
3. Hence the value of daily footsoaking, avoidance of alcohol and moderation in food intake.

Hope this helps!

https://www.sahajayogabengal.com/a-posting-by-dr-ramesh-manocha-on-liver-and-its-functions/

How to Deal With Insomnia

 

What is the cause of Insomnia, and how can it be eradicated.

🌹Shree Mataji: The question is about Insomnia, and what are the deities involved.

Mantra: Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu, Nidra Rupen Samstitha, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaha

She is the One Who gives you sleep. Is the left side. Mahakali is the One Who gives you sleep. To get to Her you must raise the Mahakali Tattwa.

So all those who have this insomnia business, should raise the left side and put it to the right. Try about 108 times first of all.

Then you have to do some deep breathing. With deep breathing you go to the left side more. With deep breathing you relax. Then put your attention to the Sahastrara, and sleep off.

But insomnia is absolutely curable in Sahaja yoga, if you know how to put left to the right. After that you should also clear out your Agya Chakra.

With your Agya finger, turn the chakra round and round; or ask any yogi to put his finger on your Agya. But it might happen that he will get your insomnia! So the best thing is you use My Photograph and try to turn your Agya Chakra like this.

Also you can put vibrated kumkum, which will make you sleepy. And try to sleep in complete darkness, without any streak of light coming into the room.

Because as long as Surya(Sun) is , your Agya takes over, and when the surya is there the light makes you feel very active, over active sometimes, and you cannot sleep. And this insomnia is absolutely curable, and you dont take any medicines or anything for them.

Another thing, taking tea like this in the night, you might get insomnia. Not Me. But you might get. But normally never take any tea or coffee after 6 o’clock. Never! Make it a point. I also try to do that because, just to give you a lesson, but I have no problem of sleeping. But you should not take any tea or coffee after 6 o’clock. Say about 5 o’clock, afterwards you should not take. You will see that you will sleep very well.

On the contrary, in the West, people always take coffee after dinner. And then they take pill to sleep.

You must take milk. And milk covered with a little butter and sleep with that hot milk, is a very good way of sleeping. If you do not get sleep milk is better."

Vishuddhi Chakra, Delhi (India), Public Programme, 2 February 1983.https://www.discoversahajayoga.org/single-post/how-to-deal-with-insomnia/