DISEASES RELIEVE FROM ASTHMA,
ULCER AND CANCER
YOGIC RELAXATION THERAPY HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY PRESCRIBED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER MEDICAL AND YOGIC PROCEDURES INCLUDING CANCER, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, COLITIS AND PEPTIC ULCER.
ASTHMA
ASTHMA IS A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY ATTACKS OF RSPIRATORY DISTRESS DUE TO BRONCHIAL SPASMS, AND EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF THICK, STICKY MUCUS IN THE AIRWAYS. BOTH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION DURING THE ASTHMA ATTACK. THE VARIOUS STAGES AND PRACTICES OF YOGA NIDRA, INCLUDING DEEP MUSCULAR RELAXATION, PSYCHIC DESENSITIZATION USING VISUALIZATION AND IMAGERY, AND AUTOSUGGESTION, SANKALPA, HAVE NOW BEEN EVALUATED IN CLINICAL TRIALS WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ASTHMA. THESE STUDIES HAVE FOUND YOGA RELAXATION TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AND EFFECTIVE MODE OF THERAPY, PRODUCING BOTH SUBJECTIVE IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS CLINICALLY OBJECTIVE IMPROVEMENT IN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION, AIRWAYS CALIBRE AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS.
COLITIS AND PEPTIC ULCER
IRRITABLE COLON AND ULCERATIVE COLITIES ARE TWO CLOSELY RELATED PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE, WHICH BECOMES TENDER, INFLAMED AND, FINALLY, ULCERATED. THE MAJOR SYMPTOMS IS RECURRENT DIARRHOEA. THE CAUSE IS PRIMARILY PSYCHIC, ALTHOUGH THE CONDITION IS FREQUENTLY AGGRAVATED BY DIETARY ABUSE. THE CONDITION FREQUENTLY FLARES UP AT TIMES OF STRESS, AND THEN PASSES INTO REMISSION AFTER A PERIOD OF MEDICAL THERAPY. MILD CASES, SUCH AS STUDENT'S PRE-EXAMINATION DIARRHOEA, RESOLVE THEMSELVES ONCE THE ACUTE STRESSFUL SITUATION HAS PASSED. IN OTHER CASES, EMPLOYMENT OR FAMILY FRUSTRATIONS MAY PRECIPITATE THE ONSET OF AN ATTACK.
NEWLY DIAGNOSED AND RECURRENT ULCERS RESPOND MOST FAVOURABLY TO YOGA NIDRA THERAPY AND DIETARY REGULATION, WITH OR WITHOUT CONVENTIONAL MEDICATIONS, ADMINISTRATED FOR ONE MONTH IN THE THERAPEUTIC ATMOSPHERE OF A YOGA ASHRAM OR CONVENTIONAL HOSPITAL, AWAY FROM THE USUAL DOMESTIC AND EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS. IN THIS WAY, SURGICAL CORRECTION OF ULCER CAN FREQUENTLY BE AVERTED.
YOGA NIDRA IS CANCER THERAPY
YOGA NIDRA CAN BE ADOPTED AS A FORM OF THERAPY IN CANCER OF ALL STAGES AND TYPES. IT IS ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED IN CONCUNCTION WITH MEDITATION THERAPY. THIS INVOLVES INTENSIVE MEDITATION IN ONE OF THE CROSS-LEGGED SITTING POSTURES, FOLLOWED BY YOGA NIDRA IN SHAVASANA. IN THIS WAY A CRUCIAL BALANCE BETWEEN CONCENTRATION AND RELAXATION IS ESTABLISHED. WHILE MEDITATION INVOLVES EFFORT, YOGA NIDRA INVOLVES RELAXATION, SURRENDER AND LETTING GO.
YOGA NIDRA MAY BE SPECIFICALLY ADAPTED FOR CANCER THERAPY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, IN THE FIRST PLACE, EARLIER LIFE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCE CAN BE BROUNGHT UP FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SO THAT DEFECTIVE MALADAPATATIONS CAN BE RECOGNIZED AND CORRECTED. THIS APPEARS TO BOLSTER DEFICIENT IMMUNE DEFENCE MECHANISMS AND CREATE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OPPOSED TO CONTINUE GROWTH AND MULTIPLICATION OF ANARCHIC TUMOUR CELLS. IT CAN BE FACILITATED BY USING IMAGERY AND ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLS TO AWAKEN DEEPLY SUPPRESSED MEMORIES, EXPERIENCES AND FANTASIES.
THE FINAL APPLICATION OF YOGA NIDRA TO CANCER THERAPY IS IN PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS WILL (SANKALPA SHAKTI). IN HEALING CANCER, ENORMOUS, SUSTAINED ENDURANCE AND WILLPOWER ARE NECESSARY. IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS, THE SANKALPA IS PRACTISED DURING YOGA NIDRA. THE SANKALPA IS A PERSONAL RESOLUTION WHICH IS RELEASED LIKE A SEED INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AT SPECIFIC TIMES DURING THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, WHEN THE EXPERIENCE OF RELAXATION IS DEEP AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS LAID BARE AND ACCESSIBLE. OUR OWN EXPERIMENTS OVER MANY YEARS HAVE SHOWN BEYOND DOUBT THAT WHEN THIS FORCE RISES INTO THE SPHERE OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS, IT CAN BRING ABOUT EVEN THE IMPOSSIBLE LIFE.
CANCER RESEARCH STUDIES
AT PRESENT, RESEARCH STUDIES ARE UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE TO WHICH CANCER GROWTH CAN BE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY YOGIC RELAXATION AND MEDITATION, EITHER ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING FORMS OF CANCER THERAPY SUCH AS SURGERY, CHEMOTHERAPY AND IRRADIATION. THE WORK OF AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRIST DR.AINSLIE MEARES STANDS AS THE MOST CONVINCING RESEARCH EVIDENCE TO DATE. HE HAS DEMOSTRATED CLEAR REGRESSION OF CANCER OF THE RECTUM FOLLOWING MEDITATION" AND THE REMISSION OF METASTATIC (SECONDARY) CANCERS DEVELOPING FROM A PRIMARY CANCER IN THE LUNG.
CANCER CURE IS COMMONLY ASSESSED BY MEDICAL SCIENTISTS IN TERMS OF THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE AFTER INITIAL DETECTION AND THERAPY. AS YET IS IS TOO EARLY TO MAKE A FULL AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE EXACT ROLE OF MEDITATION AND YOGA NIDRA IN CANCER MANAGEMENT. PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHES AROUND THE WORLD ARE BECOMING MORE CONVINCED THAT YOGA NIDRA, BY MAXIMIZING THE PATIENTS'S OWN CONSCIOUS EFFORTS TO BECOME HEALTHY AND WHOLE, IS AN EFFECTIVE FORM OF CANCER THERAPY.
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