CANCER & YOGA

Cancer has affected millions in the entire world. It is the phobia of the disease which causes more suffering than the cancer itself. In cancer, floating starved non-functional cells group together and manifest themselves as tumors, ulcers or cancer.

Yogic Cure


Yoga teaches you to give up and avoid harmful habits like smoking by giving you mental strength through Meditation. The simple cure is - Firstly, cleansing of the body of the debris and the starved dying cells and secondly, providing a live, atomically vibrant food, which will provide life force.


Recommended Asana :
Suryanamaskar (Sun Salutation ) - vitalises the entire body.

Pranayama (Breathing Exercise)- should be practised regularly.

Yoga Sleep - also helps you to deal with the pain and reduces the feeling of nausea during chemotherapy. However, a yoga specialist or a Doctor needs to supervise your yoga practice.

Yoga & Diabetes

In this Jet Age the modern man is constantly exposed to various tensions. No doubt, he has numerous conveniences at his disposal to give him physical comfort and sensual enjoyment. He works in an office, sleeps on a thick foam mattress, travels everywhere in his car, and attends cinemas, night-clubs, and watches television for recreation. However, he has to use sleeping pills and all kinds of medicines in an attempt to get rest and peace to counteract the negative influence of the modern way of life. But instead of peace, rest and happiness he gets a lot of physical, mental and emotional tensions.

Men and women today cannot find any way to unburden themselves of the frustrations and anxieties in their personal lives, so ultimately they fall victim to a variety of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease etc. Is there any way to find relief? YES ! Through the process of "Ashtanga Yoga". Asana and other effective yoga kriyas release the strength and energy through which the problems of life can be faced and life made harmonious.

Diabetes is a universally accepted psychosomatic and metabolic disease caused by the insufficient production of insulin by the Islet of Langerhans situated in the pancreas. Harmonious functioning of the body depends mainly upon the efficiency of the endocrinal system.

Bihar School of Yoga has, after years of research programmes and special Diabetic Camps, greatly substantiated the yogic claim that various yoga techniques (especially yogasanas, the Hatha yoga shatkarmas and Yoga Nidra) restore and ensure sound nerve connections to these organs, including the endocrinal glands, Pranayama practices such as nadi shodhana, bhastrika, ujjayi etc., alternately stimulate and inhibit the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. The endocrinal glands supplied by these nerves are therefore voluntarily relaxed arid activated. Since the glands are generally in a state of operation, these practices give them a needed rest, allowing them to function more efficiently.

The Hatha yoga practice of shankhaprakshalana relaxes the endocrinal system. In this process, when the entire alimentary canal has been completely washed, many of the endocrinal glands, especially those connected with digestion and metabolism, are able to rest for about an hour until food is again taken. This short rest is beneficial to the whole body and can work wonders in the case of diabetes. The endocrinal glands can start to function again even though they may have ceased to do so many years previously.

The psychic cause of diabetes can be managed with other powerful yoga practices like Ajapa Japa, Yoga Nidra and meditation. Last but not least, food restrictions must be followed.

In this modern age of scientific invention there are so many aids for comfort in life. It seems a contradiction, yet it is true that very few people are able to enjoy these luxuries. A great many people have wealth but they really live in poverty. The disease which accompanies modern civilisations deprives them of their strength and enjoyment of life. Yoga is a powerful way to rectify this situation. Yoga will enable people to start a new life with more vitality and mental stamina. Further, they will develop a broader outlook on life, understand their own and other peoples' problems and solve them more easily.

Modern drugs are limited and not without dangerous side-effects, whereas the systematic and gentle practice of yoga is both harmless and effective and leads to a happy, fruitful and fulfilling life.

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Thyroid diseases & yoga

When the thyroid gland loses its balance and becomes overactive, the condition is known as thyrotoxicosis. The person becomes thin, tremulous, overactive, anxious, and experiences widespread symptoms ranging from bulging of the eyes to disruption of the menstrual cycle.

The yogis have always recommended sarvangasana (shoulderstand) and have claimed that if the posture is practised correctly each day, it will balance thyroid function. This means that the overacting thyroid will decrease its activity and become normal, and an under acting thyroid will increase its activity and become normal. Strange as this sounds, there is good evidence and experience to support it.

If yoga can balance the thyroid, it is very important because the usual medical treatment, though effective, leaves a lot to be desired. Thyrotoxicosis is usually treated in one of three ways: surgery, radiation (X-rays or swallowing radioactive iodine) or drugs (which have a toxic effect on the thyroid and thus suppress its action). It is not surprising that many people including the doctors are not happy with these alternatives.

Under acting thyroid is usually treated by hormone tablets. This would seem to be a logical procedure, but actually it has an important disadvantage. The hormone suppresses any remaining ability of the thyroid gland to produce hormone for itself, and ultimately destroys any hormone secreting cells which were still functioning. Obviously, once a person starts taking thyroid hormone he must do so for the rest of his life. The yogis claim that sarvangasana will reactivate the dormant cells in the thyroid and the gland will once again function for itself.

Dr. K.N. Udupa, director of the Institute of Medical Sciences at Benares Hindu University in India, taught yoga postures (including sarvangasana), breathing techniques and relaxation to thirty people with thyrotoxicosis. At the time of reporting, eight people had recovered completely and the rest were still improving and reducing their drugs.

He estimated that the latter, because of the progress they were making, would eventually become normal also. It is possible that they may need to continue with the practices (probably only sarvangasana) for many years. However, this natural therapy seems preferable to taking drugs for life.

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