Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 http://www.yogasite.com/ytn3.html#3 NIH Seminar Focuses on Sahaja Yoga... National Institutes of Health's Office for Alternative Medicines recently sponsored a six-hour seminar Sept. 8 on Sahaja Yoga as part of its ongoing exploration of complementary healing systems. Sahaja Yoga, develped around 1970 by Shrii Mataji Nirmala Devi, is meditation-based yoga focusing on the spontaneous awakening of Kundlaini. Dr. Umesh C. Rai, professor emeritus at Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College, New Bombay, India, and director of the International Sahaja Yoga Research and Health Center, New Bombay, outlined his research into Sahaja Yoga and its use in clearing subtle energy centers as a treatment for everything from asthma and heart disease to high blood pressure, epilepsy, migraines and cancer. The treatments are based on a process called "vibratory awareness," a subtle understanding developed through Sahaja Yoga of the energies underlying the functioning of the body's various systems. "NIH believes in energy medicine and complementary medicines and sees the powerful role of spirituality in the healing process," said , Ph.D, chief of Recreational and Rehabilitation Therapy at the NIH's Center for Alternative Medicines in a statement by Sahaja Yoga. "Sometimes healing doesn't necessarily mean a cure, but it does mean making people whole. Sahaja Yoga helps that process along and we like what we see." Massage Therapy Helps Reduce Stress at Work (no kidding!)... Talk about no brainers. Researchers wanted to find out if a massage during work would help reduce stress. They found 52 lucky guinea pigs and gave them each a 15-minute seated massage at work one day. They took their blood pressure before and after the massage. And guess what? Analysis showed a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after the massage. "Massage therapy as a workplace intervention for reduction of stress," by S.H. Cady and G.E. , Department of Management, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, in Percept Mot Skills, February 1997. >>>>>>>>>>>> Yoga for Rehabilitation: An Overview... The use of yoga for rehabilitation has diverse applications. Yoga practice benefited mentally handicapped subjects by improving their mental ability, also the motor co-ordination and social skills. Physically handicapped subjects had a restoration of some degree of functional ability after practicing yoga. Visually impaired children children showed a significant decrease in their abnormal anxiety levels when they practiced yoga for three weeks, while a program of physical activity had no such effect. Socially disadvantaged adults (prisoners in a jail) and children in a remand home showed significant improvement in sleep, appetite and general well being, as well as a decrease in physiological arousal. The practice of meditation was reported to decrease the degree of substance (marijuana) abuse, by strengthening the mental resolve and decreasing the anxiety. Another important area is the application of yoga (and indeed, lifestyle change), in the rehabilitation of patients with coronary artery disease. Finally, the possible role of yoga in improving the mental state and general well being of HIV positive persons and patients with AIDS, is explored. "Yoga for rehabilitation: an overview," by S. Telles and KV Naveen, Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation, Banglore, India, in Indian J Med Sci, April 1997. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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