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I taught her a few simple exercises of bringing for healing. This was a novel experience for
in the prana from different parts of the body, me. It felt so amazing and simple, that the
and instructed her to do these exercises twice a pain simply moves out of the body, if we
day for the next few days. In a couple of weeks, allow it to do so. “Pain is not something rigid
I was surprised to see her come to my home or fixed” — this was indeed a revelation.
with a box of sweets. She announced that she
had no more headaches, and even if it tried to Old memories of the body
come once in a while she was able to work it
out. Significantly, her fears of travelling too Mrs T, a yoga teacher from Mumbai, had
had left her and now she was able to pick up been suffering from upper-back pain since
her children from school. Her transformation her childhood. She had largely been able
was remarkable, a lady who a couple of weeks to contain the pain with the help of yoga.
back was so fearful and shy of even sharing her But this time, the pain was overwhelming,
case-history, now coming independently and not allowing her to even move out of bed.
full of confidence. I was pleasantly surprised, She had called in distress, and requested if
that even a simple practice of breathing in something could be done. We had the session
praanna could be so effective! over the phone. As the awareness shifted
from outer suffering to the pain inside the
Power of prDnna body, she began to see certain images from
her past. Layers of images and memories
Simultaneously, I was working with a yoga came and went. As the memories from the
teacher who had been having back pain for muscles surfaced, the muscles relaxed and
the past few months. He had been trying regained confidence. It was akin to a detailed
various physiotherapy exercises but without inner work on her past emotions, memories,
much benefit. I instructed him to become patterns — painstakingly each element was
conscious of his body and sit in a way which addressed. The session lasted for a couple of
caused least discomfort. “Become aware of the hours, at the end of which she emerged free
two hip bones on which you sit, feel the space of pain and in a deep meditative state. This
in between the two bones, become aware of was a remarkable transformation, in a couple
the breath in that space”, I instructed him. He of hours the entire state of being transformed
was feeling the pain in his lower and mid- from a state of acute suffering to one of deep
back and I told him, “Feel the breath in that inner quietude and joy, years of memories
region, and just allow the pain to flow out into and habitual patterns were resolved. She was
the earth”. To my surprise, he replied, “I can able to resume her normal work the next day
feel the pain moving down”. Not only did he itself. Here, chronic pain was connected to old
get relief from the pain, there was a deep memories in the body, and only by relieving
sense of quietness and silence in him. He the body of these memories could the pain
was a qualified yoga teacher from a reputed be resolved.
school, but this was certainly out of the books
for him. He had read about praanna in the books, Invoking the Divine Light
but had never experienced it so concretely
and never saw it being used in this manner Mrs D had been suffering from acute lower-

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