Srikanth N Jois

• Head of Research at World Pranic Healing Foundation, India

Pranic Agriculture (PA) is a supplementary approach to plant cultivation, incorporating the deliberate process of channeling prana-a fundamental life force energy-towards soil, seeds and seedlings to foster and enhance plant growth. This deliberate cleansing and revitalization process contributes to a harmonious and flourishing environment, fosteri...

Aims There is minimal research on the duration of biofield experiences. This preliminary study used the experiential learning practice of Master Choa Kok Sui’s hands sensitisation to determine the duration to experience biofield sensations in between hands and to find the relationship between learning style preferences and biofield sensations. Meth...

Aims There is minimal research on the duration of biofield experiences. This preliminary study used the experiential learning practice of Master Choa Kok Sui

Background: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) commonly affects older men, leading to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) that affect sleep and quality of life. This study evaluates the effect of Pranic Healing (PH) as a complementary therapy for bothersome LUTS by normalising biofield energy centres called Chakras. Methodology: A single blind tri...

Yoga has its roots in India's Vedic era. Practising it enhances the overall health and well-being of students. Superbrain yoga (SBY) is a brief exercise based on the principle of ear acupuncture and repetitive 14 squats. It is practised by many students in India and across other parts of the world.This systematic review assesses SBY on students' co...

Aims There is minimal research on the duration of biofield experiences. This preliminary study used the experiential learning practice of Master Choa Kok Sui's hands sensitisation to determine the duration to experience biofield sensations in between hands and to find the relationship between learning style preferences and biofield sensations. Meth...

The biofield is an energetic field that surrounds living organisms, including humans, animals, and plants. Pranic Healing is a biofield complementary healing practice that aims to balance the energy field, or prana, of plants and animals to enhance well-being. Pranic Agriculture (PA) involves replenishing plants with fresh prana to boost developmen...

Aims: There is minimal research on the duration of biofield experiences. This preliminary study used the experiential learning practice of Master Choa Kok Sui’s hands sensitisation to determine the duration to experience biofield sensations in between hands and to find the relationship between learning style preferences and biofield sensations. Met...

Background: The projection of prana to soil, seeds and seedlings to enhance plant growth is referred to as Pranic Agriculture (PA). Methods: A field study was carried out to study the influence of PA on Banana var. (Musa sps. var. Nanjangud rasabale) growth for a duration of one year. Banana suckers and agricultural land were divided into two group...

Background The idea of “life force” or “subtle pranic energy,” sometimes referred to as prana, ki, qi, vital force, and scientifically accepted as biofield, is prevalent across many cultures. Objectives This review's objective is to synthesize data from studies that looked at a range of physical, psychological, and biofield sensations while experi...

Prana is the driving and organizing force of the entire universe, and essential for survival. It can be experimental and experiential. This is a retrospective analysis of the pranic energy perception data collected for an exploratory study conducted in 2014 using the convenience sampling method. This paper describes the experiences of 100 participa...

The thoughts and many other signals exist in the body of a human or any living being which are radiative, with varying levels of signal strengths. The electric signals in the body: control the organs, collect feedback from sensory organs, sense the changes in the environment. The EM field because of cell activities that surround the body of a livin...

The elements of mindfulness are attention, awareness, and non-judgmental acceptance. Most therapeutic processes involve acceptance, the journey towards which is always painful, while also enlightening. Mindfulness meditation begins from observation of internal and external stimuli, including thoughts. The sensory experiences encompass to be either...

This study aimed to assess the long-term effect of SBY on the academic performance of adolescents and their gender. Repeated measure design using purposive sampling was adopted and 324 adolescent boys and girls practicing Superbrain Yoga for three years from Mysuru District, India were involved in the study. Academic scores of adolescents from 2013...

Hijras are the transgender community and have been socio-economically marginalized and hence their mental healthcare needs to be addressed. This was a descriptive, qualitative study, conducted in Mysore, India to examine the mental health status of 33 transgender women (TGW) and their response to the “Meditation on Twin Hearts (MTH)” intervention....

Agriculture production is under major threat in recent scenario because of increasing global climate change, air, soil and water pollution. There is an alarming need to adopt integrated sustainable agriculture system by the farmers in their field. Pranic agriculture (PA) system could be a supportive and complementary system to the traditional farmi...

Background Meditation on Twin Hearts (MTH) involves blessing the earth to alleviate the sufferings, and praying for the well-being of the entire society using heart and crown chakra. This meditation is characterized by mechanisms of loving-kindness, self-healing imagery, and open awareness. Purpose This study aims to identify the experiences and p...

Pranic agriculture (PA) is a traditional technique to enhance plant growth. Pranic agriculture protocol uses prana to produce faster growth, increase yield, and improve physical, nutritional, and sensory qualities of plants. It is done by the projection of prana to soil, seeds, and seedlings to improve their growth. Seeds (100 no's) each of radish,...

Pranic agriculture (PA) is a traditional healing technique. It includes the projection of prana to the soil, seeds, water and seedlings to improve their growth. Lettuce plants were grown hydroponically and exposed to pranic energy. The study aimed to investigate the effects of PA treatment on the growth of lettuce plants grown hydroponically. Lettu...

Panic disorder refers to recurrent unexpected panic attacks, including symptoms such as dizziness, chest pain or discomfort, a feeling of unreality, fear of losing control, and fear of dying which could last for few minutes. A 71-year-old male during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown experienced moderately distressing panic attack sympto...

Pranic Agriculture (PA) is an emerging supplementary farming system applied to the seeds, soil, and seedlings to improve plant growth and yield by improving the quality and quantity of Prana using Pranic Healing techniques. Chilli is the major spice crop of India. There is a constant demand for chilli in the local and international markets; necessi...

Meditators' subjective experiences mostly focus on the psychological and physiological benefits the practice offers. While most investigations understand meditation to have commonly induced a medita-tive state, the bioplasmic experiences are vital in sensitizing the practitioner to the subtle changes in the body that are often overlooked, and Medit...

Objective: To study the effects of Pranic Healing (PH) on surface tension of water. Methods: This study involved the application of the PH on water and observing the changes in the surface tension (ST) values. ST was measured in the Pranic and Control using the Capillary rise method and the data were analyzed using Mann- Whitney U test. Findings: T...

Pranic agriculture (PA) is an ancient farming method where pranic energy improves crop production. Finger millet or Ragi (Eleusine coracana. L) is a major staple millet consumed in India, particularly Karnataka and is a rich source of protein and nutrients. A field study in half-acre was carried out with pranic energy treatment to seed, land and cr...

Introduction: Prana is the subtle energy and is essential to keep the body healthy and alive. Objective: The present study was conducted to understand the experiences of creating a Pranic energy ball by Anganwadi Female workers which were felt between the hands, aimed at as a way of inducing emotional wellbeing. Methods: Qualitative method, content...

In the present global climate change scenario, drought stress is the major threat to agriculture productivity and yield. Water stress leads to physiological, biochemical and molecular changes in the plants. Green gram (Vigna radiata L.) contains 23% protein and is widely used as a protein source in the diet. Seed germination and early seedling stag...

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Personality, from the perspective of Vedic literature, appears to be a combination of three gunas: sattva, rājas, and tamas. In the traditions of yoga, the term prānā denotes the all-permeating 'life force' , which can be detected empirically by the use of specifically designed procedures. The current study is aimed at describing the relationship b...

The subtle energy or Prana is essential for keeping our body healthy and alive. This article aims at analyzing the existence of subtle energy and the development of people’s perception of this concept across different cultures. The review is made on understanding the influence of this vital energy on people’s lives, health, spirituality, customs, a...

Pranic agriculture is a newly emerging concept of sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture. Pranic agriculture techniques are applied to plants before sowing and at the time of plant development to improve growth and yield. The present study aimed to understand the influence of pranic agriculture on growth, yield, and genetic polymorphism of ridge...

Abnormal stress level, anxiety, and reduced locomotion are prominent symptoms after circadian rhythm is changed. This study investigates the influence of pranic energy on zebrafish behaviour during circadian rhythm changes. Adult zebrafish were kept in control and experimental aquariums. As an adjunct, the experimental fishes (Pranic group) receive...

Background: Pranic agriculture comprises the natural healing method of projecting the vital energy- prana to improve the quality and quantity of the crop. This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of pranic energy on germination and protein content of green gram against the control group. Methods: The germination rate, mean germination i...

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Objective: The present study was aimed to understand the application of pranic agriculture (PA) on the vegetative growth of Spinach. Methods: Spinach seeds were divided into non-pranic and pranic and sown in agricultural plots and growth parameters were recorded on 14, 26, 32, and 40 days respectively. The data were analyzed using Independent t-tes...

Recently, Pranic agriculture (PA) has gained much attention since plant growth and its characteristics were improved significantly by adopting PA technique. Pranic agriculture involves the projection of prana to seeds, soil and plants to enhance their growth. The objectives were to appraise the papaya by PA treatment and to study its effect on germ...

Abstract Background: Superbrain Yoga (SBY) boosts pranic energy in the brain. It is based on ear acupuncture and the movement of subtle energy in the body. Aim: The aim of this study is to improve the well-being of school students by practicing SBY. Setting and Design: The study involves 1,945 school students from Mysore district, India. SBY was pr...

Movement plays an important role throughout the lifespan of every moving organism. In scientific experimentation, Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a popular model organism due to their genetic attributes similar to humans and rapid development. Pranic energy comprises the natural method of projecting prana (Vital energy) which keeps the plants and animal...

The aura is believed to be an invisible field surrounding the physical body, interpenetrating and extending beyond it. The present study examines whether appearance of an aura-like phenomenon around the hand can be perceived visually after a short training session. A quasi-experimental research design was employed with 47 participants with a mean a...

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Prana is the energy that surrounds every individual and is present in the aura and constitute the biofield. This study aims to convey that human aura can be experienced and measured by an individual with proper guidance, using cognitive processes like attention, concentration and sensory perception. Exploratory research design was used and the part...

Superbrain Yoga (SBY) is based on the principle of ear acupuncture and subtle energy movement in the body. SBY enhances the qualitative and quantitative pranic energy in the brain. The present study aims to improve the concentration, memory, and confidence of students by practicing SBY. The study consists of 1,945 school students from Mysore distri...

Insomnia is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping. This case pertains to a working, married female, aged 27 years with insomnia, complaining of irritability, low energy, daytime sleepiness and depressed mood. Pranic Healing (PH) is a natural healing technique that uses prana to treat illness. It is a non-touch, drugless, complementary...

Abstract Objectives: Fourteen-year-old boy was diagnosed with visual impairment in his right eye since birth. Other symptoms included blurred vision, dry eyes, and headache. Pranic Healing (PH) as a complementary therapy to heal eye aliments was applied on the subject. PH is an ancient science and art of healing people. It is considered as a natura...

Background: Prisoner’s long-term stay in solitary confinement can lead to disturbances in physical and mental health. Aim: The aim of the present study is to learn about the impact of Pranic Healing (PH) in elevating the functional health and wellbeing of inmate. PH is an ancient science of healing. It is energy based complementary therapy which ut...

Background: Superbrain Yoga (SBY) is a simple squatting technique that uses subtle energy to improve cognitive functioning of individuals. It is based on the principle of ear acupuncture, and subtle energy movement in the body. Aim: The present study aims to study the effectiveness of SBY on the short-term memory, visuo-spatial ability and academic...

Pranic healing (PH) is an ancient technique, utilizing Prana or life energy for healing. The present study investigates the effect of PH on Quality of Life of women employees working in a garment factory. An experimental design was used in this study. 65 employees with a mean age of 30.1 years were divided into 2 groups, 36 in Pranic and 29 in cont...

This study aimed to find the effectiveness of Superbrain Yoga (SBY) on improving the academic performance and attendance of school students. SBY is based on the principle of ear acupuncture and pranic energy movement in the body. The study participants were 1,945 school students studying from 1st to 10th standards in India. SBY was first introduced...

Objectives: Depression is a mental disorder, affecting the quality of life. Our study explores the efficacy of Pranic Healing (PH), as an adjuvant therapy in treating depression Methods: In this randomised double-blind controlled trial, 52 participants with a mean age of 34.4 years, with mild to moderate depression were assessed using the Hamilton...

Aims To study the effects of Pranic Healing (PH), as a complementary therapy to improve lung function, physiological condition and quality of life of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. Methods Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study. 21 males with a mean age of 61.6 years and COPD stage II were randomly alloca...

Prana is essential for the survival of all beings. With proper training, a common man can view this prana, the subtle energy body. It is also referred to as ‘Chi’ or ‘Ki.’ The present study seeks to understand the perceptions and experiences of viewing air Prana among participants. An exploratory research design was used. 178 participants with a me...

Background: Stress among adolescents is one among top health concerns in the world. To de-stress a 20 minutes guided Meditation on Twin Hearts (MTH) is introduced for female adolescents and its effects are being studied. Aim: The present study aimed to understand the efficacy of MTH on perceived stress and QOL among female adolescents. Setting and...

Background: Prana is the essential energy which keeps the body alive and in healthy conditions. Kirlian photography provides information regarding prana or subtle energy field. A common man cannot view this subtle energy body without proper training. Aim: The present study seeks to understand the impact of viewing air prana along with the aura surr...

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Pranic agriculture is an emerging science in which pranic healing techniques are applied during the developmental stages of plants to enhance their growth. The present study aimed to understand the effectiveness of pranic treatment in improving the physical qualities of pole beans against non pranic treated pole beans referred to as control groups....

Pranic agriculture is a traditional science in which pranic healing is applied to plants to enhance plant growth. This study aimed to recognize the usefulness of pranic healing in improving the external morphology and yield of European cucumber against the control. Physical parameters like germination of seeds, days to flowering, number of flowers...

Prana is the universal principle of energy or force. The present study seeks to understand the experiences of participants when they perceived the pranic energy between their hands. Exploratory research design was used. 178 participants with a mean age of 26.8 years took part in this study. In Session One, participants were asked to view their hand...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to understand the agronomic impact of pranic agriculture on tomato. Methods: Assessment of pranic treated tomatoes against the control group were done for their quality and quantity by measuring the overall yield, plant height, diameter of the stem, flowers, flowers per truss and also shelf life of tomat...

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The present studywas conducted to sensitize people on existence of pranamaya kosha and study the experience. Pranayama is one of the most beneficial yogic practices and most talked about in yoga shastra. However, prana, the basis of life on which pranayama is based on, is not much studied. In the present study, an attempt was made to understand the...