Pranic Healing for Partially Blind- A case study

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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 natural, drugless, non-touch complimentary technique using prana to treat illness.
Methods: Fifty PH sessions of 20 minutes each was applied on the subject.
Results: On completion of 50 PH sessions, it was found that his unaided visual acuity improved in both eyes with the right eye showing significant improvement. The dryness in the eye, eye pain and headache were healed.
Conclusions: Observing his visual improvement, he was advised to be transferred to the conventional school. PH as adjuvant therapy can assist patients with visual impairment. Further studies are warranted to study the impact of PH on larger populations of visually impaired subjects

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Pranic Healing for Partially Blind- A case study
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*Srikanth N Jois , Nagendra K Prasad
Abstract
Observing his visual improvement, he was advised to be transferred to the conventional
school.
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.
Methods: Fifty PH sessions of 20 minutes each was applied on the subject.
Results: On completion of 50 PH sessions, it was found that his unaided visual acuity improved in both
eyes with the right eye showing significant improvement. The dryness in the eye, eye pain and headache
were healed.
Conclusions:
PH as adjuvant therapy can assist for patients with visual impairment. Further studies are
warranted to study the impact of PH on larger .
PH is an ancient science and art of
healing people. It is considered as a natural, drugless, non-touch complimentary technique using prana to
treat illness.
populations of visually impaired subjects
Key words: Prana, Pranic healing, Blurred Vision, Visual Acuity, Complementary therapy
*Correspondence author
1 Head of Research, World Pranic Healing Foundation, India, Research Centre, Mysuru – 570009, India
2 Senior Research Consultant, World Pranic Healing Foundation, India, Research Centre, Mysuru – 570009, India.
Date of Submission: February 9, 2018 Date of Acceptance: April 26, 2018
Srikanth N Jois
Email: srikanth@pranichealing.co.in
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-8997
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Pranic Healing for Partially Blind - Une étude de cas
Abstrait
Objectifs: Un garçon de quatorze ans a reçu un diagnostic de déficience visuelle de l'œil droit depuis
sa naissance. Les autres symptômes comprenaient une vision floue, des yeux secs et des maux de tête.
Pranic Healing (PH) comme une thérapie complémentaire pour guérir les aliments pour les yeux a été
appliquée sur le sujet. PH est une science ancienne et l'art de guérir les gens. Il est considéré comme
une technique complémentaire naturelle, sans médicament et sans contact, qui utilise le prana pour
traiter la maladie.
Méthodes: Cinquante séances de PH de 20 minutes chacune ont été appliquées sur le sujet.
Résultats: À l'issue de 50 séances de PH, on a constaté que son acuité visuelle spontanée s'améliorait
dans les deux yeux, l'œil droit présentant une amélioration significative. La sécheresse oculaire, la
douleur oculaire et le mal de tête ont été guéris.
Conclusions: Observant son amélioration visuelle, il a été conseillé d'être transféré à l'école
conventionnelle. La PH comme traitement adjuvant peut aider les patients ayant une déficience
visuelle. D'autres études sont justifiées pour étudier l'impact de l'HTP sur des populations plus
importantes de sujets malvoyants.
Mots-clés: Prana, Guérison pranique, Vision floue, Acuité visuelle, Thérapie complémentaire
*Correspondance auteur
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*Srikanth N Jois , Nagendra K Prasad
Srikanth N Jois
Email: srikanth@pranichealing.co.in
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-8997
1 Head of Research, World Pranic Healing Foundation, India, Research Centre, Mysuru – 570009, India
2 Senior Research Consultant, World Pranic Healing Foundation, India, Research Centre, Mysuru – 570009, India.
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Pranic healing for visual impairment Srikanth and Nagendra

INTRODUCTION
Visual impairment is a reduced capacity
to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable
by usual means, such as glasses. The common
causes of visual impairment world-wide are
uncorrected refractive errors 43%, cataracts 33%,
and glaucoma 2%. Globally,
People with visual
impairment have difficulties to carry out daily
activities including driving, reading, watching
television, socializing, and walking (1,2) Visual
impairment can be corrected to some extent using
gene therapy, complementary therapies like yoga
(3,4), eye exercise and acupuncture (5).
about 191 million
people are visually impaired and this is one of the
top 10 disabilities worldwide.
Pranic Healing (PH) is a complementary
technique, making use of the prana or vital energy
as its main source of healing power. It is a simple
yet powerful and an effective system of no-touch
energy healing. PH is based on the principle that
the body is a self-healing living entity with the
capacity to cure itself. The healing process is
hastened by increasing this life force which is
readily available from the sun, air, and ground to
address physical & emotional imbalance's (6,7).
The energy body has major, minor and mini
chakras, just as the physical body has major and
minor organs. The major chakras or centres not
only control and energize the internal organs but
also control and affect one's psychological
conditions (8).
Application of PH as complementary
therapy has been found to be effective in various
domains. PH is associated with significant
reduction in depression (9), Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) (10), Musco-
skeletal pain (11), asthma (12), increase in
wellbeing by manipulating the energy fields of
subjects (13). PH is also being practised by well-
educated followers to achieve personal and
professional growth (14). It is also being applied
in agriculture to improve plant growth and obtain
higher yield (15).
CASE REPORT
A 14-year-old visually impaired subject
attending a Visually Impaired School from The
Gambia, West Africa participated in this study.
The subject was diagnosed with subconjunctival
hemorrhage and low vision problem since birth.
Other symptoms include blurred vision, dry eyes,
and headache. The subject's unaided visual acuity
in both eyes were 6/60 after undergoing check-up
from a Tertiary Eye Care Centre, the Gambia.
(Table 1). This 6/60 means, that visually impaired
person can see an object at a distance of 6 meters
as compared with a normally sighted person who
could see the same object at a distance of 60
meters.
West
African Pranic Healing Foundation, The Gambia.
1. Application of General Sweeping on the
Aura
2. Localised sweeping on eyes and Ajna
chakra and energising the eyes indirectly
through the Ajna chakra
3. Localised sweeping and energizing the
back head chakra and jaw minor chakra
4. Repeat the entire procedure twice a week
tertiary Eye Care Centre, the
Gambia
During the Pranic Healing (PH) session,
the healer projects prana to the energy field of the
participant to rebalance and strengthen them.
The subject, subject's parents and
authorities at visually impaired school were
briefed about PH, its method and benefits during
a meeting at hospital resource centre for the blind.
Their written consent was obtained from the
subject, subjects parents and authorities at
visually impaired School. PH was applied by a
trained Pranic Healer, recruited from
During the healing sessions, the subject was
comfortably seated on a chair with palms facing
upwards, with his tongue connecting upper palate
to enable the flow of pranic energy. The pranic
healer first prays to the Almighty God, standing at
a distance of 1 – 2 meters away from the subject.
The healer removes the used up energies from the
affected areas by cleansing and disintegrates this
energy in a salt basin. The healer will latter
energise the affected areas using Prana as
introduced by Master Choa Kok Sui. The
protocol done by the Healer is provided in brief
A total of 50 PH sessions, each of 20
minutes duration for a period of 8 months were
applied to the subject (6).
DISCUSSIONS
After completion of 50
pranic healing sessions, the subject had his vision
rechecked at the
. He was seen to have a better unaided
visual acuity in both eyes, which enabled the
doctors to prescribe correct power spectacles.
The subject's unaided visual acuity in the left eye
improved from 6/60 to 6/18. His right eye also
improved from 6/60 to 6/36 (Table 2). Visual
acuity using pinhole + glasses method for both
eyes improved to 6/12 and 6/18 in the left and
right eyes respectively. The dryness in the eyes,
eye pain and headache were completely healed,
although blurred vision remained. Observing his
visual improvement, he was advised to be
transferred to a conventional school for further
studies. The details of his Post-Pranic diagnosis
are provided in Table 2.
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Prana is the vital energy that has the potential to
heal. PH promote circulation of prana in the body
by facilitating the drawing in of fresh prana and
expelling of used-up prana. PH energizes the eyes
through Ajna chakra with light whitish green
colour prana. This is to clean and loosen the
diseased and used up energies in the minute
nadies in the eye (6-8). Removal of used up prana
or contaminated energies from the subject could
probably lead to an overall improvement in the
participant vision. Previous studies have revealed
that few spiritually-based healing practices while
invoking for higher energies, were found to be
useful in promoting wellbeing. During PH
session, the healers pray to the almighty before,
during and after the healing session, which
facilitates the presence of divine energy in
healing (9,10).
The study suggests that Pranic Healing
was effective as a complementary therapy to
overcome visual problems like itching, pains,
redness, headache, watering of eyes and improve
vision.
populations of visually
impaired subjects
Acknowledgement: Master Choa Kok Sui, the
founder of modern Pranic Healing for imparting
the precise knowledge of Pranic Healing. The
aut hors sin cere ly t hank The Gam bia
Organisation of the Visually Impaired for
providing the opportunity and support to carry
out this study. Dr P.D. Wade, Consultant
ophthalmologists and staff of Sheikh Zayed
Regional Eye Care Centre for the investigations
and support. Mr Kumar, Mr Ousainou Suwareh
and others who contributed to the success directly
or indirectly in this study.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no
conflict of interest.
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Further studies are warranted to study the
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Table 1: Initial Diagnosis of the student
Details Left Eye Right Eye
Visual Acuity (Unaided) 6/60 6/60
(Pinhole + Glasses) 6/24 No Improvement
Recommended power + 1.00 D.S. ----
Blurred vision Present Present
Dry eyes Present Present
Eye pain Present Present
Headache Present Present
Table 2: Pos t-Pranic Healing Diagnosis of the student
Details Left Eye Right Eye
Visual Acuity (Unaided) 6/18 6/36
(Pinhole + Glasses) 6/12 6/18
Recommended power + 1.25 D.S. +1.75 D.S.
Blurred vision Present Present
Dry eyes Healed Healed
Eye pain Healed Healed
Headache Healed Healed