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Case Report http://doi.org/10.18231/j.pjms.2019.028
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Successful healing treatment of high blood cholesterol levels and asthma using Yoga
Prana Vidya (YPV) system: A case study of self-healing
V S Nanduri1*, Alok Vasavda2
1Consultant, 2YPV Healer, Yoga Prana Vidya Ashram, Research, Thally, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author: V S Nanduri
Email: vsnanduri@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction: A 33 year old male had been suffering from Asthma since childhood and he was diagnosed with high cholesterol after he grew
up. He has a strong family history of Cardiac Disease with high blood Cholesterol. The prescribed medications for asthma did not help him
much. He did not take any medication for Cholesterol. Being a Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) trained Healer he used self-healing protocols.
Materials and Methods: This is case study method with detailed analysis of medical records of the patient’s health conditions pre and post
YPV healing treatment applied as alternative medicine.
Results: Analysis of the patient’s health condition and medical case documents pre and post treatment show positive improvement obtained
with YPV healing method for treating high blood cholesterol and Asthma.
Conclusion: This case study documents the evidence gathered on the effective use of YPV in self-healing and treating High Blood
Cholesterol and Asthma. To produce holistic and optimum results, YPV uses a combination of approaches that include: Physical exercises,
rhythmic yogic breathing, Salt free diet and fruit diet, Méditation techniques, healing by trained and experienced healers, participation in
group healing, regular self-practice of specified techniques. There is ample scope to conduct further research on the application of YPV as
alternatively effective and low cost medicine for various medical conditions.
Keywords: Asthma, Breathing Difficulty, Breathlessness, High Blood Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, TCH, Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) Healing.
Introduction
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of
death in United States for both men and postmenopausal
women in western world. A study conducted in India
suggests that the prevalence of CHD is about 10%.1
Dyslipidemia is an abnormal amount of lipids (e.g.
triglycerides, cholesterol and/or fat phospholipids) in the
blood.2 In developed countries, most dyslipidemias are
hyperlipidemias; that is, an elevation of lipids in the blood.
This is often due to diet and lifestyle. Dyslipidemia is one of
the important modifiable risk factors in CHD.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance which is made in the
liver. It’s found in some foods too. All need some cholesterol
in their bodies just to keep ticking over but having too much
can clog up arteries and lead to health problems in the future.5
It is a waxy substance found in blood. Human body needs
cholesterol to build healthy cells, but high levels of
cholesterol can increase risk of heart disease. With high
cholesterol fatty deposits can develop in blood vessels.
Eventually, these deposits grow, making it difficult for
enough blood to flow through the arteries. Sometimes, those
deposits can break suddenly and form a clot that causes a
heart attack or stroke. High cholesterol can be inherited, but
it's often the result of unhealthy lifestyle choices, which make
it preventable and treatable. A healthy diet, regular exercise
and sometimes medication can help reduce high cholesterol.6
Asthma is a lung disease that makes it harder to move air
in and out of the lungs. Asthma is chronic and one has to live
with it every day. It can be serious, even life-threatening.
There is no cure for asthma, but it can be managed so one can
live a normal, healthy life. With asthma, the airways in lungs
are often swollen or inflamed. This makes them extra
sensitive to things that one is exposed to in the environment
every day, or asthma "triggers." A trigger could be a cold or
the weather, or things in the environment, such as dust,
chemicals, smoke and pet dander.7 Asthma is a common
chronic inflammatory disorder affecting about 300 million
people worldwide. As a holistic therapy, yoga has the
potential to relieve both the physical and psychological
suffering of people with asthma, and its popularity has
expanded globally.3 However, according to the authors, a
number of clinical trials have been carried out to evaluate the
effects of yoga practice, with inconsistent results.3
Yoga Prana Vidya System (YPV)
Patients with common diseases such as cholesterol and
Asthma often face a very unfortunate and worrisome journey
from diagnosis to treatment. The reality of common diseases
is that since a lot of people have them, many take them for
granted. Experience has shown that it is only when the
common diseases become critical, the patients start thinking
of acting upon corrective actions.4 Common diseases can also
become dangerous, because at times some medical doctors
even may not see them. Just by knowing the name of the
disease and correlating the basic symptoms as a due
diligence, the doctors conclude the prescription and medical
line of action. One such example is of high cholesterol in
patients. It has been observed that Yoga Prana VidyaTM,
(YPV) ©, which is a no-touch, no-drug, bio-energy healing
method, has been used successfully to heal patients having
simple to complex and multiple medical conditions. This
paper presents one case study of a patient having a high blood
cholesterol and Asthma issue, successfully healed by YPV©.
There are many recorded medical cases which show that
YPV healing system has been successfully applied in
management and control of various medical conditions such
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as:
1. Diabetes
2. Blood pressure and heart ailments
3. ENT and respiratory ailments
4. Musculoskeletal
5. First aid and emergency cases
6. Dental cases
7. Eye camps
8. Cancer cases
9. Digestive disorders
10. Psychological cases like anxiety, depression, suicidal
tendencies, relationship issues, lack of attention and
concentration
11. Criminal tendencies etc.
Some recent publications of noteworthy cases showing
efficacy of YPV healing have appeared in peer reviewed
journals cited in references.1,8-11
The concept of Yoga has to be viewed and understood in
a broader and deeper sense as elucidated by the founder of
the Yoga Prana Vidya System.12 Yoga in recent times is used
to refer to Asanas or postures of physical exercises and
sometimes even to pranayama or a form of systematic
breathing exercise. These are in fact parts of Yoga and not
the complete Yoga. If viewed from the Yogi Patanjali point
of view, Yoga is actually known as Ashtanga Yoga which
means the Yoga consisting of 8 steps. There are many levels
of Yoga in practice. Each of the steps is very important.
As per the ancient Yogic teachings, it is the Soul using
this physical body, the physical body being an important
vehicle of the Soul. This vehicle is extremely important in the
physical world and it must be maintained, sustained and used
for the purpose of the Divine. The purpose of yoga is to
achieve th e union with the Divine and manifest our own
greatness on Earth.
The Soul (referring here to the Incarnated Soul or the
Jeevatma) has 3 vehicles through which it operates:
1. The Energy Body known as Pranamaya Kosha,
including Physical body known as Annamaya Kosha.
2. The Emotional Body or the Kamamaya Kosha
3. The Mental Body or the Manomaya Kosha
Considering the above, it is deduced that to sustain,
maintain and/or regain good health, it is not adequate to treat
just the Physical Body. It also involves maintaining a healthy
state of one’s Energy Body. This is because our Energy or the
Etheric Body is the basic mould of the physical body, which
science now recognises as a bio-plasmic body. Anything that
happens to the physical body, happens to the Etheric Body.
The Etheric Body is therefore referred to as “Etheric Double”
in his theosophy literature.13 Any ailment in the physical
body has its effect on the Etheric Body. This is also a reason,
why we use the term “Prana Vidya”. Prana is Life Force or
Energy used for the maintenance of the energy body and
Vidya is the technology of how to do so. The technology of
maintaining the energy body is therefore termed Yoga Prana
Vidya (or YPV) system which offers techniques for
maintaining the physical and energy body and also maintain
the etheric connectivity with the higher self.
Healing is the process by which the energy body can be
renewed thus bringing change in the physical body, because
the former interpenetrates the latter. Used up energy or
diseased energy can be removed and the energy body can be
impregnated with fresh energy. All biological life on earth
has the ability to heal itself. Energy follows thought and
energy accelerates the healing process. So the energy is used
in healing, to accelerate the healing process and the body
heals itself. Healing involves 2 steps: Cleansing, or removing
the used up energy and Energizing, or giving fresh energy.
The air around us contains a life force that keeps us alive.
This life force is also known as "Prana" or the "Breath of
Life". YPV reveals various techniques of using prana in order
to promote good health. Yoga Prana Vidya has been used as
a tool to deal with psychological and emotional issues also to
remedy everyday work and financial stresses of life. It is
primarily used as a no-touch, no-drug, healing system,
complementary (along with) with other healing modalities
like Allopathy, Ayurveda, and Homeopathy. However, there
are numerous instances where the application of YPV healing
alone has been sufficient to alleviate the ailment/disease
(both physical and psychological).
In YPV, the healer becomes a channel of energy who
receives and transfers energy. Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) is a
revolutionary form of energy "medicine". It is an ancient
science and art that has been revived in a new form which is
easily adaptable and in tune with modern day busy life. There
are two modes of YPV healing. In one mode, a healer heals
other persons. In the other mode, a healer can heal
him/herself which is known as self-healing.12
In this paper, the authors are presenting a self-healing
case, where the healer applied YPV Healing on himself to
treat high cholesterol and Asthma over a period of about six
months. In view of the persistent YPV self-healing and
application of associated techniques, the patient got healed
completely without any need of any form of medical
intervention as detailed in the following sections.
Case Report
Patient’s background
A 33 years old male, residing in Ahmedabad City, Gujarat
State, India. Qualified with a Master’s degree, professional
accountancy and working as a corporate executive, married
and has one child.
Pre – YPV medical history
The patient was diagnosed to be suffering with childhood
Asthma from childhood, which surfaced first at the age of 6
years. Also, he was diagnosed to be having a high level of
blood cholesterol since the age of 18 years. The patient has a
strong family history of having high blood cholesterol and
associated cardiac ailments. The patient regularly had blood
tests (once in a year) to monitor blood parameters, especially
cholesterol. Looking at the rising trend and the strong family
history, the consulting cardio physician had recommended
medical intervention to bring the blood parameters to normal
range. The patient was guided that once the parameters are
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normalised with medical treatment, he could gradually
reduce drug dependency and maintain normal level of
cholesterol through dietary discipline and regular physical
exercises.
In the matter of Asthma, in general the period between
November and February months tended to be very difficult
for the patient, since the Asthma gets triggered most easily
during these months. For the rest of the year, Asthma gets
triggered only if rigorous exercise is done or if any kind of
stress is experienced.
Medical Treatment Recommended Before YPV
The patient was advised to take ATORVASTATIN for 6
months. Based on how well the drug responds, the patient
was supposed to modify the dosage and once the level of
Cholesterol comes back to normal range, he would have been
advised gradual reduction in dose. Due to inner resistance, he
never took medicines. Knowing that this was just borderline
high, he avoided medication. Additionally, the patient was
advised to have food with less oil and minimise junk food.
This he could follow quite easily, since general food
preparation at home had less oil and he was not much used to
junk food habits.
The Total Cholesterol Level of the patient usually remained
in a range of 225 to 235 mg/dl. The test conducted on 07
December 2018 confirms this and shows a level of 229 mg/dl
[See Annexure Fig. 1: Report before YPV Healing].
Asthma Condition and medications before YPV
He had Asthma since the age of six. Doctors then told that
this is a childhood Asthma and should get healed naturally by
the age of 12 or 13 years. This did not happen, in fact, the
Asthma issue increased. His Asthma issue was at its peak
while he was around 15 years old. The winter months -
especially between October and February - were the toughest
months for him. After Diwali festival, when the air pollution
levels are high, he used to start feeling breathlessness at night
time. The typical trigger points were:
1. Rigorous exercises (including playing cricket for 15
minutes or more)
2. Speaking continuously for 45 minutes or more
(including reading paragraphs from the school text book
for such period)
3. Eating ice cream or drinking cold beverages (including
cold water)
4. Using “cotton-stuffed” bed or cushions (instead of foam
based bed or cushion)
5. Eating full stomach meals at night and trying to sleep
within 1 hour of dinner
At the age of 15, his parents approached a Homeopathic
practitioner who prescribed some pills that happened to be
very effective. After few months, they coincidently
discovered that these pills contained steroids and they
immediately stopped the treatment as advised by another
doctor. Later he was advised to use Asthalin inhaler on SOS
basis and take Deriphyllin and Asthalin 4 mg tablets. He used
to have the tablets regularly, however, before sleeping use of
the inhaler was mandatory, without which he could not sleep.
Medical opinion indicated that this was more of a
psychological instinct and not a requirement of the body to
take the inhaler, and facing the breathlessness is a different
matter. However, the patient knew that the issue was not
psychological, but quite real. This condition remained the
same for over a decade and in time, use of the inhaler had
become as frequent as having water in between during the
day.
YPV Intervention
In December 2018, when he got the opportunity to join the
One Year Spiritual Intensive Program at the YPV Ashram,
his only concern was that the climate was cooler and more
humid at the Ashram compared to the city. This could trigger
Asthma very easily. Also, the beds and cushions at the
Ashram were cotton-stuffed, being another major trigger
point.
The patient had been a practitioner of YPV holistic
integrative healing system since many years. He had
undertaken many simple to critical healing cases for
numerous people who had requested healing. Around early
December 2018, he decided to work on himself and bring his
health parameters to normal, including the Asthma and High
Blood Cholesterol issue.
The patient followed the following YPV protocols.
1. Rhythmic Yogic breathing, 3 times a day (as guided in
YPV Sadhana App)12
2. Forgiveness Sadhana 2 times daily (as guided in YPV
Sadhana App)
3. Planetary peace meditation once a day (including Super
brain asana in the morning and physical exercise before
and after meditation) - as guided in YPV Sadhana App.
4. Salt-free diet
5. Healing once a day for 1 month (December 2018 –
January 2019), and once a week for 6 months. (19 March
2019 and 18 September 2019.
Results
Consequent to the above stated YPV healing treatment, the
results are as stated below.
Cholesterol
The Total Cholesterol Level came down to 206 mg/dl by 04
January 2019 [Annexure, Fig. 2 - Report during middle of
YPV Healing] and 147 mg/dl by 24 September 2019
[Annexure, Fig. 3 - Report after YPV Healing].
Status of Asthma condition after YPV healing
He applied self-healing protocols upon himself for the entire
month of December 2018 and later once a week from March
2019. No symptom of breathing difficulty experienced
throughout the period of healing. The patient stated that,
“With tremendous gratitude and with utmost honesty I can
say that I have not taken a single dose of the inhaler, nor a
single tablet for Asthma!” As a part of the programme
schedule, he participated in physical exercises for about 90
minutes in a day, walking/running for about 15 minutes in a
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day and breathing exercises for about 40 minutes in a day. He
would not have been able to do any of these under the Asthma
conditions before healing.
Effects on the other parameters
Table 1 shows some physical parameters which are
normalized as a result of holistic aspect of YPV healing, and
also blood pressure measurements.
Table 1: Patient’s physical parameters
Pre-YPV
Post -YPV
Height, cm
168
168
Weight. Kg
75
54
Waist, inches
34
28
BMI
26.57
19.1
Blood Pressure
115/89
(19/03/2019)
100/80
(19/09/2019)
Fig. 1: Report before YPV Healing, dated 8 December, 2018
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Fig. 2: Report midway during YPV Healing Intervention
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Fig. 3: Report after YPV Healing completed
Discussion
In this case study, it was observed that by application of YPV
self-healing and slight changes in life style, the Cholesterol
levels came down to normal range. Also, the breathlessness
and Asthma have been healed completely. YPV healing is a
no-drug healing modality, the patient could successfully
overcome his high Cholesterol and Asthma ailments without
any need of medications. At the present time, the patient is
leading an extremely healthy life, full of vitality, beyond his
expectations.
It is noted from the research literature that a study by
Nisha Shanthakumari et al. (2013) shows that Yoga, being a
lifestyle modifier incorporating exercise and stress
management training, targets the elevated lipid through
integrated approaches resulting in improved lipid profiles,
lower BMI, and macro-vascular complications in diabetes.14
This case study supports similar findings using several
variants of Yoga applications in health improvements. For
example a systematic review by Paula Chu et al (2014)
revealed that there is promising evidence of yoga on
improving cardio-metabolic health, showed significant
improvements for cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight
and BMI.15
It is further observed that the Asthma condition of the
patient also greatly improved. This outcome supports a study
by Mekonnen and Mossie (2010) using a variant of Yoga that
reported statistically significant reduction in day and night
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asthma attacks in the yoga group.16 Another relevant study,
Yoga for Asthma, (Yang et al, 2016) supports this case with
the conclusion that exercise, yogic breathing and meditation
have positive effects on the quality of life for Asthma
patients.3
It is further seen in this study (Table 1) that the physical
parameters such as weight and BMI have also got normalised
as a result of the holistic nature of YPV healing and
associated techniques. This finding is similar to the findings
on holistic healing results of YPV reported earlier in the
literature references.4,8-11
Conclusion
This case report documents the evidence gathered on the
effective use of YPV in healing high blood Cholesterol and
Asthma. The general conditions under which YPV produces
optimum results is also derived from the fact that YPV uses
a combination of approaches, such as: (a) Physical exercises
including rhythmic yogic breathing, (b) Salt free diet and fruit
diet, (c) Meditation techniques, (d) Healing by trained and
experienced healers, (e) Patient’s participation in group
healing, and (f) Regular self-practice of specified Sadhanas.
YPV has been helping as a preventive medicine, when
the seekers are receptive and undertake regular practices of
the self-practice techniques of YPV such as exercises,
Rhythmic breathing, meditation and salt free controlled diet.
Acknowledgements
The authors express sincere thanks to Sri Ramana Trust for
giving permission to use their copyright terms, Yoga Prana
VidyaTM and YPV©, and also for allowing them to use the
patient medical reports and data in this report.
Source of funding
None.
Conflict of interest
None.
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