Rajni Pinjani’s scientific contributions

Breast cancer (BC) is one of the common types of cancer and its rise in India is alarming. Patients of this dreaded disease need full support starting from detection to recovery following treatment therapies and side effects. This paper presents a case of a BC patient who had undergone mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy and was fully supported with Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) healings and practice protocols, to recoup mental and emotional strength for facing painful side effects of treatments. This is an in-depth case study, going through patient medical records, healers’ records and patient’s detailed feedback. From the beginning of YPV healings, the patient experienced substantial mental and emotional strength and reduction in stress with fast recovery. Practicing YPV protocols such as rhythmic breathing, forgiveness sadhana and planetary peace meditation enabled the patient to achieve significant positive changes made her strong enough mentally to cope with physical problems, positively taking all ailments. The patient’s anxiety level decreased, and she started feeling optimistic about achieving full recovery sooner. Documented evidence has shown that YPV protocols have been successfully applied to treat various diseases as complementary and alternative medicine with effective patient results. There is immense scope for further research on this topic using appropriate methodology and sample size. Recommendations include training frontline medical personnel to gain working knowledge of YPV healings and practice protocols.

Introduction: Vasculitic neuropathy is a condition in a patient when there is inflammation in the blood vessels supplying peripheral nerves, often causing both sensory and motor dysfunction, showing up as unusual sensations, numbness, pain and weakness of the muscles in the limbs. Usual medical treatment is to use Corticosteroids for a limited period, and recovery may take several months to years from case to case. Yoga Prana Vidya healing protocols were used as complementary medicine in the case presented in this paper to achieve speedy and effective recovery. Method: This paper used case study method going through patient’s medical records, healer’s records and patient feedback. Results: Patient started feeling relief in pain as healing started, and felt relaxed. There were no other noticeable side effects of medicines. The patient fully recovered within 6 months of YPV healing and further healings were discontinued. Conclusions: The YPV healings enabled the patient complementary to the prescribed medication to recover from vasculitis condition physically and emotionally, and also reducing drug induced side effects. Further research is recommended. It will be beneficial to frontline health workers to acquire some working knowledge of YPV healing to complement their specialties to holistically heal the patients.