Shiv Yog getting popular in North America

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TORONTO: After Yoga and alternative medicine, Shiv Yog is now gaining fast acceptability in North America.

Shiv Yog – also called inner yoga as opposed to external yoga or hatha yoga or plain yoga – is about unleashing dormant self-healing powers, says Shiv Yog exponent guru Avidhoot Shivanand who taught its techniques to over 250 American doctors at the first Global Shiv Yog integrative Science Beyond Science Conference at Trenton in New Jersey recently.

The Shiv Yog guru, who then flew to Toronto with some of the American doctors to interact with the Indo-Canadian community, stressed that Shiv Yog techniques unleash the power of self-healing.

If we have the power create a disease, we also have the power to cure it. He said the human body is made of 50 trillion cells and every second, 5 million cells die. But if we can create new cells faster than dying cells, our health will improve.

“When a person falls sick, his vibrational cellular frequency decreases. But with Shiv Yog meditation, sick cells frequency returns to normal and cures the person,’’ the Shiv Yog maestro told the packed audience at the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation in Toronto.

Indian-American cardiologist Bindu Kansupada, who is one of the doctors who combine Shiv Yog techniques with modern medicine and accompanied Avidhoot Shivanand to Toronto, said doctors have seen amazing results in their patients.

“We have measured significant improvement in patients who practised Shiv Yog. Morbidity, mortality and hospitalization have come down. Even the readmission rate for heart failure and unstable angina has come down significantly,’’ said Dr Kansupada, who is based at Langhorne in Pennsylvania, in his presentation about the impact of Shiv Yog techniques on patients.

“Modern western medicine is great for acute care, but for chronic care management such as diabetes, depression, heart problems, auto-immune disorders and cancer, combining western medicine with Shiv Yog prevents complications, enhances recovery and provides possible cure for incurable conditions.’’

He said most American doctors who are familiar with integrative Shiv Yog principles have reported significant benefits for themselves and their patients.

“We doctors share the principles of Shiv Yog cosmic energy healing. We emphasize to our patients power of self healing. We teach them Shiv Yog breathing exercises with scientific explanation, relaxation techniques, the science  of belief, the science of neuron-plasticity, the science of connection, the science of love, the science of visualization, etc. We emphasize: Cure is possible”.

Referring to the growing popularity of Shiv Yog as part of integrative health care in the US, he said, “Many hospitals are having their professionals trained Shiv Yog practices – prayanam, breathing, relaxation, anger management, how to safely vent out your anger, how to love people, how to create positive vibes, etc. In fact, over 125 local hospitals have already created integrative health care departments. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) is also investing lots of money to know the impact of integrative health care.’’