ADVANCED YOGA MODULES FOR CANCER - A GLIMPSE

Presented by

Dr H R NagendraVice Chancellor, SVYASA Yoga

UniversityBangalore India

Phone 6612669 Fax 080-6608645

Email: hrn@vyasa.org

www.svyasa.org

ADVANCED YOGA MODULES FOR CANCER - A GLIMPSE

Presented by

Dr H R NagendraVice Chancellor, SVYASA Yoga

UniversityBangalore India

Phone 6612669 Fax 080-6608645

Email: hrn@vyasa.org

www.svyasa.org

“Cancer – YOUR

DAYS ARE NUMBERED ?”CANCER CELLS - not powerful invaders from

outside Created within our body

A few hundred cells out of a billion cells produced daily

Immune System takes care of these

Millions of cells from outsideAre taken care of

IMMUNE SUPPRESSIONCONFUSION

CANCER cells are good friends !!

Cancer incidenceCancer incidenceBy Clifton Leaf March 22, 2004 (FORTUNE Magazine)

• $200 billion spent since 1970

• 1.56 million papers

•150,855 experimental studies published on mice

•10.9 million new cases per year (1.5 million in USA)

• 6.7 million people die every year due to cancer

(563,700 in the USA)

Change in the US Death Rates* by Cause, 1950 & 2002

* Age-adjusted to 2000 US standard population.Sources: 1950 Mortality Data - CDC/NCHS, NVSS, Mortality Revised.2002 Mortality Data: US Mortality Public Use Data Tape, 2002, NCHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004

22.5

180.7

48.1

586.8

193.9

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193.4

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HeartDiseases

CerebrovascularDiseases

Pneumonia/Influenza

Cancer

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War on Cancer“I will ask for an appropriation of an extra $100

million to launch an extensive campaign to find

a cure for cancer. Let us make a total national

commitment to conquer this dread disease.

America has long been the wealthiest nation in

the world. Now it is time we became the

healthiest nation in the world”.

--President Richard Nixon, 1971 State of the Union address

"Why We're Losing the War

on Cancer”? (And How to Win It)"

2004 Fortune cover story

“Hit at the cause of

Cancer”?

STRESS AND CANCER ARE NOT MERELY PHYSICAL

• Mental Restlessness• Emotional Upsurges• Deep Rooted Psychological Conflicts….

All at the base of stressIt has changed our life style

They are Multi Dimensional

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The multiethnic cohort study: exploring genes, lifestyle and cancer risk.

Kolonel LN, Altshuler D, Henderson BE. Nat Rev Cancer. 2004 Jul;4(7):519-27.

Impact of race/ethnicity on molecular pathways in human cancer.

Wiencke JK. Nat Rev Cancer. 2004 Jan;4(1):79-84.

Migration patterns and breast cancer risk in Asian-American women.

Ziegler RG, etal. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1993 Nov 17;85(22):1819-27.

Studies of Japanese migrants. I. Mortality from cancer and other diseases among Japanese in the

United States.Haenszel W, Kurihara M. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1968 Jan;40(1):43-68.

Life style plays a major role in cancer

YOGA provides

not only the Knowledge

base

but also practices

to change our life styles

PANCA KOSAPANCA KOSA

ANNAMAYA KOSA

VYADHI

VIJNANAMAYA

KOSAMANOMAYA KOSA ADHI

PRANAMAYA KOSA

ANANDAMAYA KOSA

ANAMS

VISAKMSRTMIRTMEMT

PET

CM

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES & MSRT

1-2

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efJeef#eHleb Mece³esled Hegveë~

mekeÀ<ee³eb efJepeeveer³eeled meceÒeeHleb ve ®eeue³esled ~~

Laye sambodhayet cittamVikúiptam ùamayet punaç,

Sakaúáyam vijániyát Samapráptam na cálayet.

(Maïãükya

Káriká : 3.44)

Stimulate the sleepy mind

Relax and calm down the distractions

Recognise the deep Rooted stresses and

release them

Reaching stability do not disturb 1-24

6 Hrs

35 Minutes

32 %

Time in Minutes

Met

abol

ic R

ate

9 %

TIME CONSTRAINT

DEEP RELAXATION TECHNIQUE ( 5 to 6 Minutes)

QUICK RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

(3 Minutes)INSTANT RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

(1 Minute) 1-24

BASIC FRAME OF ASANAS

Tádásana, Ardha kati

cakrásana

Vajrásana,

Sasáñkásana

Ardha Ushtrásana/

Ushtrásana

CONSISTS OF

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES IRT, QRT, DRT

1-24

1 2 3 4 765

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

CM (35 mins)32% Reduction

TM (20 mins)15% Reduction

Sleep (6 hrs)

SLEEP IN HOURS

% A

GE

RE

ST

Pranic Energisation Technique

Developed by:

VIVEKANANDA YOGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION

(VYASA)

(PET)

PRAYER

PET - 8 STEPS

1. PRAYER - Pranasyedam vase sarvam, tridive yat pratisthitam Mateva putran raksasva, srisca prajnamsca vidhehi na iti.

2. BREATH AWARENESS

A) Feel flow of air at tip of nose

B) Feel cool air inwards and …TIP OF NOSE Warm air outwards

C) Feel from tip of nose to lungs and back

3. RECOGNITION OF VYANA

A) Cinmudra - Feel the pulse, heart beat & synchronisation cinmaya mudra -Feel the nerve impulses

B) Adi mudra - avalanche of nerve impulses

C) Namaskara mudra - Recognise vyana

4. MOVEMENT AND ROTATION

5. BALANCING AND ENERGISATION

6. SILENCE

7. RESOLVE8. PRAYER -SHARING BLISS

Sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramaya

Sarve bhadranni pasyantu ma kascit dukhabhag bhavet

PRANIC ENERGISATION TECHNIQUE

Developedby

Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (VYASA)Bangalore - 560 018.

Mind Sound Resonance Technique

PRAYER

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GJee&©keÀefceJe yevOeveeled

ce=l³eesceg&#eer³e ceece=leeleTB Meeefvleë

Meeefvleë Meeefvleë

1. PRAYER

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HegefäJeOe&veced ~GJee&©keÀefceJe yevOeveeled

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TB Meeefvleë Meeefvleë Meeefvleë

2. a. LOUD - A, U, M & AUM - 3 rounds

b. AHATA - ANAHATA

A---U--- M--- AUM - 3 rounds.

3. MRTYUNJAYA MANTRA (MM)

MM ----------- MM ----------- MM ---------- 3 rounds

Flow chart

4. ANAHATA AUM - 9 rounds

Mental Repetition of AUM

5. AJAPAJAPA OM TO SILENCE (9 rounds)

Japa - (silence)

6. STAY IN SILENCE

7. RESOLVE 9 ROUNDS

8. PRAYER

SARVEBHA……………………..

DEVELOPED BY VIVEKANANDA YOGA

ANUSANDHANA SAMSTHANARESEARCH FOUNDATION

(VYASA)

MIND IMAGERY MIND IMAGERY TECHNIQUETECHNIQUE

PRAYER

1

ANEKA BAHUDARAVAKTRA NETRAM,

PASYAMI TVAM SARVATO’ NANTARUPAM; NANTAM NA MADHYAM

NA PUNASTAVADIM,

PASYAMI VISVESVARA VISVARUPA.

PRAYER

MANY HANDS, ABDOMEN, FACES, EYES,

I SEE YOUR UNENDING VISION EVERYWHERE;

NO END NO MIDDLE & NO BEGINING AGAIN

I SEE, O LORD OF THE UNIVERSEYOUR UNIVERSAL FORM.

BHAGAVADGITA

1

STEPS IN MIRT1. PRAYER

2.RECOGNISE PASSIVE & ACTIVE VISUALISATIONS

3.CONTRACT - EXPAND (3 ROUNDS) ‘OM’

4.SPEEDING - SLOWING (3 ROUNDS) ‘OM’

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5. MIND-IMAGERYA UPASANA

B MEDITATION

C YANTRA

(STAY AND EMPOWER IMMUNE SYSTEM)

6.SILENCE

7.RESOLVE (9 TIMES)

8.CLOSING PRAYER

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PRAYER³euueyOJee Hegceeved efmeOoes YeJeefle

Dece=lees YeJeefle le=Hlees

YeJeefle ~~

Yallabdhva puman Siddho bhavatiamrto bhavatiTrpto bhavati

MEMT Steps for practice

Prayer

1. Recognition-thinking & feeling

2. Art of Sublimation

3. Invoke-intensify - diffuse

³euueyOJee Hegceeved

efmeOoes YeJeefle Dece=lees YeJeefle

le=Hlees YeJeefle ~~

4. Pairs of opposites

5. Action towards emotions

6. Death Experience

7. Silence - Bliss

8. Resolve (9 rounds)

Prayer meJex YeJevleg....