ulcerative colitis help needed

02-14-2006, 12:57 AM

Dear All, Sat Nam

I was wondering if any one could suggest a yoga set or
meditation for ulcerative colitis. Two of my friends
have this and I was wondering if it would be possible
to help them using alternative medicine or yoga.

Looking forward for your reply.

Warmest Regards,

Dharam Dev

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02-14-2006, 07:03 AM

Sat Nam,
you might try the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SDC) many have found it helpful
for a totally dietary approach. There is a book written by the originator who
used this diet to cure her daughter. Warmest regards,
Michael=====================
From: Vito Mirinavicius
Date: Tue Feb 14 07:57:42 CST 2006
To: Kundaliniyoga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: [Kundalini Yoga] ulcerative colitis help needed

Dear All, Sat Nam

I was wondering if any one could suggest a yoga set or
meditation for ulcerative colitis. Two of my friends
have this and I was wondering if it would be possible
to help them using alternative medicine or yoga.

Looking forward for your reply.

Warmest Regards,

Dharam Dev

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02-14-2006, 07:54 AM

Hey Dharam -
as far as yoga - the nabhi kriya is great, or pretty
much any set for the navel and/or elimination. Just
remember, one has to be consistent and do something
every day! Vatskar Kriya is supposed to be good for
any digestive difficulty - it's found in the book
Sadhana Guidelines - it's exercise 1 of the
Elimination (apana) exercises on p. 55, but it can
also be practiced alone. The bound lotus kriya is
also great for any digestive issue.
they might also check out the book Patient, Heal
Thyself -
it's written a man who healed himself from Crohn's
disease (another usually chronic, incurable digestive
disease) through diet and supplements. he then
founded Garden of Life, which is a company that makes
supplements - so in some ways the book is basically an
advertisement for their products - but they're really
good and have helped many people heal. I also
recommend having your friends investigate a diet of
mostly raw, living foods. . . at least completely
eliminating refined sugar and flour of any kind. My
sister has ulcerative colitis, but she's content on
the western meds, and thankfully has suffered no side
effects.
good luck
love Ardas
--- Vito Mirinavicius wrote:

> Dear All, Sat Nam
>
> I was wondering if any one could suggest a yoga set
> or
> meditation for ulcerative colitis. Two of my friends
> have this and I was wondering if it would be
> possible
> to help them using alternative medicine or yoga.
>
> Looking forward for your reply.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Dharam Dev
>
>
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02-15-2006, 02:45 AM

Sat Nam Vito,
certainly your friends may well benefit from dietary changes. The most
simple way to find out if their condition is worsened by their diet is
to go on the standard diet that is used to uncover food sensitivities.
This does not require buying cleansing kits or any added expense of
things like an organic juice fast. (Which is not to denigrate these
practices, merely to say that they may not be necessary as the first
simple step in diagnosing the actual problem.) If you google
"elimination diet" you will find much information on what foods to
allow (very mild foods like yams, white fish, lamb, rice, pears, for
example), which foods to cut out (anything corn or wheat related, rye,
coffee, spices, etc) and then slowly re-introduce one by one to see
how the body reacts. This is a somewhat long process, and it requires
paying attention to one's body and keeping a journal to track reactions.

Any nutritionalist, or doctor who specializes in allergies, will be
able to guide a patient through the process but it's also very simple
to do on one's own. (In case you live in a country where doctor
supervision is expensive and there is no national medicare system.)
Your friend's doctor who treats their ulcerative colitis should also
be able to walk them through the steps. Effectively, any cleansing
product that goes along with a juice and rice/mung beans diet is doing
the same thing without actually investigating whether the root cause
of the problem is associated with a particular food that you may be
sensitive to. Once again, cleanses can be useful and fasting always
has the potential to make one feel euphoric, but usually it is better
to uncover the cause of a problem than merely treat the symptoms.
After all, why turn to alternatives if we are going to use them in the
same way that causes problems in allopathic western medicine?

As for yoga, it will naturally help any kind of bowel problem simply
because it will help to relax the person. Our intestines are very
sensitive to stress and emotions (stress causes certain reactions in
the intestines as we prepare to fight or take flight). So both
exercises that reduce stress and ones that engage and massage the
bowels (all in the lower abdomen) are likely to be helpful to your
friends. As always, they should pay attention to their body and be
gentle and loving as they feed and exercise. The nourishment of love
and attention is very powerful in itself.
blessings to your and your friends
ovasoul

02-15-2006, 10:25 AM

Sat Nam Dharam Dev,
This situation is, at its roots, a normal and healthy reaction to
unnaturally
acid bile and unnaturally acid mucus in the intestines. What to do? Cleanse
the liver. When things are right, the bile is Alkaline. When things are
toxic, the bile is acidic. When the bile is acidic, grains and the fat
soluble in foods don't get digested very well and the body reacts to this
with mucuses. If this situation persists them ulcers develop (Yogiji has
actaully even taught that there is "no cure" for Hemmorhoids, but that one
could keeps things under control by keeping the liver healthy) Get on a
cleanse or even use the Melon Diet (check the archives for full details).
Get to place where one feels what wellness is like, again, and from that
inspired place take the steps necessary to remain as close to that health as
possible. Resolve to do some juicing a few times a week and/or eat less
wheat, meat, or whatever is their issue food and to change their
mental/emotional state if stress is the norm for them. Yoga is part of this,
BUT not simply to try and "cure" the situation but to heal the whole
individual's ability to handle his/her life in ALL areas (the Liver IS known
as the "Ocean of Emotion" in Chinese Medicine). The ulcerated colitis is
just a symptom that they are out of control, and a blessed warning of worse
to come, if they don't fix it. Unblock and smooth out that Liver Chi ASAP
(Hint: when we're irritable, that's a pretty good indicator that Liver Chi
is blocked).

** I am including instructions for "Saro Nari Sohi Pranayam" below. Do it
for 40, 90, 120 days.

Further info

"In the textbook of Medical Physiology by Guyton, describes the various
buffer systems to protect the body against acids. Textbook of
Gastroenterology by Yamada and Clinical Gastroenterology by Spiro, describe
the damages caused when bile becomes unnaturally acid. It has been shown by
these authors that cancer of the bowel is often associated with bile acids.
Mucin and mucus are natural protective liquids that are excreted by the
mucous cells, globlet cells and crypts of Lieberkuhn throughout the stomach
and intestines to help protect the delicate mucosal membranes from acids and
toxins. Guyton explains that: "Even the slightest irritation of the mucosa
directly stimulates the mucous cells to secrete copious quantities of this
thick, viscid mucus. This in turn forms a gastric barrier that prevents the
digestion of the gastric wall and also greatly reduces the absorption of
substances by the gastric mucosa."

"Another well known fact is that 90% of the ulcers that develop in the human
body are found in the duodenum. This occurs primarily in an area of the
duodenum where the Brunner's glands are located. Normally, the Brunner's
glands secrete large amounts of mucus, which naturally protects the body
from the acids. Ulcers develop only after the body has lost its ability to
create *alkaline* mucus. My point is that acids can severely damage the
gastrointestinal tract, and the normal method of defense is to create
mucus."

As indicated above, various bowel diseases occur after the bile has become
too acid. Bile is created by the liver and flows to the gall bladder. All
the bile that flows from the liver to the gall bladder has a pH from 7.6 -
8.6. But after the bile leaves the gall bladder, it can become very acid,
even as low as 4.5. Many people, in fact, most people, are rapidly moving
towards disease states and one of the steps towards disease occurs when they
have lost the ability to maintain alkaline bile, and acid bile develops"

** Saro Nari Sohi Pranayam
Do some full body warm-ups and then the below pranayam. Also, get an
understanding of yourself through the eyes of Nature - in other words
learn something about your Ayurvedic constitution and how you can work
with what is going on for you.
[ http://www.sahej.com/ayurveda_intro.html ]
[ http://www.sahej.com/Ahamkara.html ]
[ http://www.sahej.com/Asana_and_Ayurveda.html ]

Saro Nari Sohi Pranayam with the Siri Gaitri Mantra

Sit in easy pose or in lotus pose. Keep the spine straight and the body
balanced. Concentrate at the root of the nose where the eyebrows meet on
the forehead. Close the eyelids to 1/ 10th open. Place the hands in
prayer pose at the center of the chest or in gyan mudra: the tip of the
index finger touches the tip of the thumb. The hands rest over the knees
with the elbows straight. Curl the tongue and extrude the tongue about
1/2 inch past the lips. Inhale through the "U" of the tongue in eight
equal stokes. Place the mantra on the strokes. One mantra per eight
strokes of the inhale. Then exhale in eight equal strokes through the
nose. Make the breath precise and forceful. Mentally place the mantra on
the breath as you exhale, one mantra for the eight strokes. The Siri
Gaitri Mantra is:

RA MA DA SA, SA SAY SO HUNG

Use a melody as in Kirtan Kriya or use a monotone when mentally reciting
the mantra. Continue the meditation for 11 to 31 minutes. Then inhale
deeply, hold briefly and relax.

COMMENTS:

This meditation must be built slowly. Start with 3 to 11 minutes. The
pranayam is very powerful. It can adjust all the meridians and healing
channels in the body. Treat it with respect and keep a glass of water
handy. It will give you fantastic digestion. It will supply you with
energy when you are sure there is none. It is a healing meditation that
can empower your entire immune system. It is the type of mediation that
you must approach with patience and regularity to mine its hidden
secrets. It is worth the effort.

On 2/14/06, Vito Mirinavicius wrote:
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> Dear All, Sat Nam
>
> I was wondering if any one could suggest a yoga set or
> meditation for ulcerative colitis. Two of my friends
> have this and I was wondering if it would be possible
> to help them using alternative medicine or yoga.
>
> Looking forward for your reply.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Dharam Dev
>
>

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02-15-2006, 10:59 PM

Interesting Dharm. That's great info. The liver is key.

One comment: If Yogiji said there was no treatment to heal hemorrhoids,
there's a way to heal them without treatment!

What I have noticed is the feeling I get when hemorrhoids appear and you
know what the feeling is each time?

I feel screwed. I feel taken advantage of. So I integrate that and heal by
learning my lesson.

The hemorrhoids always go way after that.

Blessings,

Awtar Singh

Rochester, NY

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02-16-2006, 11:14 PM

You may want to check out the site of Dom, a specialist on kefir. Here
is the url: http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html
Kefir is a great medicine for all kinds of digestive problems, I am
making and using it for many years and several of my friends got relieve
from their digestive problems.
Sija
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