Guest guest Report post Posted February 14, 2006 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 14, 2006 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===================== Vito Mirinavicius <job4vito Tue Feb 14 07:57:42 CST 2006 Kundaliniyoga 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 Kundalini Yoga - for the best online selection of Books, Videos and DVDs on Kundalini Yoga, based on ancient technology as brought to the West by Yogi Bhajan. Also a great range of beautiful Meditation and Mantra CDs, all with RealAudio sound clips. - visit Links Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 14, 2006 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 <job4vito 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 > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2006 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 2006 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 ). 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 <job4vito 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 > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 16, 2006 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 17, 2006 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 > > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theseeker 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2009 Dear DHARAM, How did you come to know this info about Ulcerative colitis (that bile is acidic etc..). Also from where did you get this pranyama technique that you suggested? I have been suffering from UC for the last 2 years and out of curiosity I am asking you. I trust you have given good information because when I do Sitali and Sitkari pranayam (something closer to the pranayama you suggested), it looks like the symptoms reduce a lot based on my personal experience. But I am still wondering how you have this info, I am curious to know more about it. Please I request you to tell me. Thanks, Sashank Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
