Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 I was blessed to see Iyengar this past Monday when he was in San Francisco. It was incredible to see the huge crowd in the audience quickly get quiet, all stand up and applaud until He walked to His seat in the audience! That alone is something I will never forget. And then the tributes to Him about how Yoga helped so many Teachers and Practitioners was wonderful to hear. Yoga is a blessing that I staggered into very sick about three years ago and it opened me up enough to find Ayurveda and then to have the tremendous good fortune to “discover” that my apartment was located ten minutes from the ashram of a Great Guru who became my Guru. All of these “coincidences” enabled me to get off the six prescription drugs I was on at the time all this happened in June 2003. Although this is my first post to the group because I don’t know anything, I am also grateful to this group and view all of You as my Teachers too. Thank you as I bow to all of You. Namaste (as I have learned in Yoga), Laura (Deepti) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Dear Laura, Greetings. You are very fortunate to have a darshan of B K S Iyengar. I wonder if I will ever have that oppurtunity. When he was a very small kid, bedridden from various ailments and given up by the licenced medical experts, his unlicenced uncle introduced him to yoga and he was soon back on his feet. Soon he became a teacher (and what a teacher!!) and helped millions conquer their ailments. His books are simply wonderful and some are standard text books in many Universities in different parts of the world. We regularly hear of scientists being given Noble Prize in medicine for discoveries that seem very minor compared to the miraculous cures Sri Iyengar has routinely achieved through yoga. He has always supported the campaign for mandatory yoga education for children in schools. Let us hope our "secular" government wakes up before it's too late. It is a pity that almost all our political luminaries from Jwaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi to Dr Manmohan Singh and Ms Sonia Gandhi have benefitted from alternative therapies and yoga and yet they never saw to it that such proven therapies receive active government patronage. Recently when Swami Ramdev was asked if the government had come forward to help him, he laughed his trademark beatific smile and said, "I'm happy that they have kept their noses out of my activities. I thank them for that !!". Sri Iyengar is an expert in pranayama. It is the tremendous surge of Prana Shakti within him that attracts people who feel rejuvenated by his very presence. Recently scientists have declared after extensive tests that his body functions like a 25 year old. He must be over 80 now I believe. Incidentally he holds no licenced medical degree and is therefore a "quack". And so were Dhanwantari, Charaka, Sushruta, Hahnemann, Schussler, Mikao Usui (and on and on...) and, for that matter, Hippocrates too !! Maybe we should request Lord Shiva to incarnate on earth to get a licence. Love & Regards, Jagannath. ayurveda, Laura Sanders <lmsanders51> wrote: > > I was blessed to see Iyengar this past Monday when he > was in San Francisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Yes I have been extremely fortunate this past year as I have been hugged numerous times by Ammachi, met Karunamayi, met Swami Niranjanananda in South America and now Shri Iyengar. All in an attempt to find an economical way and place to continue learning and healing! Licensed or not, quack or not, I believe it is the intent of the healer and the patient that greatly affects the outcome. Caraka talks about the different types of doctors and also the different types of patients. As a patient I have experienced different types of doctors in both the allopathic and alternative methods. The six prescription drugs I was on were perfect for me at the time I started them because I was still feeling so badly from cancer treatment in 1993. I felt much better with cancer than after the treatment (surgery, radiation and chemotherapy) and so trying western medicines again in 2000 was a last ditch effort! It was the catalyst that gave me back a spark of life which gave me the energy to find Yoga and Ayurveda. As soon as I could I stabilized myself and got myself off all of the drugs, plus vitamins and supplements. Why because I did not want to take them long term and I knew that I could not afford them. I knew I had to take control of my health and life and made changes which have resulted in wonderful health for which I am grateful for. And yes, it has been about two years since I have had health insurance which means that I do not have access to western medicine without an incredible amount of hassle, paperwork and waiting. Practitioners, systems of medicine all have good and bad and by respecting and working together the best can be applied for the good of All! That is my wish. Namaste, Laura --- jagchat01 <jagchat01 wrote: > Incidentally he holds no licenced medical degree and > is therefore > a "quack". And so were Dhanwantari, Charaka, > Sushruta, Hahnemann, > Schussler, Mikao Usui (and on and on...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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