Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Dear Soumya, Namaste. Thank you for your email. Your child is so blessed having a lovingly concerned parent knowledgeable in Pranic Healing. As a parent, you are entiled to develop your heart with unconditional love and generate tremendous positive karma. We are all still evolving. Medical Background: " Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) are characterized by a person's inattention, distractibility, impulsivity, and in some cases, hyperactivity. It occurs in both children and adults, and interferes with the person's ability to function normally in their day-to-day activities, such as work, school, and at home. ADHD is not like a broken arm, or strep throat. Unlike these two disorders, ADHD does not have clear physical signs that can be seen in an x-ray or a lab test. ADHD can only be identified by looking for certain characteristic behaviors, these behaviors vary from person to person. At present, ADHD is a diagnosis applied to children and adults who consistently display certain characteristic behaviors over a period of time. The most common behaviors fall into three categories: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. a.) INATTENTION - People who are inattentive have a hard time keeping their mind on any one thing and may get bored with a task after only a few minutes. They may give effortless, automatic attention to activities and things they enjoy. But focusing deliberate, conscious attention to organizing and completing a task or learning something new is difficult. b.) HYPERACTIVITY - People who are hyperactive always seem to be in motion. They can't sit still. Hyperactive children squirm in their seat or roam around the room. Or they might wiggle their feet, touch everything, or noisily tap their pencil. Hyperactive teens and adults may feel intensely restless. They may be fidgety or they may try to do several things at once, bouncing around from one activity to the next. c.) IMPULSIVITY - People who are overly impulsive seem unable to curb their immediate reactions or think before they act. As a result, they may blurt out inappropriate comments or they may run into the street without looking. Their impulsivity may make it hard for them to wait for things they want or to take their turn in games. They may grab a toy from another child or hit when they're upset. To assess whether a person has ADHD, specialists consider several critical questions: 1. Are these behaviors excessive, long-term, and pervasive? That is, do they occur more often than in other people the same age? 2. Are they a continuous problem, not just a response to a temporary situation? 3. Do the behaviors occur in several settings or only in one specific place like the playground or the office? Because everyone shows some of these behaviors at times, there are very specific guidelines for determining when they indicate ADHD. The behaviors must appear early in life, before age 7, and continue for at least 6 months. In children, they must be more frequent or severe than in others the same age. Above all, the behaviors must create a real handicap in at least two areas of a person's life, such as school, home, work, or social settings. So someone whose work or friendships are not impaired by these behaviors would not be diagnosed with ADHD. Nor would a child who seems overly active at school but functions well elsewhere. ADHD and Brain Development: In recent years, as new tools and techniques for studying the brain have been developed, scientists have been able to test more theories about what causes ADHD. Using one such technique, NIMH scientists demonstrated a link between a person's ability to pay continued attention and the level of activity in the brain. Adult subjects were asked to learn a list of words. As they did, scientists used a PET (positron emission tomography) scanner to observe the brain at work. The researchers measured the level of glucose used by the areas of the brain that inhibit impulses and control attention. Glucose is the brain's main source of energy, so measuring how much is used is a good indicator of the brain's activity level. The investigators found important differences between people who have ADHD and those who don't. In people with ADHD, the brain areas that control attention used less glucose, indicating that they were less active. It appears from this research that a lower level of activity in some parts of the brain may cause inattention. Researchers are also searching for other differences between those who have and do not have ADHD. Research on how the brain normally develops in the fetus offers some clues about what may disrupt the process. Throughout pregnancy and continuing into the first year of life, the brain is constantly developing. It begins its growth from a few all-purpose cells and evolves into a complex organ made of billions of specialized, interconnected nerve cells. By studying brain development in animals and humans, scientists are gaining a better understanding of how the brain works when the nerve cells are connected correctly and incorrectly. Some of the factors being studied by researchers include drug use during pregnancy, toxins, and genetics. Research shows that a mother's use of cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs during pregnancy may have damaging effects on the unborn child. These substances may be dangerous to the fetus's developing brain. It appears that alcohol and the nicotine in cigarettes may distort developing nerve cells. For example, heavy alcohol use during pregnancy has been linked to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), a condition that can lead to low birth weight, intellectual impairment, and certain physical defects. Many children born with FAS show much the same hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity as children with ADHD. Drugs such as cocaine--including the smokable form known as crack--seem to affect the normal development of brain receptors. These brain cell parts help to transmit incoming signals from our skin, eyes, and ears, and help control our responses to the environment. Current research suggests that drug abuse may harm these receptors. Some scientists believe that such damage may lead to ADHD. Toxins in the environment may also disrupt brain development or brain processes, which may lead to ADHD. Lead is one such possible toxin. It is found in dust, soil, and flaking paint in areas where leaded gasoline and paint were once used. It is also present in some water pipes. Some animal studies suggest that children exposed to lead may develop symptoms associated with ADHD, but only a few cases have actually been found. Pranic Healing: Basic Techniques 1. Invoke before, during and give thanks after treatment. *Smile and touch your heart with your non-healing hand. Empregnate the energy projected with love, gentleness and happiness. CONTINUE DOING THIS DURING THE ENTIRE TREATMENT. 2. Scan before , during and after treatment. 3. General sweeping 5 times front and 5 times on the back. 4. Localized sweeping on the entire head area and brain for 50-100 times. Visualize the energy penetrating to cleanse energy congestions, blockages, energy gaps, bubbles and irregularities in the brain cells and nerves. Continue sweeping until you sense the smoothness of the energy flow within th ebrain cells and nerves. 5. Localized sweeping on the ajna, forehead, crown, backhead minor chakras 100-200 times each. Energize them for 5-10 cycles or until you feel a gentle push. Simultaneously visualize the energy penetrating into the brain cells and nerve cells activating the proper nerve connections and proper brain cell functions. 6. Localized sweeping on the throat, secondary throat, jaw minor and entire neck area 100-200 times each. Energize the chakras for 5-10 cycles. 7. Localized sweeping on the front and back heart chakras 100 times each. Energize through the back heart chakra for 5-10 cycles simultaneously visualize the heart becoming brighter and bigger. 8. Localized sweeping on the spine and both sides of the spine from the base of the head to the end of the tailbone 100 times. Simultaneously visualize the energy penetrating the nerves and allowing the energy to flow properly within those nerves. 9. Localized sweeping on the front and back solar plexus chakras and the liver 100 times each. Energize the solar plexus for 5-10 cycles. 10. Localized sweeping on both kidneys and adrenalin glands, the mini chakras located on both legs and both arms 100 times each one. 11. Localized sweeping on navel, sex, perinium and basic chakras. 50-100 times for each one. 12. Distribute the energy to the entire body by doing distributive sweeping several times in front and then several times at the back. 13. Stabilize and release the projected pranic energy. 14. Repeat treatment 3 times per week as long as needed. Source: Miracles Through Pranic Healing by Master CHoa Kok Sui. Recommend: 1. To facilitate healing, adults in the family, especially the parents and those directly involved with the child, may form a meditation group to regularly practice the Meditation on Twin Hearts and blessings. This is a healing meditation. 2. Parent Training for Behavior Management : Sometimes quite helpful, behavior management can be taught to parents in order to enable them to more effectively manage the child's day-to-day behavior. Behavior management techniques involve a decreased emphasis on blaming the individual and increased emphasis on changing the child's environment in order that the individual function better. General Principles of ADHD Behavior Management ADHD is a biological deficit in persistence of effort, attention, and inhibition. ADHD individuals typically also exhibit a reduced sensitivity to behavioral consequences. These characteristics are not the result of laziness or moral weakness. Give immediate and frequent feedback. Occasional praise a few times a day works for normal children and adolescents, but ADHD individuals require frequent feedback. The adult may find this tiring, but frequency is necessary in order to change patterns of behavior that have developed in the ADHD individual over time. Adults need to remember to look for behavior for which to give feedback. Children are much less influenced by general rules than by immediate consequences. Positive feedback may take the form of praise or material rewards, but it should be clear, specific, and occur as close to the moment of the behavior as possible. Use nonverbal rewards. For the ADHD individual verbal praise is rarely sufficiently potent by itself. The addition of physical affection, privileges, and material rewards increases the effectiveness of positive feedback. Rewarding is not the same as bribing or spoiling. Bribery (or spoiling) is giving an incentive to someone for not doing something he or she shouldn't. Rewarding is giving an incentive for desirable behavior. Start with rewards before punishments. First, redefine the problem behavior into a desirable alternative. Then reward it consistently for a week or two before beginning any punishment for undesirable behavior. Punishment, if necessary, should be mild and very selective—only for a specific negative behavior, not for everything that is offensive. The ratio should be three rewards (positive feedback) for every punishment (negative feedback). Maintain perspective. Remember, you are dealing with an individual who in many ways is handicapped. Forgive both yourself and your child when inevitable failures occur. But don't give up. Source: Dr. Les Linet, M.D. Love, Marilette --- Soumya Narayanan <soumya_narayanan wrote: > Dear Sir, > I recently went through a basic course in Pranic > Healing and would like to > ask you a few queries. I have a 6 year old daughter > who has been diagonised > with Attention Deficit Disorder. I would be > grateful to you if you could > answer the following queries: > 1. How often should I do the pranic healing for > her. > 2. What are the chakras that are to be energised. > > Kindly reply. > Thanking you, > > _______________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months > FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > ===== Pranic Healing is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather to complement it. If symptoms persist or the ailment is severe, please consult immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer . ~ Master Choa Kok Sui Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only to that which is known to us in nature. ~ St. Augustine SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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