Yoga therapy
Yoga therapy is one of the most interesting subjects to write on.
There are essentially two schools of thought pertaining to therapeutic application of Yoga. Though both of them use modern medical diagnosis as the platform from where therapy is started, Yoga itself, originally depended on traditional diagnosis, some of which you can find in this website.
One school of thought works on symptoms like diabetes, blood pressure, vericose veins etc and helps such patients bringing them together as a group. One example of such a school of thought is Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA).
There is another school of thought which also works on such symptoms, but is more specific in approach. Inspite of two individuals having the same ailments, they address each ones condition separately. This institution believes that each individual is a separate entity in themselves and hence have to be treated separately. An example of this school of thought is the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), Chennai.
We at nadichikitsa.com believe that diagnosis is as important as therapy and hence the use of nadi pariksha. When therpay used is traditional and works at the cause level, diagnosis must also be in line with the therapy.
This, we believe must have been the orinigal form of therapy in yoga. Therapy was a part of Ayurveda which traslates as "the path of well-being" rather than identifying Ayurveda as an institution of medicine.
Modern diagnostic methods are designed to find out the symptoms and only record visible or measurable parameters, cannot be used as an appropriate diagnostic tool in all aspects. For example; modern medical diagnosis is not yet able to measure the flow of energies through the body nor is it able to make out the onset of an illness at the subtle levels of energy. Since, yoga works at the subtle levels, a diagnostic process that identifies the subtle process of dis-ease manifestation and the onset of illness, nadi pariksha inevitably becomes the most appropriate tool to use.
Read testimonies of how people recovered from their various illnesses by letting the healing process happen with yoga used as a therapy.
I could talk about the simple exercise which eased and then erased my chronic acidity...
As far as the treatment went, again, I felt it was relatively simple, easy to implement and non-intrusive. The interesting thing is, after following his directions to remedy the diagnosed problems, when I did a follow-up health check (as required by my life insurance company!) about 4 months later the results were astounding! My blood work, for example, showed that it was as normal as it could be!
It gives me immense pleasure in letting you know that my slip disc problem got completely cured due to the jowar diet and early dinner...
Bhujangasana can be used effectively to help a person heal from the causes of emotional stress which sometimes reflect as symptoms such as acid reflux which is caused due to improper functioning of the gastroesophaegeal junction of GE-junction (sometimes called the valve between the oesophagus and the stomach).
Jathara Parivrtti can be used as a part of a sequence of asana to effectively heal auto immune disorders caused due to improper liver function. The causes of this disorder range from bad habits of improper food timing, consuming liquor, eating dark chocolate, and working in stressful situations.