The evolution of this successful and effective treatment system leads to the following truth:

(a) Human body is like a concrete pole standing upright on the ground. In a diseased state, the pole loses its balance and is tilted to one side needing external support to prevent its fall. The regular consumption of medicines acts as the temporary support. Except for providing the support, the medicines cannot bring the pole to its original upright position. This necessitates life-long medicinal support for diseases of chronic nature.. Chandran’s Curative System of Yoga restores the pole to its original upright position through various techniques. Once the pole is brought to its normal upright position, it does not need any external support. Medicines are not required any more.

(b) Mind plays a crucial role in the origin of diseases. A depressed mind shows signs of tension, fear, anxiety, irritation, suspicious nature, lack of concentration and memory, helplessness, loneliness, withdrawal syndrome, suicidal tendencies etc. If this depressed state does not undergo changes but gets aggravated, body will become a play ground for all conceivable diseases.

These types of diseases are mere symptoms of Mental Depression and can be cured within a few days. Treatment by Modern Medicine will not produce satisfactory results. They can only complicate things further. The side effects and reactions of medicines will add up to the existing problems, leading to surgeries and resultant failures. Once the Mental Depression is cleared, the symptoms vanish automatically. Young people who are engaged in time-bound and challenging assignments, fall prey to such diseases.

When the diseases are in a blown out stage, counseling will not have much impact on the patient. Its effects on the patient are rather short-lived. The patient can be compared to a person who has fallen into a well and struggling to climb up hopelessly. Medicines or Counseling can only help the drowning person to survive in the water for some more time. He has to be virtually lifted up to freedom from the depth of the well. Chandran’s Curative System of Yoga performs this task with ease at a miraculous speed.

(c) Human body has immense capabilities to correct or repair any of its functions or organs under favorable conditions.

(d) These favorable conditions are missing in individuals who suffer from chronic or incurable diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes, Back pain etc. It is possible to create such conditions in individuals through the treatment.

(e) Irreversible derangement of the functional systems in the human body is the cause of chronic diseases.

(f) Medicines cannot cure chronic diseases. They can only help manage the deranged state so long as life continues. This creates the impression in the mind of the people that diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes or Heart problems are not curable and that medicines should be taken life long.

(g) Decrease or increase in dosage, wrong or sub-standard medicines, lapses in timely in-take of medicines or negligence on the part of the patient will result in complications of far-reaching consequences. It is, therefore, desirable to set oneself free from medicines for a healthy living.

(h) Defects in one functional system will have adverse impact on other functional systems, e.g., faulty respiration will impact heart functions or vice-versa; nervous disorder will impact muscular functions etc. Corrective steps should be taken to prevent further complications.

(i) Diseases are the result of certain faulty ways of living, bad habits, lack of exercise, improper food and improper perception of things related to life.

(j) The conditions responsible for the origin of diseases are reversible if all body systems (e.g. Vascular system, Respiratory system, Digestive system, Endocrine System, etc.) are made to function normally.

(k) When body systems function normally, a person is said to be in a state of perfect health. Chandran’s Curative System of Yoga aims at achieving this normalcy in patients.

Many people including Yoga Instructors and Yoga Therapists often enquire with Chandran’s Yoga as to how complete cure is achieved.

Patients, who come for treatment, also curiously ask whether it is really possible to cure their diseases. Those, who attended the treatment sessions, exclaim that this is not the Yoga what they heard about or saw in TVs. Some emphatically say this is something more than Yoga and insist upon giving it a different name and publicity for the benefit of suffering people.

Chandran’s Yoga consists of a mixture of ancient and modern Yoga techniques. They have been modified to suit the patients requirements. The treatment is carried out with utmost sincerity and faith

Perhaps, the idea of instant relief or quick cure for chronic diseases through simple Yoga techniques, may not be receptive to the rational minds. If at all there is an element of mystery or mysticism involved in the treatment, it could be, perhaps, as Sage Patanjali put it in his Yoga Sutras, Chapter IV, Verse 1

Janmaushadhi mantra tapah samadhijah siddhayah

Janma: birth; Aushadhi: herbs or chemicals ; Mantra: Mantra (Powerful words); Tapah: Austerity; Samadhi: Samadhi (Super-conscious state) ; Jah: Born of; Siddhayah: Siddhis (Psychic powers)

Meaning: The Siddhis or Psychic Powers are born of birth, herbs, mantras, austerities or Samadhi

In the Treatment Session, when the patient sits face to face with the Therapists and perform the Yoga techniques, an exchange of energy takes place between the patient and the Therapists. The patient experiences a sense of well-being within minutes and the therapists endure physical and psychological stresses simultaneously. This is a good sign of recovery as far as the patients are concerned. The Therapists get the same symptoms what the patient had suffered from, e.g., getting Back pain, when they treat a Back Pain case.

The diseases appear to possess life and show reluctance to quit the host body that sheltered them for years. Once they are displaced from the body, the patient shows signs of normalcy. It could occur immediately or in a few treatment sessions. This state of sudden normalcy is illusory. The patient has to maintain the energy level in the body discreetly during the initial phase of the treatment and allow for further progress. Any negligence on the part of the patient will result in the diseases reappearing on the body. The relapsed state is an unwelcome situation. It is found to seriously hamper the curing process.

With regular Yoga practice, the patient improves his health and becomes perfectly normal. Though the entire process looks very simple, what the therapists accomplish is a very stupendous task.

Modern System of Medicine with its latest equipment for testing, analysis, surgeries and different formulations of medicines is making its sway. It ironically holds on to the point that chronic diseases cannot be cured but only be managed with administration of medicines. It insists upon periodical medical check up, regular in-take of medicines or injections, and exercise to prevent complications. With the passage of time, due to degeneration of the body systems or due to patient’s neglect, diseases in the body get more and more complicated. Vital organs, internal working systems and joints start malfunctioning. Degenerated parts or organs can be removed or replaced by surgical means. The possibility of surgery produces more fears in the minds of the patients. Surgery is a very expensive procedure and ordinary people cannot afford it. Further, it does not guarantee permanent relief or cure. Sometimes, surgery incapacitates the patient or becomes a cause for his death. This uncertainity creates panic in patients suffering from heart ailments, diabetes, arthritis, or spinal or knee disorders.

Surgery is not a safe alternative, as it often results in complications. Reactions like burning sensation, itching, sleeplessness, gastric disorders, body swelling, water retention, tremors, hair falling, headache, breathlessness etc. torment their body and make life miserable. The patients are forced to continue with these life supporting medicines despite their reactions or side-effects for want of a safe alternative.

Alternative Systems of Medicine like Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Siddha or Unani, do provide relief to chronic ailments. Working in consonance with modern medicine, these systems of medicine have been found to be helpful in reducing the side effects of modern medicine. But they are not an alternative to modern medicine.

Patients with complicated health problems are, therefore, resigned to their fate unable to find a solution to their sufferings.

The masters who rendered invaluable contributions to Yoga for its evolution as a Science for Human Excellence, are -

1.Swami Sivananda (late) a practicing doctor who took up to sanyasa; a great master and a prolific writer, who authored more than 360 books covering the entire spectrum of Yoga and spirituality. Some of his important works are Yogic Home Exercises, Yoga Asanas, Thought Power, Concentration and Meditation, Mind its mysteries and control.

2. Swami Vishnudevananda (late) Student of Swami Sivananda. He authored the much celebrated book “The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga”.

3. Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi Student of Swami Sivananda. Author of some of the greatest works on Yoga, like Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, Yoga Nidra, Meditations from the Tantras, Kundalini Tantra.

4. B.K.S. Iyengar A great exponent of Hatha Yoga, his book Light on Yoga is a comprehensive work on Hatha Yoga, covering both theory and practice. Presenting the highest number of Asanas performed by the author himself, it is acknowledged universally as a reference book on classical Asanas. Light on Pranayama is his other important work.

5. Swami Kuvalayananda (late) – His important works are Pranayama, Popular Yoga Asanas. He is one of the pioneers who subjected Hatha Yoga techniques to research studies.

(I) As Per Modern Medicine

When human activity constantly disturbs the equilibrium (Homeostasis) symbolized by the balancing functions of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, the hypothalamus, the endocrine system, and if the body is unable to endure the disturbing pressures, diseases will appear on the body. The disturbances taking place in the body and the mind make the internal systems and organs vulnerable to diseases. Modern Medicine, does not root out the causes of diseases. It tries to control only the symptoms associated with the diseases. As long as the causes of diseases are active in the body, there can not be a cure for the diseases. Treatment becomes a routine affair, e.g., regular pills for blood pressure, diabetes, cardiac problems, gastric disorders, hyperacidity, sleeplessness, swellings in the lower part of the body, water retention etc.

(ii)As Per Yoga

The imbalances in the energy flow as reflected in the malfunctioning of the Ida and Pingala Nadis (Moon and Sun Nerve Currents – Please refer to Hatha Yoga) are the causes of diseases. When the Nadis (72,000 nerve channels or nerve currents) mal-function, its impact can be felt in the irregular shifting of the Sun and the Moon Nadis (one nostril open and the other partially closed). It occurs sometimes that the partially closed nostril will become fully closed and the breathing has to be carried out only through one nostril. In acute cases, both the nostrils will be closed and the breathing is carried out through the mouth. If such situations continue for long, the entire breathing process will become defective. The individual will not be able to inhale adequate amount of air or exhale the toxic air from the lungs completely. When body cannot get sufficient oxygen through respiration, the cellular functions will get disturbed at the micro level.. At the macro level, the organs will become inefficient to do their normal functions. The patient’s breathing pattern undergoes declining changes before or after the onset of diseases. For example, there are patients who (i) cannot inhale properly but can exhale (ii) cannot exhale properly but can inhale (iii) cannot inhale or exhale properly (iv) can use only the upper chest region for respiration (v) make relatively fast breathings with very negligible amount of air flow (vi) make throat breathings with mild sound instead of using the nasal tips or (vi) make the breathing through mouth due to acute nasal blocks. The breathing mechanism can determine the health of an individual. If this mechanism is working efficiently, the individual will enjoy physical and mental health. If the breathing is inefficient, the individual is likely to suffer from disturbances. Very poor breathings will make the body a breeding ground for diseases. There will be degeneration of the functional systems like the cellular, glandular, circulatory, digestive, neuro-muscular, excretory etc. and vital organs like brain, heart, lungs, liver, stomach, kidneys, intestines, pancreas, spleen etc. The diseases will start appearing on the body, one by one, connected with those functional systems or vital organs that are weak in the individual. Sage Vasishta says – “When the fixed mind is agitated, then this body also follows in its wake. And when the body is agitated, then there is no proper perception of things that are in one’s way, and Prana (vital energy) flies from its proper road (nerve channels) like an animal hit by, and reeling under the wound of, an arrow. Through such an agitation Prana (vital energy) instead of pervading the whole body steadily and equally, will vibrate everywhere at an unequal rate. Thereby the Nadis will not maintain a steady position but will quiver. The food which settles itself down in this body amidst such a commotion is transformed into incurable diseases. Thus through the primary cause (of the mind) is the disease of the body generated. If this primary cause be annihilated at its root, then all diseases will be destroyed.”

As Per Ayurveda (Indian System Of Medicine)

The body is made out of Pancha Bhutas (Five Elements) – Prithvi (Earth), Ap (water), Tejas (fire), Vayu (Air), Akasha (Ether). The humors or vitiating agents (Doshas) are three – Vata (wind), Pitta (bile) Kapha (Phlegm). The body functions properly so long as these Bhutas or Dhatus (Elements or Constituents) are in proper proportions. When the proportions are either increased or decreased beyond normal levels, then their equilibrium gets upset which gives rise to diseases. The Dhatus are formed from the ingested food. The food after digestion is converted into a pure portion which is fit to be built into the system. There is another portion which is the refuse after the pure portion is drawn off. The impure portion is not fit to be built into the system but to be excreted. From the refuse of food arise among other things VATA, PITHA and KAPHA (Wind, Bile and Phlegm). VATA, PITTA and KAPHA (Wind, Bile and Phlegm) are considered primarily responsible for all the diseases of the body. They are called Tridoshas (three vitiators). The attributes of Vata, Pitta and Kapha when they are in abnormal states: Vata (Wind) – falling out, displacement, extension or enlargement, bursting of limbs, cheerlessness, joy, thirst, remorse, pain in the whole body, twitching, piercing pains, inflammations, painful sensations as if caused by the limb being tightly bound with cords, and fractures; also roughness of the skin, hardness of the limbs, and absence of activity, perforations in the limbs, redness of complexion, astringement taste in the mouth, tastelessness in the mouth, severe pains of a local character, sweating, sleep, contractions and numbness or paralysis of limbs. Pitta (Bile) – burning, warmth, suppuration, sweat, impurities, gangrenous ulcerations, secretions and redness. Kapha (Phlegm) – whiteness of complexion, cold, itching, dullness, heaviness, oiliness, loss of sensation, tightness as if bound with cords, a sense of sweetness and procrastination in respect of work. The treatment in Ayurveda is aimed at stabilizing the proportions of Dhatus (elements) in the human body and creating a balance in the production of Vata, Pitta and Kapha (Wind, Bile and Phlegm).

Causes Of Diseases – A Sum Up

The imbalances in the production of Vata, Pitha and Kapha (Wind, Bile and Phlegm) can produce hundreds of symptoms in the body, both known and unknown to medical sciences. These symptoms appear in different combinations. It is humanly not possible to treat all of them individually. In fact, Modern Medicine attempts to single out these symptoms and proceed with the treatment. These medicines may further aggravate Vata, Pitha or Kapha, and produce serious reactions or side effects in the body. When the treatment does not produce any positive results, further tests, including the MRI Scanning, are carried out. The test results also may not be of much help in the process of treatment. Even surgeries are resorted to in many such cases without knowing the causes of such diseases. Majority of the patients afflicted with serious ailments are victims of improper administration of medicines.

Part IV Passive Yoga; Chapter 11

SAMADHI

(2-7) “I now will speak of Samadhi, which conquers death and which leads to bliss and union with Brahman – Raja Yoga, Samadhi, Unmani, Manomani, immortality, dissolution, emptiness-but-not emptiness, the highest state of passivity of the intellect, non-dualism, beginning-less-ness, purity, liberation in this life time, the primordial state, and turiya (the Fourth State), all these are synonyms. – Just as a grain of salt dissolves in water and becomes one with it, so also in Samadhi there occurs the union of mind with atman. Mind dissolves in breath and breath subsides. Both become one in Samadhi. This state of equilibrium results from the union of the Jivatman (Individual Soul) and the Paramatman (Supreme Soul). When mind thus is calm we are in Samadhi.”

Chapter 1 -17(a) Yama and Niyama -

YAMA – “Not to cause suffering to any living being; to speak the truth; not to take what belong to others; to practice continence; to develop compassion and fortitude; to be merciful to all and honest; to be moderate in eating and pure in heart. These are the first pre-requisites of Yoga (the Yamas)”

NIYAMA – “Self-limitation (austerities), cheerfulness, religious faith, charity, contemplation, listening to sacred scriptures, modesty, a clean mind, recitation of mantras (Japa), and observance of rules. These are the second requirements of Yoga (the Niyamas)”.

Part I ; 1.17(b) – on Asanas

ASANA – “Asanas are spoken of first, being the first stage of Hatha Yoga. So one should practise the Asanas, which give the Yogi strength, keep him in good health, and make his limbs supple”.

In Patanjali Yoga, Asana is a posture that is stable for the practice of Pranayama or Meditation. In Hatha Yoga, apart from the different postures used for sitting in meditation, Asana means practice of innumerable postures – standing (forward, backward, sideward, and body twisting), sitting (forward, backward, sideward, and body twisting), Lying (Supine and prone), and inverted – for developing the body. It is said that there are 84,00,000 Asanas. Hatha Yoga Pradipika mentions about 84 important Asanas.

Part II; 5 – The purification of the Nadis (Nerve Currents or Energy Channels)

PRANAYAMA

1. “When the Yogi has perfected his Asanas, he should practice Pranayama according to the instructions of his master. With controlled senses he should nourish himself with moderation”.

2. “When the breath (Prana or Life Force) “wanders” (i.e. irregular), the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed, the mind too will be still, and the Yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath”.

3. “Man lives only as long as he has breath (Prana or Life Force) in his body. If he lacks breath he dies. Therefore, one should practice Pranayama.”

4. “When the Nadis (Nerve Currents or Energy Channels) are impure, breath (Prana or Life Force) cannot penetrate into the Sushumna (the Central Nadi flowing through the hollow space of the spinal column). Then the Yogi achieves nothing, nor can he reach the state of deep concentration”.

5. “Only when all the Nadis (Nerve Currents or Energy Channels), which are still impure, are purified, can the Yogi practice Pranayama successfully”.

In Patanjali Yoga, Pranayama is ”simple and easy-to-perform” regulated breathings for the control of the mind, whereas in Hatha Yoga, Pranayama means elaborate breathing techniques employing Kumbhakas (Holding the Breath after inhalation or exhalation), Mudras (Symbols and postures which generate and channelise energy flow) and Bandhas (Muscular locks applied in Yoga breathing in order to prevent the energy from flowing in its natural course and utilizing it to attain spiritual awakening). A person who practices Pranayamas regularly, enjoys superior health.

PRATHYAHARA

Prathyahara is withdrawal of senses which is an essential pre-requisite to concentration and meditation. If there is rhythmic control of breath, the senses instead of running after external objects-of-desire turn inwards, and man is set free from their tyranny. This is the fifth stage of Yoga where the senses are brought under control. Hatha Yoga offers plenty of techniques for sense control. A student of Hatha Yoga easily passes through this stage with regular practice of Asnas and Pranayamas.

DHARANA

When the body has been tempered by Asanas, when the mind has been refined by the fire of Pranayama and when the senses have been brought under control by Pratyahara, the student reaches the stage of Dharana. He concentrates wholly on a single point or on a task in which he is completely engrossed.

DHYANA

The Mudras, Kumbhakas and Bandhas induce the meditative state called Dhyana. In this state, the Yogi is able to maintain his awareness effortlessly. He can now channelise his thought process at will.

• Jala Dhauti – Drink a large quantity of warm saline water. Bend forward, put the fingers into the mouth and tickle at the root of the tongue until the water is vomited. Repeat this process till the water in the stomach is completely vomited.
• Vastra Dhauti – Take a fine piece of clean soft cloth. Dip it in salt water, squeeze out the water and swallow one end of it little by little till the end. Retain it for about 2 minutes and then take it out.

Neti

• Jala Neti – Take a jug with a spout or nozzle which can be inserted into the nostrils with ease. Fill it with lukewarm saline water. Insert the spout into one nostril and bend the head to left or right side in the direction of the other nostril. The water will begin to flow through the lower nostril. Repeat this with the other nostril also. Once this is completed, the water remaining in the nasal passages is to be blown out by forced expiration.
• Sutra Neti – This is done either with a cotton thread or with a catheter tube. Push the catheter tube into one nostril till it reaches the throat. Using the thumb and the index fingers, pull the tube out of the mouth. Repeat this with the other nostril also.

Trataka

Trataka means steady gazing at a particular point or object (preferably a candle flame) without blinking the eyes.

Kapalabathi

Kapalabathi is a fast breathing technique using the diaphragm.

Nauli

Nauli is drawing the abdominal muscles to the left and right side of the abdomen repeatedly, and also churning or rotating the abdominal muscles in both directions.

Basti

Basti is yogic cleaning of the bowels. Water is drawn into the colon through the anus by the vacuum created by the abdominal contraction.

(The Shad Karmas or Cleansing Techniques should be learnt under the guidance of a teacher at the appropriate stages of learning).