Energy Healing, Breathing Help Vital Life Force
Pranayama, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Spending Time in Nature Help Chi
Oct 26, 2009
Vital life force is the energy that keeps humans alive. Also called Prana or chi, it's believed that this subtle life force energy flows in humans via channels called meridians or nadis.
The "Father of Modern Medicine," the Greek physician Hippocrates, recognized the existence of an invisible life force and believed that the role of a physician is to merely aid the life force, self-heal the body.
There are many methods one can employ to enable a smooth flow of vital life force energy in the body, including specific breathing techniques, energy healing techniques and leading a stress free life-style.
Breathing Exercises like Pranayama Help Vital Life Force Flow Without Blockages
"Prana" means life force. "Yama" means control. "Pranayama" is a process of controlled breathing that promotes physical health, mental agility and spiritual well-being. Hindus believe that the number of years a person lives is directly related to the depth of one's breath. According to yoga scriptures, people that breathe quick and shallow live a shorter life compared to those who breathe deeper and slower.
Hindu scriptures quote examples from the animal world to substantiate the theory of breathing and longevity. Tortoises, snakes have a slower rate of breathing and have a longer lifespan. Dogs, birds have a faster breathing rate and have a comparatively short life span. The practice of pranayama to regulate the subtle energy field in the body is said to positively affect the entire body including the circulatory, glandular, nervous systems.
Energy Healing Techniques like Reiki Work on Pranic Energy in Body
Energy healing techniques like reiki and pranic healing help release blockages at the energy centers or chakras. When the blocks to the energy centers are released, the flow of vital life force via the meridians or nadis is unfettered.
Other Practices that Help Flow of Chi in Human Body
Colleen Deatsman, in her book, Energy For Life, mentions that practicing meditation in nature is a great way to feel energized because nature is a perfect expression of the universal life force. Nature is a renewable ecosystem because of its life force energy. People feel renewed and replenished after a day in the garden, beach, woods or park.
Besides breathing exercises and forms of energy healing, physical movement like Yoga, Tai chi and Qi Gong also help the unfettered flow of the chi in the body.There are many choices to boost one's vital force and adopting any of these methods can aid in sustaining a healthy body and an alert mind.
Related Reading
What is the Life Force Energy offers insights into how the vital life force has been referred to by different names in different cultures. Nadi Shuddhi Pranayama is an alternate nostril breathing technique that offers many benefits to the mind and body.
Auras are energy fields around people that can be interpreted by energy sensitive intuitive readers. Read more about it in How to See an Aura and Interpret its Colors?
Sources:
- Richard Hittleman's Yoga: 28 Day Exercise Plan by Richard Hittleman.
- Pranayama for Better Life by Dr. Rajeev Sharma.
- Energy for life: connect with the source by Colleen Deatsman.
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