How sad we feel when the first wrinkles appear on our face. These wrinkles indirectly indicate the development of many more wrinkles in our brain’s intercommunication channels. It also indicates the inadequate supply of oxygen/glycogen/nutrients to our brain/memory system. Our brain’s demand on oxygen is about nine fold more than other organ of the body. Though, we take immediate steps to apply anti wrinkles cream on our face and also get face lifts done through Beauticians, but we totally ignore to feed or care for the brain.
Instead, we continue to overload our eyes/brain system. And, this ultimately over-stretches our brains’s neurological system, resulting in the depletion of neuron density in our brain, which, if continued over long periods, without proper nutrition and rest, starts disrupting the communication links in the brain/memory system. This is the beginning of old age diseases like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE :- Slow gait in old people is a common sight. This is the beginning of the Parkinson’s disease, whieli, if not arrested well in lime, progresses slowly lo cause tremors in hands/ legs and il luilhci leads to the rigidity of leg muscles, wilh complete disability in walking. Then, the Doctors describe it a neurological disorder when the motor control in the brain gets particularly affected and the production of a chemical called dopamin stops or becomes less in the brain. This dopamin helps to transmit nerve mesjsages.
But, do not despair – our body/mind system has the infinite capacity to repair itself provided we relink our brain/body system with the superconsciousness through the medium of breath by supplying the required pranic life energy.
Another ray of hope comes from the findings of enlightened Hindu sages who observed conglomerates of seven energy centres called chakras or wheels of Energy Flow which control and stimulate the action of various body glands. These glands secrete various hormones in the blood stream to boost our immune system and help in body’s metabolism, growth. In our body, each of this energy centre gets resonated with the sound energy of certain seed words given a little later here.
Some of the simple breathing healing mantras to stimulate various sections of the brain are given below using seed words K, KH, G, N, M, T, D & N :-
Inhale with Exhale with
1. SAHANK 1. K1HHISH
2. SAHANKH 2. KHIHHISH
3. SAHANG 3. GIHHISH
4. S AH HAN 4. NIHHISH
5. SAHHAM 5. MIHHISH
6. SAHHANT 6. TIHHISH
7. SAHHAND 7. DIHHISH
8. SAHHAN 8. HOOSHIEN
And a total body/brain/memory rejuvenating mantra is given below.
9. Exhale with = Hey! You will Recommunicate. Inhale with = Alia- Vara-Yaha-Kamanakant.
This inhale mantra is the mirror image of the very suggestive exhale mantra and this inhale mantra is so heal – some, because it traverses and gives resonant sonic energy to all the seven chakras or conglomerates of energy centres as follows :-
(i) ‘L’ is the seed word for Basic/sex/muladhara chakra, located between the bottom of the spine and the genital organ. It represents earth principle, strengthens sex organ and the legs. The word ‘L’ also helps to illuminate our mind, as the word ‘L’ helps to kindle the kundalini to move up to the crown chakra.
(ii) ‘V is the seed word for ovary/swadhishtana chakra, it represents water principle, strengthens the ovaries and helps the lower intestines to absorb the digested food in the blood stream etc.
(iii) ‘R’ is the seed word for Navel/ Manipur chakra/ solar plexus which represents the Fire principle and helps in the assimilation of food. It stimulates the liver, the pancreas and all the abdominal secretions for proper digestion of food. It also stimulates the life saving Adrenal gland.
(iv) T’ is the seed word for heart chakra, it helps to strengthen the heart’s action and also helps in optimal breathing through the lungs along with the word II’.
(v) ‘H’ is the seed word for Throat/ Vishudha chakra which helps to control the carbohydrate/ fat metabolism by strengthening the thyroid gland. The word ‘H’ also helps to improve the communication in the cervical region.
(vi) The word ‘N’ is the seed word for “Brow Chakra”. It strengthens the left brain and the pituitary master gland.
(vii) The word ‘M’ is the seed word for the Crown Chakra, it strengthens the right brain and the pineal gland which releases the brain soothing hormone called Melatonin.
(viii) And the words K, KH, G, help to strengthen various sense endings in the brain and the word T strengthens the taste glands and the gums of the teeth, as well as it stimulates the pituitary gland to some extent.
Here, I salute the Linguists of English language, who knew the power and origin of the words as seen from the word – COMMUNICATE spoken as KOMMUNIKATE. This is a beautiful word which helps to re-establish communication between various conscious sense endings in the brain/memory system. These words i.e. (a) COMMUNICATE (b) COMMUNION and (c) COMMUNICATING used below in breathing mantras is my greatest discovery to treat people suffering from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
First, the mantra no. 9 cures by it hypnotic suggestive power (2) Secondly, this inhale mantra – helps to breathe in right from the legs upto the crown of our head, because, it traverses all the seven energy chakras as given above i.e. L, V, R, Y, H, N, M and more than that (3) It sets up communication between various SENSE ENDINGS in the brain by the words i.e. K, M, T, N by the inhale word KAMANAKANT and its exhale counterpart – Kummunikate supplying pranic life energy TO AND FRO in various Brain Sections.
Thus, this breathing mantra is our ultimate weapon in curing the chronic old age diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The use of the above breathing mantra will first stop the progression of the disease and then slowly and steadily over a period of a few months, it will bring about reversal of the disease, by fortifying our immune system by strengthening our total glandular activity in our body/mind system.
It also helps to re-establish communication links in the brain/memory system to put the mind in a commanding position as originally ordained by God. Of course, a balanced Nutrition alongwith unpolluted environment is a must.
Inhale/exhale with the above mantra, by speaking the mantra inwardly, smoothly, rhythmically and as non-violently as possible, so as to simulate the natural breathing as nearly as possible. Do it for ten minutes in the morning as well as for ten minutes in the evening and in a few weeks time, one will start experiencing the on-rush of bio-energy blissful currents In the brain/hands etc. But for first one week, lel us inhale/exhale with simple breadline man! i as no 1 to 8, ten times each and then use the veiy polent mantra no 9 and, this breathing mantra tlO 9 is the Fountain of our Health and the Foundation to re-build the shattered immune system Ol an ailing person who will definitely recover provided he/she has the DESIRE TO LIVE ON and CURE IIIM/HERSELF.
The above breathing mantra no 9 is however a multi-stage breathing mantra and may not be easy to breathe with, particularly for a beginner. I have formulated a set of simpler but very suggestive mantras both for benefiting the hands and the legs separately as given below :-
MANTRAS FOR HANDS COMMUNION
10. Exhale with = MOVE HAND SPOKEN AS Moowihhand for continuous exhalation. Inhale with = VAHHAMMAND
11. Exhale with = IMPROVE HAND spoken as Improvih-hand. Inhale with = VAPRAHAMAND
12. Exhale with = IMPROVE HAND COMMUNION and then inhale deeply making your thought move alongwith your breath as it starts from tne bottom of the spine upwards into the crown of the head, OR
Inhale with = VAPRA-HA-KAMANAKAND MANTRAS FOR LEGS COMMUNION :-
13. Exhale with = MOVE-LEG
Inhale with = LAVAGGAM
14. Exhale with = IMPROVE LEG
15. Inhale with = LAVA-PRAM MAN G
16. Exhale with = IMPROVE LEG COMMUNION Then inhale deeply OR
Inhale with = ALLAVA-PRAGA-KAMANAN
The inhale Mantra is a mirror image of the exhale Mantra.
16. Exhale with = IMPROVE-ILLIAC-COMMUNION
Inhale with = ALLA VA- PRA- KAM AN AN
ALZHEIMER’S Disease Now, we turn our attention to special mantras for the first stage of the Alzheimer’s disease in which there is a steady loss of memory, particularly recent memory and then progresses to degenerate the memory /brain system that one is not able to recognise people -even close relatives. Then the afflicted person becomes a complete burden on society and hence we must find its cure. This happens because our human memory has a finite capacity to store and every moment, except during sleep, new data are being poured in by our various sense organs, the old data has to yield place to new, plus the total neuron population also declines with age as said earlier, thus, decreasing our total memory storage capacity. This affects the permanence of our recent memory.
Just like Parkinson’s disease, in Alzhiemer’s disease also, the interneuron transmission between various sense endings in the brain and the memory gets impaired and partially snapped with time as the disease progresses. This also happens because brain has no reserve stock of energy like some other parts of our body, particularly muscles, which store fat as alternative stock of energy for emergency use. And the demand of brain for glycogen/oxygen/nutrients is nine fold more as said earlier. Thus, Alzhiemer’s disease sets in when (here is a total degeneration in our body system and thus we have to regenerate the complete body/brain/memory system. For this :
17. Exhale with = MICMORY-RELINK
Inhale with = LARRAMAMANK
18. Exhale with MEMORY-REAM ZING
Inhale with LARAZAMMANG-MOM
19. Exhale with MEMORY BRIGHTENING
Inhale with BRAHMA-NAMMANG
20. Exhale with MEMORY WILL REZOOM
Inhale with LAVARA-ZA-MAMAM
21. Exhale with COMMENDABLE
Inhale with LABA-KAMMAND (COMMAND)
22. Exhale with MEMORY-WILL-LINK
Enhale with ALLAVARA-MAMMANK
23. Exhale with MEMORY-REGAINED
Inhale with ARRAGA-NAMMAND
24. Exhale with MEMORY-RE-AWAKENED
Inhale with AVARRA-KAMMAND (COMMAND)
25. Exhale with YOU-RE- ILLUMINATE
Inhale with ALLA-RA-YA-NAMMANT
26. Exhale with YOU-WILL-BE-COMMUNICATING
Inhale with LAVA-YA-BTA-KAMANAKANG
And the best of all Mantras is the 9th Mantra given earlier.
9. Exhale with = HEY-YOU WILL-RE-COMMUNICATE OR HI-YOU WILL RE-COMMUNICATE
Inhale with= ALLAVARA-YAHA-KAMANAKANT
This Mantra No. 9 is a sure shot Mantra, what we in India call ‘RAMBAN’ which means an arrow shot by Lord Ram (An Incarnation of God) which can never fail and miss its target. Here our enemy is Alzhiemier’s disease and Parkinson’s disease and this Mantra, because of its all round rejuvenating effect on the total body/mind/memory/brain system to re-establish the communication links in the brain/memory system is our ultimate saviour.
But, these breathing Mantras can help only those persons where the senile symptoms have not advanced to such an extent that the patient can use these breathing Mantras. A large list of breathing Mantras has been coined/given to combat both the above diseases. One can use first simple mantras and then slowly practice multi-stage breathing mantras and finally the ultimate mantra at serial No. 9. This breathing Mantra because of its powerful healsome effects, will regenerate the hope to live a decent, independent, zestful life.
However, before I end this chapter I recommend the following mild exercises, which simulate our most natural walking.
a) Sit comfortably in chair or stand up, preferably with spine in an erect position. Move your right and left hands up and down alternately as in walking, when the right hand goes up, the left hand goes down and vice-versa. This will physically help to re-establish the link between the upper part of the body and the brain through I he neck. After you stop the exercise, you will notice the onrush of bioenergy blissful currents in I lie head and the hands. It will be, of course, better, If we first notice which one of our nose is breathing more easily. Suppose it is the rlghl nose, I hen we raise the right hand Iii si Mils w;iy, we will be in tune with Nature.
b) Sit in a chad 01 lie on your bed on your back and raise up ih< n,;lil mid left legs alternately, as in walking <>i raise first right leg and then bring I In- right leg down, then raise your left leg up and lning il down. Do it alternately for 10 to 15 times as conveient. This will reestablish the spinal link in the lower end of spine.
c) Lie down on the back on a cushioned sofa. Softly give a to and fro rubbing to your total spine by rubbing it against the cushioned bed. This will strenghen the total spinal column.
d) Clap your both hands by pressing them as lovingly as possible against each other without making any sound so as not to disturb people around. Do it for 10 to 20 times as convenient. This will press and activate all the body/mind bio-energy switches present in our both hands, what is now well known all over the world as Accupressure therapy.
Exhale while folding the hands and inhale while out-stretching the hands.
PROVIDING CONGENIAL COMPANY :-
So, let us not despair. Cheer up. There is great Hope well in sight for those who can commit themselves to self cure through the above system of breathing with power of the healing words which has all the potential to cure us surely and steadily to ultimately enable us to re-enjoy life in its full splendour, because various sections of the brain will be strengthened, as memory retrieval is activated by the combined action of the same sensory route which formed it, and all the brain senses become dull and less sensitive with age including the eye-sight, hence the need to stimulate all the sense organs by the healing breathing mantras given above.
Also, I must stress that some of the old persons who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease shut their MIND to outside world and the corresponding stimuli. This forms the greatest impediment in memory retrieval. Thus, this negative emotional response of older people is the most difficult to correct. For that, their interest in life and the outside world has to be re-generated by very congenial and friendly company. They must regenerate HOPE to LIVE on independently, which the above breathing healing mantras will re-invoke by showing progress in the rejuvenation of all sense organs, i.e. eye sight, taste sense and above all the hunger and lust for good food – thus, proper nutrition will provide I he necessary fillup to regain taste for life.
The following herbs are also very useful for managemen! of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
1. The herb Biahmi (Centella asiatica) enhances the memory, because it revitalises the brain cells, by increasing the protein kinase activity and new piolein synthesis.
2. The bed) SI lankhapi ishpi (Convolvulus pluricaulis) is very effective brain tonic and enhances the memory and promotes deep soothing sleep.
3. Another herb callcd VACHA (Acorus Calamus) sharpens (he memory. In fact, the powders of all the above three herbs can be mixed and a tea spoonful dose can be taken with water or mixed wilh honey, daily for a period of one month or so
4. Another herbal medicine – the seeds of Kaunch (Muciin.i Prurlens) Is a nerve tonic. Recent research lie. ihown lhal it is very effective in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
This combination herbal therapy and breathing with healing mant I ii given above alongwith balanced nutritious food will definitely help the patient to live a decent independent life, without becoming a Burden on Society.