Art of Attention: Unplug and Recharge With Pranic Healing

In the past few years I have begun practicing Pranic Healing, a very particular form of healing that has served me in a cumulative, profound way. It involves becoming aware of the field of energy that surrounds each of us, and how that field has been affected - either congested or depleted - by our experiences both past and current.

My teacher is Mark Pellerano, whose own teacher, Master Choa Kok Sui, now deceased, was the founder of Pranic Healing. In a series of introductory private sessions with him, I learned how to scan (check the level of energy in a particular area of the body, mine or someone else's), cleanse (sweep, or clear the congestion or depletion from the area), energize (revitalize the area), and stabilize once the work has been done.

Disclaimer: I was a cynic in the field of "energy work" prior to this. I doubted it every week, and was always newly surprised about the efficiency and effectiveness of the healing. As a devout Level II student of Reiki, which involves actual physical touch, it took time for me to find an authentic connection to the possibilities for Pranic Healing. Years later, after teaching several Introductory courses with Mark at the studio in New York I founded almost 8 years ago, time after time I'm completely thrilled to watch so many people with no previous healing experience easily sense the effects of Pranic Healing. Note that it took me a long time to wrap myself around the language - let yourself experience it and slowly become comfortable with it. It sounded too "loving" for me at first - now I see how crucial it is for us to invite (in no uncertain terms) the healing of forgiveness, peace, abundance, gratitude and inner strength into our lives.

Which brings me to how I unplug and recharge. The meditation that is the cornerstone of Pranic Healing brings us to a very particular understanding of how connected we are to the power source that empowers us all. It's called the Meditation on the Twin Hearts.
It takes just a few minutes, releases negativity of all sorts and helps us to strengthen ourselves inwardly. Every time I take the time to open myself as a conduit for the healing of my own heart and the heart of the world, I am quietly uplifted and fully recharged.

A useful and clear book on the subject, entitled Your Hands Can Heal You, is readily available and written by another well-known teacher of Pranic Healing, Master Stephen Co.

This serves as a high recommendation for this work, and the strong hope that you will release any doubt that this sort of healing work is indeed possible for all of us.

 

 

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Comments

[khanti]

Pt.1
I have a true story to share with you. Many years ago in one of the developing countries in South East Asia I was informed of a Chinese guy who owns a herbal shop and has a special ability to diagnose health problems. After getting direction to the place I decided to go with my friend to visit this guy to check him out. Anyway my friend has a back pain and he needed treatment.
The shop was not far away from a light transit train station and it was easy to find. There was only one chinese herbal shop among two rows of double storey shop houses.
There was this medium sized Chinese guy in a traditional herbal shop with rows of small drawers to keep dried herbs and roots.

[khanti]

Pt.2
We told him we came for treatment. He said ok let me take a look at you first.. We proceed to go near him but he said it's ok you can sit on the high stools over there which was five feet away. Looking at us from that distance he told my friend exactly which disc on the spine was having problem without us telling him anything, without touching us and without x ray.
He prescibed some herbal mixture it wasnt expensive. before we left we asked him; "Are you practicing black magic or something?" No, he said I can sense your body Chi.
We didn't know what he meant anyway we didn't go back, while his diagnostic was excellent we can't say the same for his medicine.
Monks and ascetics can meditate in cold places like in the Himalayas because they practice heat yoga. A good living prove is the meditating boy in Nepal. It was World wide news and Discovery made a documentary on that. The boy meditated in the open under a tree witout eating or drinking for months. at night the temperature could reach near freezing.

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

stories like this one are always mind-blowing and proof of the efficacy of this type of work. thanks so much for this contribution. if i'd not felt the effects of pranic healing, and other healers such as the one you've described, firsthand, i'm not sure if i'd believe. for those reading and still doubtful, check out for yourself how this work affects you. thanks again for this, Khanti.

[Norge]

Much potential for billions, though it does not fill an empty childs' stomach, and will not decrease the anxiety or put to sleep the homeless, the destitute, the disenfranchised, the imprisoned, the jobless and all those living out their lives at the bottom of the food chain.

Though it certainly can help those who have everything and are looking for the rest.

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

agreed. thank you. if more of those who have would try healing work, perhaps it would impel them to become more conscious about seva, or service, helping others to help themselves. one recent great organization i've found to which i'm giving is womenforwomen.org. check it out. again thank you.

[mwchrislock]

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[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

many thanks

[lindseywolf]

I quite enjoyed Elena and Mark's pranic healing workshop at Virayoga. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to learn some of the techniques. I have always had a difficult time sitting crossed legged for extended periods of time, and by the end of the class was able to actually soften some of my own back pain. I remember being struck at the feelings of warmth easing the pain. And thanks Elena for the reminder of the Twin Hearts, I need something to once again kick-start a meditation practice and I think a guided practice would be of great service. Many thanks as always.

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

thank you so much for your feedback, lindsey. e

[nootrope]

In my experience, the people this stuff works for are generally people who don't really have anything wrong with them to begin with (except a little bit between their ears, maybe). Some of the most evolved and enlightened people who ever lived have died of serious illness, like many yogis and gurus who died of cancer, diabetes, etc. You're much better off using your "energy" to remove attachment to the physical form that is inevitably going to get sick and die no matter what you do.

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

...and then there's that. big deep breath for you.

[nootrope]

Well, I've been seriously mercury poisoned by a culture that denies such a thing can happen and makes jokes about how "safe" mercury is (e.g., re: Jeremy Piven), and then basically dumped by the side of the road to die with multiple autoimmune disorders and other related problems about which all even the "alternative" medical people can say is, "I don't know," or "do reiki" (which is useless when the "energy" is blocked by toxic environmental chemicals that the culture denies are in fact toxic).

So I've "been there/done that" and speak from direct experience. Neither you nor anyone you likely have ever met have been as seriously damaged as the people I know who have lived through similar things as I just described, who know first hand that stuff doesn't work unless you're not really sick at all. "Treating the hangnailers," I call it.

When you've gone through some of this "real" stuff, the fake problems people seem to make up to avoid living their lives actually become kind of laughable (in a sad/feelin­g-compassi­on-for kind of way). But hey, you have to make a living and sell books/cour­ses/semina­rs, I completely understand. I just don't like seeing all this "energy work" touted as the cure-all for everything that ails one. I guess it feels nice if there's nothing really wrong with you, but otherwise, save your money for some real measures that might actually make a difference.

[Conk]

This sounds very interesting. There are many paths toward healing. The method may change, but the root of them all finding out how to tap into the infinite, loving energy of the universe (multi-verse?) One key is to remove fear and doubt from our hidden mind, allowing the healing and sustaining energy to flow properly.

I'm currently studying Matrix Energetics, an instantaneous change process. Quite interesting indeed.

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

thank you. i will check out Matrix Energetics too. many paths, same journey it seems! grateful~

[pkatch]

I vouch for it!

Pranic healing truly is tremendous, so grateful to you and Mark for having introduced and taught it to me. It's opened up my mind to new possibilities in a similar way that yoga and attention practice have, which is to say it is both practical and "miraculous."

My own personal experience: When I practice the Meditation on Twin Hearts I easily get centered, clear and grounded and am able to know and do the #1 thing that needs to be done. And then move on to the next #1 thing, and the next. Working within this clarity enables me to have greater access to my intuition, takes a lot of stress off of the mind and over time has cleared some tricky physical tension as well...

My sister (who is also my business partner) has also been practicing Twin Hearts, and I am certain that this practice has facilitated an increased attention span, countless inspirations and a lot of light heartedness for both of us. Which strengthens our relationship and is super helpful for working on our business.

When I practice Pranic Healing, on myself and other people, I witness time and time again its efficacy as a means to treat and heal issues large and small, physical, emotional and psychological.

Practical and miraculous indeedy...

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

so appreciate the simplicity of your feedback... thank you p.

[Ed and Deb Shapiro - Huffpost Blogger]

Hi Elena - I trained in India at the Bihar School of Yoga over 30 years ago

One of the many teachings and trainings I studied and now teach is call Pranavidya the science of prana

which is an ancient yogic healing practice.

Prana the life force is amazing and when you learn how to awaken the pranic body and utilize the pranic force you are a blessing to yourself and others. It sure can work miracles.

It is a practical science that can benefit many.

Blessings,

Swami Brahmananda (Ed Shapiro)

[Elena Brower - Huffpost Blogger]

thank you sir! it's helped me so much... and my family too. my child loves to do it.