Yoga and meditation to battle chikungunya

Take to yoga, pranayama and meditation besides controlled breathing techniques to take on chikungunya. This is the advice from the Experts of Yoga.

Encouraged by the efficacy of its techniques in treating people with symptoms of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that can prove fatal, the group has decided to start special camps all over India to cater to people suffering from the disease.

The camp will offer yoga, pranayama and meditation apart from the Sudarshan Kriya, the unique breathing technique taught Ayurveda.

"We have been studying the effects of our techniques on people with symptoms of Chikungunya for a few weeks. It has been observed that people who regularly practise Sudarshan Kriya, pranayama and meditation are not only less prone to the disease but also recover faster if they get an attack," An Official said in Bangalore.

Said Renuka Dugani, a physician from Hubli, one of the worst effected areas in Karnataka: "Many of my patients showed remarkable recovery soon after they underwent the Yoga. The improvements are so apparent that now I prescribe the workshop to every patient that comes to me with symptoms of Chikungunya."

Explaining how yoga, pranayama, meditation and Sudarshan Kriya help cure the disease, yogacharya Dinesh Kashikar said: "Pranayama is a very effective antidote for fever as it cools down the body and restores balance. Yoga asanas loosen up joints and provide relief from body pain, which are the dominant symptoms of Chikungunya."

"The Sudarshan Kriya and accompanying meditations strengthen the immune system and allow the body to fight back," he added.

But even their activities spread in Cherthala taluk, People are dying due to Chikungunya. Actually they are try to cheat poor people by misleading them to "sree sree tricks"