| The ancient Sanskrit word for life force was known | | | | Once a specific course of treatment had been |
| as "prana." It was believed that this life force was | | | | diagnosed by an expert, it was up to the person |
| not something that was exclusive to mankind, but | | | | who was suffering from the imbalance of energy to |
| that it was something that existed in massive | | | | do the rest. |
| amounts in nature, although it has always been | | | | It was believed that exposure to the fundamental |
| invisible to our human eyes. Dozens of different | | | | elements of nature could help to provide the body |
| cultures throughout the centuries have believed in | | | | with the specific type of energy that it may be |
| this natural aura of life energy, although it has gone | | | | lacking. Once a person's energy reserves have been |
| by many different names, depending on who you | | | | restored, it was believed that whatever organ was |
| ask. | | | | functioning abnormally was slowly begin to return to |
| The main elements that combine to make up prana | | | | a natural state of being. |
| of the same elements that natural science is | | | | Pranic healing is deeply seated in the belief that the |
| understood for centuries to the sources of life itself. | | | | mind holds great control over the body, and that the |
| Wind, water, and sunlight, just to name a few. | | | | influence of our consciousness and will can affect our |
| Believers in pranic healing have always been of the | | | | health just as easily as it can affect the activity of |
| impression that while it is easily possible to throw the | | | | our limbs. Therefore, a proper healing session is also |
| body's natural energy fields out of balance, that the | | | | going to include a lot of visualization. If you have |
| body is sensitive to the subtle changes. As a result, it | | | | ever seen this type of natural healing actually taking |
| is possible to replenish parts of the body's natural | | | | place, you might remark that looks awful lot like a |
| energy that are lacking. | | | | traditional yoga session, or something resembling tai |
| There are many different types of prana, and each | | | | chi. Slowly controlled movements are necessary to |
| variety corresponds to a different natural energy | | | | help to focus the mind, and serves to open up the |
| field put off by a specific organ of the human body. | | | | energy channels through which the healing power of |
| It follows logically, therefore, that the ancients would | | | | nature can flow. |
| believe that any sort of illness that befell one of | | | | Although visualization is important, more advanced |
| these organs must have had something to do with a | | | | techniques are going to require spiritual tools such as |
| lack of energy in that aspect of a person's prana. | | | | crystals, which serve to focus the energy of the |
| It was in this way that experts in pranic healing or | | | | body. A profound belief is required in order for any |
| able to diagnose exactly how to treat illnesses in | | | | type of real result to occur, and anybody that is |
| ancient cultures, and this is a tradition that continued | | | | thinking about starting pranic healing has to remember |
| even into modern times in some parts of the world. | | | | that an open mind set is crucial to success. |