Simple meditation techniques for profound changes in you.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati revolutionised yoga by making it simple, practical and scientific.

Here are some very simple meditation techniques that can be found in the numerous books he has written, like, Meditations from the Tantras, Yoga & Kriya, Sure Ways to Self-Realisation, Kundalini Tantra, ( all published by Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar).
The wonderful part is, you can devise and evolve your own techniques with a little bit of imagination & inventiveness. Moreover, you need very short time slots and can be done almost anywhere.

Before we go on to the techniques, just some hints on preparation, posture, etc.
Meditation can be done in any of the classic yogic poses, padma asana, sukhasana, vajra asana. But those who are not able to sit in these poses, they can sit in a chair, or even lie down in shavasana. What is important is that you are comfortable, relaxed and your spine and head are in a straight line. 

Breath awareness techniques:
1. Sitting quietly with eyes closed, merely watch each and every inhalation & exhalation. Observe the rhythm of your breath, is it wet or dry, fast or slow, soft or sharp, equal in both nostril or one is more open than the other. Is watching it bringing about change? If your mind wonders off, bring it back to the watching. You can do this anytime, anywhere for 10 to 20 breaths or for 3-5 minutes.
2. With eyes closed, watch every inhalation and exhalation at the nose tip. Apply same parameters like above to observe the breath at the nose tip. Do it for 3-5 minutes or 10 to 30 breaths.
3. With eyes closed, watch the passage of breath in your body from nose tip to lungs and lungs to nose tip as you inhale and exhale. Maybe read up on how every breath passes through the nostril to the lungs. For example, how the respiratory tract cleans, warms and moistens the air . From the nose to the nasal cavity, pharynx (throat), larynx, the upper part of the trachea (windpipe), lower part of the trachea, bronchi and the lungs ( which contains bronchioles and alveoli).


Body Awareness:
1. Eyes closed, become aware of your whole body from head to feet. Then systematically starting from the top of your head come down in slow deliberate steps to the different parts of the body to the tip of the the toes, at each part of the body become aware of that part and relax it. For example, start from  top of the head and then descend to scalp, forehead, both eyes, nostrils, cheeks, jaws, throat, shoulders, both arms, chest, stomach, hip, both legs. 
2. Chose any part of the body and internally with eyes closed examine it in detail. For example, the palm of your right hand. The colour texture of the skin of the inside of the palm, the lines on it, the skin on the outside of the palm, the shape of fingers and nail, the structure of the bones holding the palm together. Then shift to the left palm. 
3. You may look at your digestive system, the excretory system, the liver, heart, etc etc.

Visualization:
This is very important part of meditation as it also helps in all other techniques because most techniques involve keeping eyes closed. This is also fun practice.
1. With eyes closed try to visualise the most beautiful place you visited lately or any scene. Then recall each detail. For example, if you were on a beach at sunset, then visualise the the sun, the changing colour of the sun, the sky and the sea, as the sun went down, waves, the beach, the people on the beach, the sound of the waves, the sound of people, etc etc.
2. A book you have read. Try to recall what you have read with complete picturization  and every emotion and feeling the book evoked. Recall some profound sentences or aspects of the book and mull over it.
3.With eyes closed try to relive the happiest moment of your life or the most painful. Again evoking all the emotions, feelings, sensations, etc felt then.

Mantra chanting ( Jaap):
1. The simplest of mantra chanting or jaap is Om chanting. It can be synchronized with the breath in different ways, like, taking a deep inhale, then as you exhale, internally or audibly chant Om ( A-A-U-U-M-M). Or with every inhale and exhale Om.
2. Another simple mantra is So Hum. With every inhale, internally, mentally say the mantra So and as you exhale, the mantra Hum. 
OR one may chose any mantra from your religion like, Amen, Amin or Buddhist mantras.

These are all simple meditation techniques for which not much preparation or slots of free time is needed. In the daily rush of your work-a-day life you can practice these when commuting, taking short break in work, etc.

Meditation & your brain

The article puts together scientific experiments being done in some top universities of USA on the effects of simple meditation techniques on the brain thus resulting in profound changes in the very being of a person. 


There is a lot of experiential evidence on how simple meditation makes people feel peaceful, joyful with increased efficiency levels in mental capacity.
Now there is stunning scientific evidence to prove these experiential claims.
Here is some scientific evidence on how simple meditation techniques can have far reaching effect on the functioning of the brain. The touch word here is simple techniques which can mean just 3-10 minutes of simple awareness plus relaxation techniques, known as Mindfulness Meditation, Zen Meditation,etc.
Now, research by various universities in the USA have found that simple meditation results in "amazing neurological benefits right from changes in gray matter volume to reduced activity in the 'me' centre of the brain to enhanced connectivity between different brain regions." ( Forbes, Feb 9, 2015.) A point to be noted is that most of the subjects under study had practised few weeks or months of simple meditation techniques for the changes in the brain to show up.

Here is the list of changes tracked with the help of MRI & EEG

1. Sara Lazar, Researcher, Harvard University, subjected people to 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation and found increase in cortical thickness in the hippocampus, which governs learning and memory. Also, it affected certain areas of the brain that plays role in emotion regulation and self referencing.
2. Sara's team also found decrease in brain cell volume in the amygdala, the centre for fear, anxiety & stress.
3. Madhav Goyal, Researcher, John Hopkins, found that the effect-size of meditation on patients of depression, anxiety, pain was 0.3. This is impressive considering that effect size of anti-depressant drugs is also 0.3.
4. A Yale University research was both amazing & significant. They found regular simple meditation decreases activity in the "Me" centre of the brain. The default mode network (DMN) also (in)famously known as the 'monkey brain', is responsible for our wondering brain jumping from one thought to another when we are not particularly focussed on anything specific. Meditators are able to snap out of this because of decrease in activity in the 'me' brain and also new connections in the brain that inhibit the monkey brain activity which can be pointlessly exhausting.
5. UCLA School of Medicine, Eileen Luders, a researcher in the department of Neurology, published the following findings in the journal Neurolmage, stating several differences between  the brains of meditators and non-meditators. They made comparative study of the brains of 22 meditators and 22 non-meditators of similar age group and found that long term meditators had better preserved brains  than non-meditators as they aged.
6. Meditators have increased gray matter- making it more powerful & efficient at processing information, increased attention, better management of their emotions resulting in mindful choices.
7. Last but not the least, these clinical findings of changes in brain mass, structure and new connections matched with the subjective positive changes reported  by the people under study.
There is a separate write up on simple mindfulness techniques for meditation on this blog.

How to face death?

Death can be more beautiful than birth....

Death is a mystery because no one comes back to tell you what it is. It remains a fearful enigma. 

In the modern world, a whole lot of business has burgeoned around death, like, Life insurance, mediclaim, monstrous hospitals where the old and sick are propped up fat hospital bills. This is sad.

Commercialization of life, has blocked invaluable information from our scriptures on how to prepare for death. All the worry, the old people's homes, the stress the children of old parents go through struggling to look after the old while supporting their own lives, can be smoothened out for both those who are going to leave their bodies and for those that live with grief and nowadays financial crisis in the wake of taking care of their old and ill.

Must we die like this?

It may seem audacious to sermonize on death or more so on how to face it. But, the Creator has been kind to leave for his creatures gems of revelation of how to prepare for death. It depends on people to follow, experience and realise its truth.

In my second reading of the Bhagwat Puran, in Section II, chapter I, page 130 ( Gita Press), I came across precisely this question asked by Raja Prakshit to sixteeen year old Shukhdev, the enlightened son of Vyas who wrote the Bhagwat Puran.

When Prakshit knew that because of the curse of the son of sage Shamik, he had only 7 days to live and that he will die of snake bite, he gave his kingdom to his son, and sat on the banks of the Ganga to introspect and meditate. A galaxy of Rishis of all gotras gathered at the Ganga and finally Shukhdev and Vyas also came there.

It was then that Prakshit asked Shukhdev, how must a person prepare to face death.

I will divide the answer Shukhdev gave into two parts. The first one deals with the preparation for death. The second one deals with preparation for post death. It states what specific practice should be followed so that you can decide if you want to be re-born on earth, or choose between the many lokas ( planes of existence) like, the Mahaloka, Dev Loka or finally if you want to merge with the creator and never return.

What is written is simple to follow. All it needs is consistency and honesty of purpose.

Here is my translation of what is a Hindi translation of the original Sanskrit by Gita Press. I am writing from the heart and do not claim to be proficient in Sanskrti or Hindi. But, if this leads someone to dive into this text and discover for himself, my task is done.

Preparing to move to our next destination.

Shukdev says in answer to Parikshit's question:

"When a person is faced with the prospect of death, then he should not fear or get nervous. With the weapon of vairagya (detachment) he must cut all ties with the body and all things for which one has mamta ( belonging). With courage & forbearance leave your home and go to a thirtha ( holy) river, take bath and according to scriptural traditions set up your asana ( sitting place) in a quiet peaceful place. After that, with eyes closed, chant the eternal, pure mantra Om which is made of the three syllables, A, O, M.
Then focus on your pranavayu ( breath & vital life force), get control over it and thus get control over the mind. Do not let go on the focus on the pranavayu. Then with help of your buddhi ( intelligence) and manas (mind) detach your senses from their object and the desire for action as prompted by the senses to the mind, and just hitch your mind on the beautiful form of the Lord ( it could any form from any religion or even symbolic like candle flame). Thus with a steady intent focus your mind on any one part of the Lord, say eyes, crown, etc. Then focus on some other part, and go on this way until your chit (consciousness) is completely focussed on the Lord and there is no space for any other thought to detract the mind.
You will find you are full with the ananda (joy) of the Lord.
If at any time, there arises in you restlessness led by Rajo guna ( which is dynamic) or feel lethargy and laziness, Tamo Guna, then do not panic. With the help of Yoga dharana ( concentration) both these can be dispelled. With the help of concentration when one sees the Lord, then in that instant bhakti (devotion) springs in his heart.
Thus the end of such a person comes with full of joy, peace and there is no fear of death."

Needless to say, the practice is easier if the preparation with asana & pranayama starts at least a decade or two before the average life span. Thus the asana practice can lead you to be able to sit in a steady asana ( posture) for any length of time and  pranayama will help you disconnect with the gross breath and connect you with the life force, prana, which is the vehicle which you help you travel from this life to the next.
( More later)

Stress or relaxation: What results in best performance?

Every parent wants his child to be extraordinary. Academic excellence is something all parents and teachers want out of their ward. But, parents & schools use stress, tension & fear to get the best out of their child. This not only leads to lowering their natural capabilities & potential, but also makes for fertile ground for a life riddled with diseases, like BP, Diabetes, Heart, cancer etc.
 The origin of Yoga Nidra is a reminder to all parents, schools, tutors that a relaxed state is more conducive to learning and retention than tension. Yoga Nidra establishes the truth that relaxation leads to perfection in action. Included here is the scientific explanation by Dr.Esther Sternberg, MD, on how sustained stress can lead to diseases.

The fascinating story of how Swami Satyananda Saraswati stumbled upon the secret of Yoga Nidra. is also illustrative of relaxation being the bedrock of performance.

Here is the story in Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda Saraswati's own word as reproduced in the Introduction chapter in his book, “Yoga Nidra” published by Yoga Publication Trust, Munger.

“When I was staying with my Guru, Swami Shivananda in Rishikesh, I had a very important experience which triggered my interest in developing the science of Yoga Nidra. I had been appointed to watch over a Sanskrit school where small boys were learning to chant the Vedas. It was my duty to remain awake all night to guard the school while the Acharya was away. At 3 am I used to fall into a deep sleep, and at six I would get up and return to the ashram. Meanwhile, the boys got up at four, bathed and chanted Sanskrit prayers, but I never heard them as I was fast asleep.”
“Some time later, my ashram was holding a large function, and the boys of the Sanskrit school were brought to chant the Vedic mantras. During the function they recited certain shlokas which I did not know, yet somehow I felt I had heard them before. As I listened, the feeling grew stronger and I tried in vain to remember where and when I had heard them. I was absolutely certain that I had never read or written them, yet they sounded so familiar
Finally, I decided to ask the boys’ Acharya, who was seated nearby, if he could explain the meaning of this. What he told me changed my entire outlook on life. He said this feeling of familiarity was not at all surprising, because my subtle body had heard the boys chanting the same mantras many times while I was sleeping in their school( in the wee hours).
“This was a great revelation to me. I knew that knowledge is transmitted directly through the senses, but from this experience I realised that you can also gain direct knowledge without any sensory medium as well. That was the birth of yoga nidra.”
“From that experience further ideas and insights came to my mind. I realised that sleep was not a state of total unconsciousness. When one is asleep there remains a state of potentiality, a form of awareness that is awake and fully alert to the outer situations . I found by training the mind it is possible to utilise this state.”
Swami Satyananda carried many experiments to validate his idea. He writes that he tried it on children as well as an Alsatian dog!! It is said, that Swami Satyanada used Yoga Nidra techniques to teach scriptures to Swami Niranajn, who was a handful as a child. He writes, “I began by chanting the 15th chapter of the Gita to him about three minutes after he had fallen asleep. Then when he got up in the morning I would have him read through the chapter, which he would do, of course, mindlessly. After one week he was able to recite the whole chapter by heart. This way he managed to teach him Shrimad Bhagawatam, Upanishads, Bible, Koran, English, Hindi, Sanskrit.” Swami Niranjan today speaks 14 foreign languages fluently.
Some stress is good, but too much becomes bad: As the nervous system secretes more and more stress hormones, performance increases, but up to a point; after that tipping point, performance begins to suffer as the hormones continue to flow. What makes stress "bad" – that is, what makes it render us more pervious to disease – is the disparity between the nervous system and immune system's respective pace. Esther Sternberg explains in her book, “ The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health & Emotion”
“The nervous system and the hormonal stress response react to a stimulus in milliseconds, seconds, or minutes. The immune system takes parts of hours or days. It takes much longer than two minutes for immune cells to mobilize and respond to an invader, so it is unlikely that a single, even powerful, short-lived stress on the order of moments could have much of an effect on immune responses. However, when the stress turns chronic, immune defenses begin to be impaired. As the stressful stimulus hammers on, stress hormones and chemicals continue to pump out. Immune cells floating in this milieu in blood, or passing through the spleen, or growing up in thymic nurseries never have a chance to recover from the unabated rush of cortisol. Since cortisol shuts down immune cells’ responses, shifting them to a muted form, less able to react to foreign triggers, in the context of continued stress we are less able to defend and fight when faced with new invaders. And so, if you are exposed to, say, a flu or common cold virus when you are chronically stressed out, your immune system is less able to react and you become more susceptible to that infection."
One can imagine progressive damage to our body's eco-system with the constant unabated bombardment of stress. Therefore, Yoga lays great stress on relaxation. Relaxation is part and parcel of  practice of yoga. Shav asana, Yoga Nidra and conscious relaxation of the body throughout the yoga practice throw out accumulated stress in the body and instills in the practitioner the ability and habit to relax.
Relaxation is the door to health, happiness and higher consciousness, says Swani Satyananda in his book on "Yoga and Kriya".
So parents and schools should bother about ways to teach children without stress and in relaxed state of body and mind.  

The healing powers of Yoga Nidra

The Healing Power of Yoga Nidra

by

Kamini Bobde

The world is only just discovering the power of Yoga Nidra. It has been given to the world in it’s present form by Swami Satyananda Saraswati a few decades back. It is, however, as old as creation itself.

When Lord Vishu had the desire to create the universe, he lay in Yoga Nidra, whence Lord Brahma emerged from his navel. Brahma then created the universe. This is in the opening para of the chapter on the avatars of Lord Krishna in the Bhagwat Puran (Gita Press, pg 51).

It is therefore not surprising that in Swami Satyananda’s format of Yoga Nidra practice, taking a Sankalp (resolve) is part of the practice. A sankalp made during the practice of yoga Nidra is bound to come true, says Swami Satyananda just so simply. Why not? After all even Lord Vishnu lay in Yoga Nidra to realise his Sankalp for creating the universe.

Yoga teachers fortunate enough to learn & administer Swami Satyananda’s Yoga Nidra have been able to cure or help manage problems such as High BP, cancer, organ failure, paralysis and many ills & diseases which are a result of present day life style. With all humility and gratitude to Swami Satyananda, the originator of this present day practice, and my immediate Guru, Shri Rajeshi, I have had the good fortune to use it with great success as therapy for some of the above mentioned problems. ( read inKaminibobde.blogspot.com).

What is more, a practice which holds so much power within itself, is so simple and so much fun to do. In fact, students wait for Shav asana and Yoga Nidra practice almost like a reward at the end of the asanas suryanamaskar rounds, and before they do their pranayama.

To state it simply, the practice involves lying down on your back, making yourself completely comfortable, relaxed and seeing that your spine and head are in a straight line. You close your eyes and keep them closed till the end of the practice. The teacher gives a series of instructions which are followed internally with eyes closed. Through some techniques. like watching the normal breath, the upward-downward movement of navel area synchronized with one’s breathing, helps establish physical and mental relaxation. At this stage is taken the sankalp by the practitioner, who repeats it internally, silently several times to himself.

In the next stage, the teacher helps the student to rotate his consciousness, through various parts of his body. After this he is taken through a process of visualizations. These images and visuals have powerful connections with the human psyche. By this time, the student is in half awake, half sleep state, which is when, he/she is instructed to again repeat the same sankalp. Then the teacher gently, slowly draws the student out of this state.

Why Yoga Nidra practice is impacting so powerfully is not far to see. Today’s educational system and social-cultural mores all seek to achieve through the method of physical & mental stress and through the negative instinct of fear, shame, guilt. Heaped over this is the pressure to earn and live a life style beyond logical needs. All this has created great unnatural stress, tension and worst of all fear.
If God himself laid down in Yoga Nidra to achieve the phenomenal task of creating the universe, then it is obvious, that not stress but a relaxed, calm state is needed to be productive & creative. Thus Yoga Nidra helps throw out all the tension, establishes a calm, peaceful state, and then whatever is your resolve is highly possible. But a key message given before the sankalp, is that it should be something good, positive and only for yourself. Thus, no resolve which is negative, or destructive of you or of another can be taken.

(Next blog, an interesting anecdote on how Swami Satyananda hit upon the idea of Yoga Nidra)

Pic of Lord Vishnu in Yoga Nidra.

(Below pic of Swami Satyananda Saraswati)

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My Experience with Yoga & Cancer

Garima with her twins.

by

Kamini Bobde

Read about my second experience of amazing results of managing cancer treatment issues through yoga.

Yet again, for me as a yoga teacher, it is experiential knowledge of how in today's life-style related health problems, it is the subtle practices of Yoga that are the need of the day. But, unfortunately, people think that unless they have sweated and exerted, they have not done yoga. But, the world's understanding of yoga is approaching a curve, which will be next explosion of the understanding of yet deeper levels of Yoga.
The purpose of yoga being liberation of the soul, it is not surprising that people are finding its stupendous benefits in resolving lesser issues of life like physical and mental problems.  

 Garima called me up middle of April this year. I was listening to her request for an individual yoga class, when she mentioned the dreaded word, cancer. She said she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She had undergone surgery and had now finished two sessions of chemotherapy.
 "Can I do yoga? Will it help?", she asked. Every word heavy with expectation.

I had had amazing results with yoga & cancer for my own brother, Ram, whose blood platelet levels were not coming back to normal even several years after the chemotherapy. ( Read "Cancer & Yoga: My experience". in this blog, 25/8/2015).

Therefore, with complete confidence, I told her we will start sessions as soon as her doctor gives her the green signal to do Yoga even at such earlier stages of chemotherapy.

Her doctors at the Tata Memorial having approved, we started her classes before her third chemotherapy. Garima told me she will be taking 20 chemos and what was fortnightly now will become weekly from May end. So far she has finished 14 sessions, and 6 more chemo are still to be administered.

The Yoga sessions:

When I first met her and her husband, Dev, who was visibly under great stress and anxiety, Garima, besides loss of hair, was having nausea, vomiting, high acidity problems, and sleep disorder, etc. Her hands and feet had blackened. Dev said, she may not be able to any vigorous yoga, as she was suffering from lack of energy and tiredness. Maybe some 15-20 minutes of pranayama & meditation is all she will be able to do, he said.

Anyway, we started her Yoga. Initially, I started gingerly with just limbering up asanas, Pawan Mukta asana series to gauge her overall condition. But, from the beginning I resorted heavily to the simple, relaxing but amongst the most powerful practices of Shavasana, Yoga nidra and Prana vidya.

These three practices set the substratum for her well-being. This backed by a slow progression of asanas and pranayama started showing several heartening trends.

Gradually,  there was distinctive change in Garima's physical,mental and emotional state. Also, the positive physical manifestation of the benefits of her daily yoga gave her tremendous confidence and hope. Positive physical changes could be seen in the disappearance of the discolouration (darkened) hand & feet, better energy levels, and longer and deeper sleep. Her gastro intestinal issues also disappeared. She started to go out occasionally for a movie or to eat out.

Garima goes to the hospital for check up on Monday and Tuesday is her chemo day. Earlier, she would be too tired or bogged down with side effects till wednesday. But, today on check up days and on chemo days, she is well enough to take her yoga class in the evening, even though the chemo sessions have now become weekly.

Within two weeks, her yoga had progressed to better than many normal healthy people. In fact, surya namaskar become part of her practice quite early on.

As with Asha, who had partial kidney failure ( Read in this blog, "Damaged kidney repair thro Yoga", March3, 2015), I have found Shav asana, Yoga nidra and Prana vidya practice coupled with Pranayama reverses the irreversible.

I talked to her Doctor to understand the side effects the chemos will be having so that we can program her practice accordingly to counter-balance the side effects. Dr. Aseem Jain, Oncologist, told me on phone that her initial 4 chemos affected her gastrointestinal system. At present she is taking Textol chemos which causes netropenia, that is, lowering of white blood cells, peripheral neuropathy, numbness & tingling in hands & legs, pain in joints & muscles and fall in blood platelet levels with its attendant problems of low energy, low immunity, etc.

As of now, Garima is having a little pain & discomfort in her left leg. Otherwise all other parameters are good. Her yoga is still going fine.
It is to Garima's credit, that she has taken the challenge head on, gives herself fully to the yoga practice, and is full of curiosity to understand the subtle nuances of Yoga.

Yet again, for me as a yoga teacher, it is experiential knowledge of how in today's life-style related health problems, it is the subtle practices of Yoga that are the need of the day. But, unfortunately, people feel that unless they have sweated and exerted, they don't feel like they have  done yoga. But, the world's understanding of yoga is approaching a curve, which will be next explosion of the understanding of yet deeper levels of Yoga.
The purpose of yoga being liberation of the soul, it is not surprising that people are finding its stupendous benefits in resolving lesser issues of life like physical and mental problems.
Hari Om Tat Sat!!  

Damaged Kidney repair through Yoga

Asha’ Story

by

Kamini Bobde

Asha and her family from Chennai, who are my distant relatives,  approached me Aug 2014 for resolving failing kidney problem.

It was painful to see young, pretty Asha, barely past her twenties, with a two year old daughter, worried and concerned for herself, her girl and her family.

The doctors in the USA, where Asha is settled, had told her that her right kidney was affected by Iga Nephropathy, a disease  of the kidney which happens when an anti-body, immunoglobulin, lodges itself in the kidney and affects the kidney's ability to process waste, water and electrolytes. It sometimes peaks under certain circumstances, like pregnancy. 
This is what happened to Asha. She may have been having kidney problem since long, but it was realised when it peaked post-pregnancy.

She said the doctors in US had said there is very little chance of cure, warned her of steady deterioration of her kidney, with management of the problem with medicines being the only option.

She talked about her medical condition even as her daughter pranced around us, and with wistful eyes asked if Yoga could help. She said she had headaches everyday, low energy , frequent passing of blood in her urine and traces of protean in her urine tests.

 I had no prior experience of administering Yoga for a kidney damage but decided to give it a shot.

For 5 days, we did two sessions everyday, morning and evening. I gave her a package of asanas, pranayama and something from Prana Vidya for focusing pranic energy to her damaged kidney.

It is to Asha’s credit that she followed the regime for the full five months that she was in India.

Just before she left for the USA, she did her check up. Her pre-and-post Yoga medical reports are reproduced below.  

A significant positive development was no traces of protein was found in her urine test.  The passing of blood in her urine almost stopped. These were clear indications that her kidney was getting better. Simultaneously, her symptomatic problems like headaches, low energy levels also showed marked improvement.

When I last spoke to her a week back, she said she was doing her yoga as and when she found time and since she was feeling good she had not gone for any check up since her return to the USA.

Pre-Yoga Tests (6 pages): Tests done on 7/9/2013 at Somerville, New Jersey, USA.

Post Yoga Tests: (Chennai reports)

PID NO: 33029558

Age:30.00 Years Sex:FEMALE

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Reference:Dr.VIJAYA KUMAR

CCollected On:

HAEMATOLOGY: Test Description

Erythrocytes:

R B C Count (WB/Automated Counter) Haemoglobin (WB/Automated Counter) Hematocrit (WB/Automated Counter) MCV (WB/Automated Counter)

MCH (WB/Automated Counter) MCHC (WB/Automated Counter) RDW (WB/Automated Counter)

Leucocytes :

Total WBC Count (WB/Automated Counter) Polymorphs (WB/Automated Counter) Lymphocytes (WB/Automated Counter) Eosinophils (WB/Automated Counter) Monocytes (WB/Automated Counter) Basophils (WB/Automated Counter)

* Differential count is based on 10000 cells

P la tel ets:

Platelet count (WB/Automated Counter) Mean Platelet Volume (WB/Automated)

Observed value

4.76 14.1 41.7 88 29.5 33.7 14.2

10,800 56 30 4

9 1

317 8.50

Registered On:

Reported On:

Biological Reference Interval

3.8 - 4.8 mill/cmm. 12-15gm% 36-46% 83-101fl 27-32pg

31.5 - 34.5 % 11.6 - 14.0 %

4000 - 10000/cmm 40-80% 20-40% 1-6%

2-10% 0-2%

150 - 410 thou/cmm 6 - 11cum

Tests done on Automated Five Part cell counter. All abnormal results are reviewed and confirmed microscopically

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1435004 17

KO YE MBEDU

30/10/2014 06:53 AM

Tel No: 9841619357

30/10/2014 06:53 AM

PID NO: 33029558

Age:30.00 Years Sex:FEMALE

30/10/2014 04:18 PM

Reference:Dr.VIJAYA KUMAR

RRegistered On:

Reported On:

Peripheral Smear Study (Microscopic) :

RRBCs :

Parasites :

WBCs :

Immature cells :

Platelets :

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Normocytic and normochromic in appearance.

No malarial parasites or haemoparasites are seen.

Increased in number with normal distribution.

No immature cells or atypical cells are seen.

Adequate in number with normal morphological appearance.

Tel No: 9841619357

30/10/2014 06:53 AM

PID NO: 33029558

Age:30.00 Years Sex:FEMALE

30/10/2014 04:18 PM

Reference:Dr.VIJAYA KUMAR

TTest Description

Immuno Assay : Free T3 (Serum/CMIA) Free T4 (Serum/CMIA) T S H (Serum/CMIA)

Biochemist ry

HbA1c (WB/Ion-Exchange HPLC)

Estimated Average Glucose (Calculation)

Observed value

4.50 1.24 4.43

5.0

97

Registered On:

Reported On:

Biological Reference Interval

1.71 - 3.70 pg/ml 0.89 - 1.76 ng/dl 0.35 - 5.50 μIU/ml

4 - 6 % Non-Diabetic 6 - 7 % Excellent control 7 - 8 % fair to good control 8 - 10 % Unsatisfactory control Above 10 % poor control

mg/dl

8.5 - 10.1 mg/dl

Desirable : < 200 mg/dl Borderline High : 200 - 239 mg/dl High : > 240 mg/dl

Normal : < 150 mg/dl Border line : 150 - 199 mg/dl High : 200 - 499 mg/dl Very high : > 500 mg/dl

False high or low HbA1c values can be due to presence of Hemoglobin variants.

CCalcium (Serum/Arsenazo III)

Lipids

Total Cholesterol (Serum/CHOD-PAP)

Triglycerides (Serum/Enzymatic/GPO)

9.6

260

95

Collected On:

Values may vary due to intake of alcohol, diet which is high in carbohydrates, red meat,dairy products, exercise and medications such as Diuretics,steroids etc. Elevation to be considered only if repeated values are high.

Tel No: 9841619357

30/10/2014 06:53 AM

PID NO: 33029558

Age:30.00 Years Sex:FEMALE

30/10/2014 04:18 PM

Reference:Dr.VIJAYA KUMAR

CCollected On:

Test Description Lipids : HDL Cholesterol-Direct (Serum/Enzymatic)

LDL Cholesterol-Direct (Serum/Enzymatic)

VLDL Cholesterol (serum/Calculation) CHOL/HDL RATIO (Serum/Calculation)

URINE

Colour Protein (Protein Error Principle)

Observed value 61

171

19 4.3

PALE YELLOW ABSENT

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Biological Reference Interval

Low HDL : < 40 mg/dl High HDL : => 60 mg/dl, Optimal condition

Normal : < 130 mg/dl Optimal for people at risk : < 100 mg/dl Borderline High : 130 - 159 mg/dl High : 160 - 189 mg/dl Very High : => 190 mg/dl

< 30 mg/dl

Normal Low risk Average risk Moderate risk : 7.1 - 11.0 High risk             : > 11

Straw, Pale to Dark yellow Absent <= 10mg/dl