International Journal of Yoga 2018, 11, (2) 157-165
Research Review Article
BIOENERGY AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR YOGA THERAPY
C. Rajan Narayanan*, Konstantin Korotkov**, Thaiyar M Srinivasan***
*Narayanan, Chathapuram Rajan, PhD, Life in Yoga Institute, Executive Director Maryland, USA, 1111 University Blvd West #1306, Silver Spring MD 20902 USA
** Korotkov, Konstantin, PhD, Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, Ligovski 56, St. Petersburg, Russia
***Srinivasan, Thaiyar M, PhD, SVYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, India;
BIOENERGY AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR YOGA THERAPY
Abstract
Electrophotonic Imaging (EPI) is being researched relative to its application for yoga therapy. Three
parameters of interest in EPI measurements are: Communication Energy (C), Integral or Normalized Area (IA) and Entropy (E). It is important to note that C indicates the total energy of communication for the organ system; IA is an indication of total amount of energy that is available for the organ system; while entropy is an indication of amount of coherence of the energy. Coherence and entropy are inversely related; this means less the entropy, more the coherence and vice versa.
Illustrative cases of successful therapy with yoga practices in a wide variety of abnormal conditions are examined and in every case entropy is shown to decrease for the affected organ system, while communication energy stays within stable range.
Relative to the electromagnetic (Rubik) and living matrix (Oschman) models, it is suggested that regulation of energy, its coherence in the biological system and interaction with life processes provide basis for model building and design of health promoting procedures. Further, this approach is examined relative to yoga theory, traditional medicine systems and scientific developments in the field of gene expression and neuroplasticity and a generalized model that we call Unified System of Medicine is proposed. This model has direct implications on methods used to control the environmental factors to get robust results from EPI application for therapeutic purposes.
Implications for furthering research in yoga therapy using EPI, and implications of EPI as a translational technology between traditional medicine systems and modern medicine is discussed.
Keywords: Yoga, Electro Photonic Imaging, EPI, bioenergy, therapy
Abbreviation: EPI – Electro Photonic Imaging; GDV – Gas Discharge Visualization; MYT – Measured Yoga Therapy; PVS – Primo Vascular System; USM – Unified System of Medicine; YS – Yoga Sutras; ECM – Extra Cellular Matrix.