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“What is marma shakti? It is a powerful instrument of Ayurveda that originated 5,000 years ago. It is a process and a therapy that works with 108 subtle and sensitive energy points to open energy channels in the body called strotras.
“The practice of Marma is a shakti — and the word ‘shakti’ means energy — because if you want to activate energy, you need to have energy. To activate the energy, you need to know how to press the points.”
“Marma’s effects are profound and can create dramatic shifts in the body. And what are the side effects? You have to live a long life with energy, enthusiasm and tranquility!” — Pankaj Naram |
 Classically called marma chikitsa, marma is one of the six instruments of Ayurveda that
Pankaj Naram
and his expert team of practitioners offer at the Ayushakti Health Centers.
Pankaj Naram
is recognized as a world-renowned expert in marma chikitsa and has given marma sessions to more than 350,000 people since 1982 — people of all ages — with many amazing results.
The practice of Marma works on many levels — physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
Pankaj Naram
and his core team of vaidyas (Ayurvedic practitioners) have supported people in recovering from countless health conditions.
ROLE OF MARMA
There are four basic purposes of marma:
1) It removes blocks in energy channels called strotras.
2) It pacifies vata dosha, (air and space elements ), bringing it to its normal path— especially vyana vata, (a sub-dosha which controls the autonomic nervous system.) For a more detailed explanation of doshas, click here.)
3) It creates physical, mental and emotional flexibility. Because of ama (toxins) and because of vata, human beings after 35 or 40 years of age become rigid — and this happens to animals and plants too. As vata increases in our body, we experience degeneration. This rigidity can mean becoming fixed in ideas, emotions and physical movements. Symptoms associated with aggravated vata include low-back pain, arthritis, frozen shoulder, blockages in the neck, or tightness when people get up in the morning. Marma therapy dramatically reduces vata, ameliorating the associated symptoms.
4) It creates an opportunity to experience powerful and dynamic transformation at the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels by building a positive link with the unconscious mind. Many times people are not able to go outside their ‘comfort zones.’ They think they have absolute limitations. After marma is done, they can start taking positive risks.
Marma is beneficial for many conditions, including the following:
- Muscular and joint pain
- Frozen joints
- Muscular strain
- Respiratory conditions
- Digestion and elimination problems
- Nervous system disorders
- Headaches and migraines
- General aging problems
- Glandular issues
- Anxiety and depression
- Stress response, fears and phobias
- Confusion, memory loss and mental focus
- Low energy and fatigue
- Breaking through limited belief systems
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BRIGHTER DAYS WITH MARMA
Pankaj Naram gives workshops on self-help marma when he tours the world. Below is one person's experience of practicing marma following the seminar:
“I went to Pankaj Naram's lecture on marma called, "How to Stay Centered and Clear in a Chaotic World: Answers through Ayurveda's 108 Energy Point System Called Marma.” There are three particular marma exercises that I've been practicing since the workshop:
The first, for alertness, is a ritual I indulge in several times a day now — when I first get up in the morning and then always at that low point in the mid-afternoon and anytime I feel the slightest bit groggy while driving. It's beyond my comprehension why pressing my upper lip with one finger could have such an impact on my energy, but it does.
The next marma I use is the opposite: a way to go to sleep. I used to lie awake for hours before I'd drop off, and sometimes I'd stay up reading far into the night. Now with six quick jabs to my temples, I can feel my whole body relaxing.
The most profound marma for me is the one that leads to forgiving and forgetting. Several times I've been able to let irritation melt into the ether by pressing a particular, very sensitive spot on my left hand.
I'm very grateful that Pankaj Naram has had not only the fortitude to learn this 5,000 year-old science, but also the compassion to share it with the world. After his workshop he asked me if I'd had any trouble following his account of marma …and I was moved by his concern. Here is a man who has gems of wisdom to bestow, and he wants to be sure that he presents them in way the rest of us can understand. Now that is generosity.
— Peggy Bendet
South Fallsburg,
New York
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