Counting Breaths

One woman who was  under  treatment for infertility was told by her IVF specialist (IVF is for In-Vitro Fertilization) that a particular dose of medicine he had given to her in the past had resulted in the hormone level of 68.  After a few months, the same dose had resulted in raising that level to 1900.  He strongly recommended her to reduce her stress by practicing the ‘counting breaths’ technique.  To his pleasant surprise, she told him that she and her husband were already doing my classes.

On hearing this news from her I checked the low and high hormone levels months with her attendance at my weekly/bi-weekly classes. The low hormone period was just when she started the classes and the very high level was after she attended my classes for about 3 months.  That level was so unusually high that the couple was advised at that time not to conceive even by natural means, for fear of giving birth to record number of babies.

This report shows that stress affects even the reproductive hormones and that this simple method can indirectly help in restoring the reproductive health by reducing stress.  For more scientific information on this aspect, read the following book by a specialist.

‘Healing Mind, Healthy Woman: Using the Mind-Body Connection to Manage Stress and Take Control of Your Life’ by Alice D. Domar Ph.D. Amazon, used book price $5.

• ‘Follow Up’ classes: Started the ‘Follow Up ‘classes for some dance students of Bindiya Prasad along and their mothers at the Cultural Center of the Albany Hindu Temple.
• Introductory Seminar: Conducted an ‘ Introductory seminar’ for 4 patients of Dr. Padma Sripada (my daughter) and their friends and another person,  in her office where I work as a manager. Two of them came for this as they want to quit smoking. One of them came to know about my classes from the Albany Hindu Temple web site when she was looking for group meditation classes at Albany.