Yoga Prana Vidya Distance healing intervention for COVID-19 patients: An outcome case study

Abstract

Introduction: There is no definitive proven treatment for COVID -19. For prevention of COVID-19, some vaccines have recently been developed and being administered to people in phases.  Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) system of healing, a non-touch non-drug healing treatment, known to be complementary and alternative medicine was administered to over 1600 COVID-19 patients between April 2020 and March 2021 in India and few abroad, The large number of frontline workers and others from many institutions and organizations were healed and supported as a preventive measure. Material and Methods: The retrospective chart review (RCR) used in this inquiry to reveal the patterns of recovery using documented data from 412 cases of COVID-19 positive or suspected positive who were given YPV healing between April 2020 and March 2021 as a complementary treatment and also as alternative in some situations. The healing teams used distance healing modality for all patients. A group of 75 healers from different towns and cities formed 6 groups and conducted healing sessions to the patients distantly 3-4 times per day for 20-25 minutes for each patient. In each healing session all the required protocols were followed. Results: It shows that most hospitalised patients recovered within 15 to 17 days. About 18% of them recovered within 3 to 7 days. In case of quarantined patients, most recovered within 7 to 10 days. Few patients with comorbidities took 3 to 4 weeks to recover. Qualitative analysis shows that all patients at start of YPV healing were found severely worried, stressed and with depression. After healing started, they experienced miraculous changes and improvements day after day, and experienced rapid recovery and relief and many could get on to work immediately. Further, self-help practices by using YPV Sadhana app helped them improve and sustain their condition. Conclusions: Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) system of healing has worked well as complementary medicine to hospitalised patients and alternative medicine to quarantined patients in treating and saving the lives of COVID affected people. YPV healing practice is helpful to boost immunity at low cost and ease of access without barriers. Targeted scientific research on the application of YPV system with large sample of COVID/other infected patients is recommended.

Keywords: COVID 19, Yoga Prana Vidya, alternative medicine