On a cool morning in the course of the weekend, a big group of individuals have gathered at a Bandra backyard for a routine that’s comparatively new and unconventional. It isn’t yoga, aerobics, or dancing. The wellness thought, pioneered by a guru, referred to as Param Alay by his followers, combines respiration methods, workout routines, and clapping and slaps on the cranium and face to activate the nerves within the physique. The observe ended with a breakfast that featured a vibrant array of meals, together with fruits and soaked nuts.
The practitioners don’t depend on books and discourses, however observe the phrase ‘Pravachan nahi, Prayog’ which implies ‘observe, not recommendation’. They observe the concepts of Guru Param Alay, a former businessman who named the organisation after the solar to acknowledge its hyperlink to all life on earth. Practitioners observe an 80-minute session within the morning that features methods to ‘activate the third eye’, clapping; activation of the physique’s ‘magnetic aura’; chanting, and a prayer to the solar, amongst different issues. They do a 48-minute session that features prayer to the moon within the night.
For followers of Param Alay’s philosophy, the teachings transcend the observe classes within the morning and night. “It’s a idea of proper meals, proper train, and proper dhyan (consciousness),” mentioned Sanjeev Khandelwal, a businessman and resident of Bandra, who added that the day by day observe has helped him to interrupt his behavior of consuming between 12 and 14 cups of tea a day.
Meals is a vital element within the observe and there’s a stress on alkaline meals and a mixture of tastes, together with candy, bitter, salty, astringent and bitter. “What you eat for breakfast after a exercise is essential. We don’t stress a lot on lunch and dinner,” mentioned Mridula Khandelwal who had guided the group via the morning’s observe.
Suresh Jain, a businessman and resident of Santacruz, mentioned, “Guru Param Alay had began his sadhana and one of many experiments that he did was with meals. He researched meals and its relationship to life. He believes that meals must be simply digestible. The concept is just like that of intermittent fasting – when there’s a most hole between the primary meal and that of the final meal on the sooner day. This offers the physique sufficient time to detoxify,” mentioned Jain.
Shrichand Manglani, a businessman from Khar, mentioned that the observe has carried out wonders to his well being, bringing him advantages that 20 years of yoga and walks didn’t. He says that he has been in a position to scale back his weight by 25kg after following the foundations for meals, train, and behavior. “It has modified my life,” mentioned Manglani.
Practitioners like Manglani now collect in gardens in Juhu, Borivali, Malad, Kandivali and different locations to observe the approach. Many go to the organisation’s major centre in Sejwani, a village close to Indore for 15-day-long classes which can be obtainable to everybody at a really small price.