PRANOTHERAPY: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS

Pranotherapy can also be included among the various disciplines of alternative medicine. A practice that aims to restore a person's energy balance, allowing him to maintain an optimal level of well-being. Since there is still little clarity on the subject and a lot of skepticism, let's find out together what it is, how it works and - above all - if it works.

What is Pranotherapy

Pranotherapy is a form of alternative medicine aimed at restoring well-being in the person who uses it. It is a very ancient healing practice of Hindu origin, whose name derives from the Sanskrit term “prana”, which means breath or vital energy, and from “therapy”, which in Greek means, precisely, cure and healing. During a pranotherapy session, the operator, called a pranotherapist or pranotherapist, aims to alleviate the patient's discomfort and ailments by placing his hands on the area of the body to be treated. This action has a beneficial effect as it favors the passage of prana, the so-called energetic breath, from the healer to the "sick person", restoring the right balance in the body, mind and spirit. In fact, at the moment there are still no studies demonstrating the efficacy from a medical and scientific point of view of this therapy, for which we speak more often of the "placebo effect".

Pranotherapy in Italy

It was the 1970s and in Italy, more precisely in Turin, the first Italian center for pranotherapy was born. This inauguration generates great echo and attracts the attention of all the media. It is at this point that collaboration between sector operators and the national economy and labor council (CNEL) becomes necessary. This union is aimed above all at protecting pranotherapists and patients, regulating the profession.

Being alternative medicine, for some the term pranotherapy is misleading and for this reason alternatives have been proposed, for example prano-practice or prano-technique, a bionatural discipline officially recognized only in Tuscany.

Often, at least in Italy, pranotherapy has a bad reputation because it happens that alleged magicians and self-styled gurus proclaim themselves pranotherapists, deceiving people who, in desperate need of help, rely on them to treat serious diseases and disorders.

To avoid the danger of putting yourself, literally, in the hands of individuals of dubious competence, it is possible to consult the website www.olisticmap.it, where there is an updated list of all the officially recognized pranotherapy centers in the peninsula.

What is it for?

According to the operators, pranotherapy is able to soothe ailments of various kinds, such as inflammation, chronic diseases, muscle pain and psychological problems. However, since the healing capacity of such a therapy has not yet been proven or recognized, it is necessary to continue to turn to traditional doctors to treat certain health problems.

The philosophy

The philosophy behind pranotherapy is based on 3 fundamental precepts:

The existence of prana: the so-called vital breath is present in every human body and organ. What changes are the quantities, which vary according to the person and the organs.
Prana exists and can be in conditions of greater or lesser balance and, consequently, of greater or lesser imbalance. A balanced prana is synonymous with inner peace and well-being, an altered prana, on the contrary, generates annoyance and disturbance.
Prana can be transferred from the operator's hands to the patient's body to restore the latter's energy balance.

How does it work?

As already seen above, pranotherapy consists in the transfer of prana from one body to another through the imposition of the hands of the pranotherapist. The latter, according to the discipline, is endowed with a vital breath superior to the others and only by virtue of this is he able to share his prana with those who are lacking it at the moment. Thanks to the affixing of his hands, the operator restores the patient's original balance, so that he will be able to find harmony both inside and out.

Often, before moving on to actual action, pranotherapists usually arrange a meeting with patients to establish a psychological confrontation with them, from which the traumas responsible for the draining of vital energy can emerge. Then, we proceed with the analysis of the chakras, the alterations of which can be at the origin of physical problems.

Usually a session of pranotherapy is divided into two phases: the energetic rebalancing, aimed at settling the imbalance of prana, and the emotional rebalancing, during which relational problems and inner disagreements are faced.

In some cases, during the meeting additional "healing" techniques are practiced such as reading the aura, that energetic dimension with which we surround ourselves from birth and which affects our personality, our mood and, consequently, also our health state. The aura can be affected and overwhelmed by negative energies from outside that make specific therapy necessary. During the analysis, the operator is responsible for identifying the colors of the aura, their meaning and the presence of any problems to be solved.

The effects

When it comes to pranotherapy, it should be emphasized once again that it is not a real medicine, but only an alternative and complementary practice with a therapeutic capacity not yet recognized. The only effect attributed to this treatment to date is the placebo effect.

How to become a practitioner

Through the decree of 28 April 2008, the Ministry of Justice officially recognized the suitability of some associations for the professional training of pranotherapists. The most famous is the A.N.P.S.I., An acronym that stands for the National Association of Italian Sensitive Pranotherapists, located in Milan.

For aspiring pranotherapists it is possible to follow and attend some courses, at the end of which they will be awarded a diploma certifying their reliability and competence. Today, among the various institutes that deal with this training, in addition to the A.N.P.S.I. in Milan, there are the psychosomatic pranotherapy course in Rome and the Waves of Light Pranic Studies Center in Ancona.

Pranotherapy and reiki: what's the difference?

If you are wondering what changes between pranotherapy and reiki, know that the answer does not lie only in the name. In the first case, the operator takes care to pass the prana to the patient through the apposition of the hands, in the second case, however, Ri, or universal energy, is transmitted.