"Pranic Healing" has its origin in time immemorial. Our ancient Rishis, Chinese Taoists, Tibetan Monks among others have been using 'Prana' or energy healing. The modern-day Pranic Healing, as founded and taught by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, is a way of life and teaches one about proper diet, exercises, proper human relationships, proper livelihood, life style and karma laws.

'Prana' is a Sanskrit word literally meaning "life-force", the invisible bio-energy or vital energy that keeps the body alive and maintains a state of good health. It is an invisible energy field that surrounds the body, also known as the "energy body" or "aura". In Yoga we call it the 'Pranamaya Kosha' as distinct from the physical body the "Annamaya Kosha". It is all around us (sun, air and earth). The fourth element is the Divine Prana, which is received by the healer through his spiritual cord, on the crown of his head.

Pranic Healing teaches us a form of yogic breathing technique that enables the practitioner to draw in a lot of 'prana' through the whole body from the surroundings, and utilize for attaining better health. It energises you to such an extent that your auras temporarily expand by 100% or more. The method is as follows:

1. Connect your tongue to your palate.
2. Do abdominal breathing.
3. Inhale for seven counts and retain for one count.
4. Exhale for seven counts and retain for one count.

In doing abdominal breathing, you expand your abdomen slightly when inhaling and contract your abdomen slightly when exhaling. Do not over-expand or over-contract your abdomen. Holding your breath after exhalation is called 'empty retention', and holding your breath after inhalation is called 'full retention'. It is critical to maintain the rhythm of counts while breathing and empty retention. It has been noted that there is a tremendous amount of prana rushing into all parts of the body when inhalation is done after empty retention.

The above four steps done once in sequence, make 1 cycle of pranic breathing. One is advised to do not more than 7 continuous cycles of Pranic breathing at any time, not more than thrice a day, for new practitioners. Pranic Breathing is an effective technique for de-stressing and speeding up recovery of the body from ailments and conditions.

(Source: Miracles through Pranic Healing by Master Choa Kok Sui.)