” My Guru Dakshina (an offering made to the teacher as a show of gratitude) is that you continue doing the sudarshan kriya at home for at least 40 days without a break,” said Neha. Four days were already over. Back in those days, the course was still taught over six days with first Sudarshan Kriya taking place on the third day.

My first kriya experience had made sure I didn’t need much motivation to continue the practice. And continue I did! I surprised myself by the way I was committed to do my home practice. I happened to travel out of the country a couple of months after finishing the course. That did not deter me as I continued doing it even in hotel rooms.

After traveling through Singapore, attended a conference there, I reached Delhi for two more conferences. The events went off well. By the time I was done with them and was ready to go to my parents’ home, it was end of April – peak of the worst season for my allergies. All my life this was the time when I had to be bed ridden, struggling for breath, barely managing to get through the one month of torture. This was the one thing I was most glad to have escaped from when I moved to the United States. I would rather be anywhere in the world except for Delhi at this time of the year. But here I was…

As soon as I reached home, allergies began to kick in and in no time I was on nebulizer, inhalers and what not. Pretty much on the bed through out. Nothing seemed to be different.

Except for one thing, my spirit was not affected. I was not depressed. While from outside, everything seemed the same, I felt very different from inside. My sickness was not affecting my energy! I would still be able to get out of bed and do all my little things at home without becoming breathless. I was up and running within a week.

For someone who had suffered immensely due to this “season” in Delhi, this was totally mind-blowing. 🙂

What brought about this miracIe? There was only one thing that I was doing different. I was doing sudarshan kriya. Breathing was difficult, but I continued the practice.

Then I knew, Sudarshan Kriya WORKS!