This document provides information on traditional and complementary approaches for managing chronic pain, including through Ayurvedic marma therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu self-help techniques, and embracing pain as a gateway to one's wholeness. It discusses how blockages in subtle life energy can cause pain and imbalance, and how marma therapy and Jin Shin Jyutsu work to stimulate energy flow and reduce stress/tension. The author shares their personal experience with chronic pain and invites readers to hold pain gently as a "precious jewel" rather than escaping or suppressing it.

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Winter 2014
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by Sudha M. Devi,
MA, MPhil
P
ain is real but we have the
ability to heal and free
ourselves from chronic
pain. My intention here is to
honour and validate the pain.
What gives me authority to
speak about chronic pain? I am
my own testimony. I am one of
the roughly six million adults in
Canada who live with chronic
pain. I walk this walk with
the pain of fibromayalgia and
chronic fatigue syndrome—
extreme deviations of vata
and pitta from the Ayurvedic
perspective of balanced health. I
feel blessed to receive training to
“knowthyself,”towalkthispath
of self-healing and supporting
the healing of others.
I invite you to hold this
inquiry gently in your heart.
Holding pain as a
precious jewel
“Can one remain with that
pain? Can I look at that pain,
hold it, hold it as a precious
jewel, not escape, not suppress,
not rationalize it, not seek the
cause of it, but hold it as a vessel
holds water?”—Jiddu Krishna
Murthy
Pain opens the gateways
to other realities: who we
already are in our wholeness. Is
recovery possible? If so, to what
extent? What is realistic and
what is a fantasy? How can we
self-soothe pain with ongoing
nurturing and self-compassion?
How can we reconnect to
other realities and universes to
understand that we are more
than this physical body? How
can we access these realms in
simple yet profound ways?
Wemaynotbelikethefamous
Indian saints and philosopher
Jiddu Krishna Murthy, whose
relationship to pain was totally
different than ours. Yet, when
we surrender to the uncertainty
and to the difficulty of pain,
we can find certainty. Pain is
the doorway to receiving our
preciousness—our jewel—of
who we already are.
Our intention is to honour
the need for pain medication,
as and when needed, and also
to offer an alternative gateway
for people who are interested
in proactively managing
their health by exploring new
approaches to health and
wellness.
Through the gateway of
feeling your weakness
lies your strength.
Through the gateway of
feeling your pain lies your
pleasure and joy.
Through the gateway of
feeling your fear lies your
security and safety.
Through the gateway of feeling
your loneliness lies your
capacity to have fulfillment,
love, and companionship.
Through the gateway of
feeling your hopelessness lies
true and justified hope.
Through the gateway of
accepting the lacks of your
childhood lies your fulfillment
now.
—Pathwork Guide
Pain as the Gateway
to Our Precious Wholeness
Embracing pain through spiritual and energy healing

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Pain relief through
Ayurveda marma
therapy
According to Ayurveda, pain
is caused by blockage to the
flow of prana, the subtle life
force also known as breath,
cosmic life energy or chi.
This blockage results in
stagnation and a deviation
from our original homeostasis,
and causes imbalance.
As Ayurvedic Vaidya Vasant
Lad shares his lifetime study,
wisdom and knowledge of
Ayurveda: “Pain is a language
of the doshas that speaks
through the mouth of the
marma points. Marma therapy
can alleviate pain by stimu-
lating the flow of prana and
pacifying the related doshas.”
Marma therapy supports you
to receive the preciousness of
who you are in this moment.
“A marma is a vital energy point
accessed on the skin’s surface,
serving as a bridge between
body, mind and spirit. When
you learn to touch a marma
point, you can change your
body’s biochemistry and unfold
radical, alchemical changes in
your makeup,” explains Dr.
Vasant Lad.
Jin Shin Jyutsu, self-help
for pain management
According to the ancient
written record Kojiki, which
remains in the archives of
the Imperial Palace of Japan,
Jin Shin Jyutsu was widely
known thousands of years
ago. This ancient art of living
harmonizes the life energy in
the body, helping to reduce
stress and tension, eliminate
chronic pain, increase self-
awareness and promote the
natural healing abilities of the
body. It can be applied by a
practitioner or done as a self-
help technique, empowering
yourself to participate in your
own healing.
For specific physical issues
such as back pain, a torn
ligament or nausea following
chemotherapy, you would
spend an entire hour on the
healing table receiving a Jin
Shin Jyutsu treatment.
When you receive Jin Shin
Jyutsu from me I will send you
home with simple applications
you can apply yourself to
complement the work we have
done together. The concept
of self-help is one of the
wonderful aspects of Jin Shin
Jyutsu.Self-helpcanassistwith
specific physical conditions,
to balance emotions and
generally support your journey
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need.
Sudha M. Devi, MA, MPhil, is a
natural health and healing sci-
ences practitioner with over two
decades of experience. She offers
in-person and long-distance inte-
grated healing support, including
Ayurvedic marma therapy and Jin
Shin Jyutsu, as well as group Jin
Shin Jyutsu self-healing seminars
through her practice, Shiva Shakti
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Polarity therapy, energy balance
Dr. Randolph Stone, who developed polarity therapy,
used to say that “spending 10 minutes a day working on
your fingers, toes and feet is the best health insurance in the
world.”
Hold the thumb for physical pain.
Hold the little finger for emotional pain.
Know thyself and your meridian times and how to harmonize
the body, mind, soul according to your birthdays and time of
the days.
4–6 am – Lung – Aries (I AM) – Hold Ring Finger
6–8 am – Large Intestine – Taurus (I HAVE) –
Hold Ring Finger
8–10 am – Stomach – Gemini (I THINK) – Hold Thumb
10 am–12 noon – Spleen – Cancer (I FEEL) – Hold Thumb
12 noon–2 pm – Heart – Leo (I BEAM) – Hold Little Finger
2–4 pm – Small Intestine – Virgo (I ANALYZE) –
Hold Little Finger
4–6 pm – Bladder – Libra (I BALANCE) – Hold Index Finger
6–8 pm – Kidney – Scorpio (I CREATE) – Hold Index Finger
8–10 pm – Diaphragm – Sagittarius (I PERCEIVE) –
Hold Centre Palm
10–12 midnight – Umbilicus – Capricorn (I USE) – Hold
Centre Palm
12 midnight–2 am – Gallbladder – Aquarius (I KNOW) –
Hold Middle Finger
2–4 am – Liver – Pisces (I BELIEVE) – Hold Middle Finger