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  • Yogi Stops Heart Scientific Demo Result

    Yoga, a spiritual exercise , has some physical spin offs.

    One such is the stopping of the Heart at will.

    ECG of A Yogi when he stopped Heartbeats-Study.
    ECG of A Yogi when he stopped Heartbeats

    But these, a part of Siddhis are proscribed by Patanjali.

    Please read my posts on Yoga, under ‘Hinduism,Indian Philosophy”

    Realized Souls do not practice this.

    Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi used these Siddis like materializing objects from  Air’ ,being present in many places at the same time.

    When asked to explain why he does these  as the Yoga proscribed it, Baba replied,

    ‘People to day need some thing novel and out of the ordinary to have Faith.

    They will be strengthened in their Faith when they see something beyond the Normal.

    To strengthen their Faith, I perform these’

    Here is an evaluation Report of a Yogi, who stooped his heartbeats by a Cardiologist.

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    LK Kothari MSc MAMS, Arum Bordia MD, VP Gupta MD
    Rabindinath Tagore Medical Colledge & Hospital; Udapur India

    Copy Right material.

    Quoted in Public Interest.

    Heartbeats Animated gif
    Heartbeats .

    To the editor:

    Yogis in India have long been reputed to develop a remarkable control over bodily functions. Theoretically, it is believed that all visceral functions can be brought under voluntary control by prolonged yogic training, but perhaps their most fascinating claim has been the ability to stop the heart at will. However, in most instances where this has been investigated so far, it has turned out to be an exaggerated Valsalva manoeuvre in some form, which makes the pulse and heart sounds imperceptible while the heart continues to beat at a slow rate.

    Recently we had the rare opportunity of investigation of an altogether different and very interesting demonstration of this supposed yogic control over the heart. Yogi Satyamurti, a sparsely built man of about 60 years of age, remained confined in a small underground pit for 8 days in what according to him was a state of “Samadhi”, or deep meditation, with all bodily activity cut down to the barest minimum. The pit was a 1.5 metre cube, dug out in an open lawn surrounded by the Medical Institute buildings, and was completely sealed from the top by bricks and cement mortar. The Yogi squatted on the floor of the pit with nothing on excepted a light cotton garment. About 5 litres of water was placed in the corner, presumably for drinking but according to the Yogi only for keeping the air humid. An ECG (Lead II) was continuously monitored during these 8 days and various other laboratory investigations were carried out before and after. The ECG leads were kept short enough not to allow any free movement inside the pit.

    The 12-lead ECG recorded before closing the pit was within normal limits (Fig. 1, strip A), but a significant sinus tachycardia developed soon after. It increased progressively, reaching a heart rate of 250 per minute on the second day (Fig.1,strip B). At 5:15 pm on the second day, when the yogi had been inside for about 29 hours, to our great surprise a straight line replaced the ECG tracing (Fig.1, strip C). There was no electrical disturbance of any sort even at higher amplification and with different leads. There had been no slowing of the heart or signs of ischaemia preceding this.

    The straight line on the ECG persisted till the eighth morning. Then, to our astonishment, electrical activity returned about half an hour before the pit was scheduled to be opened. After some initial disturbance, a normal configuration appeared. Although some sinus tachycardia was still there, there was no other significant abnormality (Fig.1, strip D). The Yogi had informed us beforehand that he would begin to come out of his deep trance or suspended animation after nearly 7 days, much in the same way that a normal person wakes up after a few hours sleep.

    When the pit was opened on the eighth day, the Yogi was found sitting in the same posture. One of us immediately went to examine him. He was in a stuporous condition and was very cold (oral temperaturewas 34.8°C). On being taken out of the pit he developed severe shivering and this persisted for nearly 2 hours. A 12-lead ECG repeated in the laboratory subsequently was again within normal limits (Fig.1, strip E).

    The Yogi and his admirers felt more satisfied at his scientifically documented proof of a remarkable Yogic feat, while we were left rather perplexed and confused. We were expecting some bradycardia and possible sign of myocardia ischaemia, but contrary to this there was severe tachycardia followed by a complete disappearance of all complexes. Any instrumental failure was ruled out by thoroughly checking the machine and also by the spontaneous reappearance of the ECG on the last day. A disconnection of the leads by the Yogi, quite a likely explanation, ought to have given rise to a considerable electrical disturbance, but there was hardly any. Later on, we tried all sorts of manipulations with leads to stimulate what the Yogi could have done inside the pit (notwithstanding the total darkness and his ignorance of ECG technique), but in every case there was marked disturbance. Therefore, although it is obviously difficult to believe that the Yogi could have completely stopped his heart or decreased its electrical activity below a recordable level, we still had no satisfactory explanation for the ECG tracings before us.

    Apart from this, the Yogi had of course endured total starvation, sensory deprivation, as well as the discomfort of a very humid, closed atmosphere for 8 days. We did not pay much attention to anoxia, thinking that sufficient ventilation could occur through the bare earth on the side of the pit. The loss of weight (4.5 kilograms) and other biochemical changes were essentially the same as can be expected in starvation under similar conditions. They certainly discount any remarkable depression of the metabolic rate.

    The more optimistic amongst us considered this feat to be a marvellous extension of the “hypometabolic wakeful state of yogic meditation” as described by Wallace and co-workers, and the conditioned learning of autonomic responses in rats reported by DiCara. The sceptics, however, were inclined to take the whole thing as some cleverly disguised trick. But, for the present, we only want to put this interesting experiment on record just as an intriguing and inclusive attempt of a Yogi to demonstrate a voluntary control over his heart beat.:

    ©Copyright Knowledge of Reality Magazine 1996-2006. All rights reserved

    Source:

    http://www.sol.com.au/kor/10_02.htm

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  • Woman Holds Her Heart In Her Hands!

    A woman held her old heart in her hands  while the new transplanted Heart was beating inside her!

     

    Story:

    Woman Holds her heart in her hands
    Penny Smith holding her own heart. The photo became an Internet sensation when it was posted on the site Imgur with the caption: “This is my friend Penny. She is holding her own heart. She has survived cancer and crippling heart failure but never lost hope.”

     

    She held her own heart in her hands, then became an Internet sensation, but Penny Smith of Lake Elsinore, Calif., is just happy to be alive — and overwhelmed by the attention a single photo of her has received.

    The photo of a hospital-masked but clearly smiling Smith, cradling her first heart while the new one beats in her chest, was posted on social media site Imgur by a nursing school friend, and immediately drew attention

     

    Smith, 35, received her heart transplant in September 2012. She had known for years that she might one day need one.
    “I was 3 and a half when I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins T-cell lymphoma and I went into remission at age 6,” she told the Daily News. “From there in 1994 I developed a heart problem, which my mom knew about. (The doctors) had told her when I went through chemo that I would have it.”
    Doctors monitored her condition closely over the years, but, Smith says, “I went downhill in 2007. I couldn’t breathe, I could barely walk.
    “So they put me on more meds, and I ended up going into the hospital for my heart transplant.”
    Smith’s operation took place at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego last fall. “I went on the (transplant recipient) list Aug. 17 and got my heart on Sept. 13,” she said.
    Doctors left her chest opened up initially, she said, because the donor heart was too big. “I was in there for four months (recovering),” she said. “I had two cardiac arrests.”
    Smith doesn’t know her donor’s identity, just that he was a young male.
    The amazing photo was taken months after the operation, in January.

     

    “That was in the hospital in the pathology lab,” Smith said. “I was saying goodbye to my heart, actually, because I felt like it got me through half of my life and I needed to say goodbye to it. So I was saying goodbye, and getting to know my new heart.
    “My doctors made me wait because they didn’t think I was ready. I wanted to be able to hold it, and they didn’t want me to drop it.
    “I was happy to see it again-well, see it for the first time, I guess.
    “My husband even got to hold it. It felt really weird for both of us, but it was amazing to get to hold something that was once in someone.”

     http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/woman-holds-heart-hands-article-1.1243180#ixzz2IWtzkBHC

     

  • Blood Pressure Facts

    Blood Pressure and Sugar have a major role to play in to day’s Life.

    These two are only manageable and can not be contained.

    Yet the facts presented to us are confusing and at times contradictory.

    Let us look at some facts.

    Blood Pressure Chart
    Blood Pressure Chart

    What is Blood Pressure?

    Blood pressure refers to the force of  Blood against your Artey Walls as it Courses through your body.

    How is it measured?

    It has two numbers.

    One is Systolic,

    or the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats and fills them with blood. The second number measures diastolic pressure, or the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.

    Normal blood pressure rises steadily from about 90/60 at birth to about 120/80 in a healthy adult. If someone were to take your blood pressure immediately after you’d delivered a speech or jogged five miles, the reading would undoubtedly seem high. This is not necessarily cause for alarm: It’s natural for blood pressure to rise and fall with changes in activity or emotional state.

    It’s also normal for blood pressure to vary from person to person, even from one area of your body to another. But when blood pressure remains consistently high, talk with your doctor about treatment. Consistently high blood pressure forces the heart to work far beyond its capacity. Along with injuring blood vessels, hypertension can damage the brain, eyes, and kidneys.

    People with blood pressure readings of 140/90 or higher, taken on at least two occasions, are said to have high blood pressure. If the pressure remains high, your doctor will probably begin treatment. People with blood pressure readings of 200/130 or higher need treatment immediately. People with diabetes are treated if their blood pressure rises above 130/80, because they already have a high risk of heart disease.

    Normal Range:

    A normal systolic blood pressure is below 120.

    A systolic blood pressure of 120 to 139 means you have pre- hypertension borderline high blood pressure.

    Even people with prehypertension are at a higher risk of developing heart disease.

    A systolic blood pressure number of 140 or higher is considered to be hypertension, or high blood pressure.

    What Does the Diastolic Blood Pressure Number Mean?

    The diastolic blood pressure number or the bottom number indicates the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.

    A normal diastolic blood pressure number is less than 80.

    A diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 89 indicates prehypertension.

    A diastolic blood pressure number of 90 or higher is considered to be hypertension or high blood pressure.

    • If your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80), get it checked at least every 2 years or more frequently as your doctor suggests.
    • If your blood pressure is borderline high — systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 — check it at least every year or more often as your doctor suggests.
    • If your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher, talk with your doctor as this is high blood pressure and requires a doctor’s attention.

    As Blood Pressure changes during various times of the day,moods,depends on food take, it is advisable to take BP checked at various times before going in for medication.

    How often?

    • If your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80), get it checked at least every 2 years or more frequently as your doctor suggests.
    • If your blood pressure is borderline high — systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 — check it at least every year or more often as your doctor suggests.
    • If your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher, talk with your doctor as this is high blood pressure and requires a doctor’s attention.

    Before you take your blood pressure, it’s recommended to avoid caffeine, cigarettes, and exercise for at least 30 minutes prior to the test.

    When you take your blood pressure at home, sit up straight in a chair and place both feet on the floor. Make sure your arm is supported on a table or an even surface. Place the top of the arm at the level of your heart. Ask your doctor or nurse to show you the proper way to position your arm, so you get accurate readings.

    When you monitor your blood pressure at home, take it at the same time of day so the readings are more constant. Then, take several readings about one minute apart. Be sure to write down these readings in a journal.

    Source Web MD.

    I have not provided information on the medicines to be taken as your Doctor knows what’s best for your body,no off the shelf or standard medicine is advisable.

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  • Porno Film Triggered Nanny’s Fatal Heart Attack


    (July 9) — An inquest has determined there was no foul play in the death of a 30-year-old British woman last October. The cause of death was apparently related to her sexual excitement while watching porn.

    GNS
    After finding the seminaked body of Nicola Paginton with a sex toy and porn, authorities believe the 30-year-old nanny died from a heart attack triggered by sexual arousal.
    The nanny was found in her bed by her employer after she did not turn up for work and police were called to investigate. Police found the seminaked body of Nicola Paginton from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in bed. She was without pants and had a pornographic movie on her laptop. A sex toy was found under the covers near her body.

    A subsequent pathologist’s report determined that she likely suffered a heart attack as a result of sexual arousal. Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore had determined that her sexual “activity before death” likely led to a fatal attack of heart arrhythmia and ruled that the death was from natural causes.

    The woman’s doctor revealed that Paginton was generally healthy but had suffered a fainting spell the year before, and a pathologist from Cardiff University noted an episode like fainting may reveal an underlying heart problem.

    Officials did not disclose the name of the porn movie on the woman’s laptop.
    http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/for-nichola-paginton-coming-then-going-one-womans-death-by-pornography/19547942

  • Open Heart Surgery-Video.