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One of Swami Gitananda Giri’s American students had joined his course in Pondicherry in the early 1970s. She had left the US after some preliminary tests and while in India received news through the post that she had been diagnosed with cancer. A young, famous ballerina, and someone who had immense determination and dedication to being healthy, she decided to immerse herself in intensive yoga practices for a full year at the Ananda Ashram and to take things as they came when she returned home. To her surprise, when she returned and was re-tested, there were no signs of any cancer at all. When asked about this amazing miracle, all her doctor would say was, “Maybe the results of the preliminary tests were wrong in the first place!”

The healing power of yoga is unquestionable. In the words of a client,

Today, 14 months later after starting yoga therapy, I am in a very different place. Despite living with a chronic illness, I am mentally and emotionally much stronger. My mind is steadier and I am more in touch with my body and my emotions. I try to ride the waves rather than sinking. I have the ability to return far more quickly and easily back to stability when I go out of kilter. Yoga therapy is and continues to be a major part of my healing journey. (S.L.)

Another client wrote:

I stopped taking insulin in the second week of [the] Beyond Cancer retreat. Now, after [a] due medical test doctors confirmed that my diabetes has been reversed. I am not taking any medicine or insulin for the last…6 months and sugar level is absolutely well under control. Credit for this also goes to your wonderful retreat at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute. (R.T.)