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A Note from Founder President, Varma Kalpa Rejuvenation Center.
I, S Ramesh Babu, the Founder Trustee of Varma
Kalpa Rejuvenation Center, a registered Trust,
am glad to bring out to you the maiden version of
our health magazine, Varma Sara Sookshmam.
This adds up to our mission of spreading the
knowledge of Varmam along with all other
Indian system of healing from any source
available from any part of the Universe.
Thanks for the support and encouragement
shown by you all in the first baby step, which was
publishing of the book, “Varmam – An Insight
into the Ancient System of Healing”, the first English book to be printed and
released along with the sources, which are the manuscripts. It is a comparative
symposium of two literary works, Varma Kannaadi – 100 and Varma Bheerangi –
500, great Tamil literary works transcribed from the manuscripts.
I wish for a similar encouragement for this magazine and pray that with the
blessings of Siddhars and all your support, this initiative in the propaganda of the
Varmam System of Healing be adapted in your day to day life, which will go a long
way so as to attain the purpose of our mission. As per several references that are
available in Varmam, this Science is believed to be older than 5000 years, which
has never crossed even 500 kilometers from the place of its birth, Kanyakumari in
Tamil Nadu. This is the initial step to bail out this knowledge from its native, and
spread it across with no boundaries.
I on behalf of VKRC, welcome each and every Varmam enthusiast to participate
actively by contributing articles for the health magazine, towards the enforcement
of Varmam as a system of healing. It could be the value addition it has done to your
lives in various ways, either in healing yourself, or in treating others, or in
integrating Varmam along with any system of healing practice that you are
following.
In this Magazine which is a quarterly edition, I request you to send articles and
information that will be selected for publishing in the next edition.
Ÿ Send articles about any Indian system of healing that is related to healthy
living.
Ÿ On healing any specific ailment using Varmam in which you have obtained
excellent results or you are specialised.
Ÿ We appreciate your efforts of combining any Indian system of healing with
Varmam at the time of practice and the same article will be included in the
publishing.
Ÿ Any medicinal plants and herbs regarding which you would like to bring out
knowledge to people that you have personally experienced.
Ÿ Any article related to the system that comes under AYUSH would be
encouraged and published.
Awaiting lot of suggestions and articles at varmamtherapy@gmail.com from
anyone who would like to contribute towards health, wellness and painless life for
the society.
Keep Reading ... Keep Healing...
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 Contents
Varmam – An Introduction 2
Actions for Varmam 2
Maathirai 2
Padu varmam – 12 2
Adangal 2
Variation in results of Varmam Healing 3
Varam – Origin – A brief History 3
Varmam in sports 3
Defense System 4
Healing System 4
Varmam – Propagation 4
Learning Varmam the traditional way 4
Ÿ Eligibility criteria for students 4
Ÿ Eligibility criteria for teachers 4
Ÿ Gurukula System 4
Ÿ Family Tradition 4
Branches of Varmam 4
Ÿ Varmam pulse diagnosis 4
Ÿ Varmam massage or Varma Ilakkumurai 5
Ÿ Varmam healing with eyes (Nokku Varmam ) 5
Ÿ Varmam mantra prayogam. 5
Ÿ Varmam Touch Therapy. 6
Ÿ Varmam And Fractures 6
Ÿ Varmam and Vaasi 7
Ÿ Varmam medicine 7
Ÿ Insight into cure 7
Energy centers of body and mind-(Marma in Ayurveda) 8
Yoga - paradigm shift in physical fitness 9
Acupuncture and Varmam 10
Conclusion 10

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 while applying pressure, then it is measured as half (1/2)
maathirai. If you bite your teeth while giving pressure, it is
measured as mukkaaal (3/4) maathirai. If you hold the
Varmam – An Introduction breath and bite your teeth and give pressure it is termed as
Varmam is a system which muzhu (full) maathirai.
indicates the flow of life
force in a living being. Every Padu varmam – 12
living organism will have Paduvarmam are located in 12 places where the idakalai,
ways to respond to stimulus pinkalai and choozumumai, occupies the location at any
and actions. Varmam is a given point of time. These are the core points that run
convention of naming your through the pathway of the Saram, alongside the dasanaadi
attitude. It is Inherent and is (ten types of pulse) and the dasavayu (ten types of air) that
embedded by the creator flow in our body. An injury at any of these points will disturb
himself in each and every the equilibrium at many other places on its path and not just
living organism not just at the point of trauma. There are 12 paduvarmam points and
h u m a n b e i n g s. A f e w each one of them are interconnected to 8 thoduvarmam
examples to quote here points. Hence we again arrive at 108 points (12 + 12 * 8).
would be: Stimulating a single paduvarmam point is equivalent to
- After a heavy food, you roll stimulating all the associated 8 thoduvarmam points.
your palms on the stomach in
clockwise direction. The paduvarmam are:
- You press the sides of the • Thilartha Varmam
forehead when you get a • Natchathira Kaalam
headache • Chevi Kutri Kaalam
- You press the sides of the • Pidari Varmam
nostrils when you feel irritated near the nose or stuffy in the • Urakka Kaalam
nose, etc. • Sumai Varmam
Any subconscious activity that is done without applying ones • Ner Varmam
thought is Varmam. • Adappa Kaalam
• Urumi Kaalam
Actions of Varmam • Peria Asthi Churukki Kaalam
Varmam can be used to do the following: • Siriya Asthi Churukki Kaalam
• Protect a person from death • Kallidai Kaalam
• Deprive a person of life
• Create a disease for a person Adangal
• Cure from diseases for a person An adangal is a reservoir, pit or a bay where life energy
• Increase longevity of a person resides similar to the energy in capacitors available for the
Varmam interlinks the dasa vayus and dasa naadis, it connects nearest varmam point, where energy flow gets disrupted by
the body, mind and the soul. the way of an external hit or an injury. This interruption in
the flow can be cleared by way of stimulating the varmam or
We have 96 Tatvas or prinicples in our body, each one of this the adangal itself. The energy in the pit can be released and
is linked to some part of our system which in turn is made to flow into the varmam point to make it come back to
controlled by a varmam called Paduvarmam. life at the same time. In other words, Adangal means energy
residing in silent mode (adangi kidappadu) acting as a check
Maathirai dam, where needed energy is stored temporarily or
Maathirai can be defined as a quantum of measure for any permanently to energise the nearest varmam point when
activity that is performed and energy that is applied in the there is a problem.
process. Ex. Kaalam or time, blinking of the eyes, holding the
breath, etc. The number of adangals varies based on the references used,
a few of them say there are 12, 56, and some work says every
While stimulating a varmam location, the amount of varmam point has its own adangal point, since any injury on a
pressure applied is measured as maathirai. If the pressure varmam point needs to be relieved and while relieving the
applied is without force and gives a pleasant feel or pleasure nearest source of energy can be tapped to put back the life
then it is known as kaal(1/4) maathirai. If you hold the breath flow on track till it revives on its own.

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Variation in results of Varmam Healing.
Varmam treatment is given by many. People learn varmam
and start healing, still the variation in results is huge for every
individual. Sometimes it is a cause of amusement as to why
the same treatment given by two individuals create varying
results.
This depends on the occurrence and the treatment of the
injury which may be one of the following reasons:
Ÿ The elixir state (Amirtha Nilai) or the poisonous state
(Visha Nilai)
Ÿ Waxing of the moon (Valar Pirai) or Waning of the moon
(Thei Pirai)
Ÿ Time when the treatment is acceptable for the individual
and
Ÿ Depends on the maathirai of the injury.
Varmam – Origin – A brief History
The Indian subcontinent, with its many rich civilizations
which kept sprouting and shifting over the ages, has made
valuable and major contributions to healing and life sciences,
since time immemorial. 'Varmam' is an integral part of the
ancient Tamil literature and practice that originated in the
land of Tamilians. It is also believed to be the mother of
many other martial art forms present today in other parts of
India, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Japan, and
other parts of the world. This resulted when the kings of
dynasties in the Sangamand medieval era, like Raja Kesari
Varman(popularly known as Raja Raja Chozhan) and
Suryavarman II(credited with building the Angkor Wat
group of temples), themselves believed to be proponents of
forms of this art, spread their empire to various parts of the
world.
The origin of the science of 'Varmam', however, is believed
to be coterminous with the origin of human existence and
although the related literary works are dated around 6th
Century CE, the oral traditions of Tamil language are much
older, and Tamil as such is celebrated as one of the most
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ancient and enduring languages of the world. This is in
tandem and consistent with the practice of that period,
displaying stronger oral traditions in literature than in
written form, and explains why no other older literature on
this and many other such subjects exist.
The Lemurian continent or the Kumari Kandam has been
the first place on earth to experience the origin of life on the
entire earth, as also propounded by many other theories and
fossil studies relating Madagascar to present India.
'Varmam', literally translated as the “Science of life-force”, is
inferred to be more than 5,000 years old. When
Lemurians(read Tamilians) were at the culmination of their
civilization, the continent of Lemuria alias Kumari Kandam
was engulfed by the sea and sunken as the result of a
cataclysmic event, except for a tiny piece of land called
'Kumari' – land where the 'Varmam' Therapy was left behind
for the world to experience.
Varmam in sports:
Varmam is a part and parcel of many of the traditional
sports such as Silambam, wrestling, games that involve
hitting (Adimuraigal), locking (Pidimuraigal), freezing the
opponent, games that use weapons for attacking such as
sword fight, etc. There will be a definite difference between
the way the game is played by a Varmam expert and a normal
layman. The extra caution taken by the expert is very obvious
to the domain experts in that he will be avoiding the vital
varmam points, and the layman may at times hurt the
opponent at the wrong place and cause a harm that may
expose itself either immediately or after a very long period
of time.
Major problems that incur during practice of the sports
include the ankle, shoulder and lower back injuries. All these
injuries can be cleared instantly using varmam so that they
can get up and continue playing and then the treatment
procedure can be completed after the event. The instant

waking up from the injury does not resolve the problem
instantly 100% at that point itself but it gives a time threshold
to finish the event and then come back to attend to the
problem. In these cases, no medicines would be required.
Defense System
Varmam has been used as a defense system to protect
oneself by attacking the opponent. This could be achieved
just by one hit given using the proper mudra or hand
representation. In dangerous times, people can use varmam
to handicap the opponent for a few seconds or minutes to get
out of the situation so as to protect themselves from severity.
Varmam is also used as a system for preparing students for
the practice and learning of defense systems such as Kalari,
Silambam, etc.
Healing System
Varmam as a healing system can remove dis-ease in the body
by allowing the prana to move to all the organs and check
enough life energy is passing through the body to maintain
balance in the Dasa Vayu and Dasa Naadi to create well
being. If the Varmam practitioner is very well trained by the
Varma Aasan who has attained a good expertise, the
practitioner will be able to assess the needed healing instantly
on the very appearance of the patient. The assessment of the
individual is done by the attitude he carries, the odour that the
body produces, posture of walking and sitting, seeing the
face, breath, the facial features, etc. Every inch of the
expression can be used for analyzing, diagnosing and healing.
Varmam – Propagation
Propagation of this system is being taken up by many of the
Aasaans and the efforts being put in by them are quiet great.
Still this is going to be a herculean task since it has to cross the
barriers of language, nativity, Intellectual Property rights,
and the cultural shock and fear of losing out the system to
outsiders, etc.
Learning Varmam the traditional
way
In order to learn Varmam both the student and the teacher
has to satisfy certain basic requirements without which a
teacher cannot teach nor a student can be taught the science
of varmam. Its only in the view of good for the humanity
that these are followed even till date for extending the
knowledge of varmam. Varmam books have already noted
that havoc (hell) takes place if this is taught to discriminants
and trouble mongers.
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Eligibility criteria for Students
A few basic qualities to be imbibed for becoming an eligible
student of Varmam include:
· Complete control over lust,
· Elimination of anger,
· Best of devotion to Guru
· Belief in God or a Supreme Power
· Blessings of the Supreme and self-control.
· Meditation for focus, undisturbed mind,
(Kuzhambaada manam), strong mind (Patharaada
manam),
· Abide by norms and restrictions.
Varmam cannot be taught to anyone who has a deficit of
these qualities.
Eligibility criteria for Teachers
The best teacher for this art is expected to be an expert and
well versed in Sithu Nilai, Vaasi nilai, Sara nilai, Siddantha
Tathuvam, Panchapatchi sasthiram, Amirtha Nilai and
Aimbulanodukkam (Discipline of 5 senses). In addition to
this he should be an expert in Anatomy and Physiology.
Gurukula System.
In this system, the Shishya has to stay with the Guru at the
Gurukul, do service to the Guru and others at the Gurukul,
and learn the art and system for a minimum duration of
twelve years.
Family Tradition
In this system, there are families that are practicing from
generations where the children are trained in the way of
treating and also in the way of identifying the health
challenges by means of visual (looking at the person), nasal
(by means of body odour of the individual) and by touch (by
means of observation by touch.)
Branches of Varmam
Varmam pulse diagnosis
Pulse diagnosis is the ancient art and science of analyzing
and detecting the status of a person's body, mind, and soul.
This is the first and foremost step in any Indian system of
healing. Vaidyas, folk healers, traditional practitioners,
doctors, everyone usually will check the pulse before laying
their hands for treating the patients. It depicts the health
conditions of the patient. It can be used as a very effective
tool to diagnose a person and the skill varies with every
individual. There is no unanimity with which this is done.
Each one adds up their skills, knowledge and expertise which
they have acquired through ages of practice. Even though
most of the healers of any cadre mentioned above, learn the
skill, only a handpicked few are actually stand through their
excellence in this art. Through the pulse, everything about
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Varmam )
Nokku varmam uses the Netra lingam or the eye power to
your physiology becomes known to the pulse reader. A stimulate varmam points. Nokku Varmam is learnt by using
person who is an expert in reading pulse is also known as the right mantra, tantra and yantra. Activating the energy in a
Naadi Vaidya. way to effect others is not a simple thing but can be learnt
with regular practice which will ensure energy in the eyes is
The pulse diagnosis is an integrated identification and initial
increased to such an extent that it can be used to heal a
process in analyzing one's body. The professional pulse
person without even touching him or her. The varmam
diagnosing is done in two ways by identifying Vaata, Pittha,
location used to stimulate is known as mei theenda kaalam
Kapha naadis and analyzing organ by organ.
(ெம டா கால ) – a point that cannot be touched.
All diseases caused by imbalance in tridosha or dominance by Not all times are suitable to apply the nokku varmam.
any of the doshas can be identified based on the pulse
movement. The pulse has several patterns of movement, Complete concentration and focus is required for this
which is described in various literary works, the movements practice. Spectacle usage obstructs the use of nokku
are explained as the walk of a swan, cock, cuckoo, peacock,in varmam. Nokku varmam is taught to build the internal
case of Vaata, pitta movement ability of students. We will see greater details in one of the
will be similar to leech or upcoming editions.
tortoise. Movement of Kapha
nadi would be like a frog or a Varmam mantra prayogam.
snake. Based on the type and the
speed of these walks recognized
in the patient's wrist, the
functioning of the Tridosha
system and the status of the
organs are diagnosed. Very
Naadi Vaidyas do exist who can
tell the lifespan of an individual just by seeing the pulse.
Health problems are inversely proportional to the energy
flow. If the energy level of the pulse is down or low, then it
indicates that there is some problem with the corresponding
organ. There is a ratio that is followed to check the health of
an individual. If the pulse is in the ratio of 4:2:1 against the
Vaata, Pitta and Kapha, then the individual is considered
healthy.

Varmam massage or Varma
Ilakkumurai
Methods applied to relieve the Varmam created by some hit
or injury in the process of relieving an individual is known as
Ilakkumurai. This may involve one or more sittings
depending on the tenure before which the injury has
occurred. The stimulation of simultaneous varmam
locations in a proper pattern gives an impression that it's a
massage but in fact it's a series of therapeutic touch and
stimulation that resembles a massage.
Most of the ailments created due to injury are relieved with
treatment of 1 to 3 sittings. This is done by eliminating the
blocks created in the flow of life energy. More sittings may be
required based on the intensity of the injury, the duration of
the disease and the attitude of the person towards the
treatment.
In varmam and spirituality, AUM in any language when
written, the a u m Mantra will have a straight line, a curve and
a circle. Stimulation of varmam also involves these three
actions, a pressing action(straight line), a curve type of
stimulation and circular motion. Hence AUM represents the
process and stimulation type of Varmam.
Sound also helps to cure in varmam. While stimulating
varmam at the time of healing, if there is a pain, we ask the
person to say the 'a'(ஆ) mantra which will release the pain.
After the treatment we ask the patient to say 'u'(உ) mantra
which helps in diverting attention from the pain and attach
to something they love. The 'u' mantra also helps to detach
from pain and attach to the celestial path. The 'm’( ) mantra
connects to the pressure applied during the varmam
stimulation. It also will help in releasing all negative energy

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from the body and helps in handling the problem in a better
way. Hence, the A U and M of Om can be used to stimulate
the varmam locations with complete effect.
The 'M' (pronounced as 'Im') mantram alone practiced 21
times daily, can help to keep all negativities away. This will
strengthen the individual by bringing harmony to the body,
mind and soul.
Varmam Touch Therapy.
When the healer's power of healing increases which happens
by the integration of the spiritual travel with Vaasi and the
expertise of analysis of the problem, accurate diagnosis,
practice of varmam, the healer will be able to cure an ailment
with a mere touch. This is possible since the entire energy is
focused into that area or varmam location and it creates
waves of energy to vibrate and travel to transform the
blockages for the path of life energy in the entire path. More
and more healers of this kind need to be created and is
possible with the numerous gurus, aasaans who are working
on spreading the varmam science of healing and the practice
of the students with utmost dedication.
Varmam And Fractures
A fracture is a break, usually in a bone. This can be a hairline
fracture, simple or a compound fracture. Sometimes the
bones are completely crushed where the refixing of it is
almost quiet impossible. If the broken bone punctures the
skin, it is called an open or compound fracture.
Fractures commonly happen because of accidents, falls, or
sports injuries. Other causes are low bone density and
osteoporosis, which cause weakening of the bones. Fractures
are the dislocation of bones, that create a disturbance and
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this is healed using several system of medicine. One of the
most used is the Siddha system of medicine in which there
are certain herbs that can make the bone patch up back into
its original place and be strong as before.
For this to happen, the bone has to be put back to its original
place and then the treatment has to be given, in case the
setting is not done properly, its very dangerous since the
bone will again tend to grow back due to the medicines but
the new location of the bone is an alien and hence the
growth may happen in wrong place which will cause
movement issues such as partial or total disability. In such
situations, the only way of correction is to break the bone
again and refix it by setting it in the right position. Any nerves
or tissue next to it should not be blocked or get struck to
avoid damage. No surgery or invasion techniques are used
other than roller bamboo sticks. Paste made out of black
gram and egg white are used as bonding agent to fix the
bones, medicinal oil such as kayathirumeni, mukkoottu
ennai and other Siddha medicinal herbs are used in healing
fractures as both external and internal medicines.
In Varmam system, there are several methods of relieving
the injury caused at the point by means of stimulation and
then the nerves and the bones are relaxed and brought back
to the actual location and then the medication or paste is
applied and the hand is kept in the necessary resting position
for a given number of days so that the bone can start healing
itself.
Clearing the traumatology due to fractures had been another
key purpose of Varmam since olden days. Any bone related
issues like dislocation or fixing fractures could be done
through varmam. Two majorly used reference books among
many dedicated to fixing fractures are Varma Odivu Murivu
Sara Soothiram - 1200 and Varma Odivu Murivu Saari
Soothiram – 1500.
Various types of bandaging are used depending on the type
of fracture. We will see these and also medicine preparation
in the following episodes of the magazine.

Varmam and Vaasi
The pranava of Siva ( வா) is வா (Vaasi) Vasi, when you
reverse the word Siva you see Vasi. Siva represents the
process of life towards death and Vasi helps in reverting back
to life from death that leads to immortality. Similarly,
Varmam or “Varma” (வ ம) the reverse of it is marva
(ம வ) or maruva (denotes maru varmam which is the
opposite varmam point). Many Varmam books infer that,
whenever a Varmam induces a disease or ailment, the
maruvarmam or the opposite varmam clears the ailment.
Hence if one of the varmam, induces certain effect or action
which may be good or bad, the other one reverses its effects
or is the solution for the earlier one. The good or bad action
depends on the Kaalam or time, which in turn depends on
the location of the soul (உ ைல) that is again dependent
on the waxing (வள ைற) or waning of the moon
(ேத ைற). Depending on the stage of the moon the soul
travels within the body for a period of 14.5 days considered
as 15 days. The soul starts travel on the next day after the new
moon day from the tip of the left toe for ladies and right toe
for gents, reaches the Sahasra (tip of the head) on a full moon
day which takes 15 (14.5) days and reaches right toe for ladies
and left toe for gents on the day before the new moon day.
Vaasi is to convert the Praanan into complete energy. There is
a wastage of energy in every human being. A normal
individual is known to have 21600 breaths per day. In that ¾
th of the energy is wasted in all other chakras except the
sahasra. Vaasi makes sure that this wastage never happens. It
makes sure, body never loses energy and retains and makes
sure the energy is used to strengthen the body, tissues and
organs and utlise the energy to make the body strong and a
kayakalpa in which state, the brain will attain its highest level
of consciousness. Spiritual travel becomes faster only after
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the body is healthy. A healthy organ can increase the
withstanding capacity of the body. Say for example a balloon
if healthy can be blown to fullest, while if the balloon is weak
or thin in structure, it cannot withstand the air blown into it
even for its minimum capacity. Hence to perform Vaasi, first
the body has to be strengthened.
To attain moksha or mukthi, emancipation from the worldly
life through Vaasi and spirituality, the body needs to become
a perfect kayakalpa which does not mean immortality, it
means that within the body, every system, including the
organs all perform their respective duties as per their original
design to the maximum efficiency. This includes
strengthening of the physical and the mental body, when
physically fit, then only 20% attention would be required to
strengthen the mental body. A diseased body cannot be in a
happy state of mind. Complete bliss cannot be obtained
when there is pain in the body. The inability of handling
things on their own is imperfection.
Upliftment of life is through Varmam and that of the Soul is
through Vaasi. Varmam is a natural system of taking the
inner self to a higher level. When the Saram gets activated,
the Chakras get energized and uses the gravitational force
and the breath to move in up and down direction. Whenever
channels and adangals are focused on, they get activated,
goes to the highest activity and initiates the auto healing.
Varmam medicine
Medicines relevant to Varmam healing are usually, oils,
pastes and herbs in solid or liquid form to rejuvenate the
body. Usually there are no medicines and these are the
deficiencies that need to be addressed. Few of the
preparation methods are quiet extensive and requires lot of
efforts, ingredients and days to get the product ready. These
medications and internals cannot be prepared without
following stringent procedures. We will learn many medicine
preparations in the upcoming editions.
Insight into cure
Few of the diseases cured using Varmam that will be
discussed in the upcoming editions would be:
Knee Pain
Cervical
Lower back pain
Depression
Sciatica
Frozen shoulder
Neck rigidity
Headache
Optholimic
Gynecology problems
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marma –in Ayurveda

Ÿ The Sanskrit word marma represents

selected areas in the body, where life
energy is concentrated. These
marmas hold the essence of body
regulators like vata, pitta and kapha;
the psychological principles like
satva, raja and tamas and also the soul
element- atman.
Ÿ A total 107 such marmas are documented in Sushruta
Samhita, an ancient manual of surgery. The sixth chapter in
the section on Anatomy in this book is devoted for the
description in 44 shlokas.
Ÿ Every marma is composed of body tissues – muscles (mamsa
marma), blood vessels (sira marma), tendons/ ligaments
(snayu marma ),bones / cartilages (asthi marma) or joints of
these tissues (sandhi marma)
Ÿ Any compression on
these points has five risks- 1. Jala dominates. Trauma to them can result in functional loss
Sudden death - sadya pranahara of the related organs. But an injury in the periphery of such
2. Death in few days- kalantara marma will result in acute pain.
pranahara 3. Death if Ÿ There are 8 rujakara marmas in which both fire and air
attempted to remove the principles – Agni and vayu co exist. Trauma to them will
foreign body – vishalyaghna 4. induce unbearable pain. But an injury in the periphery of
Loss of function – vaikalyakara such marma will result in dull pain.
5. Severe pain - rujakara
The ancient system of Varmam has 108 intersecting points of the
body, mind and soul, which are used to heal various ailments
by way of harmonizing the flow of life energy. We will have a
Ÿ There are 19 sadya pranahara marmas in which fire principle – symposium on the Ayurveda Marma and Varmam in the
Agni dominates. Trauma to them can be fatal. But an injury in upcoming articles.
the periphery of such marma will result in the death in long
run. The pressure on these points will disturb the sensory and
motor faculties (jnanendriya / karmendriya). There is also a
risk of mental diseases and severe pain in the affected areas.
Ÿ There are 33 kalantara pranahara marmas in which both fire
and water principles – Agni and Jala co-exist. Trauma to them
can be fatal in the long run. But an injury in the periphery of
such marma will result in loss of function of the related organ
and body tissues will undergo degeneration.
Ÿ There are 3 vishalyaghna marmas in which air principle – Vayu
dominates. An attempt to remove the injuring foreign body
from them can be fatal. But an injury in the periphery of such
marma will result in functional loss.
Ÿ There are 44 vaikalyakara marmas in which water principle –

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Yoga – the paradigm shift in
Physical Fitness
Fitness and fashion have become
the focus of the day in the
modern generation.
Over weight and obesity rates
have increased a lot and today it is
medically established fact that
obesity in itself is a health
disorder that can further lead to
many more complicated
ailments. So the generation today
is becoming more fitness freaks
and hence the hunt of physical fitness through exercise, gym,
aerobics and the like have dramatically increased. Number of
physical fitness centres and personalized fitness trainers are
also increasing. At the same time the scale of wrong food
habits and other addictions are also in the ascending range. In
total People adopt wrong and unhealthy life style which is
causing health hazards. So it is obviously understandable that
mere focusing on physical fitness alone will not take care of
the human health.
If not maintaining physical fitness and wrong habits are
reasons for unhealthiness at one side there is yet another
reason for the modern day problems. In today's competitive
world where breath-taking changes are taking place, people
are subject to lot of stress and psychological imbalance and
there is a steep rise in the incidence of health disorders.
The challenges that modern men and women have to face are
multitude and a holistic solution to all these problems has
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become the search of the day! Mere focus on the outward
physical fitness alone will not solve the issue and hence the
researchers have started looking for holistic solution.
The traditional wisdom of Yoga holds the key to combat the
menace of Stress by not just offering physical fitness but
fitness of the body-mind-intellect complex in the real
holistic sense.
Yoga is not merely a therapeutic technique to mitigate the
physical pain but a way of life. Contrary to the common
belief that Yoga is a set of physical and breathing exercises
it's a holistic science of well being as practiced and
profunded by ancient Vedic seers.
The ancient Yogis had understood deeply, the inner
workings and the inter-connections, between the body, mind
and the soul. While during a run on a tread mill, you will
burn the same number of calories whether you do it
consciously, or planning your entire day, yoga is different.
Though everyone may try to do an asana, what one benefits
from an asana, may vary from person to person, in the same
Yoga hall, during the same class. Yoga, is meant to be done
mindfully. It is a sacred act, and when a posture is done
correctly, with the full attention on the body, the mind and
body come together. This union gives rise to a new feeling
which is born from the effort. This feeling, becomes the
main component for a connect with something, higher, than
the five elements of the body, which comprises of our
bones, joints, muscles, organs, limbs, and the various
systems.
Thus Yoga not just takes care of the physical fitness – it leads
the practitioner to the stability of mind, clarity of intellect
and calmness of one's inner self.
The western approach has independent subjects and
disciplines of physical education to deal with physical fitness,
sports to deal with the social and entertainment aspect,
medicine to deal with physical health and psychology to deal

with the mind. The concept of Yoga is very much in tune to
the definition of health suggested by WHO, that health is not
mere absence of disease but it's a state of well being in
physical, mental, social and spiritual levels. The wisdom of
Yoga proposes a holistic vision of human personality beyond
physicality. Thus Yoga not only deals with physical fitness, it
is a science of holistic well being – the right combination of
health science and the mind science of psychology. The
systematic approach in practice involving postures, breathing
techniques, subtle practices of meditation and relaxation
makes the wonder that Yoga is!
The recent research studies have brought out the
differences between regular physical exercises and Yoga.
They prove that Yoga in all respects becomes a complete
solution for holistic fitness.
Acupuncture and Varmam
Acupuncture is a science very
popular in China and has spread
across the world and has got wide
acceptance as a healing system.
The science deals with the concept
that energy flow in the human body
is through channels and each of the
channels pass through organs. There
are a total of 12 channels, out of which 10 denotes the flow to
major organs namely, Heart, Liver, Kidney, Small Intestine,
Gall Bladder, Urinary Bladder, Lung, Large Intestine,
Stomach, Spleen and 2 channels for the Pericardium and the
Triple Burner or Triple Warmer, which are not organs but
play a key role in the synergizing and energizing the organs.
definitely are found and they can complement and co-exist
when either one of them are not applicable for a certain
problem or at a certain point of time at the time of healing.
Acupunture works on 12 channels as mentioned above, and
Varmam works on 12 Vayus. The only science that talks
about 12 vayus is Varmam whereas in all other sectors of
medicinal references it is considered as 10 vayus (dasavayu).
An integrated system of Varmam and Acupuncture
produces wonderful results, which I have personally
experienced and would definitely share the same in the
upcoming articles. We can create a symposium on the way
these two great ancient sciences can be correlated and
integrated to achieve greater healing.
Conclusion
I would also like to keep you informed that the topics
covered here does not even cover introductory lines since
each one of them is as vast and deep as the ocean, and the gist
presented here is as good as giving an elaborate form for an
abbreviation and nothing more than that. We will take up
each one as a complete topic for discussion in the coming
versions of magazines. As I told you this is just the first drop
we are trying to bring out from the ocean, its not possible to
completely drink the water in the ocean. Drop by drop
someday, we will be able to accumulate atleast a glass of
water which will kill the thirst for the time being and not
forever. The drops and the water are the knowledge that we
are talking about.
The next edition of the magazine will emphasize on the
topic “Depression”.
Keep Reading, Keep Healing …

Just like we know the universe is made of five elements, the

human body is also made of elements. Body falls into
discomfort whenever there is an imbalance in the elements in
each of the channels. When the diagnosis is done accurately
and the proper acupoints in these channels are chosen that
are relevant to these five elements and treated for these
elemental imbalances, the body falls back into harmonious
healthy state.

Both are brilliantly designed to handle the human anatomy,

there is no comparison between the two but similarities

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 Awareness Tuesdays
We would like to announce the "Awareness Tuesdays" program conducted by Varma Kalpa Rejuvenation Center and
Agasthya Wellness Center on every second and fourth Saturdays.

It is an event with only registration fee and no consulting or healing charges. Solutions will be recommended for
obtaining assured results.

This will focus on giving a solution to poeple for day to day health challenges which are interrupting from leading a
happy and healthy life.

Get your body assessed by experts in non invasive ways. Know your health issues that may arise in the long run. Find the
root cause of the problem instead of resolving symptoms and get a solution for the same.

To name a very few aliments for which you can get solutions:
Ÿ Knee pain
Ÿ Insomnia
Ÿ Depression
Ÿ Menstrual problems like painful periods, irregular periods, etc.
Ÿ Infertility
Ÿ Back pain
Ÿ Spine related problems
Ÿ General Weakness and debility
Ÿ Headaches Migraine
Ÿ Running nose
Ÿ Vision correction
Ÿ Snoring

We welcome enthusiasts to organise these type of events and help people get rid of pain and lead a happy life. You
can please get back to us for more details.

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