London-based team provides holistic healing

Mumbai: Lying on a mat in a dimly lit room, tender hands make sure your body is at ease. With gentle strokes, they expertly locate the tension zones in your body, and then heal them within 15 minutes. The blockages in your body disappear; the fears and anxiety you once felt have disappeared. With an increasing number of Mumbaikars showing symptoms of posttraumatic stress, help is coming in from all quarters. Two experts from the Ki Healing Centre in London—Pradnya Ranade and Master Choong—were in Mumbai for two days to lend a hand. They believe that their brand of natural healing helps people receive vital energy that has been depleted after being hit by physical and mental pain.
    On Saturday, they held a post-trauma session at the Health Awareness Centre in Bandra, where people affected by the terror strikes, either directly or indirectly, were given a first-hand experience of the healing process. "There is a lot of anxiety, and many fears remain shut inside the system. They should be released as soon as possible; it is best to nurse fresh wounds immediately,'' said Ranade, who had also treated those affected by the London blasts. "Ki Healing techniques help people overcome their physical and emotional suffering. We provide revitalising acupressure and energy treatments for individuals,'' she added.
    Shilpa Chawala of the Health Awareness Centre recollects a 65-year-old man's visit to the clinic. "He said he had never felt so scared before, never felt so afraid that he couldn't step out of his house. And he had only seen it on television. Posttrauma treatment for these people is extremely crucial, so they can let go of the fears they harbour,'' she said.

THE NATURAL WAY: Pradnya and Choong treat a trauma patient