in colored gowns is dispelled: these
separation that the ashram calls “process.”
results really do speak for themselves:
are everyday people – office workers,
Be it fever, pain, agitation, etc., this is the
cancers, tumours, and chronic fatigue –
business owners, housewives, even yoga
reaction sought and it is the doorway to
ailments as varied as the people visiting
instructors, Tai Chi masters and medical
pass through where, once the body has
have been healed.
practitioners.
purged itself of all blocks, a new mindset
One Balinese man in particular proudly
instils itself through heightened sensitivity
shows off his medical report for hepatitis
happiness is an about-face to literally face
and awareness – a closer connection to
prior to coming to the ashram and another
our demons. His ’technique’ is a rigorous
the realms of pure potentiality. And this
report after seven months of intense
shaking of the body – a type of self-applied
is, as Ratu describes, what yoga is: “a
shaking – the results are incredible:
vibrational medicine – that awakens us on
connection to the divine.”
hepatitis has all but left his body. A
His students tell me that Ratu’s path to
a cellular level and raises our vibrations,
Entering Ratu’s training hall– called
woman from Italy, Tamara, shares her
which in-turn transforms our lives. ‘Shaking
the “taman” (garden in English)–it slowly
story of facing the prospect of surgery
yoga’, he calls it. Interestingly, my research
appears to be anything but a tranquil
for an ovarian tumour several years ago.
discovered that one scientific study
refuge for peace and happiness,as each
Her doctor told her she would become
found that when sick cells are vibrated
shaking session builds in intensity, with
infertile if not operated on quickly and
at a certain frequency, the sickness
people screaming, laughing and falling
further life-threatening consequences were
removes itself freely from the cell, leaving
ecstatically to the floor, yet I am reassured
probable – but she took a leap of faith,
no harm whatsoever to it. Three times a
that this is the exact reaction that stokes
headed to Bali and in the end her tumour
day, attendees apply themselves to this
the inner fire and gets ‘things’ moving
healed and she recently gave birth to a
vibrational healing practice, all committed
on a deep level – physically, emotionally,
healthy boy. These real-life experiences are
to breaking through the shackles of the
mentally and spiritually. It is what draws
commonplace within Ratu’s ashram and
past and on towards a better life.
hundreds of people to Bali every year, all
they are the inspiration that carry people
seeking the elusive states of health and
with similar conditions forward towards a
and ignite their “sacred fire” as Ratu
happiness through shaking. No matter
better, healthier and happier life.
calls it, this phenomenon of vibrational
what perceptions my mind entertains as
ascendance is initially a reaction of
the taman erupts, I soon discover that the
As attendees to Ratu’s practice shake
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