My wonderful Marma teacher, Dr Schrott, told us a story on my first training course. He said that he was having lunch at a café with a couple of other Marma therapists, and they noticed that one of the staff looked like she was in pain. When she brought food to their table, one of the therapists leaned over and – accidentally on purpose – did a very quick treatment of the webbing between her thumb and index finger. That was it.
A few minutes later she came back and asked: What Did You Do? The Pain’s Gone! They told her it was Sukshma Marma Therapy. When I heard this, I thought:
‘Lovely story, but probably some flukey coincidence.’
And then forgot about it.
But then I had a Meditators’ meeting in my garden studio, and there was a lady with back pain. I asked if I could put my hand on her back, did a 10-second treatment, and carried on with the meeting. At the end she came up to me, and said those same words:
‘What did you do? The pain’s gone’.
Later she came for a treatment that resolved the issue completely.
Another time, at a dance, my partner had pain in her shoulder. I asked if I could put my hand on her shoulder and did a treatment for a few seconds. Then it was time to change partners. A few minutes later she came back to me and again it was those words:
‘What did you do? The pain’s gone’.
Then recently an ‘Introduction to Marma Therapy’ workshop student wrote to me to say that her parents had been involved in a serious accident, and her mother had suffered multiple fractures and was in hospital – what could she do to help?
I gave her some options and, not long after, she wrote:
“Thank you so much for all of this information, so kind of you to share. While I was at the hospital yesterday Mum was writhing in pain – I could only reach one hand easily and I worked on Kshipra Marma. Mum relaxed, opened her eyes and asked:
‘What did you just do, the pain went!
Honestly I couldn’t believe it!’
Of course, sometimes a longer treatment or even a series of treatments is needed, but it’s surprising and wonderful just how often a few seconds of Sukshma Marma Therapy can make a big difference.
If you would like to know more, would like to experience this for yourself, or would like to learn to create this effect for others, please send me a message. I look forward to hearing from you.