Meet Manohar Naik, 65-year-old retired principal at Fr AgnelPolytechnic, Pilar who suffered a paralysis attack which turned him immobileand confined him to his home. He could not walk without help or move his handupward by himself for two years. Yoga was the miracle treatment which helpedhim in only eight days. Today Naik can walk all by himself and move his handswithout any difficulty. This was possible after a Yoga course. As Naik couldnot move out of his home, a Yoga trainer conducted home sessions for him. ThisYoga trainer was none other than his own student, Pradip Raghuvir Sangodkarfrom Pilar-Agassaim.
“Yes, Naik Sir got cured. Yoga made this possible,” vouches47-year-old Pradip Sangodkar, the first certified Patanjali Yoga teacher inGoa, who has trained 3000 people for free since 2006. “All of them are enjoyinga healthy life and most are cured of their illnesses, acute as well aschronic,” boasts Sangodkar, a goldsmith by profession who balances between hisYoga sessions in the mornings and his business during the rest of the day.
Naik is not the only person who got relief from Yogasessions. There are many like him who are thankful to Sangodkar for giving themfree sessions of Yoga at his residence. Cyril Alfonso who had leg pain, FrObaldo Fernandes who had heart disease, Bernard Ferrao who had Parkinson’s,Umesh Naik who had arthritis, “I teach Yoga free as my Guru Baba Ramdev hastaken a promise from me that I will not charge any money to cure people. I amdoing this since 2006 and will continue till the end,” says Sangodkar who alsouses acupressure therapy for giving relief in specific diseases and herbalmedicines wherever needed.
The day begins at 5am for Sangodkar. He starts the Yogaclass at 6am and continues till 7.30am. The Yoga is simple “ Bhasrika,Kapalbhati and Anulom-Vilom. No exercises, no stress, only Pranayama. It’s asix day course and 10-15 people can attend at a time, so that personalattention is provided.
Wife Nidhi and daughters Neha and Sanchita have joined himin his mission to spread the awareness of Yoga and preach to people throughpractical example. Citing his own example of how he was cured, Sangodkar says,“I had lumps in the chest and black pigmentation on my legs before I began Yogamyself. The lumps are long disappeared and the pigmentation is 99 per centgone. I got results so I thought of spreading the word around and train peopleto cure themselves as I did for myself.”
