There are the maladies. And there are these colours and shapes which Jaya Kalra plays with to brighten up the dark spheres of life.
Healer and artist Kalra can “cure everything, including cancer”, through her unique healing method. She not only heals the body but also the mind.
Born in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, Kalra came to Shillong after marriage. She has been practising various forms of healing – reiki, past life regression, mind-body therapy, neuro linguistic programming, kundalini, inner child and water therapies — for the last three decades now.
“I was interested in mysticism since childhood. I was intuitive too. I could feel if something good or bad was going to happen. So I started with palmistry, which I have stopped now, and later learned the other methods of healing,” says Kalra, who is also a motivational speaker.
She speaks softly but enthusiastically about her work. One can feel the calmness. “My father (late SR Ghai) was my spiritual guru,” she says. There is a poignancy in her words when she speaks about her father, who dedicated the latter part of his life in the service of mankind.
Kalra gets patients with various problems like body pain, thyroidism, depression and vertigo and she gives them hope to live a healthy life with a positive attitude. She has also provided long-distance treatment to several people by using the healing power of reiki, a form of alternative medicine that uses flow of energy for emotional and physical healing.
Later, she learnt neuro linguistic programming, or NLP, from School of Excellence. NLP, in layman’s words, is control over mind but has a wider approach in disciplining one both physically and psychologically.
Kalra says healing through NLP is “quite effective” but cannot be done over long distance. According to the testimony of a patient on the social media page, Kalra has cured his tennis elbow that doctors at a reputed hospital could not. It took her five sessions and the patient’s faith to relieve the pain. “I never ask my patients to stop medication or seeing the doctor. NLP is also a scientific method of understanding the neural language,” says Kalra.
In her ‘Holistic Healing Paradise’, Kalra does wonders and videos on her Facebook page of the same name tell the stories.
A client’s testimonial video says how Kalra’s holistic healing helped him to come out of depression. It was a “revealing experience” for him and it successfully cured him emotionally.
“A man of around 58 years had come to me. He was an insomniac. I made him sleep in 15 minutes. We made a video and later shared with the public with his permission,” says Kalra, adding that there are numerous stories of relief.
Kalra is also an artist and expert colour therapist. An exhibition held recently in the city showed another dimension of healing that the artist has explored.
“I have used reiki symbols in the paintings and used hues of colours in a meaningful way. Only one person can connect to one painting,” she explains.
The gallery, Chrysalis, in Police Bazaar is a rectangular space with glass windows. A lamp fitted in a polygonal cane shade adds warmth to the small corner office of the healer. She speaks with conviction but without a hint of arrogance. She explains how the hidden symbols can transmit positive energy in a harmonic collaboration with the colours.
Kalra makes customised paintings depending on the ailments of an individual. There are paintings for healing joint pain, thyroidism, dementia, sleeplessness, cancer (in the initial stages) and even relationships. “The governor (Tathagata Roy who inaugurated the programme) was surprised how colours can be used for healing physical ailments. But it helps a lot, I can assure you,” she asserts.
The art pieces, besides having “healing qualities”, are interesting and some are intricate.
When she is not healing or listening to healers, Kalra would be writing children’s stories. “I have not published any of the stories. I just love writing them,” she looks embarrassed.
Talking about her family, Karla says her husband, Rajiv Kalra, is the second man in her life after her father who has inspired her and supported her in whatever she did.
Besides Shillong, Kalra has held exhibitions in Guwahati, Jaipur and all the metro cities. She has also displayed her works in Paris in 1999.
But Kalra says she is always thirsty for knowledge and wants to know more about everything, particularly about the works she does.
“I read a lot and listen to YouTube videos by experts. I particularly like the sessions by Tony Robins. I want to learn more and help people gain positive energy. My purpose of creating the ‘healing through art’ concept is to reach out to those who cannot come to me. But faith is an important factor. Positive vibes in individuals help a society progress and effuse the same positive attitude. So I want more people to benefit from the holistic healing method,” she says.
~ NM