ABP Ideas of India: Have Been Working With A Healer For Past 11 Years, In Best Of Health Now, Says Vidya Balan

Revealing that she has been working with a healer for 11 years now, she said it’s a lot like therapy

ABP Ideas of India: Have Been Working With A Healer For Past 11 Years, In Best Of Health Now, Says Vidya Balan (File Image)

New Delhi: Actor Vidya Balan on Friday said that she has been seeking help from a healer and that has enabled her to bring about a positive change in life.

Speaking at ABP Network’s Ideas of India Summit, the 43-year-old actor, recalling the lull phase in her career, said that it was a tough time in her life and she had begun to reflect on the miscalculations she made.

The actor, known for hits like ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, ‘Ishqiya’ ‘The Dirty Picture’, ‘Kahaani’ and ‘Tumhari Sulu’, said, “My decisions are very instinctive, but at that time, I started to decode. There was a fear that maybe what I’ve gone through is just fluke success.”

Revealing that she has been working with a healer for 11 years now, she said it’s a lot like therapy as the healer gives her a lot of tools to change the way of thinking.

Talking about how it feels if a film does not work, Balan said it makes one feel unloved if people do not go to the theatres to watch films.

She said that she speaks to her healer no matter where she is and there’s no need to do this personally.

“For example, if I’m feeling anxiety right now and I say, ‘Anxiety, you can leave now’, I suddenly feel a change in the way I’m breathing. It works magically, you tap certain points on your body. Healing helped me to calm down. I’m better at handling failure now. It is magical. Suddenly, I feel absolutely different,” Balan said.

When asked by host, senior journalist Vir Sanghvi, if she ever had mental health issues, Balan said that she has had hormonal issues because of the fear of judgment.

“I remember, there was a phase when I was being criticized for my body and my dressing and everything. I remember every time I stepped out for an appearance, I would bloat. It is my body and it is nobody’s concern. It worried me because I felt out of control. The doctor said, there’s nothing technically wrong but it is your hormones playing havoc,” she said.

Hailing from a traditional South Indian family, Balan said that the idea of making a mark on the world of arts turned out to be scary because she was judged for everything that she did or didn’t do.

The actor said that she believes she is currently in the best phase of her career and because of that, her health has started improving. “I’m in the best of health for the past three years,” she added.