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Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust

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The Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust is located near Dehradun in the Garhwal region of the foothills of the Himalayas, and is designed to serve this region’s population of millions of people in great medical, economic, and social need. The mission of HIHT is to develop integrated and cost-effective approaches to health care and development for the country as a whole, and for underserved populations worldwide.

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The Inherent Healing Force

continued from last issue . . . The potentized homeopathic remedy that is actually a field of energy may be coordinated with yogic techniques to enhance the body’s inherent healing mechanism or to heal a compromised immune system. Whether the complaint is viral...

Knowledge of Past Births by Swami Rama

Many of you are curious and very excited to know about your past. It’s not difficult to find out what you were before. Initially, don’t go to previous lives. Instead, you can easily find out what were you when you were five or six years of age. There is a big...

In Memoriam: Mrs. Hans Lakhwara (3 Aug 1942 – 23 Sep 2024)

Mrs. Hans Lakhwara was a senior secondary teacher at Kendriya Vidyala Shimla. She met Swami Rama in the mid-90s and took voluntary retirement from her job to join the mission in late 90s. True to her calling, she continued in the field of education as a principal for...

The Power that Makes a Human Being, by Swami Rama

Part 3 Somehow two brothers in India learned this technique and started a business. One posed like a dead man, while the other told people his brother had died. The doctor came and confirmed he was dead. Then he would collect money because he would say he had no money...

Roga

Part 2 Vata aggravates either due to depletion of Dhatus or due to obstruction. Aggravation of Vata causes 80 diseases. They include paralysis, joint pain, back pain, sciatica etc. Signs and symptoms of Vata diseases are pain, numbness, shooting pain, tremor,...

The Inherent Healing Force

. . . continued from last issue Lewis Thomas, a prominent researcher of our times, has proposed this idea in his book Lives of a Cell. From his perspective there appears to be no logical reason that microorganisms would exist merely to cause disease and death, for...

The Inherent Healing Force

In medical history in Western civilization several different philosophical views about the nature and origin of health and illness can be detected. One philosophy is symbolized by the goddess Hygeia. The Hygeian school, dominated by Hippocrates, advocates that health...

Roga

Part 1 The word Roga or disease in Ayurveda comes from the Sanskirt word Ruk. Ruk means pain or suffering. Roga is present both in the mind and body. In Ayurveda whenever a Roga occurs it affects the Doshas. These Doshas are  Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They are found all...