Exercise and Good Health by Swami Rama

The two different kinds of physical exercise essential to good health are stretching exercises such as the yoga postures and aerobic exercises such as jogging. Both are very beneficial for cleansing, relaxing, and revitalizing the body and for helping it function...

68th Republic Day Celebrations

The Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust celebrated nation’s 68th Republic Day with patriotic fervor on 26 January 2017. Cultural programs of dance, drama, song and poetry recitals were presented by the students of the Medical, Paramedical, Nursing, Engineering, and...

The Ayurvedic Centre: Plants in Campus

Sarshap (Brassica campestris) Sarshap is commonly known as sarason in Hindi and mustard/ English field mustard in English. It belongs to the family Cruciferae or Kandughna Gana in Ayurveda. The plant is a very important seed-oil crop in India.The genus Brassica is...

The Theory of the Chronic Miasms of Homeopathy, Part 2

Continued from the November/December 2016 newslettter… My first exposure to homeopathy was in a homeopathic clinic in which the physicians’ treatment was based on the chronic miasms and individual constitution. (We will consider homeopathic constitutional...

The Disability Act 2016: A Game Changer for People with Disabilities

Recently GOI has passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016; the Parliament has adopted a radically transformative piece of legislation that addresses the concerns of the most marginalized section of Indian society. The World Bank estimates that 15% of...

Mastery Over Death by Swami Rama

I have personally witnessed yogis casting off the body consciously on many occasions. In the year 1938 when I was sent to Benares to stay with a Bengali couple, I was informed that the couple would drop their bodies at the same time. The couple had been meditating...