June is a month of reflection, as it is the time that our founder Swami Rama seeded many things, whether the First International Yoga and Meditation Conference in USA in 1976 or establishing the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust in 1989. At these trying times across...
“Water is the source of happiness, energy, health and piety, and is life giving as mother.” Rig Veda 10.9.1-2 “This Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) has delivered elixir to my house,” says Kamini Padiyar, a resident of village Kheda Talla, Tehri Garhwal,...
February 1990, the foundation stone of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) was laid. Speaking on the occasion, Swami Rama said, “I pray to the diinity in you. I am only a humble server. I have nothing of my own within me. By the grace of my Gurudev, based on...
Focus on Development and Humanitarian Partnerships, Jakarta, 27-29 November 2019 Swami Rama illustrated the scientific basis of the ancient yogic practices through demonstration of the mind’s capacity to control so-called involuntary physiological parameters such as...
Swami Rama, Founder of Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, felt the need to address the concerns of rural mountain people. To this end he established the Rural Development Institute (RDI) to act as a hub to ensure holistic development addressing health, education,...