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Flax Sesame Crackers 

Flax Sesame Crackers are a healthy light wheat cracker with good quantity of sesame seeds and flax seeds. Oats used in the dish are rich in antioxidants, lowers cholesterol, improves blood sugar. Flax seeds are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids reduces inflammation and…

YVNites honored at KKSU 

In 12th Convocation of Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek on March 6, 2024, YVN trained teacher (33rd YTTC Dadar), Smt Vanita Mugdam felicitated with gold medal for standing highest in M. A. in Yogashastra through open and distance education (ODL) by scoring 86.5 %…

YVN to conclude Golden Jubilee Celebrations 

Yoga Vidya Niketan, Member Institute, Indian Yoga Association is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year from March 2023 to April 2024. Concluding function of Golden Jubilee Year Celebration will be held on April 9, 2024, in between 4pm to 7pm, at Yoga Bhavan, the own structure…

YVN organises events to promote Yoga 

Annual Exhibition Yoga Vidya Niketan, Member Institute of Indian Yoga Association held one day program on Annual Exhibition cum lectures on January 14, 2024 at Yoga Bhavan, Vashi, Navi Mumbai. After floral salute to statue of Swami Kuvalayanand and founder of YVN late Yogacharya Padmashri…

J&K UTCC announces Scholarship Certification Program 

The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Chapter Committee in association with Swaraj Yoga Institute announced a scholarship certification program from various categories, border areas and BPL background. The announcement was made under the chairmanship of Dr Shreyansh Jain and Shri Anil Swaraj, Founder, Swaraj Yoga…

Chandigarh SCC organizes Yoga Camp 

Chandigarh State Chapter of Indian Yoga Association organized 5 Days Yoga Camp for a healthy Lifestyle at Government College of Commerce and Business Administration (GCCBA Chandigarh, a constituent college of the Panjab University), Sector 50, Chandigarh from February 26 – March 1, 2024. This boot…

Karnataka SCC conducts GBM at Art of Living Ashram 

Karnataka State Chapter Committee of the Indian Yoga Association organised its General Body Meeting on January 28, 2024 with the blessings of Gurudev Shri Shri Ravishankar, Chairman, Indian Yoga Association at the Art of Living International Center, Bengaluru. The event was attended by the members…

Chandigarh SCC celebrates Republic Day at Consulate General of India, Canada 

Glimpses of the Republic Day celebrations by Shri Ajit Handa, Chairperson, Chandigarh State Chapter Committee at Consulate General of India, Vancouver. He was on a vacation in Canada with is daughter.

SAHS and IYA celebrates International Mind Body Wellness Day 

The NSS unit, School of Allied Health Sciences, Salem, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (DU) in collaboration with Indian Yoga association celebrated International Mind Body Wellness Day on January 3. On the occasion an awareness programme was held at the Skill Lab Auditorium. Prof.Dr.B.Sendilkumar, Director, SAHS,…

Shree Kala Yoga organises Yoga Trainer Camp 

Shree Kala Yoga, Associate Centre, Indian Yoga Association in along with Gujarat State Yog Board organised Yog Trainer Camp in Gandhidham. As many as 35 trainee attended the 45 days long training camp that commenced on December 1, 2023. The camp culminated on January 16,…



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Fighting away Corona with Yoga & Nature Cure

by Durgadas Savant, Yoga cum Naturopathy Teacher, Vice-Chairman, Yoga Vidya Niketan, Mumbai

Year 2020 brought an unknown virus ‘Corona’ with itself which turned the world upside down. Though I had always been aware of Natural Living, but never implemented it. After saving ourselves for almost a year, in the month of April 2021 all my family members including me got fever, back ache, cough and cold.

Initially after getting fever like many we considered it the common flu, but on checking our temperature we realized it is not so. We all im­mediately quarantined ourselves and shifted to natural diet. In addition, we all tried to stay away from nega­tive thoughts. One of my major con­cerns was my 97 years old mother. She is completely dependent on us and it was a little scary for me. For­tunately, from last 75 days she had been on liquid diet, which detoxified her body and she was able to fight the virus successfully.

During the phase, we all avoided solid intake of food in the initial days of the disease. We took only Kadha made with Basil (Tulsi). We all con­sumed Ginger throughout the day. Gradually, we shifted to very light food like fruits chikku, pomegranate, orange, spinach (palak) soup, nachani soup, and rice kanji. We took lot of steam and had honey-turmeric mix before going to bed. We daily prac­ticed Vaman dhouti, Sitkar-Vyutkram kriya for a fortnight and lemon shot thereafter. Our fever started declining on the fifth day though pain in throat still continued. We still had inflam­mation and pain in the chest. These symptoms did confirm that it was nothing else but COVID-19. As we continued with the routine gradually the symptoms started to fade away, but were still coughing and had loose motions for about 15 days.

Once the fever was gone, we all practiced kapalbhati kriya, bhramari rechak, sooryabhedan pranayama, uj­jayi pranayama and omkar sadhana which proved ex­tremely beneficial. In case of acute condition of lungs like Pneumonia, above practices may not be possible, but if Yoga and Naturopathy is followed then there is no chances of falling victim to such acute health issues.

After fighting away the disease successfully, I have realised that it is important to focus on mind and food here. The battle lost in the mind, can’t be won outside. Negativity and fear reduces immunity to a great extent. Wrong food also reduces immunity and increases cough, toxicity leading to complications. Thereafter, sup­pressing fever using various medicines might result in complications.

The primary cause for all diseases is toxicity in the body and not the germs; and if at all, then their contribution is only secondary. Accumulated poison makes favour­able situation for the germs to grow. Acute diseases are healing crisis hence we should never suppress the symptoms

Keep Fighting and Stay Strong!

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