Category Archives: News

There are three autonomous organizations under Ministry of AYUSH namely, Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNY) & National Institute of Naturopathy(NIN), Pune. These are engaged in various activities relating to Yoga & Naturopathy, including treatment of patients through these systems. The treatment includes Hydrotherapy, Mud […]

The Dalai Lama unveiled the foundation plaque of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) Integrated Centre for Yoga in Bangalore on yesterday. In his address after the inauguration he asked Indians to use the knowledge that India has. He stated that knowledge that came from Nalanda is being used in other […]

People who have a higher sense of purpose in life are at lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease, reports a pooled data analysis in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer. “Possessing a high sense of purpose in life is […]

69 year old Buddhist monk Matthieu Richard is often called the happiest man in the world.  Various MRI scans have been conducted on him to find out what keeps him so happy.  These scans show really high, perhaps the highest levels of upbeat activity in his brain. Ricard, French by birth, completed his doctorate in […]

Clinical trials are testing whether oxytocin, sometimes called the “love hormone” for its role in intimacy and social bonding, has potential as a treatment for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. New research by behavioural neuroscientists Michael Steinman, Brian Trainor and colleagues at the University of California, Davis, suggests oxytocin may have different effects in […]

According to a new study practices like yoga and meditation and can help in reducing the need for general healthcare services by almost 50 per cent. The study conducted by Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment and the Benson-Henry Institute infers that ‘Evoking the relaxation response or a physiologic state of deep rest, […]

Chennai floods have been one of the worst floods India has ever seen. As for Chennai, it is for the first time in last 100 years that such ravaging floods have hit the city. What really matters at the moment is the Government, private bodies and individuals coming together in the rescue programmes. Though the […]

Yoga comes to the help of prisoners at Yerwada Jail – the jail authorities have announced that the prisoners would be released early if they get top marks in an examination on yoga. The examination that would be both theory and practice can get prisoners released early by up to three months depending on their […]

A new study published in PLOS ONE found that the Transcendental Meditation technique and lifestyle changes both appear to stimulate genes that produce telomerase, an enzyme that’s associated with reduced blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. Specifically, these approaches were found to activate two genes that code for telomerase, which adds molecules to the ends […]

Rishikesh ashram of spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi would be reopened on December 8. One would remember that The Beatles, an English rock band, stayed there in 1968 for an advanced transcendental meditation (TM) training session. The ashram is being reopened to give a boost to spiritual tourism in the state of Uttarakhand. The ashram […]