PUNE: A
four-day-long International Yoga Conference - Yoga was Therapy - Scope,
Evidence and Evolution organised by Lonavla-based Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute
was inaugurated recently. The conference, that kicked off on December 27, is
aimed at understanding the evolution of Yoga as a form of therapy in the
historical and current context.
Chairman of Kaivalyadham, Swami Maheshananda, Minister of
Health for Maharashtra, Deepak Sawant and Former Director of CBI and member of
Kaivalyadham Advisory Board DR Karthikeyan were among the dignitaries present
on the occasion.
CEO of Kaivalyadham, Subodh Tiwari said, "Over the next
few days, brilliant minds from all over the globe will come together to discuss
the place of Yoga in the realm of healing. Through multiple academic plenary
sessions and panel discussions, our endevour would be to delve deeper into the
intricate aspects of understanding yoga as a therapy."
The conference will also set the tone about the future scope
of yoga therapy and studying its place in various fields like academia, modern
medicine and yoga teaching. Among the topics to be discussed at the conference
are Evidence-based Yoga, the future road map and Yoga as therapy in women's
health.
Assistant professor of
medicine at Hardvard Medical School, Satbir Singh Khalsa said, "Today,
there is a disconnect. We've taught about dental hygiene, but not mental
hygiene. Now, through the lens of yoga, as a form of healing, both from the
scope of prevention and cure, we must ask ourselves how do we go from where we
are not to where we need to be? I believe this conference will help answer this
question and establish a road map for the practice and discipline of yoga
therapy."
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