Swami Ramdev

Swami Ram Dev, the world famous yoga guru, believes that Africa can offer solutions to a wide variety of problems widespread in US and UK. In fact, he sees Africa as a potential solutions provider to the common problems among various nations and a resource pool to combat against exploitation. Ram Dev supported the views of some eminent leaders of Africa and requested South Africa to extend its helping hand to the other countries of the world so that these underdeveloped and developing nations also came at par to other developed countries in the domain of development. He is of the opinion that God has bestowed his blessings on Africa and gifted it with lots of natural beauty and biological resources. But the urge for development has prompted the foreign visitors to deplete it of its resources. So efforts should be made to encourage Africa to provide the other countries with its great supply of organic food resources.

Baba Ram Dev, the renowned yoga guru, has slammed religious conversion. He pledged to put in his best possible endeavors to promote brotherhood and unity among the citizens of the country and lay the foundation of a mentally and physically fit India by amalgamating the healthy yoga practices and ayurveda with the rich culture of the country. He vowed to provide six lakh villages with yoga education that will aim to remove the pain of the people. Baba Ram Dev declared at the yoga camp organized in Rourkela that the restrictions should be posed on the practice of inducing religious conversion in disguise of rendering social services. He criticized the killing of Lakshmananda Saraswati and gave a national call to maintain peace and harmony in the country. He openly said that no religion encourages violence and revealing his feeling of patriotism even declared that he is all set to set up Bharat Swabhiman Manch (BSM) that would aim to rebuild the national integrity and prosperity.

Baba Ram Dev has complied the basic aspects and practices of yoga tradition in his famous book “Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras”. In his work, he has comprehensively described about the origin of human sufferings through “Theory of Kleshas”. According to this book, the origin of human sufferings is Avidya, the first Klesa. It is a kind of ignorance that originates inside the soul of a human being. Second Klesa, Asmita, originates from this. It refers to the identification of soul along with the different components to it. Raga and Dvesa are the third and fourth Klesa respectively. These refer to desire or fear within the soul of a human being. These clarify the basic existence of a human being in a streamlined state. Abhinivesha is the fifth Klesa. It refers to the most common desires prevalent in the life span of a human being such as desire for life, desire for ego etc. These Klesas are apt for teaching the man what his existence means. In addition, it teaches the man to live a balanced and...

Baba Ram Dev has a treasure of valuable tips for pregnant women. He declares that a pregnant woman needs approximately 55, 000 calories to give birth to a healthy baby. He told that 1000 mg of calcium intake is necessary for avoiding the risk of high blood pressure and water should be a consumed several times a day for avoiding constipation. He attached great importance to iron intake and that intake of tea or coffee and meat should be reduced to minimum He advised pregnant women to consume leafy vegetables and fresh fruits as much as possible and hot lemon water with honey. In order to improve the digestive system in pregnant women, they should consume lots of fresh frit and vegetable juices. Dry fruits also form a significant part of the diet plan. These women should not do heavy physical exercises and avoid doing tough work as these physical exercises increase the chancces of miscarriage. They should instead practice meditation.

Swami Ram Dev, the exponent in yoga teaching, declares that there is a set of yoga exercises, capable of curing all ailments. These exercises increase the energy levels and contribute in eradicating the dreadful diseases that have made the lives of people quite miserable. Also, these exercises help to lose fat and if done on a regular basis can prove to be quite useful for mind and body as a whole. Dharti ki Sanjivini encompasses a set of seven yoga breathing exercises (pranayama), which are listed as below: Ø Bhastrika Pranyama. It is a deep breathing exercise, which should be done for at least 3 to 5 minutes. Ø Kapalbhati Pranayama. It is a fast breathing exercise with forceful exhalation. It should be done for at least 5 to 10 minutes. Ø Bahya Pranayama. It is an exercise that involves holding of breath with three bandhs. It should be practiced for at least 2 minutes. Ø Anulom-Vilom. It is an alternate nostril breathing exercise that should be done for approxima...

Baba Ram Dev, highly esteemed yoga guru, is an eminent Indian personality, who has supreme literary command. He knows languages like Sanskrit, Hindi and English equally well. He also has a vast treasure of Ayurveda and Vedic Philosophy. This saint has Indian cultural and traditional values intact. He has a pragmatic approach towards yoga. With his regular yoga camps all across India and abroad, and with his ayurvedic medicines and herbal treatments he has a flourishing list of patrons globally. He is disinterested in all materialistic comforts and this has made him a popular and esteemed personality of recent times. His yoga teachings has cured and provided relief to millions of disabled and crippled people in India and overseas. Yoga was almost lost in the run of times but it has been revived by this saint and for the good of the society. He has tried to support yoga with scientific justifications and this has really convinced countless people all across the globe.

Baba Ram Dev has always been against yoga being patented abroad. According to him, yoga has been an age-old practice in India and no one has got the right to patent it overseas. Baba Ram Dev has been delivering his strict words against America, the country that wishes to patent yoga. Baba Ram Dev has been appealing to Indian government and yoga organizations all over India to protest and take steps against this. He feels that yoga is not like a machine that can be run by a company and moreover, it’s our possession, our belonging that we, Indians, just cannot hand over to any foreigner just like that. Ram Dev also criticizes Indian government for having a cold attitude towards ayurveda. He is of the opinion that approximately 10 percent of Indian population is suffering from diabetes so they seek help of yoga and ayurveda. These two techniques can easily help these patients to recuperate and recover.

Baba Ram Dev, the renowned yoga guru, has made a call to the children and priests to step forward and save the holy river, Ganges. School children of Varanasi on Thursday shook their hands with children of the families of priests and wet to the banks of sacred river. Groups of volunteers from all the corners of India have decided to take out the rallies and submit the primary demands of ‘Ganga Raksha Manch.’ Swami Abhimukteshwaranand today declared that the crowd of Varanasi has taken out this march under the leadership of Baba Ram Dev. Religious practices and traditions of bathing in Ganga on festivals had made this river come in the grip of severe water pollution, which has given rise to a number of water-borne diseases. In addition, disposal of industrial and domestic sewage into the river has further worsened the situation. Ganga Action Plan that was launched in 1985 has proved to be a disaster as until now, only 39 percent of the target has been achieved.

Baba Ram Dev strongly advocates yoga for a healthy mind and healthy body. One of the yoga techniques that he emphasizes on is “abhyasa.” It is a state of mind when it is in maximum steady state. In other words, abhyasa is achieved when the mind stops wandering. This technique comprises of three phases respectively known as dharana, dhyana and samadhi. Dharana is a state of mind when it gets detached from all materialistic pleasures and focus on some particular things such as dot, idol, etc. Here the absolute concentration is diverted to a single track. It is a hard state of mind to achieve since it’s not easy to adopt vairagya. As the individual meditates more, the attention gets more directed towards that object and the set of thoughts becomes restricted. He just starts thinking about that particular thing. This is the state of dhyana. When dhyana gets purified and more stable than ever before, it is called as samadhi. In this state of mind, all the evil spirits of a man vanish and ge...

Baba Ram Dev is a world famous yoga guru. Born in 1953, this famous Indian swami is known for popularizing yoga and ayurvedic medicines all around the globe among different sections of the society. He founded Divya Yoga Trust, an institution that offers ayurvedic medicines and other treatments to diseased and disabled people. Since its inception in 2002, this organization has been organizing yoga camps in different parts of the world. Also, Baba Ram Dev has been teaching yoga and other meditation techniques in these camps and trough electronic media. He imparts yoga education daily on Aastha Channel and also tells various ayurvedic treatments for people suffering from incurable ailments such as diabetes, tuberculosis, cancer etc. He has also released DVDs, VCDs and audio cassettes and also some books on pranayama and other asanas. He strongly advocates disuse of costly treatments and promotes herbal cosmetics and medicines for both inner and outer beauty.

Swami Ramdev Baba has immensely popularized yoga in India and abroad. He lays complete emphasis on natural therapy and herbal medicines. He declares that yoga is the best antidote and medicine to mental stress and anxiety that we all suffer from in our day-to day lives. If done on a regular basis, yoga can do wonders to human body and mind. Yoga does not have side effects. It helps to keep physical, mental and spiritual well being. Baba Ramdev inspires people to bring yoga into daily practice. He offers his free yoga advice to millions of people all across the world through regular camps and television programmes. Yoga should be done daily but it should not be overdone. Yoga postures should be correct for maximum benefit. The practice time of yoga should be increased slowly. It boosts the self-confidence of a person and brings about remarkable improvement in the mental skills of a person.

Sadhu community along with Swami Ramdev has raised nationwide agitation for saving the sacred river Ganga. It is been demanded that Ganga should be declared as a national heritage and Save Ganga Authority should be set up by the central government. Ganga is already identified as a world heritage by the UNESCO. River is being polluted on a large scale on account of effluents from industries.

Swami Ramdev criticized Bush on his comments over Indians' food habits. He sighted the fact America has maximum numbers of obese people in the entire world. However Baba Ramdev agreed that if middle & upper class people starts eating less, the inflation rate will come down as poor aren't getting enough food. Because of the rise in income level of middle class Indians they have started eating more and are getting obese.

Patients suffering from different diseases are taking refuge at Baba Ramdev clinic in Jharkhand. The clinic is getting an overwhelming response. Over 200 patients are visiting the centre for treatment on a given day. The patients suffering from various diseases like heart diseases, piles, arthritis, diabetes, kidney problems, cancer, blood pressure, thyroid and depression, comes to the centre. The centre claimed to have treated over 300 patients suffering from chronic diseases. A new yoga centre is also upcoming at Yogapith, which will offer free treatment to the patients.

Go pure vegetarian,” Swami Ramdev told the 7,000 odd enthusiasts on the 1st day of the yoga camp at Gopal Maidan in Bistupur. Swami Ramdev stressed on the fact that majority of diseases results due to faulty eating habits. Once again Baba Ramdev came down harshly on cold drinks, which he believes is the root for many serious health problems. “Turn instead to gourd juice and lots of unadulterated water, as there is no substitute to that,” Baba Ramdev said in his characteristic style of lifting both his hands in the direction of the God Almighty. “Say no to allopathic medicines and embrace naturopathy instead,” was also what the famous yoga guru had to say showing concern to offer permanent solutions to all major diseases that affect common people.

“Yoga is not a symptomatic treatment like the allopathic method of treatment. Yoga is the systemic kind of treatment, which directly treats the eight system (Ashta Chakra) of the human body,” said Yoga guru Baba Ramdev. Speaking to the reporters in Hubli on Tuesday, Swami Ramdev said that any kind of imbalance in the functioning of body system would result in diseases. But yoga corrects reproductive, excretory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, circulatory and endocrine system of the body, and keeps one away from diseases.

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Swami Ramdev was born in 1965 as Ramkishan Yadav in Alipur, Mahendragarh district of Indian state of Haryana. He attended school through the 8th grade in Shahjadpur. Thereafter, he joined a yogic monastery (gurukul) in Khanpur village to study Sanskrit and Yoga. Eventually, he renounced worldly life and entered into Sanyas (monastic living) - taking the name Swami Ramdev. Then he went to Jind district and joined the Kalva gurukul and later imparted free Yoga training to villagers across Haryana. It is said that he travelled the Himalayas for several years before he settled in Haridwar. He discovered several medicinal plants in the Himalayas which he uses in treating his patients. Swami Ramdev started relentless efforts to popularise Yoga in 1995 with the establishment of Divya Yoga Mandir Trust, along with Acharya Karamveer and Acharya Balkrishna. In 1995, Baba Ramdev joined the order of swamis after being initiated into the ascetic order by Swami Shankerdevji Maharaj. While training t...