Holistic Medical Institutions in Rajasthan

Despite of the fact that several alternative medicine and fitness traditions had diminished over the last few centuries, there has been a revival, especially since independence, and a lot of headway has been made in establishing institutes where these vital sciences are not only taught, they are also offered as courses to visitors.
Some of the few good one are listed here.

Government Yogic Treatment Cum Research Centre (Jaipur) – It is the only government supported yoga centre in India; the institute was established in 1961. Ever since, it has found yoga-based remedies for ailments such as asthma, diabetes and other internal disorders. No medicines are used in the treatment, with yoga being the only method of finding relief from chronic problems. Naturopaths work in a fully-equipped laboratory, and treatment for its patients who reside on the premises is free, as is the board and lodging.

National Institute of Ayurveda (Jaipur)– Established as an ayurvedic college in 1946 by the former rulers of Jaipur, it has since been upgraded, and its impressive complex on Amber Road houses thirteen departments of medicine and an attached hospital.

Nature Cure Centre(Jaipur) – Colloquially called Prakritik Chikitsalaya, this nature cure institute has been a pioneer in the field for last five decades. A health farm, it uses the five elements in its treatment with fasting, sun bathing, mud baths, wet sheet packs, steam baths and water therapy to offer remedies for arthritis, acidity, asthma and other respiratory ailments, bronchitis, colitis, diabetes, heart problems, obesity, jaundice and lumber spondylitis.

Rajasthan Swasthya Yog Parishad (Jaipur)– Yoga consists of breathing and physical exercises, and the proper manner in which there are performed can lead to amazing results in people, curing them of ailments and increasing the longevity of their lives. The organisation here is a training centre in yoga, and has as many ten other centres in Jaipur alone, with more outside the city.

Vipassana Dhammathali Centre For Meditation(Jaipur) – One of the branches of the institute in Maharashtra, this beautiful centre disburses training in the ancient technique of vipassana meditation as practiced two and half thousand years ago by Gautama Buddha. The complex has a distinctive Buddhist look, and there is a central meditation hall for one hundred and fifty people as well as one hundred and sixty cells. Meditation courses at the complex last ten days for beginners, and longer ones of twenty, thirty and forty five days duration for the more experienced.

Yoga Sadhana Ashram (Jaipur) – A prominent yoga centre, started 1969, the ashram nestles in a serene environment, and besides regular classes in the morning and evening, also has courses lasting three months to a year. Besides yoga, it also undertakes he yogic treatment of cardiac problems, psychic disorders, blood pressure complaints and spondylitis.