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The Ayush Department, which is into promoting alternative medicine systems in India, has introduced new schemes through its Ayur Raksha clinics to spread the message of ayurveda. The schemes – Swasthyam, Sukhayushyam, Punarjani, and Amritham – will be promoted through the clinics in government run ayurvedic institutions. Swasthyam is focussed on reducing the intake of medicines to focus on daily routine, seasonal routines, good food, and moderate exercise for physical and mental health Sukhayushyam is focussed on the health of the elderly. Medicines should not leave them sapped of energy but be able to boost their immunity. They should also ... Read more

Ministry of AYUSH and WHO has been jointly organizing a three days Working Group Meeting for reviewing the WHO document ‘Benchmarks for Training in Yoga, from 26-28 February, 2019 at New Delhi. The meeting is coordinated by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY). WHO is developing Benchmarks Document for Training in Yoga as part of its global strategy to strengthen the quality, safety and effectiveness of Traditional and Complementary Medicine.  Development of this benchmarks document is included in the Project Collaboration Agreement signed between World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of AYUSH on Cooperation in the field of Traditional ... Read more

Shripad Yesso Naik , Minister of State for AYUSH, launched the e-AUSHADHI portal, for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters on 13th February  at New Delhi. Addressing the gathering Naik said that this e-AUSHADHI portal is intended for increased transparency, improved information management facility, improved data usability and increased accountability. “Timelines will be fixed for processing of application through this portal with SMS and e-mail status updates at each step of the process. This initiative of the Ministry of AYUSH is a reflection of our Government’s commitment towards e-governance, ease of doing business and ... Read more

Shripad Yesso Naik , Minister of State for AYUSH , addressing the gathering Shripad Yesso Naik , Minister of State for AYUSH has announced that Ayurveda Departments will be opened in the new 19 AIIMS. He said, work is already on to start Ayurveda Departments in hundred ESIC hospitals under Ministry of Labour.  Further, approval has been received from Home Ministry to open Ayurveda Departments in seven hospitals of BSF and other Para military forces. While Inaugurating the 3rd Ayurveda Day in New Delhi on 5th November 2018, the minister said, this year Ministry has taken many steps to fulfill ... Read more

There are hundreds and thousands of yoga instructors ans practitioners in the country and, it is difficult to identify the certified instructors. It is to help people identify the certified instructors that the AYUSH ministry has come up with a mobile-based app to help users locate certified yoga instructors and institutes around them. The app, commissioned by the ministry, regulates alternative systems of medicine, including yoga. The app lists yoga instructors and institutes that have been validated by experts from the Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN) under the ministry. Instructors and institutes interested in getting certified will ... Read more

Photo Credits: gotnewswire India and the Netherlands could join hands for promoting medical tourism in both countries. It was suggested by Shirpad Yesso Nayik, Union minister of state for Ayush, while talking in a seminar titled ‘India-Netherlands Collaboration in Healthcare, including Ayurveda, at Leiden. “India is the world’s largest producer of generic medicine and there is tremendous potential for medical value travel to India for conventional and alternative medical treatments like Ayurveda,” said the minister. Alternative medical streams in India, named Ayush, denotes to medical treatments other than allopathic such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and homeopathy. Naik reiterated the ... Read more

  ചരിത്ര വിജയമായിരുന്നു ആദ്യ യോഗാ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂര്‍. ജൂണ്‍ 14 മുതല്‍ 21 വരെ അസോസിയേഷന്‍ ഓഫ് ടൂറിസം ട്രേഡ് ഓര്‍ഗനൈസേഷന്‍സ് ഇന്ത്യ (അറ്റോയ് )സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച ടൂര്‍ പലതുകൊണ്ടും പുതുമയായി. കേരള വിനോദസഞ്ചാര രംഗത്തിന് യോഗാ ടൂര്‍ പുത്തന്‍ ഉണര്‍വായി. വിനോദ സഞ്ചാര പ്രോത്സാഹനം ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ട്   കേരള ടൂറിസം തന്നെ  പല പരിപാടികളും സംഘടിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും  സര്‍ക്കാരിതര കൂട്ടായ്മയായ അറ്റോയ് സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച  യോഗാ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂർ പോലെ ചരിത്ര വിജയമായ മറ്റൊന്നില്ല. 23 രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് 52 പേർ  ടൂറില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തു.യോഗാ പരിശീലകരും യോഗാ ടൂർ ഓപ്പറേറ്റർമാരും യോഗയെക്കുറിച്ച് മാധ്യമങ്ങളിൽ എഴുതുന്നവരുമായിരുന്നു അവര്‍. കേരളം യോഗാ ടൂറിസത്തിന് യോജിച്ച ഇടമെന്ന് സംഘാംഗങ്ങൾക്ക് ബോധ്യമായി.  വീണ്ടും കേരളത്തിലേക്ക് വരും . ഒറ്റക്കല്ല , സംഘമായെന്ന്  ഇവര്‍ ഉറപ്പും നല്‍കി  എന്നതാണ് ആദ്യ യോഗാ ടൂറിന്റെ സവിശേഷതകളില്‍ ഒന്ന്. കേരളം അവരെ അത്രത്തോളം ആകര്‍ഷിച്ചു. സംസ്ഥാനത്തെ  ടൂറിസം മേഖലയും അകമഴിഞ്ഞ പ്രോത്സാഹനമാണ് യോഗ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ... Read more

It’s from her father that Salila Sukumaran started taking the basic lessons of yoga. Later, she started taking the lessons as part of her corporate management training while she was taking her hotel management training in Delhi. “Yoga came to my life, uninvited. But, once I started practicing yoga in a consistent way, it made me feel strong internally and physically that I knew there’s something amazing about yoga that I had tapped into without knowing that I was tapping into it,” said Salila while she was touring Kerala during the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018. Yoga Ambassadors Tour was an ... Read more

Elissa Chrisson from Australia, says yoga has changed her life in a very positive way. Elissa was the star performer during the Yoga Ambassadors Tour, organized by ATTOI. Elissa was one of the delegates touring Kerala with the Yoga Ambassadors Tour. The event was organized in association with the Ministry of AYUSH and Kerala Tourism. The event, aimed to propagate Kerala as a global destination, is taking around 60-plus Yoga professionals from across the world to different destinations in Kerala to experience yoga and learn more about yoga. The 10-day educational tour concluded on International Yoga Day  June 21. The ... Read more

നിപ ഭീതി, വിദേശ വനിതയുടെ കൊലപാതകം എന്നിവയില്‍ പ്രതിസന്ധിയിലായ കേരള ടൂറിസത്തിന് തിരിച്ചുവരവിന്‍റെ കുതിപ്പു നല്‍കി യോഗ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂര്‍ ആദ്യ പതിപ്പ് സമാപിച്ചു. കേന്ദ്ര ആയുഷ് മന്ത്രാലയം, കേരള ടൂറിസം എന്നിവയുടെ സഹകരണത്തോടെ അസോസിയേഷന്‍  ഓഫ് ടൂറിസം ട്രേഡ് ഓര്‍ഗനൈസേഷന്‍സ് ഇന്ത്യ (അറ്റോയ്) ആണ് യോഗ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂര്‍ സംഘടിപ്പിച്ചത്.  കഴിഞ്ഞ 14ന് കോവളത്ത് നിന്നാരംഭിച്ച  യോഗ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂര്‍  എട്ടു ദിവസത്തെ പര്യടനത്തിനു ശേഷം കൊച്ചിയിലാണ് സമാപിച്ചത്. യോഗാ ടൂറിസത്തില്‍ കേരളത്തിന്‍റെ സാധ്യതകളിലേക്ക്  വാതില്‍ തുറക്കുന്നതായി പര്യടനം. കേരളത്തിലെ വിനോദസഞ്ചാര രംഗം തകര്‍ക്കാന്‍ ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ട് മോശം വാര്‍ത്തകള്‍ ചിലര്‍ ആസൂത്രിതമായി പ്രചരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനിടെയായിരുന്നു യോഗാ പര്യടനം. 23രാജ്യങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് 52 പേര്‍ പങ്കെടുത്ത യോഗാ ടൂര്‍ ലോകത്ത് തന്നെ ഇദംപ്രഥമമായിരുന്നു. കേരളത്തെ യോഗാ ടൂറിസത്തിന്റെ കേന്ദ്രമാക്കുക, യോഗയെക്കുറിച്ച് കൂടുതല്‍ അറിവ് നല്‍കുക എന്നതായിരുന്നു പര്യടനത്തിന്റെ ലക്ഷ്യമെന്നു അറ്റോയ് പ്രസിഡന്റ് പികെ അനീഷ്‌ കുമാര്‍, സെക്രട്ടറി വി ശ്രീകുമാരമേനോന്‍ എന്നിവര്‍ പറഞ്ഞു. ... Read more

The first edition of Yoga Ambassadors Tour conducted in Kerala, which started on 14th June at Kovalam, has concluded in Kochi on 21st June 2018 – the International Yoga Day. The tour ended proclaiming Kerala to be the Yoga destination in the coming days. Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India (ATTOI), famed for their innovative concepts in tourism industry, was the organizers of the programme. The event was conducted in association with Ministry of Ayush, Government of India and Kerala Tourism. The closing day kick stared with a mass yoga drill where 56 yoga ambassadors along with people from the ... Read more

It was a distinctive experience for the participants and spectators, when people from 23 different countries performed ‘yoga asanas’ in harmony. Yoga experts from 23 different countries assembled to perform yoga in Kochi as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour, organized by Association of Tourism Trade Organizations India (ATTOI), in association with Kerala Tourism and Ayush Minstry. Apart from the foreign delegates, people from different parts of the state also participated in the mass yoga demonstration.

Yoga ambassadors endorse the possibilities of Yoga tourism in Thekkady. Yoga exponents from 22 countries were gathered together in Thekkady as part of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, organized by Association of Tourism Trade Organization India (ATTOI), in association with Ministry of Ayush and Kerala Tourism. Thekkady, known as the land of spices has attracted the yoga ambassadors in that aspect also. Barbara Kleymann from Germany asserted, “Thekkady is an apt place for promoting yoga tourism.” “Beautiful nature, fresh air, better accommodation facilities – everything that complements yoga practice is present in Thekkady.” Barbara is running an institution in Germany ... Read more

Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, organized by Association of Tourism Trade Organizations India (ATTOI) draws global attention. Two crew from France-2 channel have reached Kerala to cover the event. The team include reporter Quesa and cameraman Giona. They have been filming the yoga practice of the delegates and interviewed some of them. The news of Yoga tour along with a documentary of Spice Routes will be broadcasted in September. The TV team will be in Kerala for six days. Quesa has visited India several times before, but it is the first time he is in Kerala. “This is a better place ... Read more

House boat of ‘Spice Routs’ witnessed a varied birthday celebration in the backwaters of Kuttanad on 16th June. Nicole Rene’e Matthews, from Michigan was the birthday girl. Nicole was one of the delegates participating in the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, organized by ATTOI (Association of Tourism Trade Operators India). Delegates from 22 different countries along with the officials of ATTOI and the house boat staff greeted Nicole with flowers, gifts and hugs to make the birthday celebration an unforgettable event. While thanking everyone for the wonderful moments, Nicole said, “It was the first time I am celebrating my birthday away ... Read more