The Yoga of Baba Ramdev
July 19th, 2009 8:02 amBaba Ramdev often known as Swami Ramdev is a charismatic figure in relation to yoga. Swami Ramdev is well known for practising yoga. It is suggested that if yoga in India is popular then ever before, it is because of Swami Ramdev.
The Baba was born in 1965 by the name of Ramkishan Yadav in the district of Mahendragarh in the north Indian province Haryana. He suffered paralysis as a little boy but was able to completely recover through the use of yoga techniques. He then becomes so interested in yoga that he became a student of the ancient language of Sanskrit and yoga. He became an ascetic and decided to become a full time swami for the sake of his countrymen. He taught the practices of yoga in his home state of Haryana.
He became not only in India but the world famous after he treated several people from their life threatening diseases that would not have healed by modern medicine. He set of an organization called the Divya Yog Mandir Trust for charitable purposes. The aim of the trust is to promote the practices of yoga and Ayurveda and heal the world of diseases. People who had never plasticized yoga before, started to take interest. Several famous personalities went to the camps organized by Swami Ramdev.
Some of the diseases treated by swamiji purely through the uses of yoga include; coronary heart diseases, Bronchitis, leucoderma, renal failure and cancer.
The Baba today has made people lead greatly simple lives by encouraging them to eat simple vegetarian foods and living simple lives. The swami has carried out numerous charity works like free hospitals, running schools for children and yoga camps. Swamiji has great interest in helping the down trodden. He offers them free lodging, medication and treatment to those not able to pay for the treatment.
