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India is the birthplace of Yoga and Meditation, which are now a rage in the West. Yoga and Meditation, like Ayurveda and Unani, have their roots in India.


The practices of Yoga and Meditation have descended from the treatises of sages into the popular consciousness of the modern generation increasingly harried by the hectic pace of contemporary lifestyles.

While Western countries increasingly have Yoga and Meditation Institutes in important urban centers, many medical tourists prefer to come to India for authentic Yoga and Meditation therapies.

Yoga refers to the practice of exercise and breathing control to maximize the well being of the body and cure diseases. Meditation is the practice of focused thinking and controlled breathing to reach a state of "nothing", said to be a blissful state free from all worries.

Since India is the original home of India, many of the pristine Yoga and Meditation practices have been preserved here, undiluted by the more populist practices of the West. Yoga and Meditation is often practiced in conjunction with Ayurveda to heal bodily disorders.

The country has many Yoga and Meditation Centers spread across the region. From the Ashrams at Rishikesh in the Himalayas, to learning centers at Mysore in South India, the country has many registered Yoga and Meditation Institutes.