Health corner

Yoga camp
Pune Patanjali Yoga Samiti that imparts yoga lessons based on Ramdev baba’s teachings and yoga methods,has opened an office at Hadapsar Road. In all,the samiti has around 2000 yoga teacher and 250 yoga programmes running successfully. Around 40,000 people are getting benefited from the programme. The office was inaugurated by S M Acharya. The samiti would hold yoga camp all over the district to promote yoga.

Inner engineering
Coimbatore-based Isha Yoga Foundation is offering a seven-day Inner Engineering programme,which will be conducted in Indraprastha Hall,opposite Chaturshringi Temple,Senapati Bapat Road,between April 8 and 14. The programme will be conducted by highly trained teachers from Isha Foundation. The approach is a modern antidote to stress,and presents simple but powerful processes from yogic science to purify the system. The programme includes effective relaxation techniques,discussions,guided meditations and transmission of the sacred Shambhavi Maha Mudra kriya. These practices can enhance one’s health and well-being in a holistic way. This form of yoga does not require physical agility or any previous knowledge of yoga. When practiced on a regular basis,these tools have the potential to enhance one’s experience of life on many levels. The chief co-coordinator for the Pune course is Erin Koron,who has dedicated herself to spreading this form of yoga. More information can be sought on 98229-12045,

Rare achievement
In an interesting and rare case,an unmarried woman with a huge uterine fibroid covering the whole of abdomen was operated successfully by Dr Ashwin Porwal,consultant general,Poona Hospital and research centre. The patient noticed a lump in her abdomen since three months and a constant increase in it. The lump increased in size so much that it was compressing the lungs leading to breathlessness. The challenge for Dr Porwal and Dr Shailesh Mehta was to remove the tumor without damaging the uterus as the patient was unmarried and might need to conceive later. Another problem was that Dr Porwal also had to remove the latge fibroid through a small cut on the abdomen so as to provide better cosmetic results considering her age. The surgery lasted for two hours.