योगविद्या धाम, अहमदनगर

In the year 1985, Yoga Vidya Dham Institute was established at Ahmadnagar by the inspiration of respected Dr. Shri Vishwasrao Mandlik Guruji, Nashik. The yoga teachers of the institute started the primary class ‘Yoga Pravesh’ with selfless and selfless attitude. The organization was also duly registered under the Societies Registration Act and the Trust Registration Act.

 Devoted yoga teachers trained from Nashik started Yoga Pravesh classes at many places in the city. After that, from time to time, the yoga teachers of the organization used to go to Nashik for 1-1 months and take training for the next class and teach the next advanced class in Ahmednagar to the yoga lovers of the city. In this way till date more than 10000 from yoga introduction class, 3000 from yoga introduction class, 850 from yoga teacher class, 450 from yoga prabodh class, seekers have taken yoga education and have progressed and are doing so. 100-125 teachers out of 850 yoga teachers of the institute are working in Ahmednagar district and are teaching yoga in Srirampur, Sangamner, Kopargaon, Parner, Srigonda, Karjat, Jamkhed areas.

 In Yoga Vidya Dham institute, 1) Yoga Sanjeevan, 2) Yoga Sopan 3) Yoga Pravesh 4) Introduction to Yoga 5) Prabodh 6) Teacher 7) Teacher are taught and further 8) Praveen 9) Pandit 10) Yoga Professor in Nashik. Course guidance is given. All these courses are approved by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.  Apart from this category 11) for pregnant women, 12) memory enhancement for children, 13) height enhancement 14) yoganidra and pranavajapa for stress relief, mental peace, confidence enhancement insomnia 15) diabetes 16) asthma 17) obesity 18) hypertension 19) heart disease 12) Special curriculum classes for students suffering from disorders like spinal disorders etc. 21) Shankh Prakshalan class which cleans the entire digestive tract from mouth to anus, which is about 32 feet long. Yashwantrao Chavan Open University established by the Maharashtra government since last 10 years has recognized Yoga Vidya Dham Ahmednagar branch as the official center for yoga teacher diploma examination and so far 400 candidates have obtained diploma with first class and first class specialization.

 Every year during Diwali and summer holidays, height enhancement and sanskar classes are conducted for children. Till now almost 1400 students have benefited from this and their height has been observed to increase significantly in one month.  From the last 5 years, the sss class has started with guaranteed weight loss in 21 days and around 700 seekers have succeeded in reducing their weight from 2 to 5 kg in just 21 days.

 Also, since 2014, Kalidas University Ramtek Nagpur has awarded B.A in Yoga. and M.A. Initiation is approved and these Abhaskarams are also taught. Since these courses are UGC approved, it gives priority to get jobs. Every year on the occasion of World Surya Namaskar Day, teaching Surya Namaskar in schools, taking Surya Namaskar from students and citizens simultaneously in different school grounds on Rathasaptami, taking free yoga classes for women on Women’s Day and for senior citizens on the occasion of World Yoga Day, taking free yoga classes according to the guidelines given by the Ministry of AYUSH and in alphabetical order. Such activities are carried out and these classes also get good response from the public. In the same way, Omkar Japa classes are held at various places to prove that it benefits high blood pressure, improves memory, every year district level yoga competitions, blood donation camps, nature trips, yoga dindi, Giri tours, public lectures and public programs, teaching yoga at the homes of dignitaries, N.C. in naturopathy, N.D. Activities such as organizing classes are going on. Diabetes control class has been started since last 2 years.

 The syllabus of all the above classes is fixed and the teacher is given special training and allowed to conduct classes. Yoga Vidya Dham is unique in allowing a yoga teacher to teach important and delicate processes like Pranayama and Shuddhikriya only after the teacher’s experience and passing the Yoga Prabodh and Yoga Teacher exams.

 The specialty of the yoga teacher class is that in this class, teaching in one asana 4 techniques, step by step teaching, method of corrections, many times before the lesson exam, micro study, practice lesson, theoretical study, 36 lectures, you have to get more than 50% marks.
 Apart from this, activities such as regular pathological tests on diabetes, obesity prevention classes, research papers on the same, conducting yoga camps in many places in the district, taking residential classes for yoga teachers are also being conducted. Activities to be done by more than 10,000 students at the same time 3 times in the yoga introduction class activities such as Snehan Svedan etc. are conducted.
 We are proud that our Yoga Vidya Dham Ahmednagar Institute is teaching such an in-depth course of Yoga and that too with the right quality. It is a request that citizens should continue to support this institution.