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Patanjali Wellness is a 40,000 sq. ft. centre where up to about 1,000 people can perform and participate in natural wellness treatments based on Yoga, Ayurveda, and Naturopathy, including but not limited to diet therapy, physiotherapy, panchakarma, and shatkarma therapies.
In 1999, the Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences (IIAPS) were established which offers a Diploma in Ayurved Pharmacy. The Maharshi Patanjali Institute for Yoga Naturopathy Education and Research was founded in 2000. [2]
University of Patanjali is an Indian private research university, with its main campus in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. It was established in 2006 after the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand passed the University of Patanjali Act, 2006.
Patanjali Food and Herbal Park in Haridwar is the company's main production facility. With a production capacity of ₹ 35,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 470 billion or US$5.4 billion in 2023), it is expanding to a capacity of ₹ 60,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 860 billion or US$10 billion in 2023) through new production units in Noida, Nagpur, and Indore.
Dharana is a state of mind, Dhyana the process of mind. Dhyana is distinct from Dharana in that the meditator becomes actively engaged with its focus. Patanjali defines contemplation (Dhyana) as the mind process, where the mind is fixed on something, and then there is "a course of uniform modification of knowledge". [52]
Patanjali's system came to be known as Raja Yoga (Royal Yoga) retro-actively, in about the 15th century, as the term Yoga had become popular for the general concept of a "religious path". The systematic presentation of Hindu monotheism as divided into these four paths or "Yogas" is modern, advocated by Swami Vivekananda from the 1890s in his ...
Ramdev is the Vice-Chancellor of the Patanjali Yogpeeth. [54] In 2006, Ramdev established a registered charity in the UK known as the Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust, which had the stated objective of supporting Patanjali Yogpeeth (India) through the promotion of Ayurveda and pranayama yoga in the UK. [55]
Patanjali is also the reputed author of a medical text called Patanjalah, also called Patanjala or Patanjalatantra. [4] [62] This text is quoted in many yoga and health-related Indian texts. Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts such as Yogaratnakara, Yogaratnasamuccaya, Padarthavijnana, Cakradatta bhasya. [4]