| Swami Ramdev (1965 - ), also known as Baba | | | | He has helped establish Gurukuls in |
| Ramdev, is an Indian, Hindu swami. He is chiefly | | | | Kishangarh,Gharshera and Mahendragarh in India. He |
| well-known for his labors in popularizing Yoga. | | | | has also found P Y P Trust, which has built several |
| His yoga camps are attended by a large number of | | | | institutions. |
| people. People follow his yoga camps through TV | | | | In adding to helping people learn about Yoga and |
| channels and video. He is also one of the founders of | | | | religion, these institutions also provide a complete facility |
| the Divya Yoga Mandir Trust that aims to popularize | | | | that promotes the practice of Ayurveda -the |
| Yoga. | | | | customary system of holistic medicine developed in |
| Ramdev was born as Ramkishan Yadav in 1965, in | | | | India. |
| Alipur in the Mahendragarh area of Indian state of | | | | His Yoga Pranayama educational show is transmit on |
| Haryana. He attend school till the eighth grade in | | | | numerous TV channels daily. |
| Shahjadpur. | | | | He has been conduct Yog science camp frequently all |
| He then joined a gurukul in Khanpur village to study | | | | over the country, and from time to time abroad as |
| Sanskrit and Yoga. Eventually, he renounced worldly | | | | well. In 2006, the Ramdev spent approximately a |
| life and enter into Sanyas (monastic living) - taking his | | | | month in London teaching Pranayam and Yoga. |
| present name. | | | | The degree was obtainable to him in January 2007 |
| He then went to Jing district and joined the Kalva | | | | during a ceremony presided over by the respected |
| gurukul and accessible free Yoga training to villagers | | | | scientist and Nobel laureate Richard Ernst |
| across Haryana. | | | | HIV & AIDS: |
| As a promotional vehicle for Yoga, Baba Ram Dev | | | | On 'India TV' & pair of other TV Channels, on Dec. 22 |
| established the Divya Yoga Mandir Trust in 1995. In this | | | | & 23, 2006, Swami Ramdev Ji said that Yoga |
| project, he was accompanied by Acharya Karamveer | | | | Pranayama & the Aurvedic & Herbal Medicines |
| and Acharya Balkrishna. The headquarters of the trust | | | | optional by him can control & cure AIDS. He additional |
| are at the Kripalu Bagh Ashram of Haridwar. Baba | | | | that the CD4 Cell count of the people affected by |
| Ramdev teaches yoga mainly at this ashram. | | | | AIDS, which had fallen to 50; 100; 150 have gone up to |
| Baba Ram Dev Yoga | | | | 400; 500; & even 600, which is quite normal. He extra |
| Baba Ramdev teach Pranayama, a form of Yoga. | | | | that even the people with CD4 Cell count of 5 to 10 |
| The agenda consists of six breathing movements, | | | | have benefit. CD4 cells (T4 count, T-helper cells) are a |
| practiced in the following sequence… | | | | class of immune cells that slowly get depleted in HIV |
| • Bhastrika Pranayama | | | | infection. |
| • Kapal Bhati Pranayama | | | | On Dec. 22 & 23, 2006, 'India TV' also showed a lady, |
| • Bahaya Pranayama | | | | declaring openly, in one of his Yoga Science camps to |
| • Anulom Vilom Pranayama | | | | have been cured of AIDS. This lady had approach to |
| • Bhramri Pranayama | | | | know that she had AIDS, after she lost her husband |
| • Udgeeth Pranayama | | | | due to AIDS. |
| Swami Ramdev has trained several aspects of | | | | Cancer: |
| customary Indian scriptures such as Ashtadhyayee, | | | | Quoting from page 55 of the monthly magazine "Yog |
| Mahabhashya and Upanishads along with six systems | | | | Sandesh" (English) September 2006 issue, of Swami |
| of Indian Philosophy in various Gurukuls (traditional Indian | | | | Ramdev Ji's Trust in India, "Yoga Guru Swami |
| systems of education). | | | | Ramdev while address the people said that Yoga & |
| Awards and recognitions | | | | Pranayama have been winning in curing 200 cancer |
| In January 2007, KIIT University awarded Swami | | | | patients and he is prepared to give evidence. The very |
| Ramdev with an Honorary Doctorate degree in credit | | | | old science is also beneficial in case of AIDS and |
| of his efforts at popularizing the Vedic science of | | | | experiment are being approved out in that area. He |
| Yoga. The degree was obtainable to him in a | | | | would make formal statement once the tests are |
| ceremony presided over by the respected scientist | | | | completed". |
| and Nobel laureate Richard Ernst. | | | | |