School of Yoga Therapy, Institute of Salutogenesis and Complementary Medicine (ISCM) of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV), Pondicherry organised and conducted the three day “Indo-US Yoga Chikitsa Symposium and Workshop”, in collaboration with the Loyola Marymount University (LMU), USA; SVYASA Yoga University, ICYER at Ananda Ashram and the Indian Yoga Association (Pondicherry Chapter) from 13th to 15th of December 2023.
The first day’s program was organised at the ISCM of SBV.
The team from LMU were given a warm welcome and were taken on a tour around Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute after which they went over to ISCM to participate in the day’s events.
The symposium started with an inaugural program chaired by Honourable Vice Chancellor of SBV, Prof Nihar Ranjan Biswas and Dean Academics, Prof Ashok Kumar Das. The Registrar of SBV Prof A R Srinivasan, Clinical Director of Yoga Therapy, LMU Dr. Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology LMU Dr Deanna Cooke felicitated the occasion.
The first session was rendered by Director ISCM, Prof Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. on “Yogachikitsa and Salutogenesis: How does it work” and this was followed by Dr. Lori Fazzio on the topic of “Yoga therapy in modern times”. Both the interactive sessions were well received.
The afternoon session brought together another round of eminent speakers, Prof K R Sethuram, Prof Emeritus AIMST University & Endowed Chair- Health Professions Education, IHPE, SBV (who emphasized the importance of Salutogenesis, Ikigai and their role in holistic healing), Prof Ashok Kumar Das (who highlighted about the mind-body medicine), Prof Meena Ramanathan, Vice-Principal of SYT, Prof Sobana R, Administrative I/C of SMT, and Prof Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani in an open forum on “Yogachikitsa As Mind-Body Medicine”.
