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The Kabir Baug Yoga Institute

Kabir Baug Yoga Institute

Life for Tripti Arun Katare was an endless nightmare of pain ever since she was operated for lumbar spondylosis two years ago. Residing in Bangalore, she had almost given up hope of leading even a relatively pain free life, when her sister from Satara called to tell her about “This yoga place in Pune which she had been to and which had helped similar patients.” Katare decided to come to the Kabir Baugh Yoga Institute, Pune, for ten days with her daughter and try some alternative treatment. “This is my last day here. Earlier I would get severe pain in my right hand. After ten days of therapy here, I feel that it has reduced by 50 per cent, it’s remarkable” says Katare. She is not alone. Many others suffering from a host of problems have come here and achieved some remarkable results.

Yoga

Even in the sweltering heat of the afternoon, the Kabir Baugh Yoga Institute radiates a sense of serene calm. There are enough shady trees here to impart a welcome coolness, so different from the hot sun outside. The people who come here regularly do so either for therapeutic reasons, to reduce stress or simply because they wish to align the mind and body into a more natural, self healing state. At first glance all seems quiet. But there is a lot of subdued activity going on. From the morning batches which are just getting over, a kids camp, a boys hostel whose inmates are busy preparing for exams, resident patients and even patients awaiting an X–ray or a health check–up, Kabir Baugh is a community in itself.

Padmasana

Here you will find patients who are now Yoga teachers themselves. Dressed in the lemon yellow and maroon uniform, they are volunteers who have offered to stay on and help other patients get better through the use of different Yoga techniques. Most of the exercises are based on Yoga techniques, others have been devised by the institute’s doctors. At an early morning batch of older people, one finds different exercises in every part of a hall like room. The equipment is different too. From wooden benches to various straps which are also based on some premises of physiotherapy, pieces are fashioned according to a patient’s needs and judged by the compulsory health check up that patients undergo at the institute.

Kabir Baugh dates back to May 27, 1729 when the ruling Peshwa gifted the ashram land to Kabir Gosavi. Since then the place has been used for the spiritual and physical development of mankind. The institute also has a small school for nursery kids and a hostel for rural students. In 1988, Dr. Karandikar started Yoga therapy here. Anil Bhide, was a heart patient who was given a month to live by doctors. He started Yoga therapy under Dr. Karandikar’s guidance and went on to live for seven more years. Bhide who expired recently was instrumental in building the present institute and his wife Anagha Bhide is also one of the trustees.

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