Holistic health fairs

In 1994 it was decided that a Community Service Project be taken up in the form of a Health Fair (Swasthya Mela). It was organized with the intention of promoting “Holistic Health” which includes physical, mental, social and spiritual well being of the person. And this also illustrates that health is not only a precious possession but also a resource, which helps the whole community to progress and prosper.

The fundamental aim of organizing such fairs was to create awareness among the people about the risk factors of various diseases, curative methods, importance of health, principles of healthy living and suggesting preventive measures. As the saying goes “An ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure” and staying healthy has not only become a necessity but also a challenge. Therefore the need of the hour is to add a holistic dimension to health care which deals with the whole person rather than just the diseased organ.

Besides providing medical assistance, holistic health care empowers the patient to lead a healthy life by building up resistance to diseases and the will to regain health in a faster and less painful way. It is not just a mode of treatment but also a key to healthy living where a person is able to feed the mind and body with positive energy and achieve an optimum level of performance without coming under stress and tension.

Objectives of the Health Fairs

• To create health awareness amongst the masses.
• To create an awareness of factors leading to diseases and the role of sanitation, balanced and nutritious diet to maintain good health.
• To teach mothers about oral dehydration therapy and to encourage use of hygienic measures in cooking and preserving food.
• To create an awareness of the drug problem existing among school children and to educate them about its harmful effects, means of prevention, and ways to give up alcohol, drugs, smoking and tobacco-chewing habits.
• To create awareness among parents, students, community health workers, nurses, medical and paramedical persons, doctors, medical students and nursing students on the holistic approach to health.
• To increase accessibility of health services to the community in order to enable them to seek services relating to prevention and cure of diseases, as well as promoting a healthy way of life.
• To develop a system of providing periodic health checks with a back-up system through the routine health services.
• To provide treatment for common ailments and other communicable and non-communicable diseases and to provide counseling for their prevention.

The fair consists of the following pavilions with meaningful pictures, beautiful artistic models, attractive illustrations and educative slogans.

Holistic health pavilion: It gives an introduction to the different aspects of health- physical, mental, social, and spiritual and effect of stress on the body through psycho-neuro-immunology (PNI).

Positive health pavilion: It creates awareness of the contribution to physical health of proper hygiene, ventilation, balanced vegetarian diet, sound sleep, exercise, positive attitude and positive thinking.

Habits, addictions and drug awareness: It explains about causes and solutions of drug addiction particularly the ill effects of tobacco and alcohol on the body. The main message of this stall is to encourage the parental role in prevention of drug addiction, and education in helping young people say 'no' to drugs.

Rajyoga pavilion: It describes the basics, methodology and attainments of Rajyoga meditation in promotion of health and in cure of many psycho-somatic diseases like Hypertension, Heart disease, Diabetes, Asthma, Headache, Insomnia, Joint pains and Neurotic ailments.

Research pavilion: Various researches conducted in the field of meditation are displayed at this pavilion.

Meditation pavilion: Here practical demonstration of Rajyoga Meditation is given by senior trainers to gain tranquility of mind.

Literature pavilion:Books and periodicals on holistic health, Godly knowledge and Rajyoga are available at this pavilion.

Medical checkup pavilion: Free medical check up facility is provided at this pavilion.

Donation pavilion: In this pavilion the ill effects of drugs and other addictions are explained to the masses and they are asked to donate their negative habits. Many visitors take a pledge to abstain from drugs and other addictions.

List Of holistic Health Fairs