My Association with The Yoga Institute

I am associated with The Yoga Institute at Santacruz (East) now for nearly forty years. Most of the students of yoga science join yoga courses to find some solution for their health ailments. Some come to learn about our old culture of yoga. I don’t think I had any of the two above reasons to join The Yoga Institute.

- Dr. P. G. Diwan

I am a graduate in Dental Surgery. I practiced in Bandra, one of the suburbs of Mumbai. I am referring to year 1970. In those days dental practice use to be mainly prosthetic, i.e. making dentures, partial as well as full, along with other treatments like extraction, fillings, cleaning of teeth, etc. Prosthetic treatment required real skill and was remunerative compared to other treatments. In spite of acquiring the required skills during my learning years, in practice, I failed to get the desired results. My patients were not happy. I discussed my problems with our teachers and colleagues. It didn’t help. I was quite disappointed.

Some of my classmates opted for teaching as a profession where they could make a career as professors. They earned good respect from their students. Some of them qualified for studies in foreign universities and left India. Soon they started earning well. Some of my old schoolmates who did not even go to college were running small petty businesses, but they still earned well and were very happy. I was disappointed with my routine work within the four walls of my clinic. I lost confidence in myself and even thought of changing my profession.

One of my senior professional colleagues said to me that I needed patience. As a well wisher, he advised me to see Dr. Jayadeva at The Yoga Institute, whom he knew personally. He thought some yoga techniques were great stress busters and helped in improving the power of concentration, which would help me.