Businessworld Article on SOUKYA Holistic Health Centre in Bangalore, India/title> <meta name="Keywords" content= "Ayurveda Bangalore, Ayurveda, Yoga Bangalore, Panchakarma, Yoga, holistic health bangalore India, ayurvedic massage Bangalore, holistic, integrative medicine, complementary therapies, healing center, medical spa, homeopathy Bangalore, Holistic, Holism, Health, Care, SOUKYA, wellness, wholeness, Holism Philosophy, Mind, Body, Spirit, Medicine, Therapies, Homoeopathy, Charity, life, illness, treatment, disease, prevention, relaxation, rejuvenation, Healing, health summit"> <meta name="Description" content= "Businessworld writes about SOUKYA in Bangalore, India, the first Holistic Healing Centre of its kind in the world. Founded by world renowned holistic health practitioner Dr. Issac Mathai M.D.(Hom), M.R.C.H.(Lond) and his wife, Suja Issac M.Sc.,M.Phil.(Foods & Nutrition), SOUKYA focuses on Ayurveda, Yoga, Homeopathy, Naturopathy and a wide range of Complementary Therapies like Acupuncture, Reflexology, Acupressure in a single facility." /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="css/global.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" href="css/print.css" />  <script type="text/javascript" src="p7pm/p7popmenu.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="p7pm/p7popmenu2.js"></script> <style type="text/css" media="screen">  </style> </head> <body onload="P7_initPM(1,0,1,-20,10); P7_initPM2(1,0,1,-20,10)"> <div class="innercont"> <div id="greencont"> <div id="maincont2"> <div id="maindisp_area"> <div class="inner"> <h2>MEDIA</h2> <div class="news-logo" align="center"><img src="images/bw.jpg" alt="news logo" border="0" /></div> <h3>BUSINESS WORLD, 1 - 15, MARCH 1997</h3> <h4 align="center">A HOMEOPATHIC WHO IS A HOLISTIC HEALER</h4> <div align="center" class="news-logo"><img src="images/bwimage.jpg" align="business week image" border="0" /></div> <table width="100%" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="3" border="0" id="table38"> <tbody><tr> <td width="34%" valign="top"> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Bangalore`s Issac Mathai is low profile holistic healer who suddenly came into the spotlight after the much published royal visit last month." I have been in India for the last seven years and was never in the news . It was only because of Sarah Ferguson`s visit which was played up by the media that i have suddenly come into the limelight", admits the 36 year old doctor.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Its a light that certainly won`t fade easily. for holistic healing may not be a familiar concept at the moment, but Mathai`s alternative system of medicine still has the worlds beautiful people rushing in for more. "Holistic medicine means understanding the person as a whole - mind, body and spirit. Most illnesses are based on emotional problems and without clearing these the effect of medicines is limited," says the soft spoken homeopath.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mathai`s certainly got his finger on the emotional pulse of his clients. Which is why he`s now working on realising his dream project : an International Holistic health Center at Whitefield, 24 Km from Bangalore, where he believes "Guests will leave there worries behind and get set on the path to recovery". The center - a cross between a spa and a medical center- which is slated to open slated to open two-and-a half years from now, will be a new ager`s delight. While the emotional stressed can release of their tension through nature framing. yogic training and meditation at the holistic center, the more athletically-in-clined can dip into the pool or spend their time playing badminton, volleyball, table tennis, riding, flying or working out at the gym.</font></p> </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Says Mathai " I believe that the patient needs to be out of his regular environment for the treatment to be most effective," Casually adding that he" expects member of royal families from across the world to avail of treatment at the center.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The Bangalore doctors journey into the brave new world of holistic healing began about 15 years ago, when he attended a World Health Organisation International Conference where he was exposed to different systems of medicines.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Says Mathai "I believe that the patient needs to be out of his regular environment for the treatment to be most effective," Casually adding that he "expects member of royal families from across the world to avail of treatment at the center.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">At 26, Mathai says whole new world opened before him when he joined over 30-years-old 101 private clinic which used holistic healing to treat its patients in London. "I was sent all over the world by the clinic to attend to patients. It was a whole new experience for me," he says. Inspired by the experience, Mathai then organised the first International Conference on Holistic Health in India. In 1990, he set up his own Holistic healing center in Bangalore.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Today, The holistic healer shuttles between his Homeopathic Medical Center on the second floor of Parvathi plaza at Bangalore`s Richmond circle and his clinics in London, Baltimore. and when the high flying Mathai is not jetting</font></p> </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">across continents healing the mind, body and soul of his 3000+ patients spread across 30 countries, he is busy attending to his patients in Bangalore are keeping in touch with other patients across the globe through the telephone, fax and e-mail. Some persistent patients will do anything to find a slot in his busy schedule. one American Millionaires is flew him out to New York aboard a concord and put him up at the swank plaza hotel for a week when she could`t see him during his regular US visit.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Varma who has been associated with Mathai for past 10 years for one of his committed supporters." A practitioner of any system must have a holistic approach . And Mathai has the correct perspective of the holistic approach." Varma has been closely associated with Mathai for the last 10 years. Bunty Peerbhoy, the chief of MAA Communications who has been consulting Mathai for the last one year also has complete faith in the holistic healer" I never knew that Mathai had such High profile patients. He`s a low profile dignified soft spoken gentleman and an excellent doctor."</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mathai is certainly surprised at the sudden publicity he has been receiving. Mystified at sobriquet like "New age Guru" which the media has been heaping upon him lately, He says "I am a simple man and spent my free time with my family. I am interested in yoga, meditation and reading." and the international Holistic Health Center of course</font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div id="footer_area"> <div class="fmenu1"> <ul id="footnav1"> <li class="firstitem"><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="holistic-healing-team.html">HOLISTIC HEALING TEAM</a></li> <li><a href="health.html">HOLISTIC HEALTH</a></li> <li><a href="interative.html">INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE & COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES</a></li> <li><a href="holistic-health-center-facilities.html">FACILITIES</a></li> </ul> <div class="clearB"></div> </div> <div class="fmenu2"> <ul id="footnav2"> <li class="firstitem"><a href="dayatsoukya.html">DAY AT SOUKYA</a></li> <li><a href="directions.html">DIRECTIONS</a></li> <li><a href="foundation.html">FOUNDATION</a></li> <li><a href="general_iformation.html">GENERAL INFORMATION</a></li> <li><a href="#top">IMPORTANT LINKS</a></li> </ul> <div class="clearB"></div> </div> <div class="copyright">Copyright © 2006 SOUKYA. 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