The mind, body and soul are like I strings of one instrument - your being. When in harmony, they
create music that spells health and well-being for the individual. However, the stress of modern life, the sweeping lifestyle changes and the abuse we heap on ourselves through wrong food
choices, irregular sleeping hours and sedantary routines, have wreaked havoc on this harmony, striking discordant health notes which manifest themselves in chronic states such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. etc. Little wonder then that these ailments have been identified by doctors as lifestvle diseases of our times.
The World Health
Organisation (WHO) defines health as: "A state of complete physical. mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity."

Thus the paradigm shift in the present times from a medical doctor,
who merely treats diseases to a holistic doctor, who believes in the promotion of health and prevention of disease.

Situated on a sprawling 50-acre soothing environment, away from the

to be aware of their body's requirement and train them to take responsibility for their own health. SOUKYA is not a place for temporary relaxation or short-term rejuvenation, but a place to rediscover and integrate yourself.
"We help calm the mind, balance the body and nurture the soul so that the body is fortified and the mind strengthened, making it possible for you to renew your vigour for life.
.We make you belive in yourself, initiate change, be motivated and learn to live life, tather than just drift through everday existence,
"We want you to enjoy every moment of your life, the gift of breath and make a celebration of life, This woukd be achieved by the fusion of the charm of traditional healing skills, the precision of modern medicine and the gift of the self-healing powers of the individual. The power to heal is within you and is waiting to be tapped. Healing is essentially spirit in origin and we hope to facilitate that at Soukya."
All you need to do is check yourself in for a fes days and let the specialists take care of you.

madding crowds, the centre has a combination of packages to treat your mind, body and soul. SOUKYA is headed by Dr Isaac Mathai, chairman and managing director, while his wife Suja, a nutritionist, is its executive director.
Dr Mathai, thinks that it is important to experience life to its full potential and for that, one needs to possess an excellent state of health Soukya, the focus of a well-qualified staff is on prevention of illnesses, early intervention and health promotion. And it was these thoughts that were the driving force behind this venture.
Dr Mathai elaborates, "Most often, an easily treatable ailment turns into a complex disease, simply because adequate preventive measures at the appropriate time had not been taken. We educate those who come here

A competent team of doctors from modern and traditional systems of medicine and will0trained therapists take you through the whole gamut of therapies and treatments that you might require.
Apart from allopathy, ayurveda, siddha and unani branches of medicine, a host of complementary therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure, aurioculotherapy, Bach flower remedy, colonic irrigation, colour therapy, shiatsu, Tai chi, neuro-muscular therapy, etc, are also applied to address you specific medical needs.
Going by your specific needs, you
can choose from a variety of packages available- stress management,

All holistic programmes foucs on rejuvenating body, mind and soul, helping you to cope with the stress of daily routine

asthma, arthritis, diabetes management and therapeutic skincare.Good health comes at a price, and at Soukya, each treatment has a tariff, which includes you living, boarding and meal charges in addition to charge of the special package you select. But, as they say, health is wealth, indeed, If you plane to be the wealthiest person, then you've got to be in robust health, If you do not have that, then SOUKYA can put you on the road to good health by initiating the necessary lifestyle changes that you require.

weightmanagement, detoxification, rejuvenation, women's health, smoking cessation, cardiac-hypertension,

'Food dudes' persuade children to eat greens
A modern version of Popeye, the spinach-guzzling cartoon character dating from 1929, is persuading children to eat up their greens.
In a primary school experiment, videos and lessons following the antics of four "food duded"- Rocco, Raz, Tom and Charlie- with a taste for healthy food, doubled the consumption of fruit and vegetables among pupils.
The scheme wad devised by food researchers at the University of Wales, Bangor, in an attempt to change the junk food culture in schools.
Last year, one in 20 children claimed to have eaten no vegetables in the past week, while one in 17 said they had not eaten any fruit.

When pressure is on, narcissists shine
He is reviled in workplaces: the obnoxious, self-important employee who is more interested in impressing the boss then knuckling down. But when the pressure is on, it is those seeking glory, who rise to the challenge, psychologists say.
I a series of experiments, they found that narcissists, described as people with inflated egos, performed 20 percent better then their more modest counterparts when given the chance to demonstrate their superiority over others. The key to their success was not talent but an irrepressible desire for admiration, said Prof,. Roy
Baumeister, of Case Western Reserve ?University in Ohio, USA. "Narcossosts , make fairly unpleasant colleague, But these people will shine in times of crisis."

Men love to gossip too
Young men are just as likely as women to gossip and to ignore former friends, a study into aggression has shown.

Sarah forrest of Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, USA, found that by the time men reached their early 20s, men and women were just as likely to use direct or indirect aggression, "One theory goes that once men develop social intelligence skills, they begin to develop indirect aggression, " She says. " the argument is, men catch up with women. We found no differences in the sexes at all. Men were just as gossipy as women"