Projects

Aarogyam is an outcome of a vision held by a group of friends who have joined resources for its seed capital. We have the wholehearted acceptance and support of the elders of Teherki village, the place which hosts the project. We have purchased 3 acres of land for setting up brick & mortar buildings and leased another 5 acres for organic farming.

The project has an adjacent 15-acre degraded village commons land that we have begun to nourish back to health through afforestation. The cow shelter is ready and running with about 10 cows and a few calves. We farm our own food with our kitchen endeavoring to run on traditional styles, foods and recipes. We hope to soon operationalize 1-day and 3-day retreats which will include knowledge sessions on yoga and holistic living, yoga workshops and cycling.

Another agreed upon objective with village elders is to nourish a 50-acre degraded common village land close by to a forest and in the process raise the quality and level of the water table in the area.

Other key components of the project that help it become self-sustaining are:

• • a gaushala
  • a biogas and a solar plant
  • a yogshala
  • a naturopathy center
  • an institute to administer the workshops
  • accommodation for participants & volunteers, and
  • an associated kitchen that uses traditional cooking style & implements ecological practices to a substantial degree.

Arogyam aims to build awareness of the eco-balanced lifestyle maintained at its campus. It runs Holistic Living and Life-balance workshops at the institute for the same. The institute generates revenue for classes, faculty, resources and runs in a self-sustaining way.

The institute has also adopted its surrounding villages and is working in the area of waste management, child education and livelihood creation.