With obesity and diabetes levels rising in the Kingdom, many consumers are now taking up a bigger slice of the health food market in the country. Doctors in the city are recommending that people eat organically produced vegetables and fruits because they are more nutritious and can aid in the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, strokes and cancers. It also assists in helping people maintain a healthy weight. Mahmouda Yahiya, a dietician and blogger on healthy living, said recently: Several retailers and vendors are using chemicals these days to make vegetables and fruits look fresh. The rampant use of such chemicals destroys their nutritional benefits. Thats why we are advising patients suffering from health issues to consume foods that are grown naturally. She said that since demand has risen, many supermarkets have special sections only for organic products, making it easily available for consumers. According to the Middle East market consultancy firm Orient Planet, the organic food market in the Kingdom was estimated at over SR1 billion in 2009 accounting for 90 percent of the Gulf Cooperation Councils organic food market. A similar report issued in the same year by Frost and Sullivan projected Saudi Arabias health food market would grow by 11.8 percent a year. Mohammad Othman, a retail executive manager, said: Saudi Arabia is considered among one of the largest organic food markets in the Gulf due to the growing demand from people for the health benefits they offer. The major part of the health food market in Saudi Arabia is imported from western countries because there is a lack of consistent local suppliers. This forces retail companies to charge relatively high prices. However, the healthy food market is flourishing and is expected to increase in the coming years, he said. Yazeed Khalid, a Syrian national living in Jeddah, said: I prefer to use organic products to avoid health hazards. Although they are much more expensive, there is little chance of contamination and the end product is of good quality. Many people did not know about organic food, but now there is growing awareness as the desire to stay healthy has increased.

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Welcome to Eat Pray Love Ashram. Here at the homepage we have shared a few different ideas we feel might be helpful to those who are on the path to awakening their inner-self. The major ideas we explore are:

If you would like to get a taste of what an ashram is like, please visit the following page: http://www.tureya.com which is one of the ashrams we recommend for spiritual seekers.

Like many of the curiously adventurous soul seekers that have emerged in the last century, I have been looking for answers. From meditation retreats to daily 6 a.m. yoga classes Ive been weaving through the prowls of material life looking for something that I know to be far greater than what my worldly life could encompass. There, inside of my heart, was a secret garden of wisdom that was waiting to bloom, it just needed a little sunlight, water, and nutrients.

And like many I have also done my fair share of travels, wondering through the vibrant rays of the holistically unique cultures dispersed throughout the world, each with their own beauty and wisdom. But for me, India was my resting ground. Like a seed in the wind waiting to find fertile ground to land upon, India presenting a pristine opportunity for me to plant roots and begin to sprout a key that could unlock my inner spiritual garden.

Although I had many premonitions of visiting, it was not until a train ride from Brussels to Madrid that my dream began to manifest itself as a reality. Ive been on European trains many times throughout my life, but what made this trip unique was my encounter with a kind hearted women from Italy who had with her a book published by one of her dear friends, Elizabeth Gilbert.

She was a diamond in the rough my co-traveller gleamed as she reminisced upon treasured memories of the past. You share the same eagerness to venture the depths of your soul as Elizabeth did.

Flattered by the possibility that I shared qualities with someone who had the knack to write a book about India, I asked my new friend if she would be willing to lend me the book. Of course she replied Ive already gone through it several times. Maybe it will shed some light on your own awakening she giggled.

She was right, and the eloquent dance of Elizabeths life in India set of a spark in heart that was so strong I could never consider turn back. I quit my job at the European Consulate and dove head first into a journey into the unknown world of a mystic life in India.

Elizabeth Gilbert was right: if you want walk the path of a yogi in India you need to visit an ashram. But there are so many to chose from, and if you spend even a few minutes on the internet you will find that most ashrams appear to be big frauds that pocket peoples money in the name of spirituality. One person ever writes about how ashrams are centres for drugged up hippies and trendy do-gooders.

But such an image of Indian ashrams is incomplete and narrow minded. It neglects to even entertain the simple fact of life that what is true for one thing may not be true for another. A basic example would be to compare a professor from some small town community college with a Department Head at Harvard University; they are both professors, but their ability to teach and their academic knowledge is going to vary quite drastically. Making a generalization that all things sharing the same name are good or bad is presumptuous and belittling.

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Welcome to Swami Dayananda Ashram

Dayananda Ashram Rishikesh is situated on the banks of the Holy Ganga, away from the major tourist attractions. It is a unique centre for the study of Vedanta and Sanskrit; unique in the sense that the classes are conducted in English yet the adherence and reverence to the ancient tradition of teaching (Sampradaya) is total. There is a temple dedicated to Lord Siva as Gangadharesvara facing the Ganga. The main lecture hall also faces the Ganga. There is a library with more than 5000 titles on various subjects, i.e. Vedanta, Sanskrit Grammar, Indian and western philosphies, Religion and Yoga. There is also a Yoga studio where regular Iyengar Yoga camps are conducted.

The ashram was established during the 1960s by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who is an internationally recognised teacher of Vedanta and foremost scholar of Sanskrit. Swamiji and his disciples conduct regular residential courses at the ashram with the focus on Bhagavad Gita and the ten principal Upanishads as commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya. These and selected ancillary texts are analysed and taught along with Sanskrit grammar in the Paninian style. Vedic chanting is also taught during courses.

In addition, throughout the year, a resident acharya holds daily discourses on the Upanishads, incorporating analytical examination of Adi Shankaracharya's commentaries.

Dayananda Ashram is the parent Vedanta institute of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam group, established by Swami Dayananda. Known as Arsha Vidya Pitham it means a centre of learning based on the teaching of the ancient rishis.

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Waytha tells Tengku Adnan to act in the public interest instead of acting powerless.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf Chairman P Waytha Moorthy expressed his shock at the Federal Territory Ministers blatant ignorance regarding the laws and his responsibility to protect and save Malaysias heritage.

He said in a statement that Tengku Adnans claims that the government has no power to stop the private development and can only advise the land owner to retain the Vivekananda Ashram building in Brickfields clearly shows the minister is ignorant on the laws available and demonstrates his shallow attitude towards our national heritage.

Waytha pointed out that it was widely known that the National Heritage Department had gazetted the Ashram earlier in 2008 & 2009.

He said the argument put forward by the FT minister and KL mayor that the board of trustees could go ahead with the development plans while maintaining the heritage site was utter rubbish.

It does not take a rocket scientist to tell that the planned development would cause permanent destruction to the heritage building, said Waytha.

He was disappointed with Tengku Adnans lackadaisical attitude towards the fight to save the Ashram and accused him of making a mockery of Malaysias status as a committee member of the World Heritage Committee. The minister seems to have conveniently ignored and failed to consult the heritage department on the buffer zone requirement, and whether a prior study existed following the guidelines set by the relevant authorities.

As a Minister, he should not open his mouth if he is not aware of the facts, the laws and the need to protect our national heritage, said Waytha who felt that the public would not be so foolish as to accept his passing the buck statement.

He told Tengku Adnan to invoke his powers to suspend the development plan and to do what is best to serve the public interest.

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