ournativevillage

Our Native Village is committed to enable and partner you on your journey to balance, health, joy and peace in your life. We offer our hearts and our space to all who are committed to the path of health, joy and self discovery…. individuals as well as facilitators and teachers who share our passion. Our healing programmes are designed to put you on the path to healing imbalances of the physical body, as well as your relationships, personality and all aspects of life. The healing programmes reflect our belief in holism by integrating ancient as well as evidence based healing therapies such as Ayurveda, Yoga (pranayam’s, asana’s & mudras), Food & Nutrition, Meditation, Sound Healing, Acupuncture, Naturopathy, etc.
Our belief system
The human being is not just the physical body that we see, but is also the mind, emotions and the soul. When any one of these aspects is out of balance, we experience stress and dis-ease. The ancient wise teachers and the fathers of medicine understood the human organism to be an indivisible whole. All aspects of our life (history, relationships, rest, food, health, state of mind, lifestyle, environment, karma, etc.) are intertwined and are both causal and effectual.
Our Medical Foundation: FAITHS –Foundation for the Assessment and Integration of Traditional Health Sciences
The Foundation for the Assessment and Integration of Traditional Health Systems [FAITHS] is a Bengaluru based, international, not-for profit organization run by academically accomplished professionals in traditional and conventional medicine. The foundation aims to: Engage in quality research in traditional medicine Train Traditional Health Systems’ practitioners in scientific research methods and evidence based practice Sensitize conventional medicine practitioners to available clinical evidence for Traditional Health Systems Offer clinical services backed by ‘traditional wisdom & clinical evidence’, and Evolve a process to practice ‘evidence based integrative medicine’
Vision of FAITHS
Scientific assessment, evaluation, and integration of traditional health systems from all civilizations, cultures and geographical locations, with conventional medical systems to evolve a comprehensive ‘Evidence based integrative medicine practice.’ In summary: EVIDENCE WITH IMPACT is the motto of FAITHS Yogaksema The knowledge from FAITHS is being implemented in a stress and lifestyle clinic called Yogaksema. Yogaksema, located in Indira Nagar in Bangalore, is a day care center. The center has a stress clinic, a bio feedback clinic, a pain clinic, ayurvedic therapy rooms, and disease specific yoga therapies. A team of allopathic doctors along with ayurvedic & naturopathy doctors attend to patients in a day care setting. Yogaksema will be a screening and follow up center for patients coming to Our Native Village from Bangalore, and Our Native Village will be a retreat setting for patients who need retreat care.
The Founders of FAITHS
	Dr. Shirley Telles has a MBBS, followed by an M.Phil. & Ph.D. in neurophysiology from the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences [NIMHANS], Bengaluru. Dr Telles is the founder president of FAITHS. She has 126 publications in indexed journals and chapters in medical books. Dr Telles currently Heads the ICMR Center for Advanced Research in Yoga and Neurophysiology at Bengaluru. She also serves as the Director of research at Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar, founded by Swami Ramdev. Dr. Telles has received awards from the Indian Council of Medical Research, the John Templeton Foundation (U.S.A.), and had received a Fulbright fellowship to study neurophysiological changes in meditators. Dr. Telles is an enthusiastic and ardent yoga practitioner herself. Dr. Naveen K. Visweswaraiah is a Fulbright Fellow and completed a 5 year training as a Yoga & Naturopathy physician. Dr Visweswaraiah is a yoga researcher with a doctorate in psychophysiology and yoga from Bengaluru University. He has co-authored over 30 publications on yoga research. Dr Visweswaraiah is a founder & managing trustee of FAITHS. Currently Dr Visweswaraiah is the co-director of the ICMR Center for Advanced Research in Yoga and Neurophysiology at SVYASA University, Bengaluru. Dr. Visweswaraiah has a particular interest in the philosophical principles underlying yoga practice and likes to incorporate them as well as the principles of natural medicine in daily life.
The founders of Our Native Village
	C B Ramkumar: Founder and Managing Director of Our Native Village. Ram returned to India after a 17 year stint abroad in 2006 to follow his dream and passion and started Our Native Village. Prior to this, Ram was in the corporate world for 2 decades in advertising and marketing. Having set up Our Native Village – a 100% eco retreat, Ram is now a regular speaker on Sustainability. Several life events, got Ram on a journey of discovery. This led him to explore energy healing as a science and become a Past Life Regression therapist, a Rebirthing breath work therapist, a Pranic healer and a Reiki healer. Ram is now a lifestyle specialist with a focus on food & nutrition in specific.

	Lallitha Ramkumar: Co Founder and Director in charge of Finance & Sales. While Lalitha started off in sales in Hindustan Reprographics Limited in Bangalore, she went onto specialize in shipping and logistics over the years. After a three year sting as an entrepreneur, Lalitha has taken on the mantle of the finance & sales portfolio for Our Native Village. While outside the country, Lalitha started the Fertility Support Group along with her husband in Dubai, after having gone through fertility treatment herself. Subsequently she was an active participant in an informal adoption support group also, after she adopted her second child.
*Ecological & Sustainable living*
Mother Nature and all life forms are respected and valued, and this infuses our space with positive vibrations and a sense of wholeness. We strive for well-being at all levels, in our inner environment and in our outer environment. We believe the physical characteristics of the retreat and the environmental balance play an important role in the process of healing. The retreat generates around 70% of electricity independently – using a wind mill and solar panels. Most of the water is rainwater that is harvested from the roofs and stored in an 84,000 litre underground tank. Every brick that is in the buildings was hand made using soil from the land, and sun dried – not fired in a brick kiln. All the waste on the retreat is processed and reused appropriately. Most of the vegetables in the kitchen are from the 12 acre organic farm that the retreat is on. All the soaps and shampoos are natural, organic and hand made exclusively for your use. Another unique feature is the regions first 100% natural swimming pool, where aquatic plants not chemicals, keep the water clean. We also support the local economy by making sure a large number of our employees are from the surrounding villages. For all of these pioneering efforts, Our Native Village was received several awards