M Purushoutham
Vinaya Punde
Founder Director
GREEN HILL Nature cure WELLNESS CENTRE
India is a big, big country. Yet, it sometimes behaves worse than its smallest state. Especially in matters relating to health. We believe Doctors who give us bagful of medicines are the best. It doesn’t matter to most of us that most medicines in capsule and tablet form do more harm to our bodies than anything good.
It may look like India has made up its mind on medicines. To most, they are available only in the form of capsules, tablets, lotions, potions, injectable, and so on. For them if medicines aren’t available in these forms, they aren’t medicines at all. Until you introduce them to Vinaya Punde, Naturopath par excellence and the guiding force behind Pune’s famed DUWA FOUNDATION and GREEN HILL NATURE CURE WELLNESS CENTRE.
It all started way back from the time Vinaya was young. Born in Mumbai and having spent considerable time in Pune which were then far from the concrete jungles they are today, nature, trees and herbs always interested her. Add to that her qualifications that include a B Sc from Mumbai, and a Diploma in Yoga and Naturopathy from Gandhi Darshan Academy, Delhi. These made natural therapies and nature-based healings a way of life for her. What added was her 2-decade stay (yes, that long!) in Indonesia in pristine forests not far from Jakarta. And how did she get there? The Indian way, with her engineer-technocrat husband, Mr Prafulla Punde. Representing a known Indian enterprise then, he undertook sizable industrial projects in Indonesia. In her own words, it was in Indonesia, amid its nature-loving people, that her long-held belief of self-healing grew stronger.
Returning to India, she did one thing that made her resolve stronger. They became owners of Green Hill, a true green hillock that overlooks the Mumbai-Bangalore Highway. Easily approachable from Pune, Green Hill is like a true tropical paradise, quiet (despite the highway next doors!) and cool throughout the year. And most of all, it has the feel of being on a different plane! Heaven…almost! With the right ingredients in place, it was time to make India make changes for its own good.
With the right resolve and attitude, and experiences which stretch over two decades now, they have found acceptance and a loyal following in Pune, Mumbai and way beyond, some even outside India.
Ask her how she contributes to the world of health with her firm conviction in natural healing and naturopath, and she says that the following are their programs :
Healing Program : A 5-day medicine-free residential healing program under the guidance of experts, it takes care of chronic ailments including High blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, arthritis, Digestive Disorders, and menstrual problems. It’s USP? It’s held in a great environment with great food, and of course with the promise of great health!
Weekend Immunity Booster Program : These days, we do everything that weaken our immunity from bad foods to bad lifestyles. This program gets you into the right place for the right activity over the weekend so that you go back feeling rejuvenated and positive!
Yoga and Naturopathy : A 1-year certificate Course in Yoga & Naturopathy approved by the Govt. of Maharashtra, it is helpful in many ways. Participants get to learn in-depth about a system of nature-based living. After completing the course, participants have implemented it for healthy living. Some have even started their own business and got employment.
Cultural Programs : A once-a-month event, it’s about enjoying and understanding one’s culture that has positive effect on physical and mental health and social well-being. All this helps reduce stress. The added attractions are unique entertainment & celebrations with family & friends.
Good Bye Doctor : A one-week course, it is done at places that are convenient to participants. It promotes healthy living in harmony with nature with a tag line “harmony with nature is health, and disharmony a disease”. Food is considered medicine, and it teaches healing through food.
In the end, through all her courses, the good Naturopath wants to develop in people the idea that WE CAN CURE OURSELVES USING NATURE AS A RESOURCE – without any chemical-based medication. All it needs is the will to do it, and to change and align it with nature and its ways.
At an age when most people retire, Naturopath Vinaya Punde pushes on, not because she has to but because she wants to. Her walk and glow show the power in us and its effects where we decide to use it the right way. She keeps the hope alive that her countrymen and the world realize the power in them, and take the right steps with yoga and nature-based therapies to remain bright and radiant as the sun, and powerful like a gust of fresh air.
That said, she remains sad that that India, which gave the world the idea of naturopathy, itself is not serious about it. But she is positive that the newer generation, with ample information from varied gadgets, will take the right path towards good health and prosperity.
Not one who takes glory and admiration with ease for the success of DUWA FOUNDATION and GREEN HILL Nature cure WELLNESS CENTRE, she says it was possible because of her solid faith in the power of one’s own self, and of the body’s, to cure itself.
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