A firm votary of blending Eastern and Western systems of medicine and healthcare, Aggarwal believes that health is not mere absence of disease. According to him, the WHO definition is more comprehensive, which includes the mental, social and spiritual well-being of a person.

``Allopathy deals with what the patient is suffering from. It uses technology based diagnosing to identify diseases and deals in biochemical reactions and drug receptors. The Eastern system, on the other hand, investigates why the patient is suffering, taking into account his personality, surroundings and even the season. It could therefore be used as a excellent supplement to allopathy in promoting health and well-being,'' Aggarwal points out.

Accordingto the Western system, every drug has a receptor in the body. The Eastern system goes a little further and holds that if your body can produce drug receptors, it could very well produce the effects of the drug within the body itself. ``Our attempt is to rearrange and reorganise the immune system so that a person is able to better cope with the stresses and diseases of every-day life,'' says Aggarwal.

According to him, the information to fight disease and stress is already in our consciousness; it just needs to be energised. ``The mind, intellect and ego are obstacles to the path of energised consciousness. We train people to control negativity of the mind and ego and approach life more positively by using techniques that synchronise the body-mind link,'' he says.

The programmes at the clinic attempt to modify lifestyles, not merely from the physical point of view, but also by taking into account the role of spirituality in a person's life. ``It's time that the training of spirituality inherent in everyperson shifts from yellow saffron to white apron,'' declaims Aggarwal.

The clinic offers four programmes. The most popular programme is the Regression of Heart Diseases and Ageing, which trains people in a healthier and more positive lifestyle. There is a programme on meditation and an advanced course called Primordial Sound Meditation, which uses various sound techniques to promote well-being.

There is also an innovative programme called Magical Beginnings and Enchanted Lives, which is meant for pregnant women. This is based on the Mahabharata legend of Abhimanyu, who was born wise, as he was exposed to learned discourse between his parents while still in the womb.

All the programmes cost Rs 7,500 for a couple. ``We encourage two persons in a family to take our programmes so that it becomes easier for them to practise at home,'' says Agarwal. Each of the programmes provide one week of intensive training. As these programmes are targeted at working people, the classes are from 6-9 in the evening.Training sessions once a week for three months follow the intensive training.

The department also has dedicated corporate packages for organisations. These are orientation courses of eight hours for groups of up to 25. ``We tailor the orientation course according to the needs of the people in the group. For instance, if the majority of the group is above 40 years, we lay particular stress on the regression of cardiac diseases,'' says Agarwal.

The clinic was launched in December last year by new age guru Deepak Chopra. Since then, the response has been ``extremely encouraging'', says Aggarwal. y