Naturopathy and Yoga Doctors in India hold a BNYS (Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, 5.5 years including 1-year compulsory internship) — an AYUSH stream degree regulated by CCRYN (Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy) and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM). Practice integrates hydrotherapy, mud therapy, fasting therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, and therapeutic yoga to treat chronic disease, lifestyle disorders, and mental-health conditions without pharmaceutical drugs. Core settings include government AYUSH dispensaries and AYUSH wings in government hospitals, national naturopathy referral centres like NIMHANS Naturopathy Unit, high-end retreat centres (Jindal Naturecure Institute Bangalore, Soukya International, Isha Yoga Centre Coimbatore, Patanjali Wellness, Sadhguru's Isha Institute), wellness hotel brands, and a growing number of corporate and insurance-backed wellness programmes. Unlike Ayurvedic doctors whose tools are classical formulations, BNYS graduates primarily use physical modalities — water, earth, sunlight, air, diet, fasting, and yoga — and spend significantly more direct therapeutic time with patients per session.
Naturopathy and Yoga Doctors in India hold a BNYS (Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, 5.5 years including 1-year compulsory internship) — an AYUSH stream degree regulated by CCRYN (Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy) and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM). Practice integrates hydrotherapy, mud therapy, fasting therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, and therapeutic yoga to treat chronic disease, lifestyle disorders, and mental-health conditions without pharmaceutical drugs. Core settings include government AYUSH dispensaries and AYUSH wings in government hospitals, national naturopathy referral centres like NIMHANS Naturopathy Unit, high-end retreat centres (Jindal Naturecure Institute Bangalore, Soukya International, Isha Yoga Centre Coimbatore, Patanjali Wellness, Sadhguru's Isha Institute), wellness hotel brands, and a growing number of corporate and insurance-backed wellness programmes. Unlike Ayurvedic doctors whose tools are classical formulations, BNYS graduates primarily use physical modalities — water, earth, sunlight, air, diet, fasting, and yoga — and spend significantly more direct therapeutic time with patients per session.
Personal practice: 45-minute personal yoga, pranayama, and brief meditation — the discipline that underpins clinical credibility when prescribing these to patients. Senior BNYS practitioners consider personal practice non-negotiable.
Lead sunrise yoga session with 8-20 residential patients — mixed-ability asana sequence (Tadasana to Ardha Matsyendrasana), followed by 20 minutes pranayama (Kapalbhati, Anulom Vilom, Bhramari). Document individual patient performance in session log.
Morning clinical rounds: visit each in-patient in the residential block, check overnight vitals (BP, blood glucose if diabetic programme), review previous day's therapy notes, adjust today's therapy schedule for 2 patients who reported fatigue post-fasting.
Hydrotherapy supervision: oversee the morning batch — steam cabinet sessions (15 min at 42°C for the spondylitis cohort), full-immersion hip baths for 3 PCOS patients (alternating hot-cold 10-min cycles), spinal spray for the chronic-back-pain group.
OPD block: 6-8 walk-in and referred outpatients — new patient intake (45 min, detailed diet history, spinal examination, iris photograph documentation), 3 follow-up reviews of patients on home-therapy protocols for hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Lunch (therapeutic meals cooked in the centre's whole-food kitchen — seasonal, plant-based, no refined grains or refined sugar); brief documentation of morning's OPD notes.
Mud therapy and naturopathic treatment supervision: mud-pack preparation for 4 patients (full-body mud bath for one psoriasis case, localised mud pack on knee joints for 3 osteoarthritis patients), supervise a naturopathy technician during mud application.
Lifestyle counselling sessions: two 45-minute 1:1 sessions with chronic-disease patients — one T2D patient on Day 14 of a supervised intermittent-fasting programme (reviewing glucose log, planning a dietary transition from elimination to maintenance phase), one anxiety patient reviewing a 4-week home yoga prescription.
Evening dietetics round: review each residential patient's food diary, check adherence to prescribed mono-diet (fruit or vegetable days), address any patient resistance to the dietary changes, coordinate with the kitchen on tomorrow's therapeutic meal plan.
Evening group yoga and relaxation: 60-minute restorative session — supine poses, guided Yoga Nidra for 20 minutes; debrief with yoga instructor on patients who need modified sequences.
Case documentation and team huddle: update all patient files in EMR, hold 20-minute case discussion with naturopathy team — flag a cardiac-history patient for BP checks before tomorrow's steam session, plan a fasting-day patient's glucose monitoring schedule.
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Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. May train patients in activities such as computer use, communication skills, or home management skills.
Assist patients in obtaining services, understanding policies and making health care decisions.
All health technologists and technicians not listed separately.
Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
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