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Bandar Seri Begawan - Jag Therapy reopened its business door yesterday at a new location where it will continue to emphasize on the idea that "prevention is better than cure".

Be it yoga, vegetarian cooking or treatment, the clinic is always filled with the company of neighbors, friends and patients, who have come to be known as "the Jag family".

Jag Therapy Manager Sree Latha Jagadish said, "We had to move because we needed a new license to operate, as ordered by the Municipal Department.

"So, the choice was either to shift to a shop house or look for another house."

Latha, who is busy raising a baby of her own, felt that conditions of a shop house would not be a suitable environment to raise a child, especially

with the constant stream of smokers that would normally frequent the area.

Upon the retirement of Dr KRI Jagadish - Latha's father - from active government service in 1995, Jag Therapy moved to Jalan Kebangsaan Lama, where they have spent over a decade treating ailments, from back pains to major illnesses.

Yesterday marked the first day of operations at its present location in Jalan Muara.

"We had two yoga sessions this morning, and will have another one this evening," Latha said of the unique hatha yoga; which is a combination of Eastern and Western disciplines.

A patient is treated through a combination of Western aromatherapy, Japanese shiatsu, herbology, Chinese acupressure, and Indian yoga and nutrition, with emphasis on prevention.

Jag Therapy is a culmination of 30 years of healing and helping It has its roots in a small government-issued flat in Jalan Melabau, where the doctor and his wife helped everyone that came through the door.

It was here that yoga was first introduced in the country, and made popular long before the art became fashionable.

The concept of holistic healing was also introduced to the people, and that was where the name, "Jag ' Therapy", was coined.

"In the long run, we hope to increase the understanding of all aspects of alternative medicine, and to provide a wide choice in healthcare," said Latha. "We want to bring awareness on the natural approach to proper health through diet, exercise, and in general, the management of life itself, while emphasizing, on 'prevention is better than cure'" -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin