How SuperHealth Began

Learn more about the beginning of SuperHealth in this interview with Mukta and Ryan Rockwell.

The Beginning

In 1969, Yogi Bhajan came to America. He found young people taking drugs to escape the emptiness and isolation of their cultural environment. Middle class “housewives and businessmen” of this era were taking pills and abusing alcohol with a distorted hope of numbing themselves from an inner unhappiness and stress. At the same time, many people in the West were seeking spiritual fulfillment.

As an experiment, he housed two heroin addicts in his center in Washington, D.C. for two weeks, in a 24/7 controlled environment. The core of his treatment program for them was Kundalini Yoga and meditation. Both men experienced an amazing transformation. Out of this SuperHealth was born.

Inspired by the results, a Tucson Arizona treatment center conducted a pilot project for a drug user to enter treatment. Mukta Kaur then began a residential program that would come to be accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, eventually receiving its highest commendation. 

The SuperHealth System

Over the years, SuperHealth developed into a systemized program with customized treatment plans for behavioral addictions including stress, substance abuse and other unhealthy habits and emotional disorders. 

In 2004, the Punjab government invited SuperHealth to conduct a 90 day pilot project for drug users in Amritsar, India. With a team of professional volunteers, the program opened to serve ten clients and the experience profoundly changed their lives. A research paper in “The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse” has been published in 2008 on the effectiveness of the program in Amritsar.

The problem of addictive behaviors, unhealthy lifestyles, constant stress and information overload spans all cultures and has become increasingly acute. SuperHealth continues to evolve to meet the ever-growing need. 

SuperHealth Today

We currently provide educational training, both online and in-person. The teaching programs cater to the needs of individuals well into their recovery period, who seek solutions that bring a high level of consciousness with the most optimal mental and physical health.

SuperHealth training is designed for yoga teachers, health care providers, and a wide range of counselors to help serve the needs of patients and students everywhere. 

We are proud to be an NGO with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN (Non-Government Organization of the United Nations), Medicaid provider of New Mexico, a CEU provider for many professional designations and a provider of weekly hands-on outreach to the local community.