The American College of Health Science was founded in the late 1970s. The college is not "accredited". Do you know why schools that offer alternative health curricula are NOT accredited? In the early 1900s the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations became heavily involved in philanthropic grants to medical schools. Their goal was to create a "respectable" male, upper class medical profession, which based its philosophy on "drug" therapy. (Coincidentally, at that time the Rockefellers were already in the business of selling drugs.) At that point in history there was a great deal of diversity of health care, with drugs being used mostly be wealthy elite and more natural approaches to health care being supported by large segment of population. In 1909 the Carnegie Foundation sent Abraham Flexner on a national tour of all schools that offered training in health care, from the largest right down to the most humble. It was up to Flexner, one man representing only one philosophy, to determine which schools would receive philanthropic funding in order to become more established and which would not. Flexner selected as recipients for generous grants only the larger, wealthier schools that were willing to conform to the medical model of drug therapy preferred by the Carnegies and the Rockefellers. For smaller schools and those with more natural approaches, the message was clear: "Confirm to the medical model or close." As far as Flexner was concerned these schools were not worth saving. The desire of the population for freedom of choice was not even considered.

The now infamous Flexner Report of 1910 put the nails in the coffin of health care diversity in this country. Alternative schools closed by the score, including six of America's eight black medical schools and all the medical schools admitting women. Those who fought closure were vandalized and destroyed by goon squads. The new medical elite sanctioned by the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations had no desire to share the health care field with anyone whose philosophies might be different than theirs, and they had no intention of making their costly training available to blacks, women, or lay healers. (In his report Flexner had actually complained that as a result of popular pressure in the previous century, any "crude boy" was able to seek medical training.) Now the doors were closed to all but white middle and upper class males.

As a result of the legislative clout that the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations possessed, tough state and federal licensing laws and regulations were passed limiting official recognition to the favored medical approach. This was done with the expressed intent of precluding diverse philosophies of the health care being made available to the public, in effect guaranteeing a monopoly on the health treatment. In the ensuing decades all forms of health treatment other than medical treatment were outlawed or driven into hiding. Homeopathy and midwifery were outlawed. Natural Hygiene was outlawed. Chiropractic was discredited to the point of nearly being outlawed.

In summary, we believe that Yoga Exchange represents a unique opportunity to make a difference in society by providing exponential distribution methods to deliver the benefits of all forms of Yoga to the entire globe. The popularity of Yoga has seen continuous growth over the past decade and our management believes this will continue over the next decade. As people try to manage their daily routine this will present an opportunity for them to continue their practice regardless of location and time. Our goal is to create an innovative user interface and customer experience. With our achievement we can also bring a the world closer together and make a difference for the betterment of society.

Message from our Founder,

"I have researched and studied long and hard for a service oriented business model for the Internet. The main ingredients for this model would be low cost, low maintenance with HIGH "positive" impact on society as a whole and EXPONENTIAL growth over time long after my existence on this earth. After much thought process and collaboration of thoughts and notes I have come the following: My goal is to bring YOGA to wide masses on ALL forms of communications/media devices. To be more specific, I would like to focus on BIKRAM'S YOGA. With the help of Mr. Bikram Choudhury's Yoga we can attempt to break all the social and religious barriers that divide our world and bring everyone closer together"

Ryan R. Farsai 12-01-01