Mr.shanehind, have you read the book, The Monk who sold his Ferrari" by Robin Sharma??? There are many unverified claims about yoga, meditation, etc in that book. Have you heard of any yogi in the Himalayas who are 200 years or 300 years old? How so ever you try, the life span of a human-being cannot extend beyond 120 years at the most.
And the way you have written itself shows your level of civilization. For your kind info, I am very much an Indian and of course Dr. A.T. Kovoor was also an Indin!