[6] The anthropologist Joseph Alter writes that Kuvalayananda founded the centre on the back of the success of his first experiment, to determine whether the yogic practice of nauli created a vacuum in the large intestine; this was recorded as having been demonstrated in Kaivalyadhama's journal.

"[5] Kuvalayananda set up a laboratory in the centre to study the body and mind of the yogi using biochemistry, electrophysiology, psychology, radiology, and "physiology/physical education".

[9] Mark Singleton describes the output as "prodigious" and the journal "at once cutting-edge scientific review and practical illustrated instruction manual", adopted as a guide across India.

[5] As the centre grew, its structure was formalised as a society named the "Shreeman Madhava Yoga Mandira Samiti", with a 38-page booklet of "Rules and Regulations".

[5] Alter comments that Kaivalyadhama gradually moved away from treatment towards prevention, but all the same in 1994 it set up a nature cure centre to work alongside yoga's possible therapeutic benefits.

[5] Two kitchens serve daily Ayurvedic meals for students, faculty, and staff, often using locally grown rice and on-site cows for milk.

[11] The Gordhandhas Seksaria College of Yoga and Cultural Synthesis at Kaivalyadhama, founded in 1950[5] and opened in 1951, grants degrees, diplomas and certificates for several specialisations.