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  1. Prison Program Testimonials

    Participant Testimonials: "I think that The Art of Living classes were very productive not only for the human body, but for the mind. It helped me realize and find what was wrong with me and how to fix it. It also helped me find the centre of my bein ...
  2. Prison SMART- Approach

    The Solution- The Art of Living Prison SMART Program Conceived by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar this unique program specifically reaches out to all caught up in the crime-nexus, whether perpetrators, or victims; law-breakers, or law enforcers. The Art of L ...
  3. Building homes, building divine Karnataka

    Reshma Hamumantesh looks at the newly built houses in the village and smiles with contentment. These homes have been built in Malur, Kolar district of Karnataka, India for the homeless for the region. The homes have been built for people of different reli ...
  4. Journey towards rehabilitation

    “Anoek Shanti Paysi (we got lot of peace now),” chorused the participants of the first special Art of Living workshop for sex workers in Bangladesh. The Mirpur premises of the Social and Economic Enhancement Program seemed transformed in just few days of ...
  5. Trauma Relief for Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh

    Bastar – Healing a Broken Land “I feel so good after the Breath-Water-Sound workshop. I can sleep better now.” These are the words of Lakhuram from Chattisgarh, India who was rendered homeless by Naxalite violence. Naxals are groups of militant insurgents ...
  6. Naxal Female Prisoners Experience Relief

    ‘A story of transformation’, describes Kanchan Shinde, a Youth Leadership Trainer, about her experience of teaching The Art of Living Course to 20 jail inmates. She played an instrumental role in instilling smiles and a sense of peace, and healing the dee ...
  7. Yoga and Breathing Techniques for Female Victims

    Yoga and Breathing Techniques for Female Victims of Domestic Violence According to Parliamentary Library (Parliament of Australia) domestic violence prevails in all geographic areas of Australia and cuts across all socioeconomic and cultural groups. Volun ...
  8. Vidarbha

    “Ithe shetkari karjathach janmatho aani karjathach maran paavatho.” (Here farmers are born in debt and die in debt) – Old Marathi saying One thousand nine hundred and twenty* farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra between January 2001 and August 2006, a ...
  9. Construction Of Toilets

    A 2003 study by Mumbai-based SNDT University found that of the 1,017 rural women interviewed, only five had toilets at home. Others used fields and open spaces for defecation. This prompted The Art of Living to take up toilet construction as one of the ke ...
  10. Incense Stick Manufacturing (Aggarbatti)

    Post the 2004 tsunami, which had a devastating affect the on villagers in Vadak Poigainallur, Nagapattinam District in Tamil Nadu. Most of the relief that came for the tsunami victims were focused on the men: getting them back onto the sea to earn a livin ...