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Sri Sri Yoga for the City of Johannesburg

Art of Living and Sri Sri Yoga teachers had a wonderful opportunity to share their wisdom and skills with over 150 people in Soweto, as part of the City of Johannesburg's, Young Mothers ECD program (Early childhood Development). The City of Johannesburg ECD department is running an educative process for young mothers in Gauteng, which includes the development of soft skills, self esteem, awareness, meditation, breathing, and yoga.

The first of the series of sessions was conducted by Art of Living teacher, Vanishree Pavadai and Sri Sri Yoga Coordinator, Aarti Ranchod.

The City has several workshops planned for the entire districts of Gauteng, with an approximate reach out to 700 young mothers. Sri Sri Yoga teachers will be facilitating the soft skills part of the program throughout the province over the next few months.

Some of the sharing's after the Soweto Sri Sri Yoga sessions:

  • “My head was heavy and tired, it feels so light now”

  • "My back is always troubling me, the exercises makes me feel so good, and my back is feeling better"

  • “I feel peaceful and happy” “My lungs feel like it is bigger and more oxygen is in my body”

 
 
 

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M.,
age 26
“I had decided to go back to my anti-depressants before this (The Art of Living) course, but now I don’t need them. I will practice these techniques every single day for the rest of my life. I only hope other people are lucky enough to take this course. It has given me more help than I could have ever imagined possible. Thank you.”
Course participant

“I’ve been suffering from a loss of concentration, weak memory and extreme anger. Now I feel as if something heavy has been lifted from my back.”
Course Participant

“I found that this training of breathing is so useful and its benefit shows when I do it. I feel that my heart is stronger and younger. When I can’t sleep I just do the breathing and I feel energy in all parts of my body.”
Dr. Venus

“I feel peace with myself and have less stress. I think if I continue with the practice, this feeling of peace will continue to grow.”
M. Ali Bankat

"Before this experience, I was sad, depressed and starting to lose hope because of the situation here in Iraq. Now, after only four days, I feel confident in myself – happier, have hopes and dreams again and I feel that life is so beautiful. I have started to love everyone and physically I have much more energy and am able to do more things. I want to thank you very much for helping all of us feel better.”
 

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