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Flood Relief Efforts Archive

Orissa Floods 2011

Floods have wreaked havoc in 30 Orissa districts, with districts like Kendrapara, Puri, Jajpur, Sambalpur, Sundergarh and Balasore as the worst affected. Around 14 lakh...

Flood relief work in Brisbane

How can I help? There are two ways of supporting: Contact the nearest Art of Living teacher and make donations. Go to Brisbane and...

Mumbai Flood Relief

Mumbai, India (July 2005) Soon after Mumbai was submerged by floods in July 2005, the Art of Living volunteers rushed to the worst-affected slums of Agripada, Dharavi...

Surat Flood Relief

Surat, India (August 2006) In August 2006, heavy floods ravaged the city of Surat, Gujarat, claiming the lives of hundreds and affecting thousands more. Water levels...

Bringing hope in flood-affected Bihar

For most, August 18, 2008 is another date on the calendar. “When we reached there on August 19, we didn’t know what to do because...

Flood Relief Efforts in Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains in late July 2010 swept through the country, washing away homes, roads, bridges, crops and livestock - a massive destruction from northern Pakistan...

Bihar Flood Relief

Bihar, India (September 2008) September 2008 saw an estimated 3.5 million people in Bihar affected by the flood caused when the Kosi River, engorged by the monsoon,...

Karnataka Flood Relief

Karnataka Flood Relief Efforts (Sept. 2009) On 5th October 2009, the Indian state of Karnataka suffered from severe flooding. The heavy rains left over 200 people dead...

Manila Flood Relief

Manila Flood Relief The Art of Living centre in the Philippines worked closely with the Red Cross to provide Breath-Water-Sound trauma relief programmes for thousands...

Ladakh Flood Relief

Following the colossal damage after the floods in Ladakh on August 5, The Art of Living began trauma relief efforts in the district. Ladakh witnessed a cloudburst...

Testimonials

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.”