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  1. 5 Ways to Improve Your Meditation Skills | The Art of Living India

    A monk asked Joshu, “If I make efforts to be a Buddha, what then?” Joshu said, “You have taken on yourself quite a task, haven't you?” The monk asked, “But if I make no effort, what then?” Joshu said, “Then you are already a Buddha.” Meditation is no ...
  2. 7 challenges of doing an Advanced Meditation Program (& how to overcome them)

    I was 20 when I experienced an Advanced Meditation Program (AMP, also called the silence program) for the first time. It had been three years since I had learned Sudarshan Kriya and it had been quite a while since I wanted to experience an AMP. I had hear ...
  3. Advanced Meditation Program for a Homemaker

    Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, “Homemakers have no holidays. On vacation, they are at work. Packing for vacation is not complete without a homemaker. Even on vacation, during meals, you will find homemakers serving food. They work 24x7.” A household t ...
  4. Advanced Meditation Program: A meditation retreat for a sparkling soul

    Ever thought staying silent could ease the troubles in your life? The kind of silence you should practice but are unable to during a fight with a loved one. The kind of silence you should practice when you want to yell but that will worsen the situation. ...
  5. 5 lessons I learned from an Advanced Meditation Program

    I recently experienced an online Advanced Meditation Program for three days at home. Advanced Meditation Program is a three-day silence retreat with special meditations and processes. The only prerequisite for this program is knowing how to practice Sudar ...
  6. 8 Ways to Effortlessly Implement Mindfulness in Life and its Many Benefits

    What is Mindfulness? Being aware of your situation and surroundings and taking time to read through events in your life is called mindfulness. It allows you to focus on the moment and lead a stress-free life. How present are you to the simple moment to mo ...
  7. How an Advanced Meditation Program can add more happy songs to your life’s mixtape

    Remember the mix tape from your childhood?   The family car trip tape with songs of everyone’s taste. The dance practice tape with songs as different as beaches and mountains. The tape whose songs everyone danced to. Yes, that mixed tape. Interestingly, t ...
  8. What research says about Sahaj Samadhi Meditation

    Sahaj Samadhi Meditation (SSM) is an intense and personalized way to enter into deep meditative states effortlessly and quickly. Several independent studies have shown a positive impact of Sahaj Samadhi Meditation on mental and heart health.    Did you kn ...
  9. How Sahaj Samadhi Meditation enhances the benefits of Sudarshan Kriya

      I had been practicing Sudarshan Kriya (SK) for quite some time when I heard Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar referring to Sahaj Samadhi Meditation (SSM) as the simple way to go into deep meditation and unlock the intuitive abilities in you. Sahaj Meditation ...
  10. Meditation Challenges for Beginners & Ways to Overcome

    Frankly, meditation for beginners could be intriguing or dreary. To find some calm from the race around us, we resort to different kinds of meditation for mindfulness and tranquility. However, it is not that easy to meditate when everything is so fast-pac ...