Between 2007 and 2023, I taught in inner-city middle schools in New York City, working primarily with children with disabilities.In classrooms that often carried noise, restlessness, and emotional weight, I was always searching for something that could help my students regulate themselves — something deeper than behavior charts and discipline systems.
By Leela Ramesh It is 1 PM and time to cook some hot rice for lunch. I look for rice in its usual container.
On August 15th, 2012, I joined The Art of Living in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The six-day YES!+ course changed my life entirely, and I credit my success and personal growth to the organization.
Hi, I am Shreya, an HR professional. I did the Sudarshan Kriya workshop in 2010, and it has been a profound experience for me.
I was at a crossroads in my career. Despite my best efforts, I wasn’t making any progress, with no promotions or prospects on the horizon.
In the year 2014, I secured admission in an engineering college in Nagpur, India. It was here that I was introduced to Art of Living &
I did my first Art of Living course in 2010. I want to share a story that shook me from inside and instilled my faith in Gurudev.
I would like to share my story with Guruji, right from the scratch. Well, the journey started in the year 2009.
I was only 16 when I did my first Art of Living course, Yes+. I was a medical student suffering from clinical depression.
Hello Everyone! I would like to share my story with Guruji, right from the scratch. Well, the journey started in the year 2009. I got into Engineering College. I then did the Art of Living Basic course, but couldn't continue doing Short Kriya on a regular basis. You know the engineering life. I would find it difficult to make time. But at the end, I knew I could if I really wanted to. As they say “Nothing is impossible!”
I’m doing my Chartered Accountancy this year and on 7th May I had to appear for my Group One Cost Accounting paper in the second shift from 2:00 –
This is a story which rolls back to 2010, when I had just finished my 10th standard board examinations and was confused about what to study further.
This is a very special guru story for me. I was in my 5th semester electronics and communication B.E under graduate course in Bangalore university.
This is my first ever Guru story, and I am truly grateful to Gurudev for giving me this beautiful experience. I had to appear for an exam, on clearing which, I would qualify for a government job for which I had recently applied.
We all have been and are really lucky to have Sri Sri in our lives. I simply cannot put in words for how grateful I am to Him for everything!
My son is very sweet and creative. He has a rare combination of interests. He had completed his post- graduation in Design management in 2010 and searched for a job in the same field, but did not get it.
Jai Gurudev. Below is an incident which changed the direction of my life and showed me the right way. I dragged myself through my SSC (10th standard exams), just dreaming of getting into the best possible college in Mumbai.
I’m a first year B.Tech (Biotech) student. I stay in the college hostel itself. It’s the first time I’m staying away from home and everything seems so new!
It’s been exactly one year and seven months now, since I first did my Basic Course! In this duration, I have seen and felt many benefits of the “Sudarshan Kriya”.
I am an Assistant Professor and I am pursuing my Doctorate degree. I had a doubt whether I will be able to complete my Doctorate Degree or not.
Hi all, JGD! I had done my Yes+ Course in 2011 and since then, I wanted to go to the AOL Ashram in Bangalore.
I am a Doctor and I am also preparing for the Civil Services Exams. It was in 2011 when suddenly something really shook me up.
It was in the year 2007 that a life changing event occurred with a boy named Sagnik, 4 years of age, who happened to take admission in my mother’s school “The Divine Grace”.
This was right after I did the Yes+ (Youth Empowerment Skills workshop of the Art of Living Foundation) Course six years back.
It was a regular morning for me; I got ready and left for college to finish my work quickly, so that I could go to Ashram, as Gurudev was in Bangalore.
This was the time when my elder daughter Aparna was in the tenth standard.She is an intelligent and hardworking girl, but the marks she got never used to match with her intelligence and efforts.She used to get dejected because of this.When she was in the lower classes, I wasn’t bothered much about her marks but now she was in Tenth grade which is a crucial year for any student.It is the First stepping stone of her career !!!
I did my First Yes Course in May 2008 (after appearing for 10th board exams) I was an average student and after every exam my parents used to tell me same thing that if I would have studied then I would have scored much better marks.
