Our Breathing Rhythm is Our Stress Barometer
How do you breathe when you’re stressed? Long and slow, or short and fast? Breathing rhythms are connected to stress and stress-induced emotions. Just by adopting different breathing rhythms, you can influence your emotions
Tricyclic breathing rhythms practiced during Sudarshan Kriya™ help you manage stress and control your emotions.
Meditation and breathing programs by The Art of Living give you the keys to control your emotions and transform them through specific breathing rhythms.
The Programs
Entry Level
Online Meditation & Breath Workshop
Beat down stress and health issues with a 4-day online program that teaches you an influential breathing technique called Sudarshan Kriya.
Entry Level
Happiness Program (Offline)
Get expert training in a series of yogic breathing techniques which can reduce stress, relieve anxiety & depression and promote good health.
Sudarshan Kriya™
Sudarshan Kriya™ Breathing rapidly reduces your stress and at the same time increases stress tolerance. Its effectiveness in removing stress, anger,anxiety and depression and bringing one into a pleasant state of being has been universally acclaimed. Research-based evidence has shown positive results in both physical and mental well-being after practicing Sudarshan Kriya™.
Twice as effective in reducing the stress
as conventional treatments
Increase in Concentration
Beta waves (for Focus) & Alpha waves (for Relaxation)
Enhances Immunity
by increasing lymphocyte count
Relieved Depression in over 67%
of study participants within one month
3x Deep Sleep
per night
Reduced Anxiety in 73% of people
significantly within 4 weeks
Testimonials
Six Benefits of Meditation & Breath Workshop
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is loved and revered globally for his outstanding peace efforts, humanitarian works and spiritual wisdom. He is the founder of The Art of Living (1981), a volunteer-based humanitarian and educational NGO, with its presence in 180 countries.
The Art of Living has touched the lives of more than 45 million people with Sudarshan Kriya™, the most powerful breath cum meditation technique on earth. On September 17, 1981, the knowledge of Sudarshan Kriya™ was revealed to Gurudev on the banks of the Bhadra River in Shimoga district.
Frequently asked questions
Sudarshan Kriya™ oxygenates each cell of your body, helping you live life to the fullest. In a world of increasing stress, Sudarshan Kriya™ can be a great advantage for you to overcome stress imminent in a hectic modern life.
No, it is not. It is a scientific breathing technique for stress management practiced by millions across the globe from all walks of life.
Yes, of course! Regular practice of the Sudarshan Kriya™ is known to improve sleep, boost immunity, and lower stress and depression levels. You only need to read these testimonials of people who have benefitted from the workshop. Be sure to let your teacher know your ailments beforehand so that they can give you the best and most customized experience!
An undying smile is the only side-effect! :) The Sudarshan Kriya™ is practiced globally by millions every day with documented health benefits.
It is absolutely safe to practice our techniques. If you have a medical history of asthma, high blood pressure, heart problems, and back pains, we will guide you differently during the session.
If you’re not stressed, great! You’re living the best life. But consider this: do you start saving money only when you’re running out of it? Or start exercising only when you’ve lost your health? No, right? So how about building those inner reserves of resilience and strength for times when you could need them? But hey, it's your call. You could wait till you are stressed and this workshop will still be around to help you.
About The Art of Living
10,000+
centers worldwide
500
million lives transformed
180
countries
12,000+
teachers globally