Service Projects for success stories
Re-integrating Indian Maoists into society
The region of Jharkhand was earlier part of the state of Bihar. It became an independent state on the 15th of November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh...
Trauma Relief for Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh
Bastar – Healing a Broken Land “I feel so good after the Breath-Water-Sound workshop. I can sleep better now.” These are the words of Lakhuram from Chattisgarh, India who was rendered homeless by Naxalite...
Naxal Female Prisoners Experience Relief
‘A story of transformation’, describes Kanchan Shinde, a Youth Leadership Trainer, about her experience of teaching The Art of Living Course to 20 jail inmates. She played an instrumental role in instilling...
Bastar - Healing the Broken Land
Trauma Relief for Naxal-Affected Chattisgarh Immediate trauma relief through breathing techniques and meditation for Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh, India Long-term rehabilitation through individual emancipation...
Celebrating Mumbai’s signature festival with the Sudarshan Kriya
All over Maharashtra and especially in the capital Mumbai, there’s a huge build up during Ganesh Utsav. Loud music, frenzied mobs accompanying the idols add to the local flavor and celebrations that is...
A Dedicated Yuvahcharya
43 Navchetana Shibirs and 50 satsangs more than 3000 people in the Tamil Nadu district have benefitted from Senthil Kumars dedication to bringing a smile on peoples faces. Senthil participated in the Youth...
Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP)
55 Youth Travel to the Art of Living International Centre in Bangalore, India for training After Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s meeting with Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Jasim Muhammad Jafar in 2007,...
Let’s All Say YES! To Life
Recently, 10,000 youngsters and 3,000 mentors marked the beginning of a movement (in Kolhapur, Maharashtra) that is bound to bring stillness and clarity amongst the enthusiastic and energetic youth of...
Altering Rural Living
Creating fuller and happier lives all across Indian villages! Ever since Moti Ram Bhai got a bull from the government, his farm yield has increased and his income has gone up by Rs. 2,500-3,000 each month....
Rural Youth Go Techy
The youth leadership training program of the Art of Living, besides empowering youth to be confident and self-sufficient, also creates avenues for them to be trained with skills that enables them to be...
Rehabilitating Auto Rickshaw Drivers in Bangalore
Stuck in rain in the middle of thick traffic, trying every gesture to stop an auto rickshaw… sounds like a familiar scene, isn’t it? Most of us city folks have experienced that helpless feeling when all...
In holy matrimony, debt-free
Weddings mean different things for different people. For most it’s a reason to celebrate, but for some, it’s also a reason for worry. The worry of paying back a large debt that many of the villagers in...
Cameroon, Ivory Coast recognizes the Art of Living's Work
Unprecedented healing experiences, community work, peace initiatives begin “There is no fear. These eight days of The Art of Living Course changed our perceptions of each other,” says Adama, a member of...
Youth Village
Making a difference for our youth & community In August 2005, The Art of Living Foundation and it's sister organization The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) established a partnership...
Peace Child International and The Art of Living
A long-term collaboration for youth empowerment: The Art of Living Foundation and Peace Child International The Art of Living Foundation has signed an MoU with Peace Child International to work on many...
86, East Delhi: A Revolution Begins
A vision translated into action, the action soaked with dynamism, and the result; a Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP), the first in the history of Delhi. Seema, a YLTP teacher of The Art of Living...
A Fall That Became A Blessing
It all started with a fall. Sunita, carrying her four month new daughter Drishya, was walking down the moss filled stony path leading to the road when she suddenly slipped. She fell with the little girl...
Prabhat Pheri
I thought I was dreaming, when I heard a peculiar sound of a ‘dholak’ creeping in my ears through the mosquito net, but as the sound got more defined I woke up and saw the time, it was 3:45 in the AM....
The Story of the Green Tunnel
Second day in God’s own country, and it couldn’t have been more spectacular. We were driving along this beautiful stretch of road, surrounded by forests on both sides. It looked like a tunnel, a green...
Light Inside, Bright Outside
Robi Engti recovered from his alcohol addiction and brought electricity to Karbi village in Assam for the first time through the Art of Living Youth Leadership Training Program. Addiction: A debilitating...
Journey of Ravi Meher: From an unknown cobbler to becoming Mayor of Sakri
Year 2000 Seventeen-year-old Ravi Meher packed his bags after yet another day in the government school at Sakri, a small village in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, and headed towards the little shanty on the footpath...
Building homes, building divine Karnataka
Reshma Hamumantesh looks at the newly built houses in the village and smiles with contentment. These homes have been built in Malur, Kolar district of Karnataka, India for the homeless for the region....
