According to Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, “Women can glue the differences and bring people of diverse natures together.” In my opinion, this quality is inherent in a woman and...

Have you observed what is happening in your mind every moment? It vacillates between the past and the future. It is either in the past occupied with what has happened...

A child who wanted to be perceived as the strongest of all would speak loudly, look angry, and hit everyone to prove his strength. When his grandfather came to visit,...

Three young peace ambassadors in Lebanon share their personal childhood struggles as well as their positive experiences on the journey with IAHV (International Association for Human Values). They speak of...

Ferdinando’s is a pizzeria in Cape Town, South Africa that has started a weekly initiative where they provide the local homeless population with a warm bowl of pasta, conversation, and...

Discover the scientific benefits of meditation for mental wellbeing, explained by Ronnie Newman at the International Women’s Conference

I started practicing Yoga and meditation in 2000 in Beirut with a French teacher from The Art of Living organization, France. I wanted to try something new and this program...

We constantly overwork our sympathetic nervous system, responsible for the flight or fight response. But the part of the nervous system that gives rest is never attended to. The vagus...

Under the guidance of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living has embarked on numerous far-reaching projects to clean and rejuvenate rivers, tributaries and water bodies, plant trees...

Water is essential for life yet it is the most neglected, polluted and taken for granted commodity. Experts project that by 2025, India will go through an acute water crisis...

Ours is a continent often branded with violence, poverty, and conflict. After teaching meditation for several years, I have a deep conviction that the potential to change lives, to change...

Friday, the 27th of July, 2018.  It is Guru Poornima. Today is also the day Fazilka becomes a new district in Punjab. The paddy fields stretch on either side of...

Our mind is like a busy set of roads with the traffic of thoughts flowing through. Sometimes the traffic is light and streamlined. Many times, it is not. Principle 1:...

Prior to getting married, we want a perfect spouse. While choosing where to study, we want the perfect college and while deciding on a job, we want the perfect job....

A woman has a great role to play in society, especially since she is peace-loving. She can be a strong peacemaker: at home, in the community, in society, and in...

Women are both gentle and strong. The primordial energy, Shakti is the life force behind the whole of creation is feminine. That is why our scriptures honor women as the...

Recently, the team from the International Women’s Conference hosted a Facebook Live event: “Circle of Life: Passion, Fashion, and Dispassion.” This event featured a Q&A with celebrity fashion designer Ami...

The FIFA World Cup last year was truly a special one for many reasons. Former champions out, underdogs in! Croatia reaching the finals was a real surprise, beating seasoned champions...

She was the first woman chairman* of the State Bank of India. That statement, in itself, spells out her might and her success story in India but Arundhati Bhattacharya went...

A few years ago, I was at the Microsoft campus in Seattle to facilitate the Transformational Leadership for Excellence program -for women managers of the Azure business. It was a program specially...

Lens Magazine, China has documented how Dr Richa Chopra finds her inner strength, harmony and happiness through Yoga. Spirituality, she says, is all about the one who is spirited. To...

Trained as a Western-schooled child developmental psychologist (Ph.D.) and empowering lives based on principles of amalgamating Vedic and modern psychology, Dr. Richa Chopra reveals some of her deepest and unshared...

One often hears in the English language, the remark, “Behind every successful man is a woman”. This phrase conjures up an image of the woman being lesser than the male gender...