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  1. Meditation Uplifts the Mind- Sound Uplifts the Consciousness

    This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Meditation happens; you can’t do it. You can only create a congenial atmosphere for it to happen. During the teenage years, the mind starts drifting. It does not drift before the hormones ge ...
  2. The Correct Posture to Meditate

    This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … Sometimes people sit with their bodies stiff for meditation. That effort and stiffness doesn’t really bring in that meditative quality but may bring about some anger in them. If you have med ...
  3. Ways we can meditate

    This is continued from the previous Secrets of Meditation post … It is like you go to a grocery shop when you want to fill gas in your car. It won’t work. You keep going round and round the grocery store saying, ‘I want gas for my car.’ It won’t work beca ...
  4. The 5 well-kept secrets of meditation

    Why do we need to meditate? What are the ways to meditate? How can we meditate successfully? What are the different types of meditation? What are the secrets of meditation? How do you prepare yourself for meditation? All the questions above have one unbel ...
  5. Meditation for women: Take a break housewives!

    Om Shanti to Home Shanti 6 am – time to wake up; 7 am – getting kid ready for school; 8 am – making breakfast; 10 am – finishing household chores; 12 noon – making lunch... Does this routine sound more or less familiar? It might to many of us housewives f ...
  6. An internal Makeover through Meditation

    Ami Patel, Celebrity fashion stylist and Fashion Director L’Officiel India As a fashion stylist, for over a decade, I am used to transforming people to make them look their best. However, I believe that just this alone is not enough. My true calling is to ...
  7. Talking Peace in a War-Torn Country

    In a pursuit to find meaning to her life, Dafna Paz ended up learning meditation 15 years ago. And since then, there has been no looking back. A regular meditator, Dafna has driven her passion to serve towards teaching meditation to thousands in areas of ...
  8. Me! Meditate?

    Dinesh Kashikar, Senior Sri Sri Yoga Teacher, Bangalore As a student in IIT Mumbai, when someone asked me to join a course on meditation, all I said was "Me! Meditate?" As a typical (or should that be atypical) IITian I was focused on getting go ...
  9. Five Continents in Five Years!

    Dinesh Ghodke, International Art of Living Teacher, Director, Youth Programs In IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), when I used to practice yoga and meditation, people would say “ye sab yoga, meditation karne wale dheele dhaale ho jate hain” (people who ...
  10. Torchbearers of a Precious Practice: In conversation with Samir Jolly

    Samir, one of Art of Living’s most dynamic teachers has transformed the lives of many Naxalites apart from empowering rural youth through yoga, meditation and other uplifting Art of Living practices. Samir has been traveling extensively in smaller towns a ...