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  1. Giving Prisoners a New Ray of Hope

    ‘Jamaica no Problem’ – is now Dushyant Savadia’s slogan. With the vision of creating waves of peace and happiness across the Caribbean, Dushyant has been teaching meditation to people from different walks of life- from farmers to corporate executives, inn ...
  2. Meditation And Pregnancy: Can We Do Sudarshan Kriya During Pregnancy?

    By Sejal Shah  Pregnancy brings with it excitement as well as lots of changes in the body and mind. Here are a few tips on using prenatal yoga, SKY Breath, and Sahaj meditation to enjoy this beautiful period with more happiness and comfort. So, the good n ...
  3. The Door to Meditation

    This mind is experiencing the world. Who is miserable? If you say, “Oh, I am so miserable,” find out who is miserable, who is hot, who is cold, who is experiencing pain, who is experiencing pleasure, who is happy, who is unhappy, who feels, who is intelli ...
  4. Meditation is an Art

    Everyone has ten fingers. It is just a matter of learning how to use these ten fingers to create something so melodious. In the same way, we all have a mind, we all think, so we all can meditate. It is just a little skill to see how we can calm the mind a ...
  5. Pravriti and Nivriti

    There are two attitudes, one, you see everything as perfect, another is finding various imperfections.  One is called Pravriti, when you’re engaged in action; nivriti, when you retire from action. Often, we are not okay with the way things are around us a ...
  6. 6 Reasons Why Your Meditation Might Not Work

    Nancy and Anisha are best friends. They are so close that one blindly follows the other. One day, Anisha joins a meditation course. Naturally, Nancy too wants to do the same, but her work hours clash with the course timings. Unable to join the class, Nanc ...
  7. With Meditation, Source of Negativity is Nipped at the Root

    Negativity cannot remain without a hook to hang on. Positivity and happiness can exist without any reason. The mind goes on trying to find a hook for its negativity – if not this person, then that thing or that person. This perpetuates maya. The creeping ...
  8. The intelligent know that worldly pleasure is momentary

    The intelligent ones do not get lost in the pleasure that comes out of the contact, of the Gunas and its objects. They are not carried away by the pleasure of the senses and its objects. They know that this pleasure is momentary. It has a beginning and an ...
  9. Meditation: The Taste of True Freedom

    It is the thirst of every human being to be free. Freedom is not luxury, it is a necessity. But when the mind gets caught up in a never-ending list of day-to-day activities, it seems like the search is forgotten. But meditation allows you to come back to ...
  10. Meditation Radiates Love In You – Inside Out

    Love is not an emotion; it is your very existence – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Yet, we keep yearning for love all our life. Ironic, isn’t it? If love is our very existence, if that is what we are made up of, then why do we keep searching for love outsi ...
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