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Sharing the pain of terror attack victims in Madrid
The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid on the morning of March 11, 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. Witnesses and victims were so traumatized that they could not ...
Reaching out to war victims in Afghanistan
The Art of Living, through its trauma relief workshops, brought relief and peace to war victims, including women and children, and others traumatized by over two decades of war and strife. Through the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes, Afghan coun ...
Helping war refugees in Lebanon and Israel
During the one-month long war in 2006 between Lebanon and Israel, The Art of Living aided people on both sides of the conflict. Trauma relief courses were held for people living in northern Israel. The Art of Living also provided immediate supplies to the ...
Erasing memories of the blast
Suburban railway bomb blasts, Mumbai, India On July 11, 2006, Mumbai, India's financial capital, was hit by a series of seven bomb blasts within 11 minutes on its suburban railway. The attacks left 209 dead, over 700 injured in the attacks, and cause ...
Ethnopolitical conflict in Ossetia
Peace in times of conflict Since August 2008, the region witnessed tension and clashes on the brink of war between Georgia and South Ossetia. Despite numerous peace efforts, the ethnopolitical conflict in South Ossetia, which began in 1989, remained unres ...
Xenophobic attack in Cape Town, South Africa
The Art of Living awarded for peace work during Xenophobic attacks The Masiphumelele community, Cape Town, South Africa was awarded the annual Reconciliation Award from the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation Commission (IJR) in recognition of its eff ...Prison Program
The course is life changing and it has done many wonders for me in such a short time. I have found that I haven’t complained about things or anyone. People who have terrible vicious tongues for backstabbing and gossip no longer upset me or play on my mind ...Prison Program- Testimonials- Krystale
Inmate This course has been a very beneficial experience. Emotional, and physical pain have both disappeared, helping me return to the happy, joyful Krystale that I used to be. I am smoking less cigarettes and am no longer relying on iron tablets to re-en ...Prison Proram- Testimonials- Debbie
Inmate It’s a fantastic course! I feel more calm, peaceful, and ready to deal with what life has in store for me. I feel my depression lifting, and I have a new way of looking at things. ...
Disaster relief- Testimonial15
"Being able to finally let go of the awful images of blood and gore of the past, was literally the gift of life as it brought me out of the fatalist, suicidal depression that I had fallen into. I felt transformed and healed and ready, for the first t ...
