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Helping people on the road to de-addiction
The tribulations and joys of working in a de-addiction center My mornings start at 5. I rush to two de-addiction centers to conduct yoga classes. Then, in the late afternoons and evenings, we conduct satsangs, meditation, and knowledge sessions. Almost ev ... -
The Man of Sun
Surya Namaskar helped him overcome health issues and bag a Limca record “18 years of working in night shifts had made me obese and given me severe back, knee and neck pain. One day, my backache became so intense that I went looking for a doctor in the mid ... -
A police officer’s account of the deadly 9/11 terrorist attacks and its aftermath (1/6)
My 9/11 story On the day of the 9/11 attacks, I had gone to submit some paperwork to the NY police headquarters- three blocks South of the World Trade Center (WTC). I was supposed to join about a week later. I remember being in the elevator going down, wh ... -
Forgiving my father's killers
It was a Sunday. March 27, 1988. It was a lovely afternoon, my mother later recounted. We had arrived from a family lunch at my grandparents’ country house and my father had just left home for the gym in his Land Cruiser van. A few days ago, my father had ... -
The journey from terror to tranquility
The journey from terror to tranquility: The tale of a 26/11 Survivor (1/4) Day 1, 19:00: I was an eye witness and survivor of the 26/11 terror attacks that occurred in the Taj Hotel in Mumbai in 2008. On Nov 26, 2008, I was invited by the Consulate Genera ... -
What it takes to revive a drying river
I first caught an idea to rejuvenate water bodies when I was heading the Geomatics Center of Water Resources in the Government of Karnataka. I and my team, then, had rejuvenated a 60 km square streamlet. With this success, I thought why not do this on a l ... -
The journey of a dream
One day, my husband came home and announced that he had given up drinking alcohol. Apparently, an Art of Living program was the reason for this change. He pushed me to do this program too. Little did I know that the program was about to change my life’s d ... -
Stories of Change
Stories of Change HTML field: Stories of Change is a series about people in The Art of Living community who have witnessed transformation in their lives and are now bringing it in others' lives too. Stories of Change Uncovering joy in these lost str ... -
Breaking boundaries with yoga
I used to be hospitalized for most of the time during my college years. As a teenager, I didn’t know how to handle relationships and academic stress. That messed up my life. But things changed when I got introduced to yoga and meditation. My physical and ... -
Uncovering joy in these lost streets
How one couple is bringing joy in the streets of Sonagachi When we first entered Sonagachi, people there thought of us as just another NGO trying to mint money. They did not like the idea of keeping their phones switched off during meditation sessions as ...
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