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Timeline of the Program

The involvement of the Art of Living Foundation over the course of the pandemic includes:

  • First courses for People with HIV/AIDS were taught in the late 1980s in Los Angeles, California
  • Healing With Consciousness - - video produced when H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets with PWAs in Los Angeles
  • 1993 - - 40-Day in-residence study done with people living with HIV/AIDS. This was partially funded by Ayurveda Resources of New York
  • Results of 40-day study presented at the International Conference on Traditional & modern Modalities for Maintaining Optimal Health - - Bangalore, India 1994
  • Canadian Department of Health funded study on PWA & Sudarshan Kriya
  • Courses for HIV/AIDS taught in Vancouver, Canada
  • United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) 1998 - - presentation given & workshop given on healing power of the breath
  • POZ HIV/AIDS Fair - - booth participation 1998 & 1999
  • International AIDS Conference Durban South Africa 2000 - - poster presentation
  • Collaboration with PWA Coalition of Broward County, Florida
  • Yoga of the Breath Courses for People Living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco Bay Area since 1999
  • Coping Center for PWA (COCEPWA), Gaborone Botswana 2001 - - Courses taught to PWA
  • Received endowment from Jim Forster Foundation and Yoga of the Breath Courses begun in San Francisco Bay Area in 2005
  • Alliance with Quan Yin Healing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA since 2005 - - courses taught in the HIV/AIDS community every other month
  • Alliance with and endorsed by Shanti Foundation - - 2006
  • Yoga of the Breath for People With HIV presently taught in San Francisco, California, St Louis Missouri, and Humboldt County, California
  • New Programs to be opened soon Contact
  • International AIDS Conference, Toronto CANADA 2006 - - participation

 
Video:Yoga of the Breath
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Health means being centered - stabilized in yourself.
"The quality of our life is very important. A clear mind free of fear can have a healing affect on the body. It creates health in the system; health in the body.

The breath has a great secret to offer you. Breath is the third vital source of energy. If you attend to the breath a little bit, you can quickly get over negative emotions.

When you practice the Sudarshan Kriya, every cell of your body becomes alive and releases toxins and negative emotions it has stored from times past. It cleanses you deeply and you become more centered and free."
-- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar