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  • Smile more, serve more. (pdf)
    Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar sees a better society if we are at peace with ourselves and good to others. A key tool is breathing techniques.... Read More (pdf)
    Los Angeles Times
    (Aug.18.2007)

  • Take a deep breath.
    Shankar believes that rhythmic breathing exercises, combined with yoga and meditation, can bring people inner peace, and he has been teaching this formula to millions since he discovered it... Read More
    The Washington Post
    (Jul.5.2007)

  • New Orleans Mayor gives his team Shankar stress relief
    We are open to review the proposals of his holiness Shankar's for the achievement of harmony, stress management and clarity of mind, the mayor said. Read More
    New Orleans City Business
    (Jun.4.2007)

  • Invitation as ambassador of peace by the Government of Iraq
    Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is visiting strife-hit Iraq to spread the message of peace armed with three simple but invaluable weapons: Yoga, meditation and breathing techniques. Read More
    The Times of India
    (May.21.2007)


  • Sri Sri Ravi Shankar honoured in UK
    The Art of Living Foundation founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was presented with the Mahaveer Award for his peace initiatives and promoting non-violence and universal brotherhood. Read More
    The Times of India
    (May.18.2007)


  • Spiritual Master Shares Visions of Global Peace
    In his most recent U.S. tour, of which Ithaca was one of six stops, Shankar emphasized the need to create a violence-free, stress-free America. Shankar traveled to Washington D.C., Salt Lake City, Boise, Kansas City and New Orleans before coming to Ithaca. Read More
    The Cornell Daily Sun
    (Apr.5.2007)


  • World peace one breath at a time
    The art of living is found in breathing, an activity so automatic and ethereal as to be beneath or beyond description. Read More
    The Times-Picayune
    (Apr.2.2007)


  • Spiritual leader makes first visit to Boise
    Spiritual and humanitarian leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spread a message of peace with humor to more than 1,200 people at Boise Centre on The Grove Sunday. Read More
    The Idaho Statesman
    (Apr.2.2007)


  • Guru of calmness shares breathing techniques in Utah
    The self-effacing guru said that success is "a smile that nobody can take away from you." Ego, he said, is something we don't need to use all the time, so "give it some rest." And a soul mate, he said, is somebody we can create happiness for, rather than the other way around. Read More
    Utah News
    (Mar.31.2007)


  • Learning Kindness
    ...The Art of Living Foundation encouraged students in grades 3 to 12 to do acts of kindness at home and at school for 30 days in January or February through its Kids for Kids and Teens for Teens human-values education programs. Students from 50 schools nationwide,... Read More (pdf)
    Washington Times
    (Mar.26.2007)


  • Art of Living Offers Yoga Breathing Technique to Relieve Stress
    Researchers have found stress to be at the root of many problems. Some people believe that avoiding stress could be a simple as breathing. Read More
    KSL Television & Radio, Salt Lake City UT
    (Mar.22.2007)


  • Breathing techniques said to reduce stress. Groups gets city money to teach students
    An engineer at Dell Inc. said it helped him quit smoking. A former airline executive said it took away her migraines. The City of Austin believed in it so much that it gave a $20,000 grant to the nonprofit group that teaches it. Read More
    Austin America Statesman
    (Mar.19.2007)


  • Breathe better, live better?
    Art of Living has operated in Kansas City for almost 15 years, sponsoring classes on yoga, meditation and stress relief and organizing its 120-or-so members for charity work such as putting together brown-bag lunches for schools in need. Read More
    Kansas City Star
    (Jan.20.2007)

  • Art of Living helps people with HIV
    Tthe Art of Living Foundation is introducing scientifically proven breathing techniques to persons living with the disease that will build their physiology and resistance to the virus by oxygenating body cells and increasing energy levels. Read More
    Stabroek News
    (Feb.6.2007)

  • Stressed paramilitary looks to Art of Living
    Central paramilitary forces will soon be putting their personnel through the Art of Living programme in an effort to mitigate stress, which is being blamed for the growing incidence of suicide and fratricide. Read More
    Indian Express
    (Jan.25.2007)

  • World Peace Prize conferred on Sri Sri (PDF File)
    Times of India Pune
    (Jan.11.2007)