Operating in 180 countries, The Art of Living is a non-profit, educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual teacher – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
All our programs are guided by Gurudev’s philosophy: “Unless we have a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, we cannot achieve world peace.”
The Art of Living community is diverse and attracts people from all walks of life.
The Art of Living offers programs tailored for various segments of society, including children, teenagers, young adults, corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, rural youth, and more.
About
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a multi-faceted and universally revered leader who is spearheading an unprecedented worldwide movement for the betterment of the world. In a short span of 40 years Gurudev has started many organizations with a presence in 180 countries including the Art of Living Foundation, International Association for Human Values, World Forum for Ethics in Business, Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, Sri Sri University, Sri Sri Publications Trust, Sri Sri Agricultural Trust, Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust and many others.
Gurudev’s initiatives, both in person and through his diverse organizations, have positively impacted an estimated 500 million people across a wide spectrum of occupations and endeavours. Numerous honours have been bestowed upon Gurudev, including the highest civilian awards of Colombia, Mongolia, Paraguay and Suriname. In 2016, he was conferred with the ‘Padma Vibhushan’, the highest annual civilian award of India. He has also been conferred with 26 honorary doctorates from around the world.
Gurudev has developed unique, impactful programs that empower, equip and transform individuals to tackle challenges at global, national, community, organisation and individual levels. One of Gurudev’s most unique offerings to the world is the Sudarshan Kriya, a powerful breathing technique that facilitates physical, mental, emotional and social well-being.
About The Art of Living
Corporate Programs
For more than 25 years, The Art of Living Corporate Programs has fostered workplace excellence and development of leadership qualities for over 500,000 individuals spanning across 600 plus organisations and 30 countries. By focusing on the individual, our programs provide an array of resources aimed at achieving both personal and professional excellence. The intention is to enhance productivity, foster stronger connections within teams and the organization, leading to an intrinsic motivation, innovation, and enthusiasm in the workplace.
The belief underlying these programs is that when transformation originates from self-mastery and establishing genuine social connections, it unleashes the untapped capabilities present within each person. In this approach, a relaxed, serene and focused mental state naturally stimulates the emergence of imagination, intuition, and creativity.
Our programs are unique and effective as they combine personal development processes, advanced leadership techniques and powerful breathing tools to help individuals thrive. Over 97% of our participants said that they benefited from our programs. Programs are available for individuals and organisations in both online and offline formats. The benefit of our programs extends beyond immediate professional gains to encompass long-term success. Our programs enhance leadership skills, decision making ability, communication skills, intuition, innovation, and people management skills.
Vision
“Inspire Individuals and Transform Organizations” by creating an inspired workforce that is self-aware, resilient, emotionally intelligent, high performing, happy, that work well in teams and grounded in human values.
Mission
We aim to democratise “Leadership and Well-being training” by ensuring easy access to our programs for all corporate professionals at every level, entrepreneurs and individuals eager to enhance their leadership skills and personal well-being.
Message from Gurudev
Everyone wants to be successful in life, but not many are aware of what success really is. Success is an attitude, not just a phenomenon.
There are five ingredients for success:
1. Function as a Team:
Peace and prosperity are interlinked. Prosperity cannot flourish in a disturbed atmosphere. While working with others, you need to function as a team. Have a sense of respect for your team members, and do not indulge in blame games.
2. Manage your Mind:
If you can manage your mind, then you can manage any situation. When performing action, if the attention is only on the end result, then you can’t perform. Just give yourself fully to the task with 100 percent sincerity and commitment.
3. Be courageous like a lion:
Great wealth comes to one who has the courage of a lion and who puts in all his efforts. Passion and dispassion are complementary like the in-breath and out-breath. You breathe in but you cannot hold the breath too long; you have to breathe out.
4. Develop your Intuition:
If all that is needed for prosperity is one’s own effort, then why are so many people who put effort not prosperous? This unknown factor or luck is enhanced by spirituality. Spirituality enhances intelligence and intuition.
Intuition comes to you when you balance your passion with dispassion; profit with service; aggressiveness to get things with compassion to give back to the society. Intuition is the right thought at the right time, and is an important component for success in business.
5. Meditate:
The greater responsibilities and ambitions you have, greater is the need for you to meditate. Meditation is essential in today’s hectic lifestyle full of stress and tension. Meditation not only relieves you of stress and strain, it also enhances your abilities, strengthens your nervous system and mind and releases toxins from the body.
The sign of success is overwhelming joy, confidence, compassion, generosity, and a smile that none can snatch away. Whatever happens in life, if you can keep these, then you have really found success.
4. Develop your Intuition:
If all that is needed for prosperity is one’s own effort, then why are so many people who put effort not prosperous? This unknown factor or luck is enhanced by spirituality. Spirituality enhances intelligence and intuition.
Intuition comes to you when you balance your passion with dispassion; profit with service; aggressiveness to get things with compassion to give back to the society. Intuition is the right thought at the right time, and is an important component for success in business.
5. Meditate:
The greater responsibilities and ambitions you have, greater is the need for you to meditate. Meditation is essential in today’s hectic lifestyle full of stress and tension. Meditation not only relieves you of stress and strain, it also enhances your abilities, strengthens your nervous system and mind and releases toxins from the body.
The sign of success is overwhelming joy, confidence, compassion, generosity, and a smile that none can snatch away. Whatever happens in life, if you can keep these, then you have really found success.
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The Art of Living is a non-profit, educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual teacher – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living community is diverse and attracts people from all walks of life.
Corporate Programs,
Vyakti Vikas Kendra India,
The Art of Living International Centre,
Gate 1, 21st KM - Kanakapura Road, Udayapura,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560082.