Art Of Living

Post Diwali Detox: 7 Foods That Can Cleanse You from Within

Ruchira Roy | Saturday October 21, 2017

Gaurav Verma, Regional Director, Art of Living Yoga and Kaushani Desai, Ayurveda Cooking Expert give us a low down on easy to procure detox fixes.

Green Court Seeks Delhi Government's Reply on Cleaning Yamuna Floodplains

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 3, 2017

The National Green Tribunal today sought an explanation from the Delhi government and the Delhi Development Authority on the claims made by Art of Living that debris already existed on the Yamuna floodplains before its mega event last year

4 Reasons Why Navratri Fasting is a Must-Do During This Season

Bhagyashree Sagar, The Art of Living | Monday September 25, 2017

Navratri is the time for relaxation and rejuvenation of the mind and the soul. These nine days of fasting have a deeper physical and psychological impact on our body.

Art Of Living Event On Yamuna: New Panel Gives Different Findings

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 28, 2017

A committee, set up to submit an action plan for restoring Yamuna floodplains, today told the National Green Tribunal that there was no compaction of the soil on the site where the Art of Living's (AOL) three-day cultural extravaganza was held last year.

Give Action Plan On Restoring Yamuna Floodplains: Green Body To DDA

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 22, 2017

The National Green Tribunal today directed the DDA to submit an action plan with regard to restoring Yamuna floodplains where the Art of Living's World Cultural Festival was held last year.

Art Of Living Challenges Expert Panel's Findings on Yamuna Plains Damage

India News | Reported by Sidharth Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 29, 2017

The Art of Living, headed by Sri Sri Ravishankar, has challenged the report of an environmental panel which had accused it of doing extensive damage to the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi during its three-day cultural extravaganza last year. The organisation had been fined Rs 5 crore on the basis of the report, which said it would take a decade's work ...

Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci's Mother? This Researcher Knows

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 24, 2017

An art historian at Britain's Oxford University has claimed that the full name of Leonardo da Vinci's mother was Caterina di Meo Lippi. Professor Martin Kemp said Caterina was a poor peasant, probably an orphan, living with her grandmother in a decrepit farmhouse about a mile from Vinci in the Italian Tuscan hills.

'Don't Question Expert Panel', Green Court Warns On Yamuna Damage

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Thursday May 11, 2017

The national capital's lead planning body, the Delhi Development Authority, was rebuked by the National Green Tribunal on Thursday for casting aspersions on the expert group's findings on the damage to the Yamuna floodplains due to last year's three-day Art of Living extravaganza.

On Yamuna Pollution, Sri Sri Ravishankar Says 'There's No Proof'

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday May 10, 2017

Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar said his cultural extravaganza on Yamuna floodplains in Delhi last year has caused no pollution and the experts have been unable to prove what the damage was. The spiritual leader, whose organization has been hauled up for polluting Yamuna and fined Rs 5 crore by a green court, said the situation was best e...

Farmers Commit Suicide As They Are Away From Natural Farming, Says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

| Wednesday May 10, 2017

Bengaluru: A Natural Farming Summit to reaffirm faith in organic farming was held at the Art of Living Headquarters in Bengaluru on Tuesday. It saw participation from farmers, scientists, bureaucrats and activists. In the last five decades, 75 per cent of the planetary destruction is due to industrial farming, said environmentalist and activist  D...

Lack Of 'Spirituality' One Of The Reasons For Farmer Suicides: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 29, 2017

The Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today said that lack of "spirituality" was one of the reasons that leads to farmer suicides.

Green Court Issues Contempt Notice To Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 27, 2017

The National Green Tribunal today issued contempt notice to the Art of Living (AOL) foundation's Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on a plea against him for blaming the Centre and the panel for damaging Yamuna floodplains by allowing his NGO to hold a cultural extravaganza.

Minister Kapil Mishra Wants Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Culture Festival To Be Held Again On Yamuna Floodplains

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Thursday April 13, 2017

Rejecting an expert panel's findings that it will take extensive effort to reverse the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's cultural extravaganza last year, Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra said that the event should in fact be held again and "only on its banks". He has also invited Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi S...

10 Years Of Damage, 42 Crores: Alleged Cost Of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Yamuna Event

India News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday April 13, 2017

It will take 10 years to reverse the damage done to the banks of the River Yamuna by a huge cultural festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the country's top environmental court was told today. A team of experts who have visited the area where the three-day event was held last year have said restoring the flood plain will also cost about 42 cr...

'Educational Institutes In India Lack Qualified Teachers'

Education | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 30, 2017

One of the major shortcomings in India's educational system, according to a senior faculty member at Art of Living, is the shortage of well qualified teachers.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Holds Special Meditation Session For NDRF Personnel

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 3, 2017

Over 600 personnel of the country's premier disaster mitigation force, NDRF, today underwent a special meditation session at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi under the tutelage of Art of Living (AOL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Actor Om Puri's Unforgettable Intensity In A Career Of Stellar Performances

India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Friday January 6, 2017

Om Puri, acting powerhouse, has died at 66 in Mumbai after a heart attack. He was known for his under-played performances and searing intensity. Mr Puri, who was born in 1950 to a Punjabi family living in Haryana, studied acting at the famous Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Expert Committee Seeks More Time To Quantify Damages By Art Of Living

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 30, 2016

The tentative cost of rejuvenating the Yamuna riverbed, damaged due to a cultural extravaganza organised by the Art of Living (AOL), can be calculated only after November as the area is still inundated by flood water, an expert panel has told the National Green Tribunal.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar To Be Awarded By Jewish Rights Group

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 13, 2016

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be honoured with a humanitarian award by a prominent Jewish human rights organisation for promoting human dignity, interfaith relations and tolerance among people.

Art Of Living's Remarks On Expert Panel 'Very Irresponsible', Says Green Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 5, 2016

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "very irresponsible" the public statements made by Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) after an expert panel gave its report on the Yamuna that the organisation's cultural extravaganza had "completely destroyed" the riverbed.

Art Of Living Seeks Time To Respond To Expert Panel's Report On Yamuna

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 31, 2016

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living today moved the National Green Tribunal seeking extension of time for submitting its response to the expert committee's report on Yamuna, which had said its cultural extragavanza "completely destroyed" the riverbed.

Sri Sri Meets Burhan Wani's Father, Says Meeting Was 'Humanitarian'

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Sunday August 28, 2016

The father of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani, whose killing on July 8 sparked off violent protests in Jammu and Kashmir, met spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at his ashram in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Sri Sri's Art Of Living Calls Green Panel Report 'Unscientific And Illogical'

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 19, 2016

Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living foundation has demanded a fresh probe by an 'unbiased' panel to decide on whether its 'World Cultural Festival' organized in March had caused any damage to the Yamuna riverbed.

Report Is Fraud, We Did Not Damage Yamuna Plains, Says Team Sri Sri: 10 Updates

Delhi News | Agencies | Thursday August 18, 2016

Accused of "completely destroying" the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi with its massive "World Culture Festival", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation today dismissed an expert panel's report to the country's top environmental court as fraud.

Sri Sri Event 'Completely Destroyed' Yamuna Riverbed, Says Expert Panel

Delhi News | Agencies | Wednesday August 17, 2016

The 'World Culture Festival' extravaganza organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) on the banks of the Yamuna has 'completely destroyed' the riverbed, an expert committee has told the National Green Tribunal.

Art Of Living To Hold Yoga Day Celebrations In 100 Countries

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 14, 2016

Social organisation Art of Living will be holding International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21 not just in India, but across 100 countries of the world.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Meets Separatist Leader, Discusses Situation In Kashmir

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday June 12, 2016

The founder of Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, has met Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The two had discussed the prevailing situation in Kashmir.

21st Of Every Month To Be Celebrated As Yoga Day in Maharashtra: Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 9, 2016

Maharashtra government has decided to celebrate the 21st day of every month as Yoga day across all schools, colleges and universities in the state.

Art Of Living Refutes Allegations That Its Event Damaged Yamuna Floodplains

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 6, 2016

Art of Living (AOL) today refuted allegations that its three-day mega event had damaged the Yamuna floodplains and hinted that it may approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order which asked it to pay Rs 5 crore as compensation.

Dabur Doesn't See Threat From Patanjali's 'Faith-Based' Items

Press Trust of India | Monday June 6, 2016

Dabur India on Monday said it is not worried about challenge to its 'science-based' ayurvedic FMCG items from 'faith-based' products from the stables of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali and Sri Sri Ayurveda of Art of Living, saying competition has helped in expanding the market.