Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 21: Sri Sri Ravishanker, founder of The Art of Living, has conducted `The Happiness Program’ for one lakh people in India.
From de-addiction centers in Punjab to remotest corners in Tripura and Assam, from Latur in Maharashtra to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, from Jammu to Kanyakumari, people connected virtually to learn the techniques for a happy, joyful and stress-free life through nationwide event called `Anandutsav 2016’.
Approximately, 1800 centres across India had organized The Art of Living’s signature Happiness programs with Gurudev. This is the first time he is teaching the Sudarshan kriya online, since the inception of The Art of Living connecting India Virtually online through Webcast.
Touching upon the current issues of youth suicide and depression, Gurudev shared a few practical principles to combat feelings of low-self esteem, interpersonal conflicts and violence. Sharing wisdom with humor, participants learnt the skill to be equanimous under praise or criticism.
In Jammu region, participants from all walks of life joined in hundreds at 9-10 different locations. Farmers, doctors, homemakers, IT professionals, war veterans, youth, businessmen, industrialists, people from Government and private sectors, lawyers and many others, took part in the event.
The AOL Centres, which organized the happiness course, were Gian Mandir & AOL meditation Centre at Trikuta Nagar, Gian Shalla at Gandhi Nagar, Sri Sri Dhyan Kendra at Shakti Nagar, AOL meditation centre at Prem Nagar, Parihar traders at Janipur, Louis Braille Memorial Hall Roopnagar along with Udhampur and Kathua centres. The AOL Jammu faculty and Volunteers who did commendable job in organizing and assisting Gurudev Sri Sri, were Rajan Salalia, Delair Singh, Ravinder Mansotra, Bharat Bhushan Phull, Prabha Slathia, Manju Agarwal, Ajay Gupta, Poonam Mishra, Tejasvi Gupta, Sunita Cherwo, Sunil Sharma, Bhagwati Ji, Shakti Sagar, Suman Sharma, Neelam Sharma, Renu Agarwal, Anu Gujral, Kirti Sharma, Menu Singh, Aanchal Talla and other senior faculty members along a dedicated team of volunteers.
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