"I didn't have the energy to walk... I was unable to sleep reclining... I was suffering from congestive heart failure and the only remedy would be a heart transplant!... I began very tentatively using the techniques I had learned. I was amazed at how fast I recovered my breath. Energy was returning."
- Donelda Hatfield, USA

"I feel healthier now. I can feel an inner joy and love most of the time. I am much happier now. If you want to stretch your potential and you want to look for inner joy and peace, come to this course."
- Melinda Chew, Singapore

"Arthritis had been bothering me for some months. I was becoming incapacitated. I couldn't even twist open a jar or turn on a faucet. I was wondering what would happen..as the arthritis continued to spread...After returning from my course, I realised my hand did not hurt anymore. It is completely healed. The joints, which had become gnarled and distorted, are normal. There is no pain at all."
- Susannah Rowley, Canada

"I was diagnosed with insulin dependent diabetes in 1973. Doctors noted degeneration more quickly than normal: eyes, feet and heart...when I follow the regimen developed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.. these practices has allowed my system to begin healing. I have no symptoms or complications and my quality of life continues to improve with joy and enthusiasm."
- David H. Turner, USA

"I must say that I am wonderfully happy... I feel a sense of peace and happiness that I have been seeking for a long long time. I saw clearly, as though for the first time, that service to others was the way towards inner peace and happiness.. has increased my clarity of mind and truly advanced my spiritual development and increased my level of happiness in an unprecedented manner."
- Gerard McMullan, Singapore

"For 15 years I was a successful executive handling high level management responsibilities in different countries. One day I found myself struggling with excruciating neck, back, leg, knee and foot pain, severe enough to eventually force me to stop working. During my Art Of Living weekend..the pain in my neck and back totally disappeared and was dramatically reduced in my legs, knees and feet."
- Marielle Bourgeois, USA

"I suffered from insomnia and fatigue before I came to the course. Now I sleep very well and I feel very energised. I enjoyed a lot of other benefits and the Kriya has changed my life."
- Zhu Li, China

"The Art of Living programme has been the most effective step I've taken towards becoming emotionally centered. I feel empowered as a full woman, strong and capable. My colleagues have noticed that I am more calm and focused in the high-strung work environment of counseling."
- Dorothy Burge, USA

"Within weeks, I weaned myself off 90mgs of Valium a day. As I continued my Kriya and meditation, I knew I had been given the strength to come back to life after suffering in the 'black hole' of depression for 9 very long years. I discontinued my prescribed anti-depressants."
- Odyl Whitman, USA

"I came to this course looking for peace and quiet. In business I find there are lots of times when I am sucked into situations and lately I have been irritable and temperamental. By practising the technique Sudarshan Kriya I find that it helps me to come up with creative answers. I have attended many seminars and courses, but this particular course made me very happy and light hearted. It was done with a lot of respect and love."
- Lalitha Nithiyanandan, Singapore

Participants have witnessed, experienced and reported many astounding benefits including:

• Reduction & elimination of stress
• Release & reduction of negative emotions: past traumas, anger, anxieties, fear, depression
• Less mental "noise", worries, fears and anxieties
• Development of inner peace, harmony & emotional balance
• Clarity of mind
• Better memory, concentration & higher creativity
• Increased energy, vitality & enthusiasm
• A new sense of well-being, love, joy, self-confidence
• Renewed appreciation for life
• Solving chronic insomnia problems
• Strengthen immune system
• Improvement and restoration of health

These benefits and much more have been documented in testimonies from participants, government officials, medical and health care professionals as well as scientific studies by medical researchers in India, Europe and North America.