It was not long back when I used to run away from art of living people. According to me that's the course where people gets brain washed. Otherwise how can a sane person consider a living human being as God! I knew Art Of Living is there in 152 country. But this fact only made me conclude that people are blind followers. All Baba make use of others weakness to get fame and money.
My opinion was same until my company Oracle organizes "Stress Management" course by NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience). The course was far beyond my expectation. The biggest shock during the course was when my favorite senior doctor recommended to do art of living course. He says "Its must do course for everyone". I was surprised but had no doubt about his authenticity. And that's when I decided to do the Art Of Living course. But when... that was yet to be decided. It had been my habit to postpone good things in life.
Somehow I had this false feeling that this course is only for sad or depressed people. And I was already happy and successful! Why to do this course now! But still out of curiosity I watched video of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar in private. As watching his video publicly was very much against my so called "image". If I ignore his "baba" type looks I actually liked this guy. He is funny! He is dynamic! He is sensitive for others feelings but more than these I could relate to what he talked. So whenever I used to feel low I would to watch his video..(ahh I mean listen to audio as I never bother to look at him as his appearance made me really uncomfortable) and get refreshed again. The "Guru" funda was beyond my intellectual understanding. I mean why would I or rather anyone on earth need a "guru"!! I had a firm believe that any self dependent person including me don't need a Guru.
Finally here is the lucky day when I was not so happy and decided to do the course. I just googled about it and called up contact person Karpagavalli and in just half an hour I was registered for the YES!+, the art of living course for youth (18-30 years).
The course was supposed to start at 6AM. I hardly remember if I have ever seen a sunrise in my life. Surprisingly I managed wake up. On the way to venue I was thinking if the course would be worth loosing my precious sleep! I reached and peeped inside, the course has already started. I was surprised to see lots of participants who woke up and managed to reach before me! They were doing some yoga and yoga was definitely not my cup of tea. My doubts and restlessness increased I was thinking to run away. That's when my YES!+ teacher Vinod, noticed me give me a grand smile and asks me to join. I don't know why but his smile made me little willing to enter the hall. And here I full of doubts, walked into the hall to experience something unbelievable!! .. Stay tuned to explore my YES!+ course experience in next post....
My opinion was same until my company Oracle organizes "Stress Management" course by NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience). The course was far beyond my expectation. The biggest shock during the course was when my favorite senior doctor recommended to do art of living course. He says "Its must do course for everyone". I was surprised but had no doubt about his authenticity. And that's when I decided to do the Art Of Living course. But when... that was yet to be decided. It had been my habit to postpone good things in life.
Somehow I had this false feeling that this course is only for sad or depressed people. And I was already happy and successful! Why to do this course now! But still out of curiosity I watched video of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar in private. As watching his video publicly was very much against my so called "image". If I ignore his "baba" type looks I actually liked this guy. He is funny! He is dynamic! He is sensitive for others feelings but more than these I could relate to what he talked. So whenever I used to feel low I would to watch his video..(ahh I mean listen to audio as I never bother to look at him as his appearance made me really uncomfortable) and get refreshed again. The "Guru" funda was beyond my intellectual understanding. I mean why would I or rather anyone on earth need a "guru"!! I had a firm believe that any self dependent person including me don't need a Guru.
Finally here is the lucky day when I was not so happy and decided to do the course. I just googled about it and called up contact person Karpagavalli and in just half an hour I was registered for the YES!+, the art of living course for youth (18-30 years).
The course was supposed to start at 6AM. I hardly remember if I have ever seen a sunrise in my life. Surprisingly I managed wake up. On the way to venue I was thinking if the course would be worth loosing my precious sleep! I reached and peeped inside, the course has already started. I was surprised to see lots of participants who woke up and managed to reach before me! They were doing some yoga and yoga was definitely not my cup of tea. My doubts and restlessness increased I was thinking to run away. That's when my YES!+ teacher Vinod, noticed me give me a grand smile and asks me to join. I don't know why but his smile made me little willing to enter the hall. And here I full of doubts, walked into the hall to experience something unbelievable!! .. Stay tuned to explore my YES!+ course experience in next post....
