yesplus is all about living your enlightened side
What is yesplus?
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A sneak peak into the yesplus workshop
Everyone understands their enlightened side differently. For one person it’s the side that can take a final without stress, for someone else it’s about re-connecting with a level of freedom experienced only as a kid, and for a third person it means taking responsibility for the world around them. When we are in touch with our enlightened side we are happy, we are in the moment, and we naturally want to help others get there too. This is the basis of yesplus.
yesplus workshops help you live in your enlightened side
Temporary happiness is easy, we can get that through a number of experiences, people, and even substances. But how do we stay in that place, how do we build on it, and achieve sustainable happiness? That is where the yesplus workshop comes in.
yesplus projects are a natural expression of living with sustainable happiness
When you feel better, you feel more connected to the world around you. When you become more aware, you see what is going on and want to do your part. Graduates of the workshop take responsibility for fixing some big problems happening right now in the world, and you can do the same.
In just over 25 years, we have reached over 20 million people around the world
The Art of Living Foundation serves people from all walks of life, cultures and traditions, through innovative self-development programs and extensive range of social projects.What we do
The Art of Living Foundation offers programs to uncover the strength, peace, and joy that lie at the core of every human being. By nurturing the spirit and compassion of every individual, the Foundation seeks to help build a global society that is free of stress, violence, and misery – and full of service, wisdom, and celebration.
The Foundation engages in a wide array of educational and humanitarian programs that uplift individuals, make a difference in local communities, and foster global change. Often working in association with its sister organization, the International Association for Human Values, Foundation volunteers have brought both physical and trauma relief to several regions of conflict and natural disaster around the world, and, in one region, contributed to the cessation of decades-long violence.
The Foundation also offers programs for youth and teens, business, law and government, prison inmates and staff, trauma survivors, people with depression, and programs for people living with cancer, HIV, and other life-threatening diseases.
Art of Living around the world
The Foundation celebrated its 25th year of service to the world in 2006/2007, with a program in India attended by heads of state, cultural leaders, and more than 2.5 million more people from around the globe. In the U.S., this Silver Jubilee has inspired a renewed commitment to a Stress-Free, Violence-Free America.
As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), the Foundation works in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, participating in a variety of committees and activities relating to health, education, sustainable development, conflict resolution and disaster relief efforts.
The organization has developed at an exceptional rate. Regarded as the fastest growing NGO by the United Nations, the Foundation is also one of the largest volunteer based organizations in the world. In just 25 years, 20 million people have benefited from its programs which are conducted in over 145 countries across the globe.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a multifaceted humanitarian
Sri Sri has built one of the largest volunteer based organizations in the world with a presence in over 140 countries. An icon of non-violence and universal human values, Sri Sri seeks global peace through service and dialogue.
“My vision is of a world that is crime-free, stress-free and violence-free.”
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
He is a leading figure in human development and social transformation whose initiatives include conflict resolution, disaster and trauma relief, prisoner rehabilitation programs, youth leadership, women’s empowerment, campaigns against child labour, and education for all.
- At the young age of 17, he obtained an advanced degree in modern science
- Received six honorary doctorates and appointed honorary professor from prestigious institutions
- Has reached out to an estimated 300 million people worldwide
- Travels to more than 40 countries a year
- Received numerous awards, including state honours from the Governments of Mongolia, the Russian Federation, India and the United States
In 1981, he started the Art of Living Foundation, a multi faceted non profit educational institution, an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations participating in a variety of committees and activities relating to health, education, sustainable development. Sri Sri’s commitment to the tenets of non-violence, compassion and service has inspired millions to advance the cause of sustainable peace, community development and harmonious coexistence among different peoples and cultures.
- In Europe and the United States, the Foundation’s programs are helping inner city youth turn away from gang violence, drugs and alcohol.
In 1997, he co- founded the International Association for Human Values, an international humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO) in special consultative status with the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. IAHV is engaged in facilitating intercultural dialog peace initiatives trauma relief programmes and providing emergency relief from man made or natural disasters. The association partners with governments, educational institutions, other NGOs, corporations, and individuals, to develop and promote programs of personal development to encourage the practice of human values in everyday life.
- Sri Sri’s Prison Programs have helped transform the lives of an estimated 150,000 inmates around the world.
- In South Asia, South Africa, and Latin America, the Association’s sustainable development programs have reached more than 30,000 rural communities.
Sri Sri has been invited to address the World Economic Forum at Davos on two occasions, The World Health Organization, the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, the first World Congress of Imams and Rabbis in 2005 among other forums.
- More information about Sri Sri is available at www.SriSri.org
