Happy Guru Poornima... !!!

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्‍वरः ।
गुरु साक्षात्‌ परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरुवे नमः ॥

Guru Poornima is the day to pay our deep gratitude to all the great Gurus who have happened on planet Earth. The Guru is the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance and infuses the light of awareness into our lives.

Today, when I look back I realized How Blissful the Life is because of my Guru, Sri Sri Ravishankarji... I remember the day I met him 1st time at Rishikesh during my 1st ever advanced course.. life has been giving me something new all the time.. I couldn't have asked for more..

There are some people who show me the path, hold my hand towards the journey and I cant think about anything else but gratitude for the love they have showered on me..

• Vandana Didi & Venkie, My part one course teachers..
• Rajesh Trivedi, A dear Friend who is a Part 1 Teacher..
• Vishwas Bhaiya, My 1st DSN Teacher..
• Rishi Vidhyadharji, My 1st Advanced Course Teacher..
• Rohini Didi, My TTC Teacher who took care of us like a Mother...

& Yes, Those who contributed to my Academics..

• Atul Sir, who has the credit to teaching me complete syllabus of T.Y. in 14 days flat..
• Vakil Sir who taught me lessons of not just stenography but Life as well..

गुरुकृपा हि केवलं शिष्यपरममंङ्गलम् ।

Only by the grace of the Guru can the disciple attain his ultimate benefaction, that is spiritual progress.

Jai Gurudev..!!!

A Note of Thanks :-)

Someone truly said, "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

If comfort, strength and inspiration come from heaven, then this friend of mine is an Angel....


I met him at my 1st ever job at Essar Steel, Surat. I was like a kid for whom this was a 1st encounter with the real world. Away from home, this was a friend, always there for me !!!

Our destinies were different and so were our worlds. He got settled at USA. But he was always there to listen to me, irrespective of how dumb I sounded :-) (I realize it now ;-)

It was this friend who sent me for my 1st Part 1 course when I was going thru a rough phase of my life. He paid my fees and sent me there.. An amazing journey started which is never going to end..

Today, when I became an Art of Living Teacher, I want to Thank Him, who sent me for my 1st AOL course. Of course, this story is a part of my all Part 1 courses now..

Thank You Dear, I am here because of You. I found a Guru, because of You. This has been an Amazing Journey...

You made me Laugh, when I felt I would Cry,
You made me Live, when I wished to Die..

Thanks for being there for me...

Jai Gurudev

I am Blessed...

I was looking at the pictures of Kandivali Advanced Course and this picture brought a smile on my face... Thinking that I am so blessed to have people like him around me.. Yes, we call him Venkie..

My Part 1 course teacher..

I remember my 1st part one course with Vandana Di n Venkie.. I though he is a tough guy.. Kind of person that, as a child you like to hide behind your mother.. n do not want to face him.. but he ensures that you face him ;-)

But as I finished my part 1 course, I was absolutely in love with his voice and counting for pranayams.. All I wanted was to record his voice so that I can do my daily sadhana on his voice.. Last day of the course I had tears in my eyes and he told me that you can come for all my courses.. I wish I could do it.. Life has become really busy and I dont have the good fortune to attend their courses now..

But I still remember those moments when he will understand what was going on in my mind.. I remember the phone calls when I shifted to a house at Thane... Venkie would call and ask "Kya kar raha hai baccha.. " "Have you locked the door properly?" "Have you eaten?" He would serve me food when I go to Kandivali.. He would care for small things like an elder brother...

I miss this warmth n care when I am away.. Venkie, I miss you a lot here.. I wish someday I will shift there so that I can be with this family again :-)

Jai Gurudev..

Meditation Sessions at Lokpuram School, Thane

Jai Gurudev,

As an Initiative of getting people to meditate for world peace, we, Volunteers of the Art of Living conducted sessions at Lokpuram School, Thane. The management gave us permission to conduct sessions in each class after their morning prayer. Me, Jyoti, Parth, Tatya, Yogesh, Viji, Geetali, Kanchan and Rajita went to take sessions. For us it was like walking through the Memory Lane.. Those smiling faces, chirpy noise, once-so-familiar prayer.. It gave me a refreshing feeling.. Each one of us went to different classes and took the session. The kids were amazing at Bhastrika Pranayam and Ram Meditation. They were doing it as if they practiced it everyday. The teachers shared their feelings of gratefulness and experience they had after the meditation, how the kids behaved. On the 2nd day, one teacher was surprised to see the welcome kids gave us saying they never wished them so cheerfully. These pictures will tell you the rest...