/24-7PressRelease/ - SEATTLE, WA, June 20, 2008 - Renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will address 1,500 people at The Westin-Seattle on July 11 in a special two-hour event "Practical Wisdom- To Get the Most out of Life." The Art of Living Foundation hosts the event, which will begin at 6:30pm at the Westin, Seattle.
"This is an incredible opportunity for Seattle to meet a global figure who has inspired millions of people with his commitment to bringing inner peace and a joyful smile to every face," said Brian Carver, a manager at Amazon and volunteer with the Art of Living Foundation, a educational and humanitarian non-profit founded by Sri Sri in 1982.
Known for his deep insight and quick wit, Sri Sri's initiatives in self-development, education, youth leadership, post trauma relief, conflict resolution, prisoner rehabilitation, women's empowerment and sustainable development have benefited 300 million people in 145 countries. At the heart of his initiatives is a powerful breathing technique—Sudarshan KriyaTM, which has been clinically proven to improve physical, mental and emotional health. Sri Sri travels to more than 40 countries each year, sharing his vision of a violence-free, stress-free global family.
In the United States, Sri Sri's initiatives include inner city youth leadership programs, free trauma relief programs for survivors of tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina and the Virginia Tech shootings, special programs for returning war veterans, prisoner reform programs, stress elimination programs for corporations and working adults, and human value based programs for children and youth. For more information http://us.artofliving.org/service-projects/
Over 1,000 Seattle residents have benefited from the Foundation's programs. Free self-development programs have been offered to members of Compass Cascade Women's Center, First Avenue homeless shelter, Women's Prison in Gig Harbor, Cascade People's Center, and Eastside Domestic Violence Program. Other initiatives include the Teens for Teens Program (offered through the Seattle Public School System), the Empowerment Project for Domestic Violence Center for Women (in conjunction with Microsoft), and the Prison Rehabilitation program.
"The Art of Living Course provides an easy, healthy and natural way to reduce stress, find more peace and feel rejuvenated. I've taken the first course and it was amazing!" said Kathleen Koch, Assistant Dean at Seattle University who recently participated in an Art of Living program.
Sri Sri launched the "Violence Free Stress Free America," campaign in March 2007, during the Foundation's 25-year national celebration at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Joseph Biden, Jr., U.S. Senator who opened the event, said, "The Art of Living Foundation has an incredible - actually incredible - following that cuts through all religions, cultures and backgrounds - a very, very difficult thing to do in today's world." Visit http://us.artofliving.org/human-values/launch-of-campaign.html for more information.
In May 2007, Sri Sri made a historic visit to Iraq, where the Art of Living Foundation is active since 2003. He met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki and other senior political and religious officials, who lauded the humanitarian work and trauma relief programs conducted by the Foundation's volunteers and asked Sri Sri to undertake its prison rehabilitation program in the country's prisons. In August 2007, the Iraqi government sent 55 youth from each province to the Foundation's Youth Leadership Training Program in Bangalore, India. Watch the CNN interview with Sri Sri: http://us.artofliving.org/video/player-youtube.html?videofile=p-Sstlp1u7Y&videotitle=Sri-Sri-CNN-Interview
For more information about the event visit: http://events.artofliving.org/seattle.
The Art of Living Foundation founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, is an international non-profit educational and humanitarian organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. To date, Art of Living programs have benefited more than 25 million people in over 140 countries.
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