In a world that moves so fast and is stressful all too often it seems like balance, happiness and purpose are far out of reach. The Art of Living, popularized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, provides a practical prescription for living fully, mindfully and joyfully. At its core, this book explains that good living goes beyond simply living. It is deliberately living. It encourages the establishment of mental clarity, emotional stability, and other spiritual elements. It teaches us how to deal with stress (stress management), building empathy, and being generally positive; all of which are core skills.
Core Principles
Mental Health & Mindfulness
Meditation relaxes the mind, provides mental relaxation, increases concentration and promotes greater mental relaxation, focus and improves clarity and fortifies emotional ways. Meditation calms the mind, reduces the mind as a way to cope with stress and gives you inner life skills practice like Sudarshan Kriya practices like Sudarshan Kriya.
Breathing Techniques
Conscious breathing gives the body and mind a rejuvenation, reduces anxiety and improves clarity by relaxing through conscious breathing. It is a basic but strong method to stay grounded in any situation.
Service and Compassion
Working for people in a way that makes it easier for each person to benefit creates connection, creates empathy and fulfillment. You may find some enrichment in life from serving your community.
Living in the Present
By focusing on now we get more pleasure from living, minimize fretting, and cultivate happiness. It is the method that turns mundane routines into meaningful experiences.
Advancing in Practices of the Art of Life
- Stress Relief: Practicing mindfulness and meditation can soothe the mind and nervous system.
- Better Relationships: Compassion and empathy also help to strengthen interactions with family, friends, work colleagues.
- Growth: A sense of self reflects emotional maturity and resilience.
- Physiological: Health is better physically, mentally and spiritually through continuous living. Consistency enhances health physically, mentally and spiritually.
To live in accordance with our lifestyle: the Art of Living does not consist of a set of acts, only lifestyle. Mindfulness, careful breathing, and compassion can make even the most ordinary day so that you can turn stress into calmness, challenge into growth, and the mundane into joy. This book for a modern-day man/woman is like a guide to his or her own lifestyle of what life is like outside the constraints of the world we are living.
