The Art of Living Foundation is a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO). It was founded in 1981 by Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living Foundation has centers in more than 156 countries.
The Foundation is working in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. The International Association for Human Values is a partner NGO that Shankar founded, that focuses on the upliftment of human values at the grassroots level.
Through Art of Living Course and Sudarshan Kriya students learn how to focus better and retention of study material, handle negative emotions like stress, anger, sadness, fear etc and how to improve concentration, become more energetic and joyful…for a lifetime