and I went on a teacher training program with Kyridev directly.

And what really attracted me, definitely the techniques were very, very powerful.

And the deep rest I experienced from the technique was amazing.

But I was very attracted to Kudadev as a individual, as a teacher. He has this

incredible understanding about the human condition that I have not experienced with any other individual.

Somehow he understands every nook and cranny of the mind and the life experience.

And the knowledge that he shares about this has been very, very transformational in my life.

How do you go from being an advertising executive to working at the Art of Living Foundation?

Well, I guess I was extremely lucky.

Back in 1988, I met Guridev Shushi Rav Shui Rav Shankar in Los Angeles, in Santa Monica.

I was actually in a health food store, in the food co-op in Santa Monica, and I was looking

for the perfect wheat-free, sugar-free, taste-free cookie, and I collided parts with this woman,

and she told me about the art of living, and it sounded totally amazing for me.

So I went to a public talk that Gurdadev was giving at the time.

It was completely blown away.

I learned Siddharshin-cria or Sky Meditation,

the core essence of the program.

And it was just a journey.

Very interesting.

And so what exactly is the Art of Living Foundation?

It's like a meditation center or like a yoga center or?

Yeah.

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