Responding to the drastic rise in issues relating to mental health, our national network of teachers have been teaching online resilience-building workshops to several million people across the country helping them manage anxiety, depression and stress-related to the pandemic.
Our special programs for frontline workers including doctors, medical professionals, police and government officials involved with COVID-related duties have been particularly significant.
Says Dr Nizammuddin Kotwal, who contracted the virus while consulting in an ICU ward of a hospital in Solapur, Maharashtra, “The Art of Living techniques reduced stress and increased the capacity of my lungs. Our lungs work as a filter for the air we breathe. So if our lungs are healthy, we are less likely to be affected by airborne diseases.”