World Economic Forum Uplink Awards IAHV’s Green Pocket Forests Top Innovator Status

In September 2022, UpLink launched its first Challenge aimed at sourcing innovative and ecopreneurial enterprises that contribute to the conservation, restoration and growth of forests in the United States of America. The challenge was run in collaboration with 1t.org’s US Chapter and American Forests. Healthy forests are instrumental to addressing some of the most pressing […]

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Palo Alto Department of Veterans Affairs Publishes Study on SKY Breath Featured in Psychology Today

A study on veterans practicing SKY Breath Meditation conducted by the Palo Alto Department of Veterans Affairs was just published in the BMJ Journal and an article talking about the study was published in Psychology Today. The study found that… SKY Breath Meditation was just as effective as therapy in treating PTSD SKY Breath Meditation […]

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UNFICYP sponsors the Cities4Peace in Cyprus

Context The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was set up by the UN Security Council in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. In the absence of a political settlement to the Cyprus problem, UNFICYP has remained on the island to supervise ceasefire lines, maintain a buffer […]

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Gurudev Meets with Illinois Department of Corrections

For 8 years IAHV’s Prison Program has been working with Stateville Correctional Institute outside of Chicago, Illinois teaching SKY Breath Meditation courses to relieve stress and trauma, and improve recidivism rates. Post covid programming restarted this week with 20 online participants taking the workshop. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar met with Assistant Chief Administrative Officer […]

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Time Magazine Honors IAHV Green Pocket Forests Director Neelam Patil

For her exceptional work of teaching children they can do something about climate change through Miyawaki forests, TIME Magazine named Patil Innovative Teacher of 2022. “Miyawaki forests bring together cutting-edge science, nature-based solutions, climate literacy, STEM education, and social-emotional learning. The Miyawaki method utilizes all the best parts of nature to address the harm done […]

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Transforming LA County

Context In 2019, the LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion to officially establish the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) within the Department of Public Health (DPH). OVP’s mission is to improve coordination and support existing efforts across the county to prevent multiple forms of violence, through a renewed focus on prevention, and […]

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