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Heartfulness is a Raja Yoga system of meditation, also known as "Sahaj Marg" or the "Natural Path". It originated at the turn of the 20th century and was formalized with the founding of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945 in India [1]. Heartfulness movement offers meditative practices and training for free with the help of trainers to reportedly 4 million practitioners in 160 countries [2].

Practices Offered

The core practices of Heartfulness includes following [3][4]:

  1. Relaxation - a short practice to bring quick relaxation and prepare the person for meditation
  2. Meditation - a method to calm one's mind by focusing the attention on the heart and ignoring the mental chatter
  3. Cleaning - also called as Rejuvenation, a technique for mental detoxification that uses suggestions to mentally clean impressions built by actions, reactions, thoughts and emotions.
  4. Prayer Connection - a short meditation done before bed time and before morning meditation to affirm the link with divinity inside

Organization & History

The organizational body, Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM), was formally registered in 1945 by Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur [5][6]. Shri Ram Chandra was born on April 30, 1899 in Shahjahanpur, in a large town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India and attained mahāsamādhi on April 19, 1983, at the age of 83 [7][8]. As part of the Sahaj Marg spiritual practice, 'Babuji' (As Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur was informally known) adopted a technique called 'pranahuti' as taught by his spiritual master, 'Lalaji'.[9]

The global headquarters of the organization is in Kanha Shanti Vanam, near Hyderabad, Telangana India. It was inaugurated by The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind in February 2020 [10].

See also

References

  1. ^ Somasekhar, M (2020-01-24). "World's largest meditation centre coming up in Hyderabad". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  2. ^ Pisharody, Rahul V (2020-02-10). "Near Hyderabad, 'world's largest meditation centre', inaugurated by President Kovind". Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  3. ^ "Heartfulness is here to help you find inner peace". Times Now. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. ^ "Heartfulness meditation can help beat stress, be positive". Deccan Chronicle. 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  5. ^ Kaur, Amarjot (2018-04-10). "Where the heart is..." WBTV. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  6. ^ "President inaugurates new global center of Shri Rama Chandra Mission". United News of India. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  7. ^ "Record number of 1,50,000 practitioners from 100 countries to virtually attend the 121st Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Second Guide of Heartfulness". apnnews.com. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. ^ "Over 1.5 lakh practitioners of Heartfulness to join Babuji's 121st birth anniversary celebrations". uniindia.com. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  9. ^ Pearmain, Rosalind. 2005. "Transformational Experiences in Young People: The Meaning of a Safe Haven." International Journal of Children's Spirituality. 10(3):277-290.
  10. ^ Ram Nath Kovind (2020-02-02). Address by The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of inauguration of the new global headquarters 'Kanha Shanti Vanam' of Shri Ram Chandra Mission (Speech). Kanha Shanti Vanam, Hyderabad. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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