World Meditation Day: Feeling low? Here’s how to take care of mental health according to spiritual guru Ravi Shankar
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World Meditation Day: Feeling low? Here’s how to take care of mental health according to spiritual guru Ravi Shankar

Live Mint  

World Meditation Day: In a world where “feeling low” and experiencing “anxiety attacks” have become common, meditation emerges as a solution for addressing various mental health issues. The United Nations General Assembly, with India as a co-sponsor, has declared December 21 as World Meditation Day. Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar delivers a keynote address at the inaugural session of the first-ever World Meditation Day at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Like you have dental hygiene, we have mental hygiene wherein meditation can help us to be more centred and away from aggression and depression,” he said.

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