World Unity Week 2021

Managing Stress

Will talk about stress and its impact on your physiology and psychology and give examples of how practicing deep breathing changes your reaction to events. Will show slides on how to do deep breathing and effects on your health. Will do a 20 minute deep breathing exercise with participants. Will also show participants the effect of deep breathing on your heart rate variability. Questions and answers.

Event Host: Shobhana Ranjit of Spiritual Heritage Education Network

Unexamined & Examined Life: Embracing the Inner Guru at the Bottom of The Abyss

In this personal story of transformation I share how, as a hard-working railroad executive struggling with alcoholism, failed marriages & internal pain, experienced a series of magical promptings, painful catalysts & wondrous synchronicities leading to a new life on a path of awakening facilitated by self-examination.

Event Host: John West of Spiritual Heritage Educaion Network

Education - From Information to Transformation

Let's be honest. Are we achieving what we set out to do through education? Is there a need to realign our intentions.  Is there a technology that can convert this information boom in education into contemplative and transformative experiences? Let us explore ideas in our interaction and spend a few moments in guided meditation.

Event Host: Swami Anukoolananda of the Chinmaya University

Workshop in Stress Management

Everybody, young and old, is stressed. We may not know it, just like we may have elevated blood pressure without knowing about it. If allowed to become chronic, stress can become toxic and lead to physical disease. It can also cause many mental and behavioral disorders. 
Nature has built into us a simple physiological practice which done regularly can keep stress low. It can’t remove the causes of stress but it certainly prevents it from harming our body and mind. 

Light of Kabbalah: Wisdom and the Tree of Life from Genesis to the Zohar

This presentation will complement Shiv Talwar's presentation on the Tree of Life in the Zohar by tracing the evolution of the concepts of Wisdom, the Tree of Life and the sefirot in biblical and postbiblical literature.

This presentation will complement Shiv Talwar's presentation on the Tree of Life in the Zohar by tracing the evolution of the concepts of Wisdom, the Tree of Life and the sefirot in biblical and postbiblical literature.