With some deep breathing and open minds, more than 75 people gathered in the Bartholomew County Public Library Red Room to join the nation in a group meditation event.
The event, “America Meditates,” was organized by international non-profit organization Art of Living, and sought to raise awareness about mental health and promote peace and well-being in society, said Saurabh Joshi, one of the local event’s organizers.
The nationwide event, which was dubbed by the organizers as “the biggest meditation event in the U.S. history,” included 131 local group meditations in the United States and Canada, including at least four in Indiana. Additional group meditation events were held in 10 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
America Meditates was part of the two-day Mental Health and Mental Fitness Summit in Denver that sought “to disrupt outdated approaches to mental health.”
“A group meditation event like this has enormous potential to enhance our own well-being as well as improving the well-being of people around us,” said Joshi, who has been an Art of Life instructor for a few months.
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