{"id":157,"date":"2017-03-20T00:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2017-07-02T01:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T01:39:08","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section has-parallax\" id=\"section_1976047113\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-1\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<button class=\"scroll-for-more z-5 icon absolute bottom h-center\" aria-label=\"Scroll for more\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" style=\"font-size:42px;\" ><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1576340210\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-45771247\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1400402946\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1823574138\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1823574138 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 140%;\">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a humanitarian leader, a spiritual teacher, and an ambassador of peace.<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"thin-font\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">His vision of a stress-free, violence-free society has united millions of people the world over through service projects and the courses he has developed.<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1389031041\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1389031041 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/talk-to-someone\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary\"  style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n    <span>TALK TO SOME ONE FROM OUR TEAM<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1976047113 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n#section_1976047113 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Slide04.jpg);\n}\n#section_1976047113 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 0% 0%;\n}\n#section_1976047113 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1976047113 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #guruji\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#guruji\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"guruji\"><\/a><\/span>\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1789085275\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1617776585\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-936014799\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-1 box-shadow-5-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" data-parallax-fade=\"true\" data-parallax=\"4\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_510207349\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banner12.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_510207349 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1598439985\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1598439985 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_947642243\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_947642243 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-936014799 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-375948903\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 150%; color: #7d7d7d;\">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founded The Art of Living as an international, non-profit, educational, and humanitarian organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">The educational and self-development programs of the Art of Living provide powerful tools to eliminate stress and improve well-being. These programs include breathing techniques, meditation, yoga, and practical wisdom for daily living which have helped millions around the world to transform their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">In 1997, he founded the International Association for Human Values (IAHV) to coordinate sustainable development projects, nurture human values and coordinate conflict resolution in association with The Art of Living. In India, Africa and South America, the two partner organizations\u2019 volunteers are spearheading sustainable growth in rural communities, and have already reached out to 40,212 villages<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1789085275 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n}\n#section_1789085275 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1789085275 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1659674755\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-307499676\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-519317172\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">Inspiring Service and Globalizing Wisdom<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 150%; color: #7d7d7d;\">Sri Sri is a noted humanitarian leader who has developed and led programs that provide assistance to people from a wide range of backgrounds\u2014victims of natural disasters, survivors of terror attacks and war, children from marginalized populations, communities in conflict, among others.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">Sri Sri has rekindled the traditions of yoga and meditation and has offered them in a form that works in the 21st century. By reviving ancient wisdom, Sri Sri has created new techniques for personal and social transformation. These include a powerful technique called Sudarshan Kriya\u00ae which has helped millions of people to find relief from stress and discover inner reservoirs of energy and peace in daily life. In only three decades, his programs and initiatives have touched the lives of over 370 million people in 152 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1025029532\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-1 box-shadow-5-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" data-parallax-fade=\"true\" data-parallax=\"4\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1668323631\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banner10.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1668323631 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2106830331\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2106830331 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1025029532 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1659674755 {\n  padding-top: 103px;\n  padding-bottom: 103px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n  background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);\n}\n#section_1659674755 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1659674755 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_221121277\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-956653967\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-995360476\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-1 box-shadow-5-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" data-parallax-fade=\"true\" data-parallax=\"4\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_601998242\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Banner14.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_601998242 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_553626759\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_553626759 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_770657825\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_770657825 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-995360476 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1485438618\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">A Figure of Peace<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 150%; color: #7d7d7d;\">Sri Sri is an ambassador of peace. He plays a key role in conflict resolution, spreading his vision of non-violence at public forums and gatherings worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">He is regarded as a neutral figure with peace as his sole agenda, representing hope to people in conflict. He is credited with bringing hostile parties to the negotiating table in Iraq, the Ivory Coast, Kashmir, and Bihar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #7d7d7d;\">His work has touched the lives of millions of people around the world, going beyond the barriers of race, nationality, and religion with the message of a \u201cone-world family.\u201d He has shown that inner and outer peace are possible and that a stress-free, violence-free society can be created through service and by reawakening human values.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_221121277 {\n  padding-top: 103px;\n  padding-bottom: 103px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n}\n#section_221121277 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_221121277 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srisrischoolofyoga.org\/na\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}