Heartfulness Institute Kolkata reaches out to community with support in times of crisis

Kolkata, 9^th May 2020 : Continuing their efforts in reaching out those impacted during the times of COVID 19 , Heartfulness Institute has been conducting food drives, distribution of masks and sanitizers, conducting webinar’s and launched a helpline to help people deal with emotional and mental challenges during this time.

Mr. Amlan Datta, the Heartfulness Institute Co-ordinator for Kolkata said, “in Kolkata along with extending support in form of mental and emotional support to those who need, via our online programmes and telephone helpline, our volunteers are also supporting the administration by providing food daily in Kolarkhal  & Gwalbati village, south 24 parganas and some areas nearby Shyam Bazar.”

In Kolkata, the Heartfulness Institute has been providing food to around 1,000 people daily since the lockdown. The food is cooked and packed in the Heartfulness Meditational Centre near Kasba in extremely hygienic and with high quality products. Today the Institute also handed over an additional 1,000 packets of provisions consisting of rice, dal, potatoes, oil and salt to the Kolkata police to be distributed to the needy. Mr. Rishabh C. Kothari Director - Heartfulness Institute and Mr. Mahesh Bhardwaj, The Kolkata Meditation Centre Manager from Heartfulness handed over the food packets to the Assistant Commissioner Police H.Q.) A. Saha who received them on behalf of Kolkata Police. Beneficiaries of this outreach include displaced migrants as well as labourers who have lost their daily wages under the lockdown. All the funds have been internally contributed by the practitioners of Heartfulness Meditation towards this outreach.

Speaking about their initiatives across the country, Mr. Rishabh C. Kothari, Director - Heartfulness Institute said, “The  Heartfulness Institute is providing food to 35000 people daily, cooked in the Institutes premises across Hyderabad, Chennai, Madurai, Lucknow and several other cities in addition to Kolkata. We have also launched a helpline 1800 121 DHYANA to assist people undergoing mental and emotional challenges in dealing with the current situation and can access this facility 24x 7 free of cost across the country. Through HeartsApp, a free mobile application available on both IOS and Android, those interested can have access to daily meditation as well in the comfort of their homes at a time of their convenience”.

About Heartfulness: Heartfulness (www.heartfulness.org), is a Raja Yoga system of meditation, which is also known as ‘Sahaj Marg’, or the ‘Natural Path’. It originated at the turn of the twentieth century and was formalized with the founding of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945 in India. With several million practitioners worldwide, Heartfulness meditation is a set of practices for self-development that help us find inner calm and stillness in our fast-paced world. The easily adopted practices are appropriate for people from all walks of life, cultures, religious beliefs, and economic status, over the age of fifteen. Ongoing Heartfulness meditation training can be found at thousands of schools and colleges, and over 100,000 professionals are meditating in corporations, non-governmental and government bodies worldwide. More than 5000 Heartfulness Centers, known as Heart Spots, are supported by many thousands of certified volunteer trainers in 130 countries.