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Alchemy of Solutions Topic: Transforming Problems into Opportunities Date: 14th September, 2024, 6 - 8PM Facilitator: Nikhil Babbar On the second Saturday of every month, young professionals in Dubai keen to explore self-mastery, look forward to mingling at Virtue Cafe for an evening of enlightenment and entertainment. Designed for youth between the ages of 18 to 40, this meetup facilitates an interactive session among participants where they explore and exchange views on how to enhance one’s attitude and responses in various situations in life. All these while enjoying a sip of their favourite coffee or tea. This month featured Nikhil Babbar, a manager of a leading retail conglomerate who also practices Raja Yoga meditation. He facilitated a session on the topic, "Alchemy of Solutions: Transforming Problems into Opportunities.” The session, attended by around 18 participants, began with a welcome note and an icebreaker activity where each participant [...]

Virtue Café unplugs for the summer The young adults at Raja Yoga Center certainly know how to tap an unlimited energy as they continue to make waves in hosting creative sessions that are both transformative and rejuvenating. The exuberant team has made summer days a bit easier for everyone during the month of August by hosting a session focused on digital detox with the theme ‘Living Virtuously in the Digital Age’. Through creative activities, participants were led to experience a refreshing take on cooling down and taking a ‘breath of fresh air’ while indoors. Participants embraced every moment without screens, diving into self-reflection, engaging icebreakers, and the soothing sounds of Tibetan sound bowls for a complete detachment workout. The connection and creativity shared during the guided doodling and self-reflection sessions offered new sources of inspiration. Arabian Dreams Toastmasters Club visits Raja Yoga Center As part of a continuing [...]

Never a dull moment for Enlightened Kids! Children aged 6 to 11 have spent both meaningful and fun time during their sessions with Raja Yoga volunteer students. For almost two decades now, the EK has become a venue for both volunteers and children to explore creative ways of imbibing time-honoured virtues and values. A one-day Summer Camp which took place in August, served as a culminating event for the first half of the year. Themed ‘The Foundation of Happiness’, everyone spent a day doing yoga and Zumba dance, ‘treasure’ hunting, having noodle lunch using chopsticks, making origami crafts, and visualization exercises.

INVITING INNER SILENCE: RYC ON STAGE AT DWTC ON INTL DAY OF YOGA 2024 The Raja Yoga Center in Dubai took center stage at the celebration of the International Day of Yoga 2024, held at the Dubai World Trade Center on June 22. Led by the Consulate General of India and organized by the Friends of India, IDY 2024 in Dubai drew 5,000 yoga enthusiasts and community members to the two-hour program dedicated to celebrating the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga. The Raja Yoga Center team, led by Sister Jyoti created an atmosphere of inner silence to guide attendees immerse themselves in moments of tranquillity. An insightful commentary, focused on this year’s theme, ‘Yoga for the Self and Society’, helped participants create thoughts of peace and love and spread the vibrations to the physical body, nature, and to the global community. The event emphasized yoga's role [...]

Experiencing Love, a zoom event with Sister Shivani Acceptance is power, says international motivational speaker Sister Shivani. More than 500 UAE and Arab Gulf residents spend an evening of loveful experience on the theme ‘Experiencing Love –Unconditionally and Conditionally’. India’s internationally-acclaimed motivational speaker Sister Shivani filled the Friday evening of over 500 residents in the UAE, Qatar and Oman with inspirational thoughts on how to love unconditionally and constantly, amidst a world where people are hungry for kindness and acceptance. She led an interactive meeting through a Zoom video conference on the topic ‘Experiencing Love – Unconditionally and Constantly’, organized by the Raja Yoga Center. Sister Shivani has been giving motivational talks and seminars to millions of people around the world through her online sessions since the pandemic, as well as through her programs at the popular Indian channel Awakening TV, and in YouTube. She delivered a seminar [...]