NGOs created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Vishwa Nirmala Dharma

Sahaja Yoga International (also known as Vishwa Nirmala Dharma) is a worldwide non-profit organization, dedicated to the emancipation of humanity and resolution of its problems from within. Its main teaching is Sahaja Yoga, a revolutionary method of meditation founded in 1970 by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and acclaimed as one of the most significant voices on spirituality and world peace today.

The main principles on which Sahaja Yoga International is based are morality, spirituality, mutual help in our evolution, search for truth, and healing our problems using our inner potential on an individual and collective level.

Sahaja Yoga International Activities

Among many international projects, Shri Mataji has created in her compassion and concern to alleviate human sufferings several NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations). To mention a few:

• An international hospital in Bombay, India to help patients all over the world to get a chance to cure themselves through Sahaja Yoga methods.
  This hospital has been producing quite successful result in curing a number of incurable diseases like high blood pressure, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, etc.
  
• An international cancer research center in Bombay which studies the effects of Sahaja Yoga on cancer.
• An international music school in Nagpur to promote classical music.
  
• A charity house for the poor people in Delhi, to provide shelter to destitute and homeless people, and also to help them beomce better individuals through the process of Sahaja Yoga.

Sahaja Yoga International is established in over 85 countries worldwide. Among its activities in these countries are:

• Free weekly meditation programs that help people achieve balance in their lives and get over their habits.
  
• Inner city programs to help the needy and free programs in rehabilitation centers to alleviate drug and alcohol problems through the practice of Sahaja Yoga.
  
• Free meditation meetings held in work environments and hospitals - for example: the National Institute of Health (Washington DC), the Fox Studio (Los Angeles, California), Motorola (Chicago, Illinois), Nortel (Dallas, Texas), the Thunderbird Samaritean Medical Center and John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, etc.
  
• Films - Immaculata Studios, owned and operated by Sahaja Yogis, is dedicated to the creation of inspiring movies that lift one's awareness instead of debasing it as it is common nowadays in many film industries.
  
• Arts - Sahaja Yoga helped many artists enhance their creativity; as an example we mention the international Theater of Eternal Values created by VND in Europe, and also many renowned musicians have achieved great heights after starting to practice Sahaja Yoga.

How Sahaja Yoga can help our communities

Through the inner transformation and collective consciousness achieved in Sahaja Yoga, the individual becomes spontaneously integrated with the society and environment and one's actions become harmonious with the whole. Some of the proven benefits of Sahaja Yoga are listed below:

• Healthy, drug-free life (active medical research on Sahaja Yoga is conducted in countries like England, India, Romania, Russia, Australia).
• Stress reduction, inner peace, balance.
• Improving one's life and personal growth, developing skills and talents, self esteem, confidence.
• Morality, righteousness and dropping bad habits follow as a byproduct of the transformation in one's awareness brought by the regular practice of meditation.
• Improved family life, work environment, relationships with others, communication skills.
• cities like Togliatti (Russia) where Sahaja Yoga is practiced en-masse, in schools, at work, etc. have an incredibly low rate of criminality.

We look forward to working with you

Sahaja Yoga has brought profound changes in our lives, and it is our goal to share this discovery with as many as possible. We have found that often the key to the resolution of global crises lies in the inner transformation of each individual rather than technological advances or social changes. Based on our own everyday experience, we have come to strongly believe that Sahaja Yoga can be a uniquely powerful vehicle to achieve this lofty ideal of global transformation.

Towards this end, our organization offers presentations, seminars and weekly programs free of charge in which the benefits of Sahaja Yoga are introduced as well as experienced first-hand through short meditation sessions. As mentioned above, we offer these presentations both to the great public as well as to the staff and members of institutions who have expressed interest in this method of meditation. The benefits are multiple and far reaching, and we look forward to exploring them together with all interested parties, as well as tailoring them to their specific needs.

If, as an individual or organization, you are involved in social work and are interested in the improvement of our society at a local and global level, please contact us and we look forward to collaborating with you towards the resolution of the problems our communities are facing today.