First Body, Mind and Soul Event in Dallas

Love to share foundation chapter had its first Body, Mind & Soul Retreat on April 28th in the presence of Mr. M.K. Ramanujam at One Eleven Ranch Park in Garland, TX.

The participants were given a warm welcome and a brief note on what to expect in the retreat, by Sriram ji from Houston. The day and place were beautiful, apt to begin the retreat; with birds chirping and greenery all around under the early morning sun rise. The first session was Yoga, led by Smt Priya Mahesh. She guided everyone with Sun Salutation – mantra & stretches and breathing techniques. Next in line, was a Silent-Walk session. Sriram ji guided everyone through this session. Following this, was the Reality retreat -Meditation session led by Sriram ji. Then came the most awaited session of Sri Ramanujam ji’s – “Vital Conversations”. He addressed the participants with more insight on the overall retreat and encouraged everyone to practice it consistently and spoke about the actual happiness and calmness we gain by practicing it regularly.

Around 20 – 25 participants from different walks of life took part in the retreat. The participants enjoyed the retreat very much and shared their individual experience on each session at the end. They also showed their interest in taking part in the upcoming sessions. A satvik lunch was served to all.

Reality Retreat Sessions in Bay Area,CA

Love to Share Foundation’s Bay Area chapter had its first Reality Retreat on the 23rd and 24th of April 2018  in two different locations, San Jose and San Ramon respectively.

Mr. M.K. Ramanujam, who guided us through this session helped us discover our true nature of peace and bliss through the calming practice of mantra meditation.

Mr. M.K. Ramanujam, very beautifully explained that meditation is not the first step but the penultimate step to perfection and he showed how we could meditate upon a sound- a Manthra, to silence the mind.

Manthras are powerful words which by nature has the ability to silence the mind.B ut the questions arises – How to silence the mind with a sound?

Ramanujamji explained this paradox with an analogy. He said, in order to prevent a plain neat compound wall being suddenly invaded by unwanted posters, its not just enough if we remove them all, but we also need to stick another message that would say – “Stick no posters” and we need to hold on to this  poster until we are assured that there would be no other new ones on the wall. Likewise in order to silence the mind, we need it to hold on to a mantra – until the mind is devoid of all unnecessary thoughts. That’s why the meaning of the mantra is -“mananAth thrayathe ithi mantra” – that which the mind can hold on to and that which protects the mind from unwanted thoughts.

Ramanujamji, demonstrated this with the powerful mathra called the “mahamanthra” and he used a simple technique to practice this meditation by slowly draw the mind inside from outside with this manthra – first physicaly by calling out the sound, then a little subtle(sookshmam) by imitation of the sound by mumbling and finally very subtle(athi sookshmam) as a thought in the mind.

All those who had gathered for this retreat session thoroughly felt revitalized and were amazed to learn this very simple technique of meditation to calm the mind.  Close to 80 people attended the reality retreat workshops on both days.

Group Meditation Session in PEARLAND, TX

Love to Share Foundation of America conducted a group meditation on Tuesday December 20 2016 at New Life Plaza in Pearland Houston. The meditation session was led by Mr.Ramanujam. He reiterated the significance of meditation as a tool to understand and also to manage stress. Mr.Sriram Ramanujam demonstrated the Mantra meditation and the audience did three rounds of meditation. The session was attended by men and women with diverse ethnicity. At the end, Mr.Ramunujam had a Q/A session and the participants were enthusiastic and asked several questions and also shared their experience with meditation.

Mantra Meditation at M D Anderson Cancer Center

On  Thursday December  17 2015, at the Main Hospital Building of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Mr. Ramanujam – Lead Speaker of LTSFA, led a meditation session addressing a distinguished and diverse group of Head of Departments, Oncologists, Radiologists, General Physicians, Pharmacists, and Researchers along with personnel from Administration and the Department of Finance. Mr. Ramanujam seamlessly took them through the ancient time – proven Indian approaches to meditation. His vivid examples of de-cluttering the mind gave a clear understanding of the meaning and utility of meditation. This was followed by an interactive session on Mantra Meditation, where over 65 professionals chanted the ‘Mahamantra’ in unison for 5 – 10 min. The participants later spent some time with Mr. Ramanujam, getting their questions answered and expressing their gratitude for giving them a unique insight into meditation. Beguiled by his deep understanding of the subject and the downright clarity of the presentation that spoke volumes of Mr. Ramanujam’s own experience, M D Anderson has invited him to conduct more frequent sessions in the coming years. Love to Share Foundation America expresses special thanks to Dr. Warren Holleman and Katrina Wright with the M D Anderson Cancer Center’s Department of Faculty Health for arranging this exclusive session for the second year in a row.