Image:ShriMatajiNirmalaShrivastava.jpg Nirmala Srivastava was born to Christian parents, Prasad and Cornelia Salve, having descended from the royal Shalivahana dynasty. Her parents named her Nirmala, which means "immaculate." Srivastava occasionally visited the ashram of Mahatma Gandhi. Like her parents, she was involved in the Indian independence movement; as a young woman she was a youth leader, and participated in the Quit India Movement. Shortly before India achieved independence Nirmala married ...

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She was declared "Personality of the Year" in 1986 by the Italian government. In 1994, the mayor of Brazil's capital city, who sponsored her programs, welcomed her at the airport and presented her with the key to the city. In 1995, the Indian government allowed her a one-hour primetime television series to be broadcast nationally. That year she was also an official guest of the Chinese government, was invited to speak at the International Women's Conference in Beijing, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in Cognitive and Parapsychological Sciences by the Romanian Ecological University. She wa ...

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Sahaja Yoga (Sahaja meaning born with and Yoga meaning union) is a type of meditation and yoga. It is "a unique method of meditation based on an experience called self-realization (Kundalini awakening) that Sahaja Yogis believe occurs within each human being". The term Sahaja Yoga is also used to refer to the Sahaja Yoga International (Vishwa Nirmala Dharma movement) founded by Nirmala Shrivastava (also known by devotees as Shri Mataji) on 5 May 1970 based on this practice. Sahaja Yoga - Beliefs. ...

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Critics of the Sahaja Yoga movement and of its founder claim that it is a dangerous cult engaged in brainwashing, tight control of its members and a host of other activities, advertising traditional yoga techniques as a method of initial indoctrination . Sahaja yogis claim that most of the critics are ex-members of Sahaja Yoga, who have been cast out because they abused the whole foundation of Sahaja Yoga, steal ...

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This non-profit organization claims to offer an experience by which individuals can spontaneously become aware of their subtle system through which they become one with (union) the all pervading power. Sahaja Yoga holds that Kundalini is an energy that exists in nature and in every human being, but is often dormant. Sahaja Yoga suggests one can feel this power as a cool or warm breeze coming out of the top of one's head and blowing in one's hands, after self-realization. Sahaja Yoga sees Self Realisation ...

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