Colourful hand-painted designs from textile designer Holly Firth, inspired by nature and traditional artisanal processes.

So you’ve heard about meditation and its huge range of benefits, but how exactly do you meditate? And what even is meditation, really?

Poetry on finding purpose, by Diana Robertson

Virat Goyal captures the rejuvenating quality of meditation with his free verse poetry.

Multi-media art inspired by traditional cultures and traditions from around the world, created by Jahnavi Rawal.

Finding the right time to meditate can be tricky. Especially if you're fairly new to meditation or have never meditated before. So when is the best time to do it?

Colourful collages

Soothing scenes of cities and natural landscapes by Nick Tobias.

The aim of meditation is not to experience something extraordinary and spectacular, rather it is to become extraordinary. It is the rare experience of going beyond all expectations we've conjured with the mind and instead being simply silent inside. At its essence, it is to be yourself through and true. This is Sahaja Yoga.

Claes Nobel, grand-nephew of Alfred Nobel, gives a speech in honour of the vision and work of Shri Mataji at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

An excerpt from Shri Mataji's opening speech on the role of women, in Beijing 1995.