Download or read book The Art of Living Foundation written by Dr Stephen Jacobs and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL) founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational movement and an alternative global spirituality. Exploring the nature and characteristics of spirituality in the contemporary global context, Jacobs considers whether alternative spiritualities are primarily concerned with individual wellbeing and can simply be regarded as another consumer product.