Participants use breathing techniques to elevate stress during a prayer and mediation service held at the Pleasanton Public Library last Saturday for the victims of the commuter train bombing in Mumbai, India. Members from the Art of Living Foundation, a nongovernmental organization with an office in San Ramon, organized the event after receiving many local requests for a service, said Rashmi Patel, a teacher for the Foundation. “We want to create awareness and to pray for the victims and their families,” Patel said. More than 700 people were injured and 185 killed in Mumbai earlier this month when bombs exploded on seven commuter trains during rush hour in what appears to be an act of terrorism, although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Foundation chose to hold the service at the Pleasanton library because the library already hosts the group’s yoga and meditation sessions, Patel said. The next yoga and meditation session will be Sunday, July 31 from 7-9 p.m.
Sending prayers to India
