Joanna Wane is an award-winning senior feature writer with a special focus on social issues and the arts. OPINION In the pursuit of happiness, sometimes it’s okay to allow yourself to feel sad. The guru is coming.
I’d never heard of Bangalore-based Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, but his Art of Living Foundation has centres in 180 countries, including New Zealand, and he’s been here twice before. I suspect most Kiwis, like me, are somewhat sceptical of gurus. The only notable one we’ve had is Centrepoint’s Bert Potter and we all know how that turned out.
(When I did an online search for “New Zealand + guru”, a story about next year’s tour by Aussie rock band the Hoodoo Gurus popped up.).
