Graduate Spotlight

Aruna Ladva, Bachelor of Science in Natural Health
“Connecting all three strands”

Aruna Ladva describes herself as a citizen of the world and an ardent admirer of life’s perfection. She began a conscious path of self-discovery at age 16, exhibiting even then an “old-soul” sense of peacefulness, understanding and appreciation. Nowadays the 30-something management consultant, training leader and international ambassador enjoys the cultural stimulation of interacting with clients throughout the U.K., U.S., Middle East and Canada.

According to Aruna, “I founded The Sixth Element to help others explore an innate intelligence — our own mind-body-spirit connection (as taught through CCNH) — both within the natural world of earth, wind, fire, water, ether and yet also beyond the five-sensory manifestations of human experience.” Her Sixth Element teachings include onsite training programs and retreat getaways. In both settings she demonstrates that greater self-awareness leads to successful team development and organizational success. 

“In helping to connect the three key strands of this millennium, our teaching programs seek to empower the realms of management/leadership development, continuous learning for all, and a heightened spiritual intelligence,” she adds.

For someone so young, the roots of her experience go deep and wide.

In the 1980s to early 1990s Aruna volunteered with various international humanitarian projects and worked with regional outposts of India’s Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. Its worldwide outreach brings free meditation classes to more than 130 countries. BKWSU volunteers also fund a global hospital and research center that provides free or subsidized healthcare for those in need. The organization further advances the idea of “peace parks” to link meditation with a heightened environmental and humanitarian awareness.

Working with all levels of society to inspire and motivate the world’s radical acceptance of change as humanity’s daily reality, for the next several years Aruna served as director of Bahrain Meditation Center.

Nowadays, Aruna Ladva’s Sixth Element teachings amplify the philosophies of:

• Sustenance — seeking, with daily devotion, to develop spiritual self-knowledge; providing nourishment for a stable balance of mind, body and spirit energies.
• Meditation — the soul-consciousness of daily reflection to fortify one’s inner beliefs to overcome fearful negativity. Here, spiritual connection replaces blind faith with a deeper sense of trust and knowing. 
• Practice — dedication to strengthen one’s character through universal truths and higher motivations in thought, word and deed.
• Service — unselfish sharing of one’s unique life experience and talents.

“We change our thinking by seeing things differently,” she concludes. “Intrinsically, nature has endowed both genders with qualities that are recognized as ‘feminine’ tendencies: patience, tolerance, sacrifice, kindness and love. To strengthen the foundation of progress in personal growth, human relations, and the development of caring communities, these areas of emphasis form a vital core of leadership potential.”

For more information:  thesixthelement.com

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This article was based on an interview with the graduate.

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