The Art of Living Foundation in the Dominican Republic is organizing a Day of Meditation at the National Botanical Gardens in Santo Domingo for this coming Saturday, 28 September at 4pm. The event will be held simultaneously in 130 countries. Organization vice president and instructor Carmen Julia Gomez says that the event is a call for awareness against violence and a reminder that peace begins inside every individual. “The effect that a collective meditation can have is incredible, because peace in one country has an effect on others,” said Stella Fernandez, secretary of the board of the Foundation, as reported in El Dia.