Claudia McKay of Arlington Heights, USA, told the Chicago Tribune: 'I can't put into words what she does to me. She doesn't have to say a thing. Your problems don't go away, but all of a sudden you can cope with them. It gives me peace.'

Zack Kurland, 28, of New York, told Associated Press: 'I can't explain whether it's her individual energy or an energy within the group. It's an uplifting feeling.'

Amma says: Science airconditions the external world, whereas spirituality airconditions the inner.