A unique rhythmical breathing process—the sudarshan kriya technique is said to have been revealed to him during a spell of silent meditation that he had gone into for 10 long days in 1982. The kriya acts in a psychoneuroimmunological (PNI) manner. In other words, the technique helps a healthy and pleasant mind to produce chemical messengers, which travel from the nervous system to the immune system, resulting in the overall betterment of both body and mind.

Sri Sri Ravishankar has himself described the working of the sudarshan kriya thus: "There is a rhythm in nature. Seasons come and go. In your own body also, there is a rhythm. Life has a particular rhythm. Similarly, your breath also goes in a pattern. Your emotions move in a particular rhythm, as well as your thoughts. All these rhythms arise from your being, which has its own rhythm.

In Sudarshan Kriya, we get into the rhythm of our being and see how our being is permeating our emotions, our thoughts, our breath and our bodies. Soon, every cell of our body becomes alive and releases all the toxins and negative emotions it has stored from times past. Once again, we are able to smile from our hearts."

Besides certain yogic asanas and other processes, sudarshan kriya involves pranayama, which silences inner turmoil. Through this kriya the mind experiences deep rest. The process also involves the infusion of a maximum amount of oxygen to the cells, which helps in the release of neuropeptides that regularize Abnormal Brain Wave patterns in patients suffering from neural disorders. The kriya's miraculous influence on the human immune system has inspired researchers the world over into finding a cure for AIDS and other diseases caused by immunity deficiency.