Tag Archives: meditation

Protect your lungs from pm2.5

The city is covered with blankets of smoke and whether its the fireworks, crop burning or industrial waste; it is getting lodged in our lungs and causing a lot of harm to us in the long run. The PM 2.5 or small particulate matter is dangerous, hazardous at all levels and responsible for stinging eyes, […]

Yoga Nidra benefits

This post was originally published in To Be Healthy here Our bodies are subjected to a whole heap of pesticides and preservatives in our food, chemicals from household items and cosmetics and stress from our crazy, hectic lifestyles. We drink way too much coffee in the day to stay awake at work and naturally find […]

A note on mindfulness

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A guest post by Jhilmil Breckenridge The unquiet mind Can you be with this one breath, This moment, this now? —Paul Salmon Mindfulness is defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts, as “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally […]

On finding yourself

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A guest post by Ambika Singh Rikhye There are butterflies in your stomach when you meet the love of your life. You get sweaty palms and your heart literally skips a beat. You look forward to meeting him every day and introducing him to your friends and family. Finally, you settle down with him. This […]

Mindfulness and meditation

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Guest Post by Jaivir Hans In the winter of 2013, I migrated from New Delhi to London partly so I could live away from home. The reason I wanted to leave home was so I could smoke (cigarettes) and drink (alcohol) in a guilt-free manner, as and when I pleased. It was a successful move […]