Tag Archives: mindfulness

Is it relaxing in the sun? Walks in nature? Is it being with others or alone that gets you to that happy place? Happiness and feeling good is an inner experience; it is about being in flow. A life in ‘flow’, where you feel in your groove that rhythm and...

Being empowered is recognizing that you DO have the power to change your life. It is recognizing that your choices matter and you do have control over what happens to you. The biggest problem when people are feeling dis-empowered is that they have a hard time changing their circumstances The...

Happiness is something that we all try to attain but for many people, it feels out of reach. At a soul level, we are all happy and surrounded by love. When we understand this, it makes it easier to achieve happiness, as it is already a part of us. When...

Just as experiencing stress can have harmful effects on the body, relieving stress can produce beneficial ones. Research has shown a strong link between the relaxation response - which is activated when the mind enters a meditative state - and actual physiological changes associated with physical and emotional health. Science...

We often find that it is difficult to maintain a regular practice of meditation. There are three stages we go through when we start meditation. To meditate, one has to prepare his ‘seat’ of meditation and meditate regularly for 30 minutes at a fixed time and place; and this seat...

There are a lot of us who feel like there is always that “something more” yet we feel that it is out of our reach, we tend to feel trapped and scared without really knowing why. This blog series “Listen to your soul” has been created with the intention of...

There is so much information about different meditation styles and also so many misconceptions about what meditation actually is. Here are the most common obstacles encountered on the meditation path with some remedies by Sailesh Chand Darshan, a meditation teacher with 25 years' experience. Obstacle 1 - I can't seem...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a successful person who has never been told they can’t do it, they aren’t good enough, or they should quit their dream before. Michael Jordon got cut from his school basketball team. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he lacked imagination and...

Becoming fearless is a recipe for emotional health. Taking care of your emotional health is as important as taking care of your physical body. Some of the benefits of Finding Fearless are the ability to be yourself, possessing greater courage, speaking your mind, feeling happy, and having peace despite unfavourable...

For many finding a safe place to be, is challenging. A place to step out of, and into. A place to contemplate all that is happening, and all that is not. A place to let go and a place to discover more. A place of adventure, and a place of...

Getting a good night sleep is one of the most important things we can do to keep our mind and body happy and healthy. There are many natural and safe measures we can take to improve the quality of sleep. Exercise – can help decrease arousal, anxiety and depressive symptoms,...

It’s not about becoming a better you... it’s about finding comfort and peace in who you are right now. A little less DOING, a little more BEING. Finding those moments that hold neither past nor future, good nor bad, ease nor effort. Those moments that just are. When you can...