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Meditation

Meditation means to reflect upon, ponder, or contemplate and there are many ways to meditate. The first stage of meditation is to concentrate on a specific object or establish a point of focus, with the eyes either opened or closed. Silently repeating a word or phrase, audibly reciting a prayer

Meditation and Insomnia

I started to try meditation sometime last year. I wasn’t sleeping well then because of a lot of stress at work that I was going through and at the same time I was experiencing much emotional anxiety from relationship problems. I was close to exhausting all my options I knew

Jesus was a Yogi

I have the following opinion: that although yoga is a spiritual path, it does not have to be a religious one. There are a variety of viewpoints on this matter, some contentious.  I believe, however, that the ethical precepts espoused by Patañjali, for example: the yamas and niyamas, are universal in nature

Yoga & Meditation

The word Meditation comes from the Latin word “meditatio” and means to think, contemplate, ponder. A lot of Caucasians think that meditation originates from the Indian Subcontinent and has something esoteric – mythical about it. So where mediation indeed refers to the seventh of the eight steps of Yoga in

Quest For Hapiness

Imagine if happiness can be store bought! It would most likely be the first thing to run out of stock everyday, most likely be the cause for all unrest and a whole lot of other problems. All of us humans, are looking for happiness, it could be in various forms,

Reflections of An Amateur Meditator

I first got to learn more about meditation earlier this year when I took up a module on mindful psychology. There was an experiential component of this module, through which I was required to start a daily mindfulness practice involving a daily activity and a 20-minute meditation. For the daily

How to Relax?

Knowing how to relax is vital for ensuring your health and well-being, as well as restoring the passion and joy in you life.  Allowing stress to affect you can lead to depression, illness, weight gain and a general sense of malcontent.Follow along after the jump to learn how to get your

Meditation 101

“Meditation is a way of clearing away the mental clutter that surrounds the subconscious. When our minds are clear, we can see and experience the joy of our own soul.” Gurmukh I started my meditation practice about 3 years ago and till today, it is still a journey where I

The Mind, Body and Breath

Meditation is a word that was not in my vocabulary until a few weeks ago when I started doing this yoga course. Call me a realist, skeptic or whatever it is, I always thought people who does meditations are fleeting from the reality that they live in, isn’t that what

Can you really empty the mind?

There are many misconceptions of meditation, or dhyana. One of the most common misconceptions about meditation is that it is about making your mind go blank. In my opinion, asking a person to stop thinking would be like having them keeping their eyes open and telling them not to see. Is

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