The Gift of Gratitude for Peace Revolution’s Trip to Grenade
It was a deep honour to have Ilse and Raku from Peace Revolution visit our community and share with us ways to manage stress through guided meditation. I believe many of…
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Meditation and the Art of Sharing
“Happiness is real only when shared,” Christopher McCandless “Into the Wild”
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Let Go of Fear. Create the Life You’re Meant to Live
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela
Body Scan Meditation as Relaxation Technique
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of relaxation? Many of us might imagine a cosy evening in front of the TV or a Sunday afternoon reading a book. Why is relaxation important?
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Meditation and Anger Management
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb
When do you usually get angry? Is it when things don’t go as expected? What if you had no previous expectations? Could this be a possibility? Does getting angry change the situation in any way?
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Can’t Stay Away? Try to Meditate to Cut Cravings!
You know it is not good for you. You promised yourself that this will be the last time. And still, there is always a next time… Addiction might sound like a harsh word. You might not even be willing to admit that you have an addictive relation to it. Still, each of us experienced this strong need towards something that might not be very useful either for our health, mental and physical integrity nor for our personal growth.
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Can Meditation Help You Better Deal With Depression?
Yes it can. Thanks to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies it has been established that practising meditation contributes to reducing activity in the amygdala, as a study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience underlines. So, meditation affects that area of the brain governing stress response and often linked to feelings of unhappiness and stress.
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How to Reduce Anxiety?
Can you recall the last time you felt anxious? What was that related to? How did you feel at that moment? We all go from time to time to short-term anxiety. Is this useful, I would ask? Does being anxious help you better cope with ambiguity and clarity? That is a question for you to let sink and observe what happens in your daily life.
The Power of Positive Thinking
“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate,” as Norman Vincent Peale emphasises in “The Power of Positive Thinking”.
Ask yourself what is positive thinking? Write it down.
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Practising Empathy: What’s In It For You?
How does being empathetic make you feel? Does it come easy to you to resonate with another’s feelings? What is empathy after all? Contemporary researchers differentiate between two types of empathy.