WIll meditation help me with my anxiety?
Yes. How? it calms the nervous system (short answer, read on for longer answer…) Anxiety is essentially the brain trying to help you, it’s a part of the survival reflex of the the human nervous system to produce fear in order or act in times of threat. However, with anxiety this fear is not due […]
Meditation hack – create that habit
We all know how hard it is to create habits. Hard right? So easy to break but soo hard to lock in to those habits you know you want and deserve. Shall we blame it on time, life, kids? Sure we can. But at the end of the day, life’s up to us. Simple. We […]
If God pulled up in a uber and said “hey want out of here”, there were times I would have gladly jumped in
Heavy call. I know, and I do not say it lightly. Now I know for some folk, that concept seems hard to fathom, I have friends that seriously have no concept of mental illness, like “don’t get how people get depressed”, just something that is not and has never been in their world. Is kinda […]
New beginnings
A new year and decade are upon us, and mother earth is insisting a time for massive change and renewal on many levels. In the Vedic world view, we learn there are 3 constant forces always at play in all aspects of the universe and consequently our lives. Creation Maintenance Destruction Observe nature, life grows, […]
So do we really have Free will?
Hmm tough question and I know you are probably going off course we do. “I make my choices, there’s nothing that determines my fate”. That’s perhaps the collective thought and would appear the most likely answer to the question. Maybe for some, they feel there is some intervention, be it from a religious or spiritual […]
Should I learn Vipassana (10 days noble silence retreat) or Vedic Meditation?
First up, I’m a big advocate of both techniques but for very different reasons. And that comes down to what you want as an outcome. Primarily being, are you wanting to dive deep into your stuff, do some serious soul searching and sit with yourself with no distractions to face all your demons? or are […]
For a flower to bloom, it must first open, so to the mind
And for a flower to bloom, it needs the right conditions and to remove the weeds that will take away essential nutrients required to flourish. Same same, with the mind… For our happiness, purpose, joy, creativity and love to flourish, we too have to remove that which holds us back. Such as the mental cages, […]
Oh, why can I not stick to a meditation practice?
Ever thought, “this time I am going to make it last, I need it and know it. So no way I am not going to keep meditating.” You committed to meditation practice and realised it’d been a while since you last meditated. Ahhhhh… First up, stop the self-berating. It does nothing to serve you. And […]
So is Vedic Meditation really easier than other forms of meditation?
Vedic meditation is a form of meditation called “automatic self-transcending” which is widely recognised or labelled the easiest, effective and most effortless form of meditation. Big call right. In the modern world, it is so easy to make claims and statements, post them online and call it a fact without any supportive evidence. Just go […]