Meditating can be a great way to unwind, de-stress and gain a new perspective. You don’t need much to get started other than a calm, peaceful environment. If you practice meditation in your home, investing in a floor chair will help you to create a calm, comfortable space for quiet reflection. A floor chair is … Read more
Need to unwind? A massage is just the ticket to melt away the stress from busy, everyday life. From Swedish to Deep Tissue, Hot Stone to Shiatsu, there are many different types of massages, each focusing on different parts of the body or utilizing different techniques. Massage is the practice of kneading and rubbing the … Read more
Whether you’re a meditation novice or a mindfulness master, you’ll understand the importance of comfort while you practice. Folding portable meditation benches are perfect for on-the-go reflection. Hunching over smartphones, lengthy commutes and desk jobs all contribute to a poor posture. Over time, this can lead to chronic back pain and misalignment. These lightweight benches … Read more
We are all dealing with increasingly busy lifestyles and the daily trials and tribulations that we each face can soon become pretty overwhelming. To help battle against this and find some inner peace, more and more people have started turning to meditation. The benefits of meditation are undeniable and should be tried and tested by … Read more
If you’re new to chakra meditation, it’s a good idea to follow along with a guided chakra meditation for beginners. Practitioners believe that chakra meditation can reduce stress, boost your immunity and bring you a greater sense of inner calm. When you’re balancing the chakras, it’s important to note that your chakras are all interconnected. While … Read more
What is lotus position? Lotus position, or lotus pose, is a yoga pose also known as Padmasana. It was once described in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (a 15th century Sanskrit book on Hatha yoga) as the “destroyer of all disease…only the very wise can master it”. This is not necessarily true, as your ability to … Read more
We are learning more and more about the importance of making an effort to be present in the moment and practice gratitude in our daily lives, with meditation classes popping up everywhere and numerous online communities and apps highlighting the value of mindfulness. Meditation, or the practise of focused concentration, is said to reduce levels … Read more
The practice of meditation is becoming increasingly popular, and for good reason. Meditation has been scientifically proven to have a variety of health benefits, including the reduction of stress and anxiety. It can also help with insomnia and even lower blood pressure. Meditation’s primary concern is mindfulness: a state of consciousness which is thought to … Read more
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you – Buddha Siddhartha Gotama was a spiritual and religious leader, teacher, and philosopher who lived in India around five hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Venerated and worshiped by most … Read more
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything is Zen” – Bodhidharma Who Was Bodhidharma? Often called the founder of Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma, or Daruma as he is known in Japan, was a legendary, and semi-mythical Buddhist monk who lived during either the fifth or sixth century. … Read more
The Buddhist religion is often mistaken for a philosophy, and part of the reason why is because the religion has so many ideas. Some of these ideas are complex, and relate to the existence of worldly suffering. The Four Noble Truths is one of the key Buddhist ideologies and was, in fact, the very first … Read more
The Noble Eightfold Path is a key teaching in Buddhism. It is the fourth Noble Truth and it sets up the foundations of living a spiritual life in the Buddhist religion. Though at first The Eightfold Path of Buddhism may seem like a complex topic, it is actually much more simple when broken down into … Read more
If you have some understanding of Buddhism, you will know that symbolism is a very important part of the religion. Eight symbols in particular are extremely important in Buddhism. These symbols are called the Eight Auspicious Symbols and they help to represent the transient universe. They are also known as Ashtamangala. These symbols are at … Read more
Meditation is a mindfulness skill that takes practice like any other. Exercising the mind is just as important as exercising the body. It takes consistent practice to perfect your style and feel comfortable searching your mind. But what if your body just isn’t cooperating? The process of meditating is straightforward and simple, right? Just close … Read more
Jon Kabat-Zinn is the person most responsible for bringing the concepts of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation into the popular culture. Jon was born in New York City in 1944. When he was preschool age he attended the Museum of Modern Art, he believes this was a building block to choosing his professional path. In Massachusetts, … Read more
There are many concepts in the Buddhist religion that can sometimes be a little bit difficult to explain. High up on the list of tricky concepts is the concept of Samsara. In Buddhism, the term Samsara refers to the continuous cycle of birth, existence and death. It is something that affects all living things – … Read more
Mushin is a state of mind. It is where the mind, the conscious mind is absent and the unconscious mind is at one with the cosmos. Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor said it perfectly when he described the process of achieving mushin as the way water flows: “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like … Read more
Meditation has increased in popularity in recent years and become more mainstream. The practice of mindfulness and meditation has been around for centuries and has tremendous benefits for our mental and physical health. But even if we know how beneficial meditation is, most of us don’t meditate every day because we feel too busy or … Read more
