When we don’t like someone the feeling sticks to us like glue. We get hooked, thoughts of the person come thick and fast, feelings of dislike, resentment, anger or irritation are like ghosts constantly haunting us. And these unpleasant thoughts build up inside, creating havoc. All the negative reactions that arise during moments of discord [...]
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Backpack Meditation: A Mindfulness Tool You Can Take Wherever You Go
Throughout the day we have different stress triggers. We can be triggered by all kinds of circumstances, people, noises, even the weather. Yogi Bhajan said that 85% of our behavior is automatic and determined by our environment. If we let our environment dictate our mood then our life will feel like an emotional roller-coaster. The [...]
Become ‘Better Than Before’ with the Power of Intent
All of us suffer from something. It could be as simple as an irritating or unhealthy habit like nail biting, jaw clinching, or smoking, to more complex issues like chronic stress, fears, and phobias of every nature variety. Other issues could be low self-confidence, and/or limiting beliefs like feeling unworthy or “less than” in some [...]
Mallika Chopra: Train Your Mind Like An Olympic Athlete
By Mallika Chopra Wellness is a popular trend these days. From bootcamps, to botox, to gluten-free diets — there is no shortage of methods and techniques promising to change your body and fix your life. But we, as a society, often forget that wellness is not just about physical prowess. How far you can [...]
Confessions of a Former Vision Board Junkie
By Sarah Anne Stewart For a good portion of my life, I was a Vision Board junkie. I wrote goals and affirmations, sketched pictures, snapped photos, and pasted dozens of magazine pictures onto huge, intricately color-coded collages. My “vision of the future” had to be precise, and represent all the things I was determined to [...]
Gabrielle Bernstein: A Meditation for Irrationality
In this video I share a Kundalini meditation for irrationality. This practice is part of a series of “backpack meditations” that you can use anywhere at any time. I’ve been practicing this meditation for the past forty-days, and I can testify to the great benefits. I feel more calm, centered, and even-keeled. Bring this meditation into your daily [...]
Biofeedback: The New Science of Self-Care
Have you heard the expression, “Just listen to your body”? I use this phrase all the time (sometimes I receive strange looks in response), and I recently discovered that a technique called biofeedback takes this meaning to a completely new (and awesome) level. Biofeedback is an increasingly popular, non-evasive therapy that gives you control over [...]
Gabrielle Bernstein: How to Release Pain
After reading Nick Ortner’s new book, The Tapping Solution, I became passionate about tapping and started to apply the technique to every area of my life. Tapping, otherwise known as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), is a psychological acupressure technique that supports your emotional and physical health. By tapping on specific energy meridians on your body, you [...]
What The Buddha Might Say To Deepak Chopra
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. -The Buddha Many years ago we were teaching a meditation weekend in Plymouth, England. On the Saturday after the program was over for the day, Carole, one of the attendees, told us she had just been with Deepak Chopra, that he had walked out of the [...]
Setting Intents 101: Ten Intentions for Higher Consciousness
I intend to manifest a world where war is a fictional concept than reality. I intend to choose respond over reactions. I intend to witness God in everything and everywhere. I intend to live a life of example. I intend to receive abundance from known and unknown sources. I intend to take myself lightly. I [...]
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