Spirituality | Wellness | Happiness

Ayurvedic treatment is provided after an evaluation by a trained practitioner and would depend on the symptoms and the makeup of the patient but there is a common and many would say, commonsense, foundation to this treatment. The body's makeup is considered to spring from the five elements of the physical creation--fire, air, space, water and earth, with each of us having a mind-body profile called a 'dosha'. There are three doshas--vata, pitta and kapha and each is a combination of elements with one dominating element. Vata dosha types have symptoms like nervousness, anxiety, panic, mood swings and insomnia among others and they are advised to eat warm, regular meals, use fennel and cumin seed spices, avoid sugar drinks, coffee and other stimulants. They are also advised to practice yoga and meditation, go to sleep early and walk for exercise. Some of the herbs suggested are garlic, ginseng, hawthorn berries and licorice. Pitta dosha types suffer from hot flashes, nightly ...

I was pretty sure that I was going to like Bodhipaksa's book as soon as I saw the title: " Living as a River ." The subtitle was appealing also, Finding Fearlessness in the Face of Change . Having grown up in Three Rivers, California (which lives up to its name, being at the confluence of three forks of the Kaweah River), I spent a lot of time in my boyhood years swimming, inner-tubing, and otherwise frolicking in the cold snowmelt from the high Sierras. Me and my friends learned that an untamed mountain river is both a lot of fun and a creature to be respected. When the Kaweah flooded, giant boulders moved. If you got caught in a strong current, you could drown. Eventually the river and I became good friends. I learned that rapids which looked scary to tourists and flatlanders were easily navigable, with or without an inner tube, to someone who knew how to read the river -- which path to take in whitewater, what to do in the face of an unexpected waterfall, how to handle...

Sit comfortably in a quiet room by yourself, choosing a time when you feel settled and unhurried. Early morning is best, since your mind will be alert and fresh. Close your eyes and focus your attention on the middle of your chest, where your heart is. (The fact that the physical heart is off to the left is irrelevant here the spiritual heart center lies directly behind your breastbone.)Be aware of your heart as a space. Dont try to hear your heartbeat or any other sound you think a heart makes as it pumps blood. The heart center you want to find is a point of awareness where feelings enter. In its pure form it is empty, pervaded by weightlessness, absence of care, peace, and a subtle light.This light may appear as white, gold, pale pink, or blue. Dont strain to find a light of any kind. You are not trying to sense the purity of the heart center right now; all you need to feel is whatever is there.Letting your attention rest easily there, breathe gently and sense your breath g...

Crown Chakra Meditation YouTube Chakra Kundalini Meditation Video In the important article, How to Analyze and Balance Your Chakras , I indicated that you need to practice the Crown Chakra Meditation Technique if any of the following applies to you You are not at all spiritually motivated. You have not experienced much in terms of spirituality or transcendence. You dont see the poetry of life and nature. You are too materialistic and frivolous. From the above list you can see that the crown chakra, which is the seventh chakra in the Kundalini Yoga Seven Chakra Model , is responsible for spirituality and bliss, and is therefore considered by many to be the most important Chakra. Often, awakening kundalini and having her rise to this region, is considered the highest goal of kundalini yoga. It is through the Seventh Chakra that often the great Oneness is experiences and great bliss is experienced. You can read about many such experiences of other readers in the a...

Trust means that you are offered the promise of safety and can accept it. Both parts are necessary there has to be the offer of emotional openness and also the ability to accept that a safe haven is truly present.The question is, where can any of us turn for trust? First you must trust yourself, finding enough security so you are not blocked from your own release. We all feel inhibited. It is embarrassing to cry out in anguish.Look inside and ask yourself if you hold any of the following beliefs: Ive been hurting so long that its too late to change. Im waiting for someone to notice my pain. My pain means that I am alive. I deserve to be this way. Why wont someone rescue me? I am crying out to be loved. I am not meant to understand.Each of these attitudes gives you a reason to prolong suffering and block its release. Every time you repeat these rationales, you thicken the walls that imprison you. You have the choice to hold onto these beliefs for as long as you want, but tra...

Sophrology is a gentle, safe yet highly effective holistic non-invasive technique which combines east and western traditions to successfully reduce and bring about healing and well being for a wide range of common stress induced health problems. It is particularly effective for stress management, feeling overwhelmed, prevention of burnout and for overcoming sleep problems and feeling tired all the time. As a therapy it stands at the crossroads between meditation and life coaching, Zen and classical relaxation techniques. Sophrology, popular in France and Spain, but relatively unknown in the UK is a gentle, and safe and a course of Sophrology treatments can help with insomnia, stress, burnout, anxiety, IBS, migraine, weight, and body image issues, and any other stress related problems. Stress, without proper treatment causes illness and disease amongst otherwise healthy people and if left untreated stress can lead to serious chronic health problems. At its worst prolonged stress can ...

I don't believe in God. But I'm constantly looking for the Big Guy (actually, for spiritual-erotic reasons I'd prefer that God were a Big Gal, so I'm open to God appearing in any form -- curvaceous, feminine, and gorgeous being my dream divinity). Just because I've ranted about the evils of religiosity for six and a half years on this here blog doesnt' mean that I'm closed to the notion of a higher power transcending our everyday understanding of reality. After all, science is continually expanding humankind's knowledge of the cosmos. In less than a hundred years we've gone from believing that the stars in our Milky Way galaxy comprise the entire universe, to a realization that there are some 100 billion galaxies with an average size about the same as our own. Current scientific conceptions of a multiverse , in which an infinity of universes could exist, are even more mind-blowing. So I've got no disagreement with anyone who thinks that ultimate ...