One person said that one cannot teach mindfulness meditation for grief before they have experienced that. Dare to believe them? Well, whether it is true or not it doesn’t really matter. What matters is that it’s really difficult. It’s bloody hard, ok? It’s almost like torturing yourself with a stick/fire, you name it. Tragedy happens… […]
We hope that with this article we would be able to start a conversation with everyone of you about a modern goal that everyone is or needs to be special. Do you really need it? Is it OK to be special at all? Is it healthy to strive to be special? What is it ‘to […]
Stress: who is to blame? Without taking much time to introduce the topic, it’s very clear that we all live with much more stress than ever before. We have seen the emergence of Big Food, Big Pharma and other big businesses that make us sicker, poorer and very stressed. What’s incredible, they do it at […]
It is too much… Let us ask you a quick question. Have you ever been in a situation when you felt it is just too much of everything? Surely it can be too much with work, other people, mounting stress, and simply a lot of things going on. You simply cannot go on like this […]
Sleep issues are on the rise When I was a teenager it was much more easy for me to feel better when I had no sleep the other night. Nowadays it is simply unbearable. If I did not have a proper 7.5 or better 8 hours of sleep, I feel cranky and tired. When I […]
Diets do not work We have all been there – countless diets, strict regimen or simply a myriad of rules that are hard to follow. It’s not surprising we give up. A couple of weeks of struggle, maybe even a few months, but that’s it. It becomes tiresome. Diets are simply not sustainable as our […]
Different types of meditation Concentration meditation on breathing is a foundation of meditation practice. However, there are a few more techniques or types of meditation you can add to it to make practice your own. Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson in their amazing book “The Science of Meditation” suggested the following three different types […]
Meditation is so simple, it can be practised by children from a very young age. Knowing how many valuable benefits meditation brings, it’s highly recommended for parents to introduce their children to meditation early. Imagine, meditation for kids could help them to sustain attention better, it helps with their learning efforts. They, in general, become […]
This quite lengthy review covers a vast number of meditation books and apps on mindfulness and meditation, but also some trusted meditation centres and tools you may find useful. Before you start, just a quick note that there is nothing you need in order for you to start meditating. Just allocate a certain amount of […]
Let’s talk about attention today, shall we? Our main question is the importance to train attention. We will discuss how to do it by means of mindfulness meditation. Attention crisis Have you noticed that many of the job openings advertise the necessity to be good at multitasking? It has been going on for years and […]
