Are we here at Ahimsa Meditation leaning towards ultra-minimalism or even asceticism? Are we trying to monetize meditation and create consumer products for this ever increasing market? Our stance is neither of these options. Let us disucuss consumerism, values of enough and how meditation for greed can help us all. Whilst we think that healthy minimalism […]
Forgiveness is not easy We all carry a lot of grudges and that’s quite natural. Yet this ‘baggage’ is not really healthy. We are hurt often and we feel guilty ourselves, but sometimes we also blame others. Well, it is inevitable that someone should be blamed for a failure or a mistake, don’t they? Funny […]
Meditation is no longer a hype. Even though you can read about it from various magazines, newspapers and online, it is not a trendy thing anymore. It is here and will stay as an effective tool to cultivate one’s mind. Meditation for beginners could be confusing. Meditation today Similarly, as with nutrition, it started to accumulate […]
Many people start on their journeys to meditate and cultivate their minds. It’s awesome! Yet for a majority of them, their practice of meditation is a sporadic tool or an activity that they need to find time for. Surely, in our hectic and always changing world finding time is quite difficult. It is possible though […]
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 […]
