Yoga can help increase flexibility and balance, but the ancient practice could have another benefit: helping to lower high blood pressure.
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Feeling Low? Get Chirpy With Them
New research from King’s College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental wellbeing that can last up to eight hours.
The Benefits Of Music Therapy For Mental Health
Music acts as a medium for processing emotions, trauma, and grief—but music can also be utilized as a regulating or calming agent for anxiety or for dysregulation.
Yoga Musings : The 4 Chefs in our Life 🙏🏻
“Atman is the master chef that runs the restaurant of life. To practice Yoga is to slowly develop an awareness of this ‘Atman’, within us.”
what you shouldn’t say to someone suffering with an eating disorder
“You don’t know if someone has gained weight because of an illness, stress, or an unseen condition.”
UNHURRY WITH RACHNA: HEALING IS FREE
“But do we breathe consciously? Start breathing consciously, reduce the number of breaths you breathe. Your heart rate reduces, BP reduces and a serene calmness sets into you.”
PAUSE WITH PRACHI: CREATE A CALM
“At my first restorative yoga class, I yearned for the rapid flow I was habituated in my vinyasa yoga classes. My lovely teacher sensed my discomfort and whispered in my ear “Movement is easy, rest is a harder journey. Just let it go and move into stillness!” I followed my teacher’s advice and started to exhale out my thoughts and discomfort to the props beneath me. That 75-minute class is where I began my journey of Letting Go.”
Reverse Ageing With Shiv: Breath Work Helped Me Heal!
“Breathwork oxygenates the blood and heals the body’s cells, thereby increasing our energy levels. It relieves stress and fatigue. It also helps increase focus and concentration. Repairing the digestive system and promoting better sleep are among its many other benefits.”
CARE WITH SAMARA: SPECIFIC EXERCISES FOR CANCER RECOVERY
“The most common side effect reported by cancer patients is cancer-related fatigue. Cancer patients report that fatigue begins with diagnosis and worsens during the course of treatment. It can persist for months, years, and after treatment is complete.”
PANIC ATTACKS: HOW TO BE A GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM
“Most times in my practice working with counselees battling anxiety and panic attacks, it becomes imperative to discuss with their close family what needs to be done in the event of an episode. But, what would you do if you were to be present in such a situation with a co-worker in the office, or a relative at a social gathering or a friend going through a personal crisis? You may feel helpless or do unhelpful things.”
PAUSE WITH PRACHI: LET GO
“I have held on to grudges for long enough for them to disrupt my happiness. My mind used to constantly race with thoughts trying to understand why specific incidents happened in my life the way they did. I was plagued with issues that I really couldn’t do anything about.”