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The body is the first prayer. These reflections are about food, sleep, breath, healing — the unglamorous work of being human kindly. Read here when the noise of optimization has worn you out.
“Sleep is not the opposite of productivity. It is the soil it grows in.”
Read these with your shoulders down.
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December 6, 2014·4 min read
A practical guide to your physical and emotional health based on Ayurvedic and yogic wisdom.
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Three reflections on the foundations — sleep, food, the work of healing.
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I don't think it's possible to heal completely until you know the whole truth. No matter what they say, you are worthy of the full story.
Some existential philosophy on trolling...
and some milestones along the way...
When you feel out of control, you are probably not responsible for it. You need healing, not guilt.
What's the point in living a long life if you can't do things you love?
A nice short story to help you see life a bit differently.
Here's a beautiful story and a powerful method to ease your pain, no matter what the circumstances.
Know who are the best and the worst when it comes to ancestry. Or does race even play a role?
A beautiful Jewish story that makes you think
Ever wonder what the most non-spiritual act one can do is?
It's incredible how much there is to learn from your tongue...
For the fire will rage one day...
and the philosophy of life...
How mature do you think you are?
It is the most powerful medium of human connection and healing. And yet, we all make unintentional mistakes while being empathetic.
Why did life ever bother to wake up?
A lot of what we feel or want is not due to our psychology but our biology.
It's a skill that can take a lifetime to master: to know when something is just right.
While we may never completely eliminate pain from our lives, we can reduce it.
Something to think about in the face of the escalating COVID-19
Meditation is not enough
How to Make Others Happy and Be Happy Yourself
Here is how to tame the mind or to experience a flow of quietude on demand
Here's a beautiful story showing how to deal with difficult circumstances in life.
Our individual existence is not limited to this body or lifetime alone...we carry within us infinite realms of eternal beauty.
Is there a shortcut or some rapid path to happiness? Here's a beautiful story to make you think...
What is the best place to be? Here's a beautiful little story.
You asked and I've written about what I eat and how I exercise.
Here's something to think about over the weekend...
Here's a beautiful little story with a profound message.
Is it possible to regulate your emotions so you feel a certain way under most circumstances?
Is there no way out of the suffering sometimes this life seems to be?
Like seed is the source of a plant, our fears too have a source. To get past our anxiety, fears and phobias, we've to get to the source.
Why do good people suffer or go through pain they don't deserve?
The damage caused by social media to our emotional and spiritual well-being is very real.
Withn the ceaseless movement of the wheel of time live the beautiful moments of our lives.
When the storm of fear rages on, there is a way to remain calm and positive. Here's how.
Surrender is knowing that the trees can't always be green. It is seeing the beauty in the colors of the fall.
If you want to enjoy the beauty of life then learn to turn off the chatterbox.
What to do when the other person is responsible for evoking anger in us? Or are they?
A beautiful story of compassion and love that has some deep insight to make our lives worthwhile.
Just because things seem okay doesn't mean they are okay at all. This is the truth of depression.
It is said that a swan feeds on pearls whereas the average bird settles for much less.
The various colors and waterfalls of human emotions make the river of life only more beautiful, blue and breathtaking.
The green mountains, the blue sky, a beautiful sunrise, it's all there. You will only see the beauty though when you learn to see past yourself.
The lamp of faith diffuses the darkness of suffering. You begin to see what's beneath, what's around.
What illness dries you out, hollows you and weakens you from the core? It's not cancer, it's even worse.
All rivers merge into the sea, all small things become a part of a bigger phenomenon, it goes back to its source in Nature
Brooding over your past is one of the greatest barriers to happiness. The present moment has no sorrow.
We are caged by our desires. Why didn't the nightingale see the snare? Read the story.
Drinking pure water at the right time before and after your meals is an easy way of losing weight.
When you discover your inner sanctuary, you become like the gentle stream. You keep moving.
Can a crushed flower be restored to its original state? No. Healing is not restoration but building anew.
A tree in autumn is as beautiful in spring. Your real worth is not how others see you but how you see yourself.
Are you overweight? Take the simple staircase test to know if you actually need to lose weight.
Even the hard coconut can break in one blow. It doesn't mean it's weak. It's vulnerable.
A man was never stressed and this intrigued his neighbors. Read the story for more.
Over time, ponds may dry up, but they don't disappear. Getting over the loss of a loved one takes time.
Beneath beauty lies a sense of connection. Whatever you can connect with, you will find beautiful.
Listen to your body. Like a fire, no ailment is too small to ignore. It can grow from small to unmanageable.
Life is a congregation of various colors; enjoy the mix. You can't have all white or all black.
Your ego dissolves when you are sleeping. Like the drop that merges with the ocean, you become yourself.
Let go of your anger, let it sink like the setting sun behind the horizon. Here are three practices.
Paint the canvas of your life with the colors you fancy. Erase the pain and allow yourself to heal.
Whatever you do or experience, leaves a psychic imprint behind. Healing is erasing those imprints.
'My World - Your World' is a video of an autistic boy based on an award-winning story by Poornima Ram Kiran.
We are what we eat. What we consume becomes a part of us. Literally.
Pain is unavoidable but suffering is an option. It all depends on one's state of mind.
Shankracharya urges us to exercise surrender, meditate and work towards the real goal of human life — Salvation.
Any action you perform or any thought you pursue leaves an imprint on the mind. These imprints are the basis of emotions.
The yogic view on depression is more profound than current scientific understanding. Where science treats the brain, yogic texts look at the mind.
Anyone can tap into the immense power of Nature to realize their dreams. But, to work with Nature you must be in harmony with it.
The various colors and phases of life make it what it is — beautiful and colorful.
Looking for something else? There are eight more themes in the library.
Browse all themesEverything in nature was beautiful as before but Pingala could not see the beauty anymore...
