meditation

Fixation On The “Bad”

by 12.30.2011 Healthy Thinking
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photo credit: pink_fish13 I suspect that our fixation on the “bad” is a habit left over from our ancient past.”Bad” is a very problematic word.  Mostly because it is used to cover so much territory. It can mean unpleasant, or refer to something that does not work well. When two people are in disagreement we may [...]

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How To Enjoy The Holidays

by 11.28.2011 Healthy Living

 I was asked this week about how to enjoy the holidays to minimize overstimulation and exhaustion. These are my suggestions for HSP’s. Highly sensitive people are easily overwhelmed by the frenzy of the holiday season. The spirit of the season and their own generous spirits can easily result in HSP’s becoming overcommitted and overworked.  Here [...]

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The Skill Of Focusing

by 09.22.2011 Creativity

I used to be uncomfortable with the idea of focus. It seemed so tight and controlled, so forced and fragile at the same time.  I thought that focus meant blocking out, and I did not want to block out. Focusing seemed short-sighted when I wanted to be holistic. How can you be whole and fully [...]

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Stress And Addiction

by 09.07.2011 Addiction

Stress and addiction are actually cause and effect according to Yogi Amrit Desai, founder of Kripalu Yoga. His thinking is explained in a June, 2010 article in Natural Awakenings, Healing the Root Cause of Addiction with Ayurveda A Natural Cure for Unhealthy Dependence by Linda Sechrist.  According to Yogi Desai in this article, “Addictions are antidotes that provide a temporary escape [...]

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Subtle Energy and Urgency

by 08.29.2011 Healthy Living

Because of their sensitive nervous systems, highly sensitive people pick up on all kinds of nuanced subtle energy going on around them. The most minute ripple of energy penetrates their awareness and takes a place in the consciousness of an HSP. In our fast paced world,  those many small awareness can build up and clog [...]

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My Affirmations Aren’t Working!

by Maria 08.18.2011 Ayurveda
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  photo credit: CarbonNYC My Affirmations Aren’t Working!  What’s up with that? Affirmations became popular with the birth of the human potential movement.  One of the perceptions of the human potential movement has been that limitations on happiness and achievement come from negative beliefs about ourselves. As a result, the human potential movement put a [...]

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Meditation Helps PTSD

by 08.02.2011 Ayurveda
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photo credit: CyboRoZ Meditation Helps PTSD according to a recent 2008 study of five Iraq/Afghanistan veterans who has served up to two years and experienced moderate to moderately heavy fighting. According to this release by the Behavioral Medicine Report, the study was conducted by Norman Rosenthal, M.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical [...]

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