If you’ve ever been to a studio or looked up classes online, you may have realized by now that there are different kinds of yoga that you can practice. For beginners, this may seem overwhelming and intimidating. However, you’d find that there is a type of yoga that will match your body’s needs, boost and enhance your current mood, and nourish your spirit. We’ve broken them down for you, below.
Monday Meditation: On Grief and Healing
We’ve all experienced hurt, loss, and grief. For most of us, the journey to recovery can be long and arduous. Thankfully, meditation can help calm the mind and ease anxiety. Below is a meditation you can do to process your emotions and heal.
Monday Meditation: Gratitude for Our Fathers
With Father’s Day approaching, you might want to sit down and take a few minutes to be thankful for your dad, husband, or father figure in your life. Below is a brief meditation you can do to send love and gratitude to them.
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How to Manage and Get Over Analysis Paralysis
“Progress, not perfection,” I remember hearing this in the Denzel Washington film, “The Equalizer.” It has stuck with me since and, while the thought is comforting, it is actually very hard for me to digest.
You see, I grew up a perfectionist. I’m still a bit of a perfectionist now. I am diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and, for me, things always have to be aligned, uniform, even-numbered or divisible by two, and precise.
Anything less or more is unacceptable. So unacceptable, in fact, that it stresses me out and the stress manifests physically, either as hives or as swelling (sometimes red and itchy) or as an upset stomach or hyperacidity.
It sometimes feels like my brain is its own enemy, and this is most evident when I go through analysis paralysis. I can only liken the feeling to being petrified as it is demonstrated in “Harry Potter” where one turns into stone, unable to move.
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Words Make, Words Break: Why We Should Think Before We Speak (or Post)
“Think before you speak,” I remember my mentor and former boss Ardy Roberto telling me. At the time, I remember feeling hurt, even offended, because he said it in a cross manner when I had come to him in a light and hopeful mood and made a request.
Today, more than a decade later, I can still hear him saying it to me. And it still guides me in what I say, what I post on social media, what I write in my articles, and even the way I receive and digest other people’s words. [Read more…] about Words Make, Words Break: Why We Should Think Before We Speak (or Post)
If You Need Focus at Work, Do Deepak Chopra’s 3-Minute Meditation
Some of us are blessed with razor-sharp focus. Others less so. Unfortunately, I fall under the second category. While I do have periods of intense focus, I have what I “fondly” call a monkey brain, which tends to get distracted easily both by external and internal stimuli. This is where this Deepak Chopra 3-minute meditation comes in handy. [Read more…] about If You Need Focus at Work, Do Deepak Chopra’s 3-Minute Meditation
