November 2, 2019
Mindful Eating The Japanese have a concept of mindful eating called ‘Hara Hachi Bu’. This concept comes from Confucian teachings and roughly means to eat only 80% of your food. The idea is to eat slowly and focus on the tastes and textures of your food. Rather than assuming that a plateful is your allocated amount of food, you only eat until you’re 80% full. This helps ensure that you don’t eat too much as eating slowly helps give the...
February 15, 2019
Discover types of meditation practiced by millions of people Meditation has many benefits. It has been scientifically proven that meditation produces significant benefits for the body and mind of people who meditate. For this reason, more and more people are learning to meditate to take advantage of this tremendous vital skill. As the pace of life increases and stress builds up, it offers a refuge from the madness of the world. When you meditate, you improve your emotional well-being. This...
November 13, 2018
5 Benefits of Meditation What are the benefits of meditating and why would I meditate? What are you going to get from meditation? Good health, a full night's sleep-every night, stronger mental health? Well, it turns out that there are benefits to meditation but perhaps not what it seems. Do you want a good reason to start a meditation practice? Here are 5 benefits to meditating regularly. To take this seriously, bear in mind that everyone is different so these...
October 9, 2018
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is often confused with meditation as the two concepts overlap significantly. But, what is mindfulness? Meditation is the actual practise of medicating, while mindfulness can be practiced all the time in everyday life. Jon Kabat-Zinn refers to mindfulness as "Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally". Mindfulness is being aware of the moment that you’re in while you’re in that point in time. A good example is someone who...
September 1, 2018
What is Meditation? Meditation is a term being used more frequently but it seems that few people actually know what meditation is or what it is to meditate. So, what IS meditation? Meditation is a practice where a technique is used to calm the state of a person’s mind, it encourages a positive state of being. When finishing a meditation, you may feel relaxed, calm, your thoughts may seem clear and you may feel restored, as if you’ve just woken from...