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Cultivating Prana
Whoever you may be, and wherever you may live, you live your life well when you live it at the right rate. Plow your way through life and life will wear you out; poke your way along and your life may grind to a halt. Find a pace that suits you, though, and amble along it accordingly, and your world will spontaneously level a path for you
Yoga Mudras for Deep Sleep
“Sleep is the world’s upholder and nurse,” writes Dr Robert Svoboda in his book Ayurveda Life Health and Longevity. When we sleep well our body and mind are naturally restored and rejuvenated
Tantra
Tantra can be described as a body of beliefs and practices developed over millennia by loose affiliations of seekers or sadhakas who sought to free themselves from their limitations and become svatantra, “self-dependent.”
The Tradition of Tisanes
In Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, sipping a cup of tea transports Proust to the happy memories and years of his childhood. His aching heart feels soothed and he is filled with a sense of hope
Yoga Mudras for the Mind
Our emotions are often expressed through our hands. Clenching fists in anticipation or anger, nervous movement of hands before an interview or even blowing a kiss to a loved one are ways of expressing emotions
Living with Ayurvedic Principles
Ayurveda is the traditional system of medicine of the Indian subcontinent. Ayur translates into ‘life’ and Veda translates into ‘knowledge’, so Ayurveda literally translates into ‘the knowledge of life’
The Scent of Wellbeing
The word Incense is derived from the Latin word ‘incensum’ meaning ‘that which is burnt’ and refers to biotic substances made from flowers, resins, gum, herbs, spices, etc., often combined with essential oils, which release fragrance when they are burned
How to be a Radiant Bride
Beauty doesn’t begin with an ubtan or a skin cream, it begins with how you think. For a bride this is doubly essential – a calm mind and a happy heart will make you more radiant than all the beauty treatments in the world
The Benefits of Imbibing Colour in Your Life
Chromotherapy or Colour Therapy is a form of therapy that uses colour to balance a person’s emotional, mental and physical energy