What are the ‘All Natural’ practices – Mindfulness, conscious movement, and holistic well-being? In times of speed and excess, pausing to listen to your own body and the murmur of life may seem like a luxury. Yet it is precisely there—in inner silence and in steady, mindful breathing—where a fertile space opens for well-being, clarity, […]
What does Hatha Yoga mean? Hatha comes from two Sanskrit words: Ha, meaning “sun,” and Tha, meaning “moon.” This symbolizes the balancing of opposing, yet complementary energies the masculine (sun) and feminine (moon) forces within the body.
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a form of meditation. It is rooted in Buddhist and Hindu teachings and relates to a journey toward enlightenment, and the concepts of sati, a Pali term in Buddhism, which encompasses attention, awareness, and being present, and of sat-chit-ananda, in Hinduism and the Yogic Philosophy, a Sanskrit term used to describe the […]
Here is a way to generally understand these two types of burnouts from the mind-body perspective. That is, through the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems that are part of the autonomic nervous system, and the critical function of the vagus nerve, which has been more recently understood thanks to Steven Porges’ research […]
I was born in a predominantly Catholic country, but I do not consider myself Catholic. I think it’s because Catholicism did not offer me an extraordinary life experience. Yet, I consider myself fortunate to have had two other great allies.
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