Influences of Music on Mental Health
Imagine listening to your favorite song and feeling your mood instantly lift or you may have a playlist that you listen to before you go off to sleep to help you unwind and relax. These experiences highlight the incredible emotional power of music, demonstrating how it can be a source of solace, inspiration, and transformation […]
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: An Insight into Delicate Matters of Society
October is recognized internationally as the month of raising awareness of domestic violence. Around the globe, millions of people and organizations engage in marches, concerts, talks, seminars, online campaigns and an array of ways to inform, educate and remind society that domestic violence is an ever present threat eating away at society’s most vital institutions: […]
The Science Behind Nature Healing: 8 Psychological Benefits of Being in Nature
For far too long, humans have considered themselves separate from nature. However, you and everyone else are an integral part of the larger planet Earth ecosystem, a whole globe teeming with life. You can see this dynamic at work in how time spent in Mother Nature heals, providing physiological perks and psychological benefits. What can […]
How to Harness the Healing Power of Plants: A Guide to Gardening for Mental Health
Many people enjoy gardening and watching their efforts pay off in multitudes of fruits and flowers. Its benefits are well-documented, which is why individuals turn to it to boost their overall well-being. Caring for plants can do wonders for physical and mental health. The healing capability of gardening can help you cope with stress and […]
Into the Calm: join us for a meditation weekend in Latvia
In today’s fast-paced and supercharged world, sometimes we all need a moment to reboot our mind and reconnect with our inner calm. With the rising popularity of mindfulness giving us the tools to cope with the stresses and strains of daily life, an immersive experience, especially in silence, can reset our body and mind, while […]
How to Build Your Focus and Productivity
Everyone has had instances where they were unable to concentrate and found their mind wandering to things that had nothing to do with the task at hand. When this happens, it kills productivity as you cannot complete what you want in the time you have available. Many factors can impact your ability to concentrate and […]
Behaviours that significantly hurt people
People often indulge in behaviours and attitudes that can easily bring in a lot of hurt. There are certain kinds of behaviours that are subtle, i.e. they do not always spark attention. These aren’t often defined and escape people’s notice, sometimes even the notice of the one actively pursuing it. But the person on the […]
5 ways to bring presence and joy back to your life here, now
Here, now are perhaps among the most commonly used words till it starts to become a cliché on what these two words possibly mean. Let’s be here, now. I am here, now… and several other ways that you and I can possibly say it. The truth is that more than half of the world’s population […]
Effects of Meditation on Physical and Emotional Wellness: case study
Advances in medicine, widespread use of technology and scientific progresses in the treatment of diseases have all contributed to an increase in the life expectancy of the world population. Nonetheless, mental health is still a pending task, screaming for our attention, especially considering that an altered mind is the main cause for death, murders, suicides, […]
Do you want to take charge of your life? Here’s the right way to do it!
Are you so overloaded with managing the daily affairs of life that you feel you are not in charge? Do you easily experience mental stress? Does it seem like you are all caught up in life’s elevations, twists, and turns? If this is your situation, here’s an important fact you need to know: You don’t […]