I Find Peace Like This
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Lao Tzu
The first BRIDGE Peace Fellowship organized by Peace Revolution project took place in Bakuriani, Georgia, from 4 to 9 May 2015. It brought together young people from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. The main aim of the fellowship was introducing mindfulness and meditation as tools for personal and professional growth for the youth in the region, and networking for development of sustainable world peace through inner peace cultivation thus, making a change in their local community.
“There is more to life than increasing its speed,” noticed Mahatma Gandhi. Meditation shares a profound understanding of how patience disseminates on an individual level and how it also intertwines human interactions.
Meditation, as we already know, has many health benefits. However, what is not very well known is that even the various mudras used in meditation come with specific benefits.
“Mindfulness meditation has been reported to enhance numerous mental abilities, including rapid memory recall,” says Catherine Kerr of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Concentration is giving your undivided attention to something while attention span is the amount of time an individual can remain focused on a task without becoming distracted. And guess what? Recent statistics confirm that, on average, a goldfish has a higher attention span than you. Here are four ways that can help you increase your attention span:
As Peace Coaches, we believe individuals are naturally resourceful, creative and whole. The Coach trusts that the Peace Rebel has all they need to find their path, answers and to trust the experience of self-development.
I have always been a person who tends to say and do the first thing that comes to my mind. Even though, I try to avoid situations like that, once in a while there is a special circumstance that turns me into a very vehement person.
Everything started with an invitation from a friend, a biology teacher at UFMG University, the Federal University of my state in Brazil.
Practising meditation on a regular basis has the power to transform your life in all its dimensions. Since all aspects of life are interlinked, it will become more obvious how improving one will impact the others aspects of your life: becoming a better individual equals becoming a more empowering friend, a more determined professional, a more tolerant citizen, etc.
