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Mystic Mantra: The soundless sonority of your inner voice

All of us are blessed with the ability to perceive, or “tap” our own inner voice at the drop of a thought.

01 Feb 2020 3:23 AM

Indeed, in today’s technology-driven world, we are all required to be adept at handling different tasks on the screen, while outside of the screen most of us are habituated to dealing with multiple things in our day-to-day lives.

Multi-tasking vs single-tasking: Why we need both

First, experts have pointed out that it is impossible for the human mind to attend to several things at the same time.

06 Jan 2020 2:28 AM

Most of us remember certain events from the past, a majority of them being childhood memories — thanks to our remote, yet “resident” feelings. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Be mindful and fully grounded

The best thing to do is simple, also profound — to detach oneself from such a stranglehold with a sense of attached detachment.

17 Sep 2019 1:29 AM

Awareness about your own body can help promote positive body image. (Photo: ANI)

Mindfulness for a positive body image

Mindfulness could help promote positive body image: Study.

01 Mar 2019 12:20 PM

Mystic Mantra: Seven points of mindfulness

A person who lives a life of devotion has a certain direction in life — will not go astray.

26 Nov 2018 12:05 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mindful drinking, eating can prevent hangover

Experts recommend not drinking on an empty stomach, which could worsen a hangover.

22 Nov 2018 9:51 AM

Mindfulness meditation may reduce anxiety with breast biopsy

A stereotactic breast biopsy is a procedure that has a high frequency and is really stressful.

28 Oct 2018 4:18 PM

Mindfulness-based programs may reduce stress in infertile women

Researchers say the practice was able to reduce the self-perception of stress and depressive symptoms in this population.

18 Oct 2018 11:15 AM

Whole brain analyses revealed that higher dispositional mindfulness during painful heat was associated with greater deactivation of a brain region (Photo: AFP)

Research suggests meditation can help people grow more tolerant to pain

We now know that some people are more mindful than others, and those people seemingly feel less pain.

09 Sep 2018 3:53 PM

Six studies showed positive effects of mindfulness approaches for teens with anxiety, including school-based programmes in high-risk populations. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds mind-body therapies can help teens with anxiety

Mindfulness techniques incorporate aspects of meditation, body scanning, and mindful breathing to help focus attention on present moment.

28 Jul 2018 11:21 AM

Mind-body therapies can help teens with anxiety

Mind-body therapies encompass self-regulation and positive thinking to help promote self-control, physical health, and emotional well-being.

27 Jul 2018 11:00 AM

Teen suicide risk may be lower with intense team-based therapy

The goals include helping teens eliminate behaviour that leads to self-harm, suicide, or reduced quality of life.

18 Jul 2018 6:18 PM

For optimal bone health, women should also avoid smoking, excessive drinking and being sedentary. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxiety tied to fracture risk in postmenopausal women

They can consider mindfulness, cognitive therapy, self-calming strategies, yoga, or seeking help through counseling.

15 Jun 2018 3:39 PM

Follow these apps to de-stress during exams

These apps could help in many way.

31 May 2018 7:31 PM

Dementia affects around 850,000, with Alzheimer's disease making up between 60 and 80 per cent of cases. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxiety may cause dementia, meditation can slash risk, says study

Study, by University of Southampton, believe ‘internal stress’ caused by anxiety may accelerate cognitive ageing, leading to dementia.

03 May 2018 4:46 PM

The study has been published in the journal Psychology Research and Behavior Management. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out how yoga can help school kids relieve anxiety

Yoga intervention improved psychosocial and emotional quality of life scores for students.

11 Apr 2018 9:19 PM

The environment we live in is not so conducive to meditation — not enough oxygen and prana-energy to keep us fully awake while we meditate.

Mystic Mantra: Mindfulness for the modern man

The modern man, who has to adjust with city-life, with all its maddening speed, traffic and noise, has become unnatural.

30 Mar 2018 1:39 AM

World Sleep Day: Meditate your way to sound sleep

New study examines impact of Heartfulness Meditation on insomnia.

16 Mar 2018 11:13 AM

By humbling before God five times each day, supplicating to God in private moments, and remembering God through the repeated phrases of dhikr, they seek to mould their minds and thoughts into a way pleasing to God.

Mystic Mantra: The way to mindfulness

Dhikr is a powerful means of building self-control and striking a balance between the spiritual and the mundane.

03 Mar 2018 2:05 AM

Initial analysis indicated that meditation did have an overall positive impact. (Photo: Pixabay)

Meditation may not make you a better person: study

Compassion levels in some studies only increased if the meditation teacher was also an author of the published report.

05 Feb 2018 5:00 PM

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