When you’re not sleeping very well and exhaustion sets in, you need to look after yourself properly.
Healthy sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important determinant in predicting longevity,
It might sound absolutely ridiculous that you can be so tired that you can’t sleep, but it’s true.
When we first start out with meditation, we all feel like there is a constant chatter in our heads, distracting us and reminding us of all the other things we need to do.
Without a doubt, the best time to do your practice is early morning… there’s a special energy at that time of day.
This very simple guide to maintaining your meditation practise may help you stay on track!
How organised and disciplined are you? Do you find you’re really good at making “to-do” lists, but not so good at actually ticking things off it?
If you have never tried chanting a mantra before, you might feel pretty daft trying it for the first time.
Since the Beatles first travelled to India in the 1960s and were filmed meditating with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, it has become much more mainstream in the west.
My last blog post was about Ayurvedic doshas, and how your dosha might affect your meditation.
One of the main questions I am asked about my meditation practice is something along the lines of “but don’t you just sit there and think about all the things you need to do today?” Well yes, I do! I’m primarily a Vata personality.
Ayurveda means “science of life;” it’s a traditional Indian medicine system whose applications run far and wide. In Ayurveda, every person is treated as an individual. It is based on the principle that we are all made up of different proportions of the five elements: air, fire, water, earth and space. The proportions of these elements we have in us determine everything from predisposition to illness to skin type.
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