Is eating three meals a day a healthy or a dangerous habit? OSWALD PEREIRA analyses the issue Do we need three meals a day to live a healthy life? For the vast majority of people, the answer would be an...
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Seven Tips for Health and HappinessFollow these simple principles to put you on the road to health and happiness, say the BRAHMA KUMARIS Happiness, as defined by many, is to have something to do, someone to love and something to look forward to. All of...
Turn Negatives into Positives and Still the Monkey MindSHAKTI DURGA gives you practical tips on cleansing your negative energy and a simple meditation to get you back on track You usually only learn about the results of your daily low points when it begins to show up in...
Let’s Build Our Own Health FortressWhile we create societies focused on well-being, as recommended by WHO, let’s first build our own health fortress that can’t be attacked by disease and the unhealthy environment around us, says OSWALD PEREIRA On World Health Day 2022, today, WHO...
Why Fruits and Vegetables are Natural and HealthyAccording to Jnanavatar Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, consumption of fruits and vegetables is natural and healthy for man, against meat and fish, which goes against his senses of smell, sound and sight. OSWALD PEREIRA writes about the Jnanavatar’s views on...
Living a Wholesome Life the Ayurveda WayOur everyday actions, speech and thought affect our well-being says Ayurveda practitioner and psychiatrist, DR ANITA DUGGAL How we behave affects our health and wellbeing as does our diet, lifestyle, environment and seasonal changes. We also know that mental stress, positive...
The Mind is Like a Wayward ChildThe mind is like a little child. We need to master the art of keeping it busy so that it is not attracted by anything harmful, say the BRAHMA KUMARIS Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental...
The Magic of MeditationTwo strange things happened when I sat down for a guided meditation for the first time in my life, recalls REENA SINGH Many years ago, I did a course in pranic healing. That was the first time I was formally...
You Can Make it Big at any AgeThere is good news for late starters. You can make it big at any age, says ARJUN PEREIRA What is age? I often wonder about this human phenomenon which everyone seems to take so seriously! Is the body’s age really...
Uplifting Realisations in a Dance ClassNAYASWAMI DEVI says that once you have tuned into your Guru’s consciousness, you are bound to do things in a flow and live life to the fullest in body, mind and spirit It was a sweltering summer night, and the...
A Silver Lining in the Covid CloudMANJRI SHARMA muses on how the pandemic with its endless lockdowns forced families to stay grounded at home, but in the process made family mealtimes into super happy events No one would have ever thought in their wildest dreams that...
2022 Resolution: Walking is Better than PartyingARJUN PEREIRA describes the benefits of an early morning walk, which apart from health advantages opens up a subtle window of communication with nature and people Instead of partying excessively on the 31st of December 2021, I decided to sleep...
What is Real Yoga?SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI says the practice of “yoga” leads automatically to a life in which our choices are ones made in an awareness of unity and oneness The Indian sage Patanjali gave us the eight limbs of yoga, or what...
How to Stay Healthy in Body, Mind and SpiritHealth according to Ayurveda, is a state of balance of the functional humours (doshas) and the tissues of the body, as well as a state of wellbeing of the sense organs, mind and spirit, says Ayurveda practitioner and psychiatrist, DR...
Our Cells Need Joyful ThoughtsLet us not be defeated by the thought of the havoc yet another mutation of the Corona virus can wreak upon us. Apart from exercising extreme caution, let us keep ourselves full of joyful thoughts to allow our cells to...
Firm Steps to a Healthy New YouREENA SINGH takes the help of the Bhagavad Gita to explain the importance of eating, behaving and acting right – and its impact on your health Blame it on greed, that astoundingly low emotion that the Vedas and several spiritual...
Stay Healthy: Eat from Sunrise to SunsetMOHANJI outlines the principles of obtaining the right prana from the right kinds of food There are three types of food that we consume: one is food for the body, second is food for the mind, and the third is...
Your Morning Cup of TeaFor those who can’t kickstart their day without their morning cup, tea is the elixir of life. Had in the recommended quantity, its benefits run into reams of pages. REENA SINGH lists some of them here The 1st cup caresses...