Saturday, May 2, 2026

Category: Wellness

post-Grow Veggies in the RainsGrow Veggies in the Rains

The season is just right to begin planting some useful herbs and vegetables for your home kitchen, says REENA SINGH As monsoon begins to hit India, most places especially in the north of India have already experienced a couple of showers...

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post-You Are Influenced By What You See And HearYou Are Influenced By What You See And Hear

In a chat with KAITY CAMA, a well-known energy healer, REENA SINGH learnt about how to appreciate music and how different forms of music can help the mind heal  Can music be a tool to find peace? I asked this...

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post-In Pursuit of HappinessIn Pursuit of Happiness

What is happiness? My mind posed a myriad questions In pursuit of happiness, I learned these few lessons. I realised that ‘pursuit of happiness ‘is the most ridiculous phrase If you pursue happiness you’ll never find it, you will go...

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post-Protecting the Environment is Our DharmaProtecting the Environment is Our Dharma

Today, June 5, is World Environment Day and it’s our dharma to reaffirm our commitment to care for nature. The modern world seemed to have woken up rather late on the need to protect the environment, for it’s just 47...

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post-Life in a Small TownLife in a Small Town

Many people now choose to live in the satellite towns that invariably spring up near big cities. Life is definitely more peaceful and healthier here, says ARJUN PEREIRA An eternal debate rages about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a...

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post-Healthy Coexistence of Medicine SystemsHealthy Coexistence of Medicine Systems

If religions can coexist happily, so can different medicine systems walk hand-in-hand to put you on the path of health and happiness, says REENA SINGH I have been a user of both Ayurveda and Allopathy. No, I am not using...

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post-Soul-stirring FoodSoul-stirring Food

SHAILAJA GANGULY analyses food and the way we approach it at different times according to the ambience and our mood Arrayed artistically in attractive stone bowls circling a multi-coloured fountain spouting from a glass cherub’s pout — a rainbow assortment of...

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post-Tagra RahoTagra Raho

What is needed more than ever before at this time in history is a positive outlook, coupled with good health, immunity and some strategic, wise thinking like ‘Tagra Raho’, says REENA SINGH Age-old wisdom tells us that a positive outlook helps...

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post-Keeping Cool Without An ACKeeping Cool Without An AC

Award-winning environmentalist and sustainable living expert, ANIL K RAJVANSHI shows you how to set up a low cost, non-electrified airconditioning system for your house  During these times of COVID-19 pandemic and when air pollution and temperatures in cities is increasing and more...

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post-Coping with Covid-19 through Rajyoga MeditationCoping with Covid-19 through Rajyoga Meditation

The BRAHMA KUMARIS recommend Rajyoga meditation along with self-affirmations to battle Covid-19 These are unprecedented times. The world had not imagined that a virus emanating from China would engulf the whole world and change lives so dramatically in such a...

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post-A Life-Saving Ayurveda Prescription For CovidA Life-Saving Ayurveda Prescription For Covid

Ayurvedacharya DR PARMESHWAR ARORA lists certain Ayurveda medicines that you can take during this time to protect and cure yourself Our aim today should be to defeat death at all costs. Here is a list of Ayurveda medicines that you...

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post-The Family DoctorThe Family Doctor

OSWALD PEREIRA makes a fervent plea for the return of the family doctor of yore I vividly recall as a boy our family doctor P Hajirnis’ dispensary across the main road, on the outskirts of our village, Kolbad, in Thane....

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post-Send Out Reiki Through Your Healing HandsSend Out Reiki Through Your Healing Hands

Last week, YoursPositively brought to you the practice of Pranic Healing. This week, REENA SINGH focusses on Reiki I have never regretted learning both Reiki and Pranic Healing. And although, I admit that I don’t practise either technique regularly, its...

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post-Using Air as a Healing MediumUsing Air as a Healing Medium

REENA SINGH demystifies the practice of Pranic Healing. Here, you can use the air prana around you to cure and heal yourself and others Using the air around you as a means to heal your body? Is that even possible? But...

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post-So Much To Learn From NatureSo Much To Learn From Nature

SHAKTI DURGA says that we are capable of interacting with nature just by paying attention to it. And as we pay attention to nature, we tend to learn about the sacred way of grace… The ancient sages, who were our great...

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post-Our Loving Connection With NatureOur Loving Connection With Nature

When we feel a loving connection with the nonverbal world of plants, animals, and minerals, we open hidden recesses in our own consciousness, says NAYASWAMI JYOTISH A yogi told me this story: “I was walking in the jungle with a...

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post-The Blessings of AgeThe Blessings of Age

Our quality of life doesn’t deteriorate with age. In fact, we get better with age, like fine wine ― but without the alcohol content, says OSWALD PEREIRA When we were youngsters our parents, teachers and elders would often goad us...

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post-Discipline is What Makes Life WorkDiscipline is What Makes Life Work

Apart from a healthy diet and routine, one must inculcate discipline in life, say the BRAHMA KUMARIS Self-discipline is not a matter of intelligence. It is a matter of will and emotion as stated by Dr S Radhakrishan, a great...

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