Self-care is essential to maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself. You and your needs are important. You can only attempt to take on the rest of the world if you make yourself a priority. So, if you haven’t done anything …
Good health is not only about looking after your body, it’s a holistic approach that includes the wellbeing of your mind and soul too. Here are some of our favourite tips to nurture your mind and soul. Keep houseplants Unless …
As well as being the month of love, February is also healthy lifestyle awareness month in South Africa, which essentially means looking at how to live longer. This year’s theme is titled “Cheka Impilo – have peace of mind,” which …
With all the buzz around eating for health, trendy diets, what to eat and what not to eat, making food can easily become an exercise in anxiety! However, more and more people are turning to the ethical food movement that …
As much as technology can distract us, it can also provide tools to strengthen our attention. Here are three mobile applications that have helped develop and support my mindfulness practice. Headspace I used this to develop a daily sitting practice. …
When I first began practising meditation, I felt completely adrift. There didn’t seem to be a clear goal (enlightenment? is that even a thing?), and I didn’t know how to measure my progress, which for an A-type personality is highly …
Breathing is something we all do, about 20 000 times a day, and will continue doing for the rest of our lives. We can do it both consciously and subconsciously, so it’s a precious anchor for our mindfulness practice. Yet, …
There is a dizzying abundance of health information, advice and resources – some of which seems to change just as you get your head around it. Where does mindfulness fit into all of this? I feel anxious about all the …
Mindfulness invites us to stay present. But what if the present is unpleasant? Pleasure and pain All animals, including humans, are designed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Pleasurable experiences feel good; we want them to happen more often and …
Have you noticed your mind wandering and how it loves time travelling to the past or the future? It happens a lot – about half our time, apparently (Killingsworth, 2011). Mind-wandering can feel nice sometimes – daydreaming about a holiday …