Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Health and Wellness
Scientists used to believe that genes are a fixed thing. In other words, the genes you are born with are what determine who you are, and nothing can ever change that; they remain static, and cannot be altered. However, though the study of epigenetics, scientists began to realize that genes can be expressed in different […]
Categories: Health and Wellness
Recently, I’ve talked a little bit about how meditation and yoga are not mutually exclusive, however, that’s not to say that they must be practiced in conjunction. Many people meditate in a variety of different ways without ever doing anything even remotely close to yoga. Likewise, the world is full of yoga enthusiasts who are […]
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Is meditation really enough to treat depression? The short answer is: It all depends on how severe your depression is, and how long it’s been going on. If you are severely depressed, or even mildly depressed, meditation alone might not be enough to get you back on track. Also, if you are clinically depressed, meditating […]
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Meditation is all about controlling your mind. In my last post, I talked about the differences between thoughts and emotions, but also how they are related to each other, and how thoughts can cause you to feel certain emotions. I said that in order to change the way you feel, you must first change the […]
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Thoughts are often what cause us to feel specific emotions, but thoughts are not emotions. Thoughts exist purely in your mind; they do exist throughout you. Emotions do not exist in your mind; they exist throughout you. When you are afraid, you feel fear throughout your entire body. You are not thinking, “FEAR, FEAR FEAR…” […]
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
I want you to be honest with yourself for a moment, and think about how you normally answer someone when they ask you to describe how you are feeling. Do you say things, like, “pretty good,” “not bad,” “not so bad,” okay,”? Now, really think about this for moment… Do you notice how vague these […]
Categories: Blog, Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
To ask, “what is depression?” might sound like a silly question, but let’s really think about this for a moment. “Depression” is an overused term these days, to say the least. We hear it so often, it has become so vague it’s nearly lost its meaning. What does depression feel like? How do I know […]
Categories: Blog, Health and Wellness
When people hear the word, “meditation,” they immediately begin to conjure up images in their mind of people sitting in lotus pose — the quintessential yoga pose, whereby you sit on the floor with your legs crossed over one another and your back up straight, stiff as a board. If you’ve ever tried sitting in […]
Categories: Blog, Health and Wellness
For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about walking meditation… There’s no better time or place to squeeze in a session of walking meditation than when you’re out on the green. Think about it, every whole you play is literally an opportunity to practice walking meditation. Being on the golf course also presents a […]
Categories: Blog, Health and Wellness
There are many levels of observation you can practice while walking. For the sake of simplicity, I’ve broken them up into four distinct levels: sensations, feelings, emotions, and self-awareness. Once you have practiced all of the levels, you might find that you like one better than another, or that you like to interchange them, and […]
