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Continuing on “Why Meditate: 25 Signs For You to Start Meditating for the Next 40 Days” by Sejal Shah, Sri Sri Yoga Teacher, YACEP, Art of Living Teacher, NYU Post Graduate Medical School approved Yoga-CME retreat facilitator, Mind-Body Wellness...

While we’re still on the mental benefits of meditation, I wish to take a moment to appreciate the increasing awareness about wholistic yoga (yoga stretches, breathing exercises and meditation) in Botswana, judging from the inquiries we receive at...

We’re still on the mental benefits of meditation, this time looking at will power. Will power is that ability to do something that you know is good for you, which you may not necessarily enjoy doing but you do it out of necessity, out of...

We concluded last week’s Yoga Corner with the introduction of ‘meditation and good health’, highlighting the vastness of the subject and that there isn’t a part of our lives that is not touched or affected by meditation. Starting with the...

As we continue this important topic of yoga and good health, lets raise our awareness more to the subtle nature of prana, the subtle life force inside us. Whilst we are used to breath in and out through the nose or mouth, the flow of prana is more...

World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as “….a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Living, explains good health as...

This week let’s consider the different growth stages of a child, as we delve further into yoga and parenting, and reminding you that by yoga I refer to the combo of physical stretches, the breathing techniques and meditation. Starting the child...

To continue on yoga and parenting, this week we consider the fourth limb of yoga which is pranayama or breath control. To recap, breath is the link between the outer world of activity and inner world of silence. Prana is the subtle life force...

One of the definitions of self-confidence is “a feeling of trust in one’s abilities and judgement”. And some of the antonyms are diffidence, insecurity, self-distrust, self-doubt. What really steals our self-confidence? Sometimes it is very...

We are forever surrounded by immeasurable knowledge or counselling on how to behave or maintain good relationships. Usually this knowledge remains at the level of concepts because we are not given practical tools to actually move from “concept...

We continue on yoga and relationships, it be marriage or just partners… One participant testified that the Art of Living Happiness course had saved their marriage, which was on the verge of a divorce. During the course, upon doing the different...