A challenging world for our children Our children are born in a world, which is challenging them in many ways; the kids themselves are a product of the evolution of this universe and they have an inherent drive to stand up against this world with all its challenges, unexpectedness, partiality, and contradictions. Their environment provides not…
Agile programming – for your family, by Bruce Feiler (TED video)
In today’s blog, I am sharing a very interesting TED talk (www.ted.com) by Bruce Feiler (author of “The Secrets of Happy Families”) on how going agile can help in dealing with the stressful lifestyle of today’s families. What I particularly liked about this talk are couple of things: the amount of communication and transparency involved…
Meditation and Yoga – How do they relate?
I am often asked about the connection between yoga and meditation. The answer is simple, but may come as a surprise. Mediation is traditionally seen as an aspect of yoga. Meditation relates to yoga like any limb relates to the whole body. Unfortunately, nowadays yoga is often seen almost exclusively in terms of its physical…
Yoga: A matter of style(s)
The yoga market can be a very confusing and overwhelming place to venture into. Innumerable styles and schools are presenting themselves and are trying to get a slice of this multi-billion $ industry. As a novice to yoga, choosing the right (most suitable) style of yoga, may turn into a big hurdle (and possible stumbling…
What is Yoga All About?
Yoga is trendy. It is the “in thing” to do or at least to claim that one does it. It’s almost like one has to be able to say “oh, yes, I also do yoga”. But what is yoga all about and why has it gained so much popularity in recent years? Is it a…
All it takes is 10 mindful minutes, by Andy Puddicombe (TED Video)
In today’s blog I am sharing with you a great TED talk (www.ted.com) by Andy Puddicombe (Mindfulness expert and founder of Headspace) about what 10 mindful minutes a day will do to your overall wellbeing. There are couple of things that I particularly like about this talk. For one, the clarity and simplicity of the fact…
Yoga as de-stressing method?
Last month the focus at Slow•o•lution was to raise awareness of the negative impact a stressful lifestyle has on our health and wellbeing. Along the way hopefully the different blogs made you think what are the causes that lead you to have such a life style. A lot of times we might know what the…
The importance of reducing overall stress
Are you conscious of the situations where you can’t think straight, or where you have an uncontrollable surge of emotion? For a number of years researchers have known what happens when our brain, in layman’s terms, switches to stress mode, or when it suffers from so called chronic stress. It is particularly tragic when the…
What does it mean to be healthy?
I have always tried to have a healthy lifestyle, but at one point I asked myself – well, what does it really mean to be healthy……what does it mean to have a healthy lifestyle? Meanwhile stressful lifestyle has become a normal lifestyle for many of us, but do we ever ask ourselves whether having such…