Traveling can be stressful and in a way intimidating to many of us, for many different reasons. With the traveling / holiday season just around the corner, I wanted to share some tips and ideas of how you can minimize the stress levels before and during your next trip. decide what you want – before…
What is meditation all about?
For over a year now, TM meditation has become a major part of my daily routine.. There is something extremely calming, positive and energizing to start my day with some quiet time……at least for me! I realize the positive impact TM has on me even more on the days that I don’t get to start…
Stroke of insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor (TED Talk)
On today’s blog, I wanted to share with you this extremely powerful TED Talk by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor who is a brain researcher. In 1996 she experienced a massive stroke in her left hemisphere, and shares her amazing experience. Truly powerful talk giving an insight what is like to see the world through your…
How to start listening to your body
Following last week’s blog, I got a lot of questions on how to go about listening to your own body!? All of us have the so called “gut feeling”, but because of the environment and reality that we live in, we have completely forgotten how to hear, detect or even be aware of our “gut…
From Burnout to Mindfulness
On this month’s transformation story, we have Ela (founder of Mindful Brain) share her amazing story! A story that talks about how she went from what felt like a rock-bottom, to a burnout, to starting her own successful business around Mindfulness Practice. A completely honest and raw transformation story that gives so much inspiration and…
What does “Listening to Your Body” mean?
As you might have gathered from reading my blogs, I am a big believer in the idea of “listening to my body”. Whether it is about nutrition, workout, sleep or anything else really, I believe that the body is extremely intelligent and sending us signs all the time. I am convinced that if we listen…
The Impact of a Morning Routine
Last week we talked about how a stressful lifestyle affects our health and wellbeing in the long run. So how do you keep the stress levels in check? How do you deal with stress in more effective way? How about starting with your morning routine! Do you have one? How does your mornings before you…
How can we teach our kids to deal with stress
As we know from last week’s blog, continues and toxic stress can have really negative effect on children’s brain and overall development. So I think that as parents it is our responsibility to teach our children not only how to deal with stress, but what is mindful lifestyle all about. But before we get into…
Teaching kids mindful eating
Every time I go to a restaurant or on vacation, I am shocked to see how kids are kept entertained at the table – with a pad, watching cartoons while eating….or better said while being fed! I personally don’t agree with that type of style, because I believe that meal time is the perfect opportunity…
Mindfulness — the simple experience of individual life
This month we have covered different aspects of implementing mindfulness in our everyday life. We are all different, and as already mentioned, each one of us needs to figure out what does “mindful” mean in my own world……and how can I implement mindfulness. But I also think that it is equally important to learn from…