The fear of flying, which is also referred to as ‘Airplane Anxiety’ is more common than you might think. This kind of tension generally manifests itself in not just one particular area, but many different areas. This type of anxiety results from the fact that the state of flying is unnatural to human beings. Thus, humans feel vulnerable while trying ...

While practicing meditation, it is not uncommon for people to experience seeing a white light. This could be an energizing white light, an intense bright white light or swirling white lights before closed eyes. Many people who meditate and having these kinds of experiences are either disconcerted or fascinated by them. This is a normal occurrence, and there is nothing ...

For hundreds of years, green environments and natural sounds have been associated with well-being and relaxation. People who suffer from anxiety syndromes are often advised to spend some time in the midst of nature, and listen to the sounds of nature. A new research, as published in the ‘Scientific Reports’ journal, uses behavioral experiments, heart-rate monitors and brain scans to ...

Meditation might seem like a simple activity, but comes with many wonderful benefits. Being able to sit somewhere still for a few minutes every day, breathe deeply and relax your mind and body can work wonders in reducing your stress levels. The National Institutes of Health reports that meditation can help fight depression and anxiety symptoms for you. Meditation can ...

History of Meditation The exact origins of meditation are not known, although it is well known that meditation dates back many centuries in history. The earliest written record of meditation can be found in the Hindu scriptures that are 5,000 years old. This happens immediately around the first time when Lord Buddha was mentioned, and soon afterwards it started to ...

Times come when you do not feel good, rather you feel crap! When you feel that everything around you seems dull and you feel tired, sad and sometimes may get depressed too! In such situations something that might help you most is doing meditation. You may not be in a mood to meditate but if you can do that you ...

While most people are aware of it, they do not practice self-empathy in their life. It’s not only you but most people lack practicing self-empathy. They feel that empathy is something that is for others and not for themselves. The results can have devastating effect on you. When you are depressed you may try to self-blame yourself that you want ...

Different research has been taking place over the last few years on the topic of meditation and it is better understood  how your brain reacts to it and what are the long term benefits that your brain gets. Benefits derived from meditation From meditation the following benefits can be derived The aging of brain is slowed down The part that ...

Those who are heavy drinkers and want to cut back their drinking habit may try to do so with the help of mindfulness training exercises. These exercises will help them focus on things happening around them. Such things are suggested by an experiment held in UK. All about the experiment When the researchers started this experiment they recruited 68 heavy ...

Breakups are always painful; they leave you alone, stressed and full of self-doubt. You are not the only one who is facing this at least once in their lifetime, but there are many who have been through this. Things seem to stop and you cannot find happiness in a single thing around you, but can you let your life stop ...