Author: Nigel Taylor

Reflect with Help

Reflect with Help

As the name says, guided meditation needs a guide to help an individual or group to reach a deeper level of consciousness and reap the benefits of the practice. One of the most common ways…

Creativity in Silence

Creativity in Silence

The actual meditation part is no more tricky than I expected … an incomplete Vipassana doesn’t give its complete benefits. I tell them my appreciation of all I have learnt – the silence, contemplation, clarity,…

Quiet Time: A Pillar of Health

Quiet Time: A Pillar of Health

Your mind, body and spirit will thank you. Patricia Garza Pinto is a CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach and CHEK Corrective Exercise Coach certified by San Diego’s Paul Chek—a holistic health practitioner, neuromuscular therapist and founder…

Learning from animals

Love, love, love, says Percy. And hurry as fast as you can along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust. Then, go to sleep. Give up your body heat, your beating heart. Then,…

Poems: Heart Light

Below layers of anger Feigned indifference, Deeper, under bandages That became thick walls, Seemingly permanent skins Remain grief, sorrow, hurt. Wounds, some still bleeding. But beyond that Tremulously survives Raw vulnerability Rarely allowed, or seen…

Mindfulness enters corporate mainstream

Mindfulness enters corporate mainstream

“Meditation is hard to learn … says that “a cult of mindfulness” in the workplace could actually replace more tangible employee benefits. “The workplace is increasingly stressful with people overworked, multitasking, facing a million demands…

What to Do With Your Mind During Meditation

What to Do With Your Mind During Meditation

Many types of meditation are not about getting rid of thoughts but about establishing a healthier relationship to what is going on in the mind. One of my favorite words for meditation is the Tibetan…

10 ways to relieve stress naturally

10 ways to relieve stress naturally

Hi, Dr. Manny, can you please tell me some natural remedies for stress … Today, we use massage to relax tense muscles, reduce pain and improve circulation, which can all do wonders for the mind.…

10 tips to help you beat jet lag

10 tips to help you beat jet lag

We spoke to sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan to get her tips… When you cross time zones 10 tips to help you beat jet lag thumbnail courtesy of mirror.co.uk

Family holidays: Life lessons

A guided tour is included on The Family Adventure Company’s Italy Family Holiday … such as Tenerife or Lanzarote can also bring youngsters’ textbook knowledge to life, allowing them to see how eruptions shaped areas…

I became a millionaire while travelling’

I became a millionaire while travelling’

From that point, there was no going back to the real world I think. “My new life was exciting everyday, meeting amazing people, having adventures all the time, from then there was no way I…