Posts Tagged ‘Mindfulness’
Has COVID 19 Got You Down?
Food has been at the centre of many conversations during the past couple of months of lock-down, so much so that the joke, COVID-19, is a way of poking fun at the extra 19 pounds that everyone has gained while staying at home. However, summer weather is coming and with it, the donning of shorts,…
Read MoreChapter 16: Forever is the Soul
Author Andrew MacWha, shares his thoughts about the importance of transcending our fear in order to move into a deeper sense and understanding of love. This is especially important in these times of change and uncertainty. When we are able to keep our consciousness in the moment, we are better able to stay out of…
Read MoreMindful Eating: The Raisin Exercise
Mindfulness informs us that we have this moment and within this moment we have consciousness. As the mind passes through this moment of consciousness, choice always prevails. Much of what we register on a conscious level is reactionary, so the more aware we can keep ourselves moment to moment, the more we can think the…
Read MoreChapter 10: Forever is the Soul
Welcome to the Forever is the Soul video for Chapter 10, titled Beyond the Fragmentation. Author, Andrew MacWha, shares his thoughts on how our consciousness becomes fragmented when we become distanced from our internal witness. Chapter 10: The acceptance of one’s life is not dissimilar to the acceptance of one’s life. Enjoy.
Read MoreLoving Kindness Meditation
This guided meditation will take you on a journey into yourself to find love, kindness and acceptance from within and then channel this energy out to others in the world. Compassion is defined as “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it” {The Merriam-Webster Dictionary}. While being able to show compassion…
Read MoreHappy to be Back!
For those of you who have known us for a while, you’ll remember that we launched our first book, A Workbook to Relieve Pain, way back in 2010. After almost twenty years of working in the pharmaceutical industry, Andrew and I repeatedly saw the power of the placebo effect. With Andrew’s experience with hypnosis and…
Read MoreWhat is a Stress-Free Mind?
In our modern world it can be a real challenge to determine the meaning of the words quality of life. We are an over stimulated culture, so busy – always going somewhere – driven by so many unseen forces, that we are in a constant state of reaction. The Will to Heal teaches that in…
Read MoreStress and Pain Management Techniques Using Frontal Cortex Thought
Our greatest cause of stress is often our own thoughts and we know that stress increases pain. When we hold high expectations of ourselves or when we fill our consciousness with worry, we transmit our concerns inward. Your subconscious brain has no way of knowing what is fact or what is fiction. It is only…
Read MoreFive Ways Mindfulness Courses Will Help You
Mindfulness courses are all about reducing stress and really focusing your energies on the positive. Mindfulness is a therapeutic way to pay extra close attention on something very specific. Mindfulness courses have their root in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a technique developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zin at the University of Massachusetts. The idea was to use mindfulness…
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