Slow…Down…Now.
It doesn’t take a full day retreat to find calmness in your life. Here are three simple ways to be mindful and slow down.
Being Spiritual in Modern Times
An old word rooted in ancient times with profound influence on our cultures. Yet in modern times, one does not have to attend temple or church to be a spiritual person. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. Spirituality - or the simple act of quiet, mindful connection - has no formal boundaries or discriminatory factors (where as religion is often correlated to race, gender, ethnicity).
Managing Stress at Work
The CDC estimates up to one-third of workers report high levels of stress at work. The average business professional can have 30-50 projects on their plate at once while dealing with up to 7 interruptions an hour. At the end of the day, the stress level maintained by the average American worker is equal to being chased by a saber tooth tiger!
Slow Down at the Office
Five minutes of planning saves 30-minutes of doing. Break the cycle and reduce work stress with simple tricks.
Less Pain. More Zen.
The brain’s fight-or-flight response is housed in the amygdala. What if you could shrink its size? Turns out, you can with meditation.
Why Balance the Heart and Mind?
Many people confuse the word mindfulness with thinking. It’s actually quite the opposite. Mindfulness is bringing full awareness and attention to what is occurring (physically, mentally, emotionally).
Misplace Your Sanity?
What is the first thing you do in the morning? Check your phone? Turn on the TV? Did you see or hear more negative headlines in the news? Negative news brings about stress and discomfort. Simply observing negative news, 27% more likely to communicate they had a bad day 6-8 hours later according to GoodThink, a group of happiness researchers.
Help Students Navigate their Stress
According to the American Psychology Association, teens are the most stressed out demographic in the U.S. (2014, Stress in America Survey). There certainly is an overload of digital information and social media, however, fold in academic pressure, athletic pressure, racial pressure...the list seems endless. And when you observe this in society, why is it completely normal?