By Adwaita Das “In all our brilliant light and tender darknesses, in all our colours on brave display, as well as those hues contained in our soulful depths, in all our shapes and shades, we deserve love; we are worthy…
Category: Wellness
Silver Linings Playbook: What Food and Fitness Can Mean Now
By Neha Bedi As a teenager, I was often asked by my father; ‘Do you eat to live or do you live to eat?’ Born into a Sikh family that loves eating till they drop, this resonates so much with…
Back to the Basics: How to Remember to Breathe
By Adwaita Das In situations of distress or panic, we often reduce our breathing. But, to breathe is one of the best tools of self-soothing. It oxygenates the body, detoxifying the blood, airing out the brain, opening windows of fresh…
Can Understanding Impermanence Help us Cope with Life?
With Indians daily battling stigma and many misconceptions when it comes to Mental Health, Gayatri Jayaraman shares some of what she believes to be key to a mind-spirit-body practice, what meditation has to do with it, and why understanding and accepting impermanence and change may be critical to making peace with our day to day life.
I See You: You are Not Alone
By Adwaita Das You are unique and wonderful. You are worthy of all that is good. You deserve to be loved just the way you are. I see you. I see myself too. For the inner self as well, this…
World Mental Health Day: Know You are Not Alone
By The Health Collective If you live in India and would like to order a complimentary set of these art postcards, get in touch! Fifty sets on offer for patrons, friends of the Health Collective and readers Email team@healthcollective.in or…
Choose to Make Compassionate Connections
By Adwaita Das Loneliness can be a need for more compassion. We are allowed to choose who is in our lives. We are allowed to surround ourselves with loving relationships of all kinds. Just as the flowers bloom with nourishment, so…
Have You Ever Had Imposter Syndrome? Meet Tsuki in this Comic to Find Out More
Here is part two of Tsuki’s journey. Many of us deal with cognitive distortions that affect usfrom time to time. Artist and designer Shoili Kanungo explores more in this original artwork, a comic strip for The Health Collective
An Affirmation We May All Need: I Show Myself Kindness
An Affirmation we may all need: I Show Myself Kindness.
Social Connection: Friendship and the Bonds that Help us Overcome
This pandemic may just have taught us to re-examine the things that matter, the relationships we take for granted, and how we go about building a support system in the first place