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Finger Pointing at the Moon: It All Connects Here

Work Like a Monk: A Book Excerpt Work Like a Monk: How to Connect, Lead and Grow in a Noisy World is a new book by Japanese Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto. He has published more than five books in Japanese,…

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Movement as Medicine: Wellness Carnival Aims to Heal Mind, Body and Soul

By Anubhav Tyagi In his book The Anxious Generation, American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt raises concerns about how modern life, especially screen addiction and reduced physical activity, has contributed to a mental health crisis among young people. The rise of…

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How to Practise Self-Love: A Poem

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Affirmation: The Mighty Feminine and You

By Adwaita Das “Gender is beyond just body parts. All women who identify as women are women. The mighty feminine is an indomitable, indestructible, invincible energy.” ALSO SEE:

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I Let Me Love Myself: An Affirmation You Need

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…

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Welcoming a Fabulous Future: An Affirmation for the Times

By Adwaita Das “Here at the beginning of the new year, opening oneself to getting and having all the wonderful things one wants and needs. In the face of the ever-looming dystopia, imagining-affirming-manifesting a fantastic future for each individual, as…

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Getting a Breather: Let’s Allow for Time to Rest

It’s time to bid 2021 goodbye – instead of hustling till the last second, let’s think of giving ourselves a breather, and time to rest. Affirmation by Adwaita Das for The Health Collective

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‘I am Unique and I will Allow Myself Appreciation’

We all need encouragement and appreciation, validation and support. Will we allow ourselves to accept it, though is the question.

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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…

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A New Affirmation: I Accept the Freedom to Find and Follow My True Purpose

In the month of India’s Independence as we think about what Freedom means and how it is won, here is an Affirmation that rings true for each of us as individuals