Stress - Part 5 – What to do about it - Yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Deep Breathing and Meditation
This week, we'll look into ways to manage stress. These are drawn from Donatelle’s book, “Health: The Basics” and is not an exhaustive list but we hope this way you can look into them further. We look into how Yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Deep Breathing and Meditation can help you reduce your stress.
The Happiness Advantage - Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
This week we start a new book by a gentlemen from Harvard called Shawn Achor. The premise of Positive Psychology is that 'regular' psychology focuses too much on those on those who suffering from mental health illness and not enough on improving those who are not. Achor proposes that being happy isn't a symptom of success but causes it. We will go through each of the 7 principles.
The Happiness Advantage - Principle #1 - How Happiness Gives your Brain and your Organisation the Competitive Edge
Happiness gives you an edge when it comes to success. Research has found positive emotions broaden the amount of possibilities we process and make us more creative, thoughtful and open to new ideas. Try meditation, visualising things to look forward to, conscious acts of kindness, exercise or using a signature strength to boost your Happiness Advantage.
Meditation and Being Cut-off in Traffic. How it all fits together.
So we now know how meditation is supposed to change our brains. But how does this apply to the real world? This week we look at a very (unfortunately) real world example on our meditation can help us deal with annoyances like being cut-off in traffic. Feel your blood start to boil already? Let's learn why and how meditation can help.
Can meditation change your brain? - Changing how we view our self
Meditation is associated with a change in how we see our self. It helps us see how self as not-permanent and reduces the parts of the brain associated with thinking about the self. This reduction is associated with improvements in our health. However, more research is needed to understand how this occurs.