Playing it safe?
Energy of Matter
Happiness is where you live
What makes people or nations happier than others? The World Happiness Index released last month lists Denmark as the world happiest country followed by Norway and Switzerland. All these European countries are very affluent by world standards. But why are other...
Improve your mental health with mindfulness training
A growing number of companies are realizing that the mental health of their employees is a real issue on a competitive market, demanding maximum output and performance. I have just come back from a creative brainstorming session with a group of people involved in...
Is “stress” a myth?
If we feel and look around us we so often find ourselves “driven” by forces out of our control that we perceive as stressful. We find ourselves under pressure, in a constant state of hectic activity with no time to relax. More and more people are succumbing to these...
Improve your health – try the 40-day method
On a rational level most of us are aware that we have our health under control by exercising regularly, eating the right foods and avoiding negative stress.So why do we have such great difficulty in just doing what makes us feel better mentally and physically in...
An alien pondering on strange behaviour
I sometimes wonder what a higher being or “alien” would be thinking in observing the strange goings on of those humans down there. We believe us to be at the top of the evolutionary ladder with creative minds that bring forth more inventions and technical revolutions...
Read moreIf you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for your future. The same is true about the past. The teaching and the practice of mindfulness do not forbid looking deeply into the past. But if we allow ourselves to drown in regret and sorrow concerning the past, that’s not mindfulness – Thich Nhat Hanh
If you are trul…
If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for your future. The same is true about the past. The teaching and the practice of mindfulness do not forbid looking deeply into the past. But if we allow...
Pain – Let it pass through
I am just reading a fascinating book by Michael A. Singer "The Untethered Soul". He goes much into why we get stuck in pain by the things that hurt us. Here is a quote that I would like to share:"If life does something that causes a disturbance inside of you, instead...
Finding peace with the polarity of yin and yang
Our western culture finds itself in an extreme state of imbalance. We are buying too many things we don't really need, eat too much unhealthy food and allowing our mind to be captured by a cacophony of so many voices that we can barely be alone in total silence for...
A walk through Switzerland – a different Camino
All across western Europe a network of ancient trails used by pilgrims for centuries are being re-discovered as a growing number of people are realising that taking a long walk is one of the best ways to get your stress level down.During the Middle Ages it was common...
Genes versus lifestyle
Are we victims of our genes or can we largely influence our health? The debate has been raging all the more since the 38-year-old actress Angelina Jolie went public earlier this year by revealing that she underwent a double masectomy after discovering she had...
Cold facts of staying in denial when it comes to your personal health
Most of us human beings see ourselves at the top of the evolutionary ladder endowed with enormous intelligence with the capacity to reflect on our own patterns of behaviour. At the same time we are extremely rigid in our ways, unable to change a lifestyle that we know...
Work as Flow
"Work not only transforms the environment by building bridges across rivers and cultivating barren plains; it also transforms the worker from an animal guided by instincts into a conscious, goal-directed, skillful person." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-
Boosting your stress resilience
Feeling burned out by all the stress in your life? There are several ways to boost your mental and physical resources during times of great change and stress. With just a little effort you can be in a much better position to "ride the storm" and to make the right...
