Meditation is one of the ways of reconnecting and making the connection stronger. When you are connected, you feel energized, enthusiastic for life, feel love for others and overall you are a positive person. You can understand others situation and are willing to help. More connected you stay better your personality becomes. Meditating every day is one of the best practices of successful people. But is meditation possible in this age?

Meditation can be as short as 2 minutes and can be longer than 2 hours. Given below are few tips that can be helpful.
1. Start Early
The best time to meditate is as soon as you wake up. Yes you need to get on with your day, but 1-2 mins in your bed before you get on with your day will not cause much harm. Before you get up, close your eyes for 1-2 mins and just breathe.
2. Your Breath is the Key
Whenever you feel confused during the day or when you wish to meditate, start with your breath. Focus on your inhalation and exhalation for few breaths. Close your eyes and just breathe normally. See the difference. Doesn't take long, try it.
3. Your thoughts are guests
Most asked question is what to do with the thoughts that come when we meditate. Your thoughts are like your guests in the house, they are meant to leave right. Watch the thoughts come and go. Don't go out with them. You stay in your house.
4. Don't punish yourself for not doing it
When you have made a routine for meditation, there will be time when you are unable to follow it. Don't get mad on yourself for this. Let it go, there is next day to practice. Don't stay in past, look forward for next moment to meditate.
5. Don't expect
Let yourself free when meditating. Don't expect any particular experience during meditation. You will be surprised at what will come. Just enjoy the nothingness


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Everybody in this world, is on a journey to wellness all the time.  Perfect wellness is what we all are aiming for.  We are looking for improvement in one or other area of our life - sometimes it may by physical wellness, sometimes emotional, sometimes mental (peace, stress relief etc), sometimes relationships, sometimes finances, and some more others.

We love being in the state of wellness, don't we?  And the journey towards more and more wellness is amazing and so much unique for each and every individual.  All our journeys cross paths with each other and what do you think we should do when we come across some other's journey?  Help them towards wellness ofcourse.  Do you think other's wellness will take us away from our path to wellness?  Think about it... Have you ever felt bad when you helped someone?  Sometimes, yes.  In that case, ask whether you felt bad when you were helping or due to events/thoughts after helping?  I am sure it is after the event.  Any guesses on why we feel bad after we have helped someone due to course of events/thoughts?  There is only one reason:  We left our path to wellness and started walking on theirs.  We were supposed to help them and go on our own since our paths had crossed on the way, instead we helped them and started walking on their path... what can we expect to happen?

We need to be aware that it is our own individual journey, it is unique and we will meet others on the way.  We need not walk their path.  We can walk with them for some time, till our paths coincide, but then we need to choose our path when the paths separate.

We need to remember - we are on the journey to WELLNESS, any thought or any incident that feels otherwise, means we are moving away from Wellness.  We need to learn to deliberately bring ourselves back to our own path.  Being on our path to wellness will feel the best... the best form of happiness, the best form of peace, the best form of love.  We need to find what makes us feel the best.

Shahin is a teacher, lifelong learner, healer and master trainer with great soft skills to learn and get inspired. She can be contacted at shahin.fidai@gmail.com or +91 9167457151

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​Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
In a lecture entitled 'Brain, Mind and Body Connections' - the latest installment of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar's monthly Medicine and U community health forum, Dr. Abdel Moniem Abdel Hakam explained that the symptoms of psychosomatic disorders range greatly in severity and type, from mild complaints such as slight fatigue, weakness and insomnia to serious symptoms like mutism, chronic fatigue, paralysis, abnormal movements, blindness and deafness.

Low back pain and psychological disorder
A research conducted in Qatar between March and December 2012 concludes that the symptoms of depression and somatisation were prevalent among low back pain patients and that functional disability was higher in the patients.

There are many other researches done worldwide on psychosomatic disorders.

What can we do?
It is very important to analyze and try to understand whether the pain/discomfort you are going through is purely physical or is of psychological origin.  The smart move will be to identify it in the beginning itself.  You can surround yourself with more positivity than before, make conscious efforts to make yourself feel happy, engage in activities that you enjoy and similar other activities.  Meditation is one of the great options in such cases.  Meditation and mindfulness can greatly reduce your stress levels, making your thought process clear, removing any blockages and thereby reducing any pain/discomfort which was caused by stress.

Can Energy Healing Help?
If the intervention is done in the beginning, energy healing sessions can help within a week or few days.  For long-term illnesses, the best option is combination of medication, regular doctor visits and energy healing sessions.

How does Energy Healing Help?
If you are going for Pranic Energy Healing, a pranic healer will work on the energy center responsible for emotions in your body along with the other energy centers.  Malfunctioning of this energy center or chakra generally manifests as stress, fatigue, fear, lack of confidence, abnormal appetite etc and therefore, this is the primary energy center that needs to be worked on for a psychosomatic illness.  Once this energy center starts functioning normally, the pain/discomfort that had resulted due to this gradually start disappearing and you can feel normal again. The changes can be subtle and gradual.  

Some of the people who have experienced the healing sessions say, there were instances around them that used to anger them unusually and no matter how hard they tried, they could not control the instant outburst.  After few initial sessions, these uncontrolled outbursts were controllable and the person could remain calm in situations that he/she could not think of acting normally.  Along with these changes, there was physical relief experienced in lower back pain as well.

What next?
If you have a slightest doubt of your issue being psychosomatic in origin, you can try out any of the free healing sessions offered by various healers.  You can also send an email to thevitalitycafe@gmail.com for more information.