CONSCIOUS STORIES | BY MICHELLE - LONDON

"I’m a mum of two beautiful young kids. One active boy and one adventurous girl. Over the years I’ve became a chameleon, transforming from loving wife to responsible mother to fun friend in seconds. Being a mother is a rewarding gift, but not always easy. In the hustle and bustle of the day, slowly but surely, I started to forget there was one more person in the equation. I’d completely forgotten her. It was me.

I was so preoccupied with providing for others emotionally and...

Is living without ego concepts (thinking patterns in our minds) is at all possible, and how letting go of each ego concept would feel. This question misses the point of psycho-spiritual work. At this stage, we are not discussing the experience of living without any ego concepts but the idea of having a choice. Right now, an ego concept intervenes, pulls you away from the experience as it is, and provokes a reaction. The entire process is automatic. You have no say in it. By practicing meditation, yoga, or any...

Yoga is an extremely popular practice these days. Millions practice it all over the globe, with great benefits. The list below is intended to provide you with support for you your yoga practice. Following these 10 pointers would enrich your yoga practice, making it more effective and enjoyable.

1. Arrive early to class; rushing in, breathing heavily, feeling stressed for being late, are not a conducive beginning to class. Arriving early would also enable you to easily apply the following point.

2. Meditate before class. It doesn’t have to...

Let us make a little experiment. You will need pen and paper, and may wish to invite the people around you to participate as well. When you are through reading this paragraph, take a close look at the picture of the clock above. Watch it for 60 seconds and then look away from the image and follow the instructions that appear after the image.

Now, take a few minutes to draw the clock you have just watched. Include in your drawing every detail you remember.

When you are through, go...

When I teach the topic of emotions and meditation I discuss the fact that meditation is very helpful when it comes to engaging with negative emotions. These emotions are a natural part of our human experience: waves of sadness, pain, jealousy, and anger are there to remind us that we are alive, and that we still have unresolved questions to address. At that point, meditation becomes a valuable tool to engage with these emotions. In a psychological study conducted by Sauer and Baer in 2012 two groups went through a...

Why are we trapped in patterns that keep repeating themselves? Past experiences and conditioning have gradually created in your mind a list of rights and wrongs, a series of understandings, expectations, and attitudes that define your Ego Formed Self and shape its building blocks. When you face certain situations – at work, with your partner, or with your family – your Ego Formed Self kicks off preconceived reactions, organised responses that reflect a certain aspect of it. We are rarely able to choose our response; the response is already there...