Tag Archives: depression
“Dance In The Fire” practice to manage emotions
Dawa Tarchin Phillips What To Do When You Don’t Know What’s Next I am going to lead you through a short exercise with your emotions. The first emotion that I would like you to connect with is the emotion of … Continue reading
“My soul drifts light upon a sea of trees” — a film about a Zen priest helping depressed, suicidal people.
After losing two friends and an uncle to suicide, Zen priest Ittetsu Nemoto made it his life’s mission to support those struggling with depression and suicidal behavior. My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees follows three of the … Continue reading
What brings you most joy?
I remember going to the shaman because although I had a good life on the face of it, it was bleak as if something was missing. And she told me that I stopped feeling joy. She told me that to … Continue reading
Michael Pollan’s “How to change your mind” and theory of the entropic brain #happiness
I continue to explore the new world that opened to me. I heard that Michael Pollan’s ‘How to change your mind’ was a sort of Bible of psychedelics so I borrowed it from the local library (interestingly, it had a … Continue reading
The Mind Explorers – London premiere and live Q&A, come and say hi!
Recently I posted A new milestone… a new door opened… a new world discovered… #happiness. So what has been this amazing spiritual growth experience that has blown my mind so much? Inspired by the likes of Stan Grof, Ram Dass and … Continue reading
Happiness takes lots of choices that are sometimes hard to make
I love this quote. It is so simple to say ‘happiness is here and now, in you, you don’t need to look for it’. I found that I needed to work to be happy. I had to shed a lot … Continue reading
On the importance of people around us #happiness
From despair to joy- just another day in life of a human
How bemusing we, humans, are. One day I find myself in the darkest of despairs. It happens more often and particularly acutely during late fall/ winter months. Everything seems bleak, dark energy inside awakens like a heavy spring that was … Continue reading
Happiness: Go Green To Beat The Blues
At some point I have stopped following the news. It’s a sure way to boost one’s happiness – news usually focus on the negative, depress us about things we don’t have control over and create energy sapping noise in our … Continue reading
People Around You
My previous post brushed on depression, and I believe that one can not be happy all the time, unless they achieved some sort of enlightenment. If you are feeling low for some reason, here is a fantastic quote which may … Continue reading
