Metta Bhavana (Loving kindness meditation) as a daily practice. If it is for another person see the Metta Bhavana flowing from your heart to the top of his/her head. Focus there for more than a moment and let it flow down to the forehead of the other person and then to the eyes and keep...
What is Metta Bhavana or Loving Kindness meditation? Last time I made a humble effort at putting to words why it is important to use Metta Bhavana and forgive. Forgiveness is something that helps us find peace. It is always for the one who forgives. In fact my dear friend Dr Cassie loves to say...
Forgiveness through Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness meditation) Metta Bhavana could be loosely translated as a feeling of friendship; I mean this is literal translation. It is also known as loving kindness. This is a meditation in the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. So why do we need Metta Bhavana? Before we begin to feel love and...
Live life one day at a time. Life can be pretty overwhelming for most of us when you try to see the big picture. Usually we begin to notice every bit at a time of the entire vision. If we see it in a movie then we see only one image at a time and...
De-hypnotizing the Self “OMG! ( a technical term ) now I am really afraid to be near you” that was the common statement I heard when people knew I was studying to be a Clinical Hypnotherapist. I used to wonder I already know everything you think. That is intuition, not hypnosis. Most people have a...
There are many myths about hypnosis. Hypnotherapy is the second-oldest professional known to mankind and, yet, myths about it abound galore. Hypnosis is a trance-induced state in which the therapist offers suggestions to the client in the form of imagery and storytelling. In turn, the client takes in the suggestions willingly and enters into a...
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important....