Meditation, especially during pregnancy synthesizes a deep sense of awareness. Along with breathing, meditation can aid in calm and deep rhythmic breaths during the time of conception. In ancient times, individuals embraced a gradual and mindful approach to each stage of pregnancy, encompassing care from pre-conception to post-natal periods.
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How many hours a week should you really be working?
The proposition that economic development hinges on long working hours remains subjective, while critics challenging Narayan Murthy’s belief that labour is essential for generating wealth. According to The Wire, interpretation of value varies among professions, such as IT professional and teachers, raising concerns about Murthy’s call for extended hours as being seen as “entitlement driven” for a meagre portion of the workforce.
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Yoga for weight loss
Once exclusive to developed nations, obesity is becoming a common concern in middle-income countries in countries in the urban landscape now. In a stark revelation, children in developing countries are facing a 30 per cent higher likelihood of being overweight compared to their counterparts in developed nations.
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Loneliness: A silent epidemic of modern society
While loneliness is a common experience for both young adults and elders in the urban areas, it is a mere superficial cover concealing a deeper suppressive tendency within a wider spectrum of human desires. In essence, loneliness might be a symptom of unmet emotional and psychological needs reflecting the more complex intricacies of human desires. BBC journalist, Zaria Gorvett highlights that human beings are deeply interconnected and isolation may cause a loss of sense of identity.
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Is Saturn placed in the 8th house good or bad?
The native finds it hard to change his or her personality and on other times, change seems to be forced on him or her as a result of things beyond control such as family moving to a different country, being married into a different culture, having to bear difficult responsibilities.
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Meaning of fourth house of the D-9 Navamsha chart
While there can be many different interpretations of the third house and what it represents in the D-9, one theme that will always be common is the ability to fight for and defend one’s beliefs and life path. The planetary placements in the D-9 will point towards the flavor of communications and efforts on part of the individual in moving their life from what they have been given towards that which they envision as the version of themselves they seek to become.
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Meaning and Importance of the Third Eye Chakra- Ajna Chakra- Part-1
While a balanced third eye chakra can lend the individual a strong ‘sixth sense’ so to speak that gives them an inherent knack of judging people and situations accurately, a blocked or closed third eye chakra can cause the individual to appear quite ‘naïve’ and ‘shut’ to the knowledge that is right in front of them.
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What are the best placements for Moon in the birth chart?
It doesn’t matter if the Moon is placed in the 5th or 10th which I said are the stronger placements for it to be, if the Moon is conjunct either of the nodes, there is associated with it a great deal of chaos and transformation. It doesn’t matter similarly, if the Moon is in a difficult placement such as the 6th or the 1st house, if it is in a powerful ‘nakshatra’ that is by nature very beneficial and lucky such as let’s say ‘Uttaraphalguni’ or ‘Purvashadha’, the Moon is still quite strong. Similarly, difficult ‘nakshatra’ placements even in good placements will be difficult to deal with. For example ‘Ardra’ and ‘Moola’ will have a great deal of chaos associated with them no matter where the Moon is placed in the chart.
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Don’t stop. Keep going!
You don’t build your dreams to build something. You build your dreams to find out just how far you can go with it. You challenge yourself to discover yourself. That’s what it is all about. And you need to realise that it doesn’t matter if you’re making the proverbial journey up the mountain or down the mountain. Through all of that, you’re always journeying within.
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Meaning of third house of the D-9 Navamsha chart
While there can be many different interpretations of the third house and what it represents in the D-9, one theme that will always be common is the ability to fight for and defend one’s beliefs and life path. The planetary placements in the D-9 will point towards the flavor of communications and efforts on part of the individual in moving their life from what they have been given towards that which they envision as the version of themselves they seek to become.
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‘Ketu’ in 4th house of birth chart
These people are great at creating just the ‘right’ environment for optimum comfort and privacy. In fact, these people will try as much as possible to never have to leave their comfort zone. They will be the masters at managing everything from home and probably have a pretty robust domestic machinery where everything is expertly handled.
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5 secrets of charismatic leadership
Even if they can often have their idiosyncrasies, charismatic leaders constantly demand more of themselves and their people and work on bridging that growth curve with a lot of work. They are often perfectionists who can see the flaws clearly but are optimistic on how to fix them with novel solutions.
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Rahu mahadasha secrets part 4/101
The 4th secret is that your ‘Rahu’ placement shows what you are here to do for the world. The 4th secret is that your ‘Rahu’ placement shows what you are here to do for the world.
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Do you have a fear of success?
Anyone stuck in the idea that in order to become the best version of themselves.. in order to have all that they want and deserve from life, they will have to sacrifice what they do have.. That they risk losing this for that.. is just engaging in self deception.
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Meaning and Importance of the Throat Chakra- Vishuddhi Chakra- Part-1
A person with an open throat chakra is able above all, to demand what they’re worth from the world. The clearer you are in framing your ‘demand’ to the world, the clearer you are in setting your boundaries and expressing your desires. Recognition is one of our primal needs as social beings. The throat ‘chakra’ has a huge role to play in this regard.
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How to feel more energetic and motivated?
That superhuman state that so many people who are operating at their peak performance on a consistent basis seem to be, is a state of perfect sync with their highest intentions on how to utilize the life that has been given to them by God.
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How to achieve ‘Flow state’ part-2
The focus is to tap into the zone of ‘peak experience’ or the ‘flow state’ to be able to create your magic seamlessly and enjoy the experience. You want to stay in that state once you get there and prolong it to extract maximum impact from it.
Any fine tuning if necessary can be done after that session of activity ends; when you have accumulated confidence and sufficient data of your performance to analyze and perfect.
It’s for this purpose that professional archers quite often practice the ‘sudden release’ via employing a mechanical release or ‘release aid’.
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Jala Neti for beating back inflamed sinuses
‘Jala’ meaning ‘Water’ and ‘Neti’ meaning ‘To guide’.
This is an ancient art used frequently by ‘yogis’ to keep their nasal passages clean; a very important prerequisite to practice ‘Pranayama’ or breathing exercises.
How does it work?
It works by guiding lukewarm water (with a pinch of salt) through the sinuses, using a ‘neti pot’.
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Meaning and Importance of the Heart Chakra- Anahata Chakra- Part-1
Once you tap into the supreme understanding that all of life is one, it become easy to forgive just as easy it becomes to be fearless. This ultimately opens up your heart-centre and allows energy to move upwards. It also allows healing energy from the heart-centre to radiate outwards and make you a more approachable, attractive and desirable individual.
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Rahu mahadasha secrets part 3/101
Hari Om Namo Narayana! If you’ve read the previous part of this series, it talks about how ‘Rahu‘ is an energy of growth who forces you to expand your mind and your understanding, your knowledge. ‘Rahu‘ is here to force you to ‘think’ yourself out of the puzzle that he has put you in, soContinue reading “Rahu mahadasha secrets part 3/101”
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‘Ketu’ in 3rd house of birth chart
The native’s lesson is to not engage in the trivial and occupy the mind with higher wisdom and higher knowledge. To focus on bigger things, deliberate on deeper topics and give their attention to ‘larger ideas’ presented to a larger audience.
