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5 Anti Stress Breathing Techniques to Help You Feel Calm Anywhere

Ananga Sivyer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:14:15 +0000

Your breath and your mind have an intimate relationship, if your breathing is fast and shallow it can stir up your thoughts and increase your stress, but if you learn to notice your breath and slow it down, you can reign your thoughts in and calm your mind. Stress breathing techniques give you practical ways to adjust your breath and respond at your best in any challenging situation, or anytime...

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Procrastination Tips: 5 Simple Ways to Get Unstuck and Get Things Done

Ananga Sivyer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:31:00 +0000

Are you doing more but achieving less? Watching TV, sending text messages, and answering email, are all activities of a sort, each has an action assigned to it that implies "doing". But are we really doing something worthwhile, or are we allowing ourselves to be distracted by a countless variety of digital diversions that eat away at our time and ability to complete tasks? Procrastinators have...

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Are Health Conscious Googlers Missing Out on Ayurveda?

Ananga Sivyer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:46 +0000

Last month over 1,220,000 people searched Google looking for information on yoga. Yet Ayurveda, yoga's sister science, prompted a mere 33,000 searches. It seems we are slow to catch on in the West, while yoga has steadily grown in popularity her sister science, Ayurveda, remains largely undiscovered. This is a great shame since Ayurveda holds healing secrets that every parent, partner and...

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Living by Design Blog Carnival No.35

Ananga Sivyer — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:24:06 +0000

It's carnival time again and this edition features an elite gathering of posts that are more than worthy of reading and reflection. I highly recommend taking a look at "Stand by Me" by Daily Awareness - beautiful. Happy reading and thanks to everyone who contributed. Celes presents What Are You Running Away From? posted at EmbraceLiving.Net, saying, "What are you running away from? Many...

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Stress Relief Techniques: 5 Things I Learned from Spying on Calm People

Ananga Sivyer — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:08:11 +0000

How many times have you reacted to stress by blurting out a harsh response and escalating the situation? It can be hard not to. If you're already simmering then any extra little stress is going to provoke a spurt of steam, sometimes your steam just evaporates into the air, but sometimes it scalds people around you and that's not a good thing. So how can you stop those spontaneous eruptions? One...

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Simple Acts of Calm: Take Your Mind on a Mini Break

Ananga Sivyer — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:00:52 +0000

Stress experts are telling us that by the time we get that holiday it’s almost too late. Many of us are so run down before we get a break that when we finally get away our body takes a nose dive and decides to really let go by succumbing to exhaustion or a bug. We know that a walk, swim, or yoga class are great ways to diffuse stress but a recent study found that we can also achieve great...

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Should You Keep Your Goals to Yourself?

Ananga Sivyer — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:11:40 +0000

It's natural to want to share your goals and aspirations with your friends, but recent research suggests that doing so may not be helpful in actually achieving them. Peter Gollwitzer a professor of psychology at New York University has been looking into what happens when we share our intentions and he's concluded that it doesn't necessarily motivate us to manifest our plans. Following...

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Natural Anxiety Remedies: 7 Super Simple Ways to Cultivate Calm

Ananga Sivyer — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:22:57 +0000

If a friend is upset we want to help them, we will call them up and talk things through and get our head working to see what we can do. But when we get anxious ourselves, we quickly loose sight of any possible solution. Work stress, financial worries, noise pollution and the ADHD provoking hum of a society that never sleeps and has put screens everywhere you look can leave you feeling overwhelmed...

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Immune System Facts: Ayurveda Reveals What Really Affects Your Immunity

Ananga Sivyer — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:40:25 +0000

Have you ever wondered why it is that some people get sick when there's a bug going around and others don't? Ayurveda teaches that this is due to whether our immune system is balanced or not at the time of exposure to a virus or bacterial infection. A balanced immune system offers better resistance to pathogens which are always around us. So does that mean that some people will always get sick...

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Simple Acts of Calm: Measured Breathing Stress Relief Technique

Ananga Sivyer — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:46:06 +0000

Breathing is a unique physical act. It's the only automatic function your body performs over which you too can also have control, when you learn to focus on and control your breath you have a direct and positive impact on your well-being. You can relieve stress and it's accompanying symptoms slow your heart rate, calm your nerves, reduce tension, improve oxygenation to all cells in your body, and...

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