In this issue

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a day to raise awareness and efforts around the world. In many countries, mental health issues are still either taboo or approached as the remedial treatment of mental illness. Yoga, Ayurveda, TCM, and the other ancient traditions have a broader approach, treating mind, emotions, and body together, not separately, and seeing mental well-being as a progressive journey toward higher states of wholeness and expansion of consciousness.
So, in this edition, we explore mental wellness in more depth. Daaji offers tips on becoming whole, and creating a healthy environment for young people. Acharya Shree Varma explains the simplicity of the Ayurvedic approach to mental wellness. Siddhartha V. Shah describes the healing effect of art on slowing down. Thomas Stanley celebrates the positive benefits of decluttering using the principles of Shinto, and Mary Kerrigan the value of vital space-making. Vedo Chatterjee experiments with being present, and MamataSubramanyam with shining the inner light. IchakAdizes explores the effect of early experiences on our current mental state, Paridhi Singh experiences burnout and recovery, and Kajal Gupta gives us 5 tips for mindful parenting.
What will you do today to expand your mental well-being? Remember to share your stories with us at contributions@heartfulnessmagazine.com.

BEING Present

VEDO CHATTERJEE is on a journey to experience what it means to be truly present in the moment. He shares the pitfalls and triumphs along the way, and his current learnings as a \"work in progress.\"

3 mins

Shining Your Inner Light

MALLIKA REDDY is the Founder of Canceled Plans, a sustainable clothing line and top podcast in India. In one episode with MAMATA SUBRAMANYAM, the two of them discuss the importance of mental wellness, tools to strengthen mental fitness, and the importance of taking responsibility for your own light.

5 mins

Youth Are the Future Guide Them, Don't Break Them

In September 2022, DAAJI released his bestseller, The Wisdom Bridge, and throughout 2023 we are sharing highlights from the various chapters to give you a taste of the practical wisdom the book offers. This month the excerpt is from chapter 18 on Principle 7: Youth Are the Future. Guide Them, Don't Break Them.

6 mins

MENTAL WELL-BEING AND AYURVEDA

ACHARYA SHREE VARMA, also known as DR. KRISHNA VARMA, comes from a lineage of Ayurvedic doctors who have been practicing for over four centuries. With a vision to share this wisdom with the wider humanity, he founded the Shree Varma Organization in 2001. Here, he is interviewed by MARION MARCEAU from the Heartfulness Yoga Academy about the Ayurvedic approach to mental health.

5 mins

On Being a Narcissist

DR. ICHAK ADIZES does some deep digging into the past to understand why he is the way he is. The results are life-changing and very touching, and the humility with which he is able to accept himself and change is worth cultivating.

2 mins

WHEN SUCCESS FAILS

PARIDHI SINGH is a lawyer and freelance writer living in London. After years of letting ambition drive her, she shares the burn-out moment that made her pause and find a new perspective in an unexpected place.

6 mins

5 Easy Tips for Mindful Parenting

KAJAL GUPTA shares her experience of first-time parenting, and how it has opened her awareness and helped her grow.

4 mins

It's All Different Now

MARY KERRIGAN is a Vital Space Maker. She creates vital spaces full of light, where everyone belongs. An architect-placemaker and conservation specialist, for more than 25 years she has been a leading advocate for cultural and spatial change, active in the most intractable circumstances, to powerful effect. Here, she shares some ideas on how to overcome loneliness.

4 mins

From CLUTTER to CLARITY

THOMAS STANLEY is a psychology master's student based in Bristol, UK. He shares his awakening to the value of decluttering and Shintoism, and what they teach us about taking better care of our planet Earth.

5 mins

ART, HEALING, & Slowing Down

SIDDHARTHA V. SHAH has been promoting art as a means of community engagement and social responsibility throughout his professional career. Recently he took up the role of Director of the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts, and talks with VANESSA PATEL about how he is expanding his vision in this new college environment.

6 mins

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