Why A Hobby Like Meditation Is Good For You
Homeopathy & You|August 2018

Think of meditation as a sport: of reaching a goal, a goal that brings happiness, or fulfilment. When you practice meditation, in this mode — simply, sensibly, and without jargon — it decreases the hubbub of your life. It also makes you feel better — in word and deed.

Dr R G Pal
Why A Hobby Like Meditation Is Good For You

Our mind isn’t — quite simply — a metaphor. It is part of an extraordinary link that exists between psychology and biology: of mind and body: of how they have been dexterously fabricated, by evolution, over the millennia.

Having been once the basic nature of fairy tales, imagination, poetic licence, or folklore — and, now New-Age literature — we can today, thanks to scientific evolution, construct a modernistic dimension for a fascinating subject. We’d dispel notions about its status, now at loggerheads, and strongly entangled between two vastly different realms of thought… Logically, we’d, in so doing, also engineer a sound ‘coup’ of sorts: by including the increased scientific evidence that mystifyingly connects the brain and the immune system. The best part — though they are two jolting — or, composite — operational companions, they earnestly endeavour to operate together at all times. Paradoxically, they could also be at odds on occasions. It’s only when the interaction between them becomes disconcerted that we become ‘game’ to illness.

A QUESTION OF BALANCE

In other words, sickness of the mind, or the body, reveals how our systems work — and, why loss of equilibrium often leads to a breakdown. To bring a sense of cadence, or measure, to this element, we’d also draw on a wealth of information related to the latest biological and medical findings, especially in our age run amuck by stress, or psychosomatic illnesses, and in the light of the glorious connections that already exist between ancient puzzles, the brain, behaviour, immunity, and disease.

This story is from the August 2018 edition of Homeopathy & You.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

This story is from the August 2018 edition of Homeopathy & You.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

MORE STORIES FROM HOMEOPATHY & YOUView All
The Subtleties of Homeopathic Prescribing
Homeopathy & You

The Subtleties of Homeopathic Prescribing

Homeopaths often probe into fears and dreams of patients, because these are the areas of least control. The unconscious level of the mind is where homeopaths partake in the big story of humanity as a whole: of the individual’s life, the archetypical initiations, transitions and thresholds shared by all humanity.

time-read
8 mins  |
October 2016
More Than Just Fishy
Homeopathy & You

More Than Just Fishy

Fish oil is touted as a great, healthy supplement for a host of illnesses. However, there are studies of fish oil supplements that show no ‘omega’ benefit. So, what is the covert, or overt, truth in them?

time-read
5 mins  |
October 2016
The Biology of Balance
Homeopathy & You

The Biology of Balance

Our body is somewhat like a spinning wheel. No matter the assault from outside forces, it has the resilience and also the innate ability to return to its upright position, naturally.

time-read
6 mins  |
October 2016
No More ‘Sit Bone' Pain
Homeopathy & You

No More ‘Sit Bone' Pain

Elise is sixty. As she sits in the chair opposite me I get the sense that she is tensed and anxious. This lady was careful to put down a buttock support in the chair but was struggling to find just the right angle for sitting in it.

time-read
5 mins  |
December 2016
Wheeze Relief With Holistic Homeopathy
Homeopathy & You

Wheeze Relief With Holistic Homeopathy

Homeopathy treats asthmatic symptoms that are unique to the individual, not just the outward signs — because, no two asthmatic individuals present with the same symptoms.

time-read
6 mins  |
December 2016
Gelsemium Effects ‘In Vitro:'
Homeopathy & You

Gelsemium Effects ‘In Vitro:'

A bridge between homeopathy & molecular biology.

time-read
4 mins  |
April 2017
Tamannaah's Wellness Mantra
Homeopathy & You

Tamannaah's Wellness Mantra

Tamannaah Bhatia is known for her gorgeous looks, great figure and long, dark tresses.

time-read
2 mins  |
April 2017
A Case Of Profound Depression
Homeopathy & You

A Case Of Profound Depression

A Case Of Profound Depression

time-read
10 mins  |
April 2018
The Bug Paradox & Homeopathy
Homeopathy & You

The Bug Paradox & Homeopathy

The wheel has turned full circle — in spite of advances in conventional medicine. Call it the growing paradox of flu and other viral illnesses, or what you may. Homeopathy has a lot to offer, in the prevention and treatment of such illnesses — without the fear of ‘drug-resistance.’

time-read
7 mins  |
April 2018
Homeopathy In Breast Cancer Surgery: The First Randomised Clinical Trial On Treatment With Arnica Montana
Homeopathy & You

Homeopathy In Breast Cancer Surgery: The First Randomised Clinical Trial On Treatment With Arnica Montana

Homeopathy In Breast Cancer Surgery: The First Randomised Clinical Trial On Treatment With Arnica Montana

time-read
10+ mins  |
April 2018