Tag: #ParamahansaYogananda
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Combating the Five Kinds of Fake Hunger: A Playbook for Victory
Fake hunger is very different from real hunger. We’re often manipulated into feeling extremely hungry even at odd times. In this post, I share tips on winning the wild games fake hunger plays to manipulate both body and mind…View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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This Yoga Day, Enjoy a Game of “Freeze” or “Statue”!
You may be scratching your head, wondering what the connection between Yoga Day and this popular childhood game could possibly be…well, the answer is that being still is *the* major ingredient in the secret sauce of happiness and good health. Yoga poses, or asanas, play only a small role in the vast science of yoga,…
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The Body is Only 16…
What does that mean, you ask? Well, we’re made of only 16 elements! And of these 16, fully 12 are minerals. These minerals are really important in producing electric currents in the body. Isn’t that cool? We need 5 minerals in large amounts, and 7 in much smaller (trace) amounts.View post to subscribe to site…
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The 5 Surprising Enemies of Happiness
(Not what you were thinking)! We’re born with our five senses, who live in our house, so to speak. All our waking hours, they keep making demands of us. When we satisfy one of their desires (which are likely not *our* desires, but only theirs!), they quiet down and let us have a few brief…
Dr. Smita Mehta, MD 