Zen Meditation: All about the meditation technique including instructions

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To study the Way is to study oneself, to study oneself is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to become one with all existences. - Dōgen Zenji (teacher of Japanese Zen Buddhism, early 13th century) To let worries and fears pass, to give up completely and to come to rest with mind and body - Zen practice [...].

Learning to meditate: Our detailed beginner's guide

Learn to meditate: our detailed guide

Contemplating and discovering the inner worlds is probably almost as old as humanity. It is about finding the inner nature of things and thus the unity to oneself and to the environment - according to the actual meaning of 'esotericism' (from the ancient Greek esōterikós), inner, belonging to the inner realm'. And since no master can come from the [...]

Kapha type: All about the Ayurvedic constitutional type

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Things always have to be done quickly and efficiently, and everything has to be done as quickly as possible. If you don't let yourself get carried away by this hectic pace, you have sometimes already won. Calm, level-headed people are often envied in our sometimes very stressful times. Ayurveda has a special name for this type of being: Kapha. People who are of the Ayurvedic dosha [...].

Ayurveda Types: Vata, Pitta or Kapha - which type are you ?

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"The knowledge of life" - Ayurveda, the traditional Indian art of healing, has long since found its way to us. Recognised in India as a scientific healing method, in Europe Ayurveda has mainly conquered the field of well-being and lifestyle. Before Ayurvedic behavioural recommendations can be pronounced and lived, you should first know about the Ayurvedic types. A distinction is made between 3 [...]