Tag: meditation

  • Who Appointed Your Guru?

    Who Appointed Your Guru?

    What if gurus aren’t chosen but encountered? A monsoon reflection on coffee, numerology, the I Ching, karmic obsessors, and why life itself is the greatest teacher.

  • Fear As Identity

    Fear As Identity

    This piece reflects on how repeated narratives of fear and grievance shape the collective emotional climate in India. Drawing from social psychology and yogic perspectives, it explores how survival-based thinking can weaken mature agency, narrow empathy, and lead to reactive patterns in everyday life. Rather than focusing on politics or personalities, the essay looks at…

  • Breathe Freely Live Fully

    Breathe Freely Live Fully

    “COPD care is strongest when medical treatment and therapeutic hypnosis work together — easing breathlessness, reducing anxiety, and helping patients breathe with greater control and confidence.”

  • Obon Festival

    Obon Festival

    “When we heal the bonds with our ancestors, we heal something deep within ourselves — and set future generations free from inherited burdens.”

  • The Grounding Grind

    The Grounding Grind

    Grounding is all about coming to the present says Aunt Selvi. Of course over a cup of Caramel Chai.

  • Open Eyed Meditation Book review

    Open Eyed Meditation Book review

    Wisdom, Witty Tales and Crow -Burning Sages. Aunt Selvi Reviews: Open Eyed Meditation Oh, dearies, let me tell you, when I picked up Open Eyed Meditation by Shubha Vilas, published by FingerPrint Publishers, I was expecting another round of profound snippets akin to his take on the Ramayana. But what greeted me? A buffet of…