OUR COMMITMENTS Commitments are our promises to our students, team members (volunteers and employees) and the broader community. They are important to keep in mind, because they guide us to demonstrate, viz. to authentically showcase what we’re doing to create a culture aligned with our values. In other words, to share relevant, objective and tangible …
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Education in Health and Happiness
Education, in the real sense of the word, is not preparation for life, it is actually living it. Medical training, regardless of its genre, usually requires putting a student through a very rigorous program. There are no short cuts to any place that is worth going to. Medical education is heavy and entails a lot …
A Sense of Oneness gives rise to Compassion
Only from a sense of oneness can compassion arise. It arises from the perpetual awareness that life is one, though in a million forms, large and small, and that the suffering and joy of each and every one of us and of everything belongs to all of us. We are all in this together. Our …
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Mindfulness Online Course
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS Mindfulness is an amazing tool to help handle mental and emotional stress with calmness, kindness and clarity. By learning to be in a mindful mental state, it is possible to develop a new habit that will help weaken old, unhelpful and automatic thinking habits. Scientific studies have shown that Mindfulness is effective …
Top Ten Reasons to Try Yoga
The following are 10 benefits of yoga. Stress Relief – Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system as well as easing symptoms of …
Health is a state of being whole
Health is a state of being whole. Disease is a state of being separated. When something is a part, it is a-part. To heal oneself is to become whole. You cannot buy, beg, borrow or steal health. You cannot buy, beg, borrow or steal health. It is nature’s gift to you. Each of us must …
What is Ayurveda?
What is Ayurveda? Ayurveda is the knowledge of life and health. It is Indian naturopathy which stems from the time of the Vedas. It is the oldest and most comprehensive system of medicine invented for humankind. The term Ayurveda means the ‘science of life’. It teaches a way of life that enables you to be centred and focus …