Sadhguru: Mindfulness and Meditation Help You Live and Die Well

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What are Sadhguru’s views on mindfulness and meditation? What difference does he believe they can make in your life and your death? Sadhguru is a spiritual teacher and founder of the Isha Foundation. The foundation teaches spiritual practices including yoga and meditation, offers holistic medical services, and organizes large-scale environmental activism. According to Sadhguru, mindfulness and meditation help you live and die well. Keep reading to understand Sadhguru’s concepts and practices surrounding mindfulness and meditation.

Trauma and Mindfulness: How to Meditate for Recovery

Trauma and Mindfulness: How to Meditate for Recovery

Can mindfulness help people with PTSD? What’s the best way to develop mindfulness if you’ve experienced trauma? Trauma and mindfulness are linked in that practicing mindfulness can aid healing. Mindfulness requires understanding yourself in an accepting way, which is critical for those with trauma, and especially for survivors of abuse. Read more for an explanation of why mindfulness can help and how to meditate for mindfulness if you have a history of trauma.

Malala’s Father: How Ziauddin Yousafzai Respected His Daughter

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What role has Malala’s father played in her life? How did he feel about having a daughter? In her memoir, Malala Yousafzai recounts how her father and she came of age against the backdrop of the Taliban’s rise to power. She discusses how her father was willing to defy tradition and fundamentalist religious views to raise her in an environment of compassion, gender equality, and secular education. Continue reading to learn about Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai.

Malala: The Taliban in Pakistan Changed Her Life—But Didn’t End It

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How did the Taliban change the life of a young girl and her society? Why did she speak out against them, at the risk of her own life? Malala Yousafzai was only 10 years old when the Taliban arrived in her hometown in Pakistan. As their attacks on women’s and girls’ freedoms rapidly escalated, Malala began to speak out against them, even as she and her family faced death threats. When Malala was 15, the Taliban shot and nearly killed her. Read more to learn about Malala, the Taliban in Pakistan, and why they’re such fierce enemies of each other.

How to Change a Routine by Retraining Your Subconscious Mind

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How often do you operate on autopilot? Are you in control of your thoughts? How do they impact your routines, habits, and behaviors? Your subconscious mind forms automatic routines to save mental energy. These are reinforced by feedback loops. But, you can retrain your subconscious mind to deliberately create new routines of your choosing. Read more to learn how to change a routine by taking control of your thoughts and subconscious mind.

PTSD and Grief: How to Reconnect With Your Emotions

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Why is it important for survivors of abuse to grieve? Can PTSD be healed in the grief process? PTSD and grief are connected because grieving allows you to feel and move through complex feelings of loss, anger, and sadness. There are distinct steps that you can follow to progress through the grieving process, separate from the well-known emotional stages of grief. Keep reading for more on grief, trauma, and healing your emotional life.

Nietzsche and Camus: No Such Thing as a “Good” Life

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What did Nietzsche and Camus teach about leading a good life? Why did they let go of the idea of pursuing goodness? Nietzsche and Camus both taught that pursuing moral goodness is not the best way to optimize your life. Looking at their philosophies, you can see how other ways of thinking can help you to make good decisions, too. Learn why Nietzsche and Camus let go of the idea of moral goodness and what they suggested instead.

Sadhguru: Grief Is a Valuable Opportunity to Grow

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Are you struggling with loss? Do you feel trapped in pain and wonder whether there’s a way out? According to Sadhguru, grief is a gift. In his book Death: An Inside Story, he shares practical advice for people who are still alive but have been impacted by death, explaining how to overcome painful feelings of grief after someone close to you has died. Continue reading to learn Sadhguru’s view of grief that might cause you to look at death and other losses in a new light.

CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Delivers Breakthroughs

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How is CRISPR revolutionizing medicine and agriculture? What obstacles and ethical debates stand in the way of its widespread use? CRISPR gene-editing technology is facilitating groundbreaking treatments for genetic diseases and it’s promoting global food security. Continued improvement of CRISPR technology could drive personalized medicine, provide new treatments, and revolutionize agriculture and industrial biotechnology. Here’s a look at the potential uses of CRISPR technology, and the obstacles and implications that come with it.