Nowadays, as we’re more focused on being healthy, we can include many things to keep our brains well-tuned, from taking omega-3 supplements to solving memory and brain training games. However, when it comes to brain health, one exercise beats all others – learning to play a musical instrument. Neuroscience research tells us to play music to be smarter and healthier! … Read More
Music Enhances Your Mood and Health
Music accompanies us as we go through our day, and can make a mundane task or life struggles feel more bearable. Research has shown music’s influence to extend much further, in that music can change your mood, improve your health and your overall well-being. Numerous studies have been conducted to show how music impacts the brain, emotions, mood, perception, physical … Read More
Simple Steps to Calm Anxiety
Did you know that you can use food to calm anxiety, sleep better and improve your mood? Let’s consider these simple steps: Eat breakfast Every Day Make it a nurturing habit to eat breakfast every day and include healthy protein to prevent low blood sugar. If you try to eat within one hour of awakening, your food will energize you … Read More
Become a Presence of Peace
Can your simple presence bring peace to others and influence situations? You must first believe that it’s possible, be willing to act as a peaceful influence, by silent example when you can, and then speak up if necessary. Our potential to affect others is both a gift and a responsibility. When we walk into a room our energy is communicated … Read More
The Path of Meditation
Our Meditation Practice guides us inward to experience an awareness that is deeper than thought. In this place we find stillness in the restful awareness of meditation, and go past our fears and confusion to connect with our soul. Thoughts of separation can evaporate as we connect with the universal unity of consciousness. We can then become interconnected with our … Read More
Mindfulness Meditation – Easy Steps to Daily Practice
Mindfulness only asks us to pay attention to the present moment with a kind, curious attitude and without judgment. And so the practice of Mindfulness Meditation can be simple since we just breathe in and out, noticing where our attention wanders, and bringing the focus back to the breath again. It‘s a unique kind of meditation because it helps us … Read More