Before I became any good at meditation and calming my monkey mind I discovered the power of a Gong Bath. If you’re having trouble sleeping, feeling calmness, anxious, in pain and just being this might be the thing for you. You see the sound is [...]
The sixth chakra, or Ajna chakra, is the chakra of light and inner sight. We open the Ajna chakra when our masculine and feminine energy meld, recognizing ourselves and everything around as coming from one source. In Indian myth, the fusion of masculinity and femininity is [...]
The fame of the post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh goes behind the streets of Montmartre and the walls of the Musée d’Orsay. His most famous piece « The Starry Night » is recognized all around the world, as the work of a true genius. But [...]
Since ancient times, Buddhist monks and nuns have used bells as part of their daily meditation practices. Among other things, bells are considered a meditation enhancer, as they help practitioners keep their attention focused on the present moment. The sound of the meditation bell is [...]
A mystical tree worshiped in many past civilizations, the Pine tree represents immortality in the Far East due to its long lifespan and its peculiar sap. It usually grows atop rocky mounts, in dry and poor soil that are acidic and sandy. The pine tree [...]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness… ” — Charles Dickens. In the last few weeks, [...]
The Bagua mirror is one of the most popular classical, or traditional feng shui cures. It is also one of the most misunderstood and misused feng shui cures. Combining two very powerful forces – the feng shui power of a mirror with the unquestionable power [...]
Reggae music blew up with a bang to the resistance movement against imperialism in the 1960s. It started in Kingston, Jamaica, and has conquered the world and acquired an emblematic Rastafarian character, but an understanding of its fundamental nature is still lacking. At each phase [...]
Easter Island is a remote, triangular-shaped, treeless, island in the Pacific. It’s 14 miles long and 7 miles across, at its widest, and there is a dormant volcano at each corner. This small isolated land is 2,000 miles from the South American mainland and it’s [...]
The original meaning of the word rune is "secret, or something hidden". Some indications show that the early runes were not used so much for writing, but rather as magical signs, that means, they were used in magic and for divination (but there is no [...]
