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What's the Hype About Mindfulness Anyway?
Mindfulness has recently gained immense attention. You can find it everywhere, from yoga studios to offices. But what’s behind this...
Umashree Kumaresh
7 hours ago
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About your thoughts...
Do you compartmentalize? Or do you let it flow and weave into each other?  According to the science of psychology, compartmentalizing is...
Umashree Kumaresh
Feb 18
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Shh...
Space ushers in emptiness. Emptiness expands in calmness. Calmness sustains in stillness. Stillness grows where there is disengagement....
Umashree Kumaresh
Jan 24
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What's your magic number?
I used to believe that it took 21 days to form a habit. But it hasn't always worked for me!  Trying to find answers in Pathanjali's Yoga...
Umashree Kumaresh
Jan 15
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Let me let you in on Lectins!
Plants as living organisms protect themselves from predators, e.g. insects by producing a protein called lectin. Lectin is found in many...
Umashree Kumaresh
Dec 19, 2024
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A Mindfulness practice
Mindfulness  is moment-to-moment awareness. That sounds arduous, right? For instance, while a laundry list is being revised in the head,...
Umashree Kumaresh
Dec 19, 2024
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What movie have you watched lately?
This would be my question to you, even if it were our first meeting. I enjoy movies so much that in my alternate universe, I'm a movie...
Umashree Kumaresh
May 8, 2024
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The mighty Turmeric
It is so much more than just an ingredient that imparts a delicious flavor to dishes! Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, makes...
Umashree Kumaresh
Apr 4, 2024
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How high is your springboard?
I don't have a pool, you might say. Me neither! The springboard that I'm referring to is the platform from where we dive into a...
Umashree Kumaresh
Apr 4, 2024
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Does practicing yoga make us a yogi?
We in the popular culture use it quite loosely, addressing anyone who is in the pursuit of fitness through the physical practice of yoga...
Umashree Kumaresh
Mar 11, 2024
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Is it cheating to use props in yoga?
There is a notion that it is or that it is a shortcut. Personally speaking, props are the best allies to have around during yoga...
Umashree Kumaresh
Mar 11, 2024
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Where was I?
Been in the recesses of my head, thinking about the paths that I've treaded and if my current path is leading me toward my purpose....
Umashree Kumaresh
Mar 11, 2024
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What is yoga?
Yoga  means "union".  It is the union of breath and body, of physical and spiritual, of what is within and what is outside, of one's...
Umashree Kumaresh
Mar 9, 2024
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