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Life in Order: The 3 Types of Rest You Need to Take

People spend most of their day engaged in activities that drain them physically and mentally. Over time, this can lead to burnout where the person starts feeling tired all the time and may get depressed. Your body and mind need rest at appropriate intervals or you will end up inviting numerous kinds of trouble. 3 ...

Raven Montmorency

A man contemplating.

The Spiritual Prescription That Resolved Years of Sickness

Barbara Gay, who lives in Missouri in the United States, grew up in a violent family. In her teenage years, she was emotionally vulnerable to suffering from depression due to the family environment. She often self-medicated using alcohol and drugs. While Barbara was experiencing these traumas, she was also suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus, which ...

Nspirement Staff

How to Access the Akashic Records

In spirituality, Akashic records are considered to be a record of all human events. The records not only pertain to human actions, but also words, intent, thoughts, and emotions. The term Akashic is derived from the Sanskrit word “Akasha,” meaning sky or ether. The name “Akashic record” was popularized by theosophist Helena Blavatsky in the ...

Emma Lu

Buddhist Monks Show That Meditation Can Alter Brain Structure

For most of the last century, the human brain was considered by psychologists to be unchangeable. However, their position underwent a radical change over the past few decades after conducting several experiments on Buddhist monks. Scanning the brains of these monks, scientists began to realize that the human brain is not “fixed,” but meditation can ...

Jack Roberts

Why Some Cultures Are More Intelligent Than Others

The intelligence of a person is said to be influenced by several factors, like heredity, age, race, childhood nutrition, and so on. However, there is one significant factor that determines the how intelligent an individual is — the culture of the society into which they are born and raised. In this regard, being born in ...

Nspirement Staff

Why Ancient Qigong Is Powerful, Yet Peaceful

Originating from Buddhist and Taoist monks in China, qigong is a spiritual practice that aims to help its users achieve total wellbeing. Unlike plain physical exercises where the focus is simply on the movement of the body, qigong requires its practitioners to have a certain level of mental preparation. “In order to do qigong… we ...

Nspirement Staff

People practicing Falun Gong.

A Simple Guide to Meditation

Meditation is an approach to training the mind, just like you may use fitness to train the body. With the fast pace and the demands of modern life, most people are left feeling stressed and over-worked. Feeling this way, you are also left feeling tired, unhappy, impatient, and frustrated, which all affect our overall health. ...

Troy Oakes

man on mountain meditating

10 Benefits of Sitting Cross-Legged in the Lotus Position

Sitting cross-legged is regarded as the most basic form of meditation postures. How you sit will affect the level of tranquility you reach during meditation. For a beginner, this is a very important foundation. 10 benefits of sitting cross-legged Everyone can achieve sitting cross-legged in the lotus position, with the legs crossed, even if you ...

Hermann Rohr

A Buddha statue.

The Positive Power of Meditation on Your Health

Meditation can restore your body to its optimal condition and enhance the functions of internal organs. It is especially beneficial for people with chronic diseases and refractory symptoms, such as hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease, cerebral vascular insufficiency, migraine, cold limbs, rheumatism, and night sweats. When doing meditation, people need to calm down ...

Armin Auctor

Young woman meditating in the park.