The direct connection between happiness and giving

The direct connection between happiness and giving

Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” We’re happier and healthier when we think of others. Which is why I’m over the moon to be a new Africa Yoga Project...
Five Reasons Yoga Is The Best Natural High

Five Reasons Yoga Is The Best Natural High

Yoga is a kind of magic. Regardless of why you practice, your body and brain will thank you. For years I was a mainstream fitness kind of gal. My go-to’s: efficient and effective bits of jogging, pilates, weights, the elliptical and rowing machine. It was good...

In the Bhagavad Gita, one of the oldest and most beautiful spiritual teachings in existence, non attachment to the fruit of your action is called Karma Yoga. It is described as the path of “consecrated action.”
When the compulsive striving away from the Now ceases, the joy of Being flows into everything you do. The moment your attention turns to the Now, you feel a presence, a stillness, a peace. You no longer depend on the future for fulfillment and satisfaction—you don’t look to it for salvation.

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