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Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first scientists to take the anecdotal claims about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness and test them in brain scans. What she found surprised her — that meditating can literally change your brain. She explains:

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Many flight attendants and pilots would count, among their job perks, the ability to travel and see the world. But for 78 new pilots and 300 new cabin crew members hired by Air India, there's also yoga. 

This year, new employee training begins wi

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed a principal committee, constituted by it, to hold a meeting to determine the environmental flow of Yamuna from Hatnikhund barrage in Haryana up to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. 

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the committee, headed by Shashi Shekhar who is also the secretary in the ministry of water resources, to grant hearing to all

Where there’s less consensus, however, is how to affect change. While many vegans believe Meatless Mondays and other cutting-back-consumption campaigns don’t push enough of a paradigm-shift, others argue that these are crucial first steps towards a more compassionate world.

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Get ready to say goodbye to foam coffee cups, cheap beach coolers, trusty halal street food containers and convenient to-go soup cups. Polystyrene articles will now be prohibited in New York City.

Establishments and manufacturers possessing, selling, or offering the use of any foam products will have a grace period of six months to get rid of the landfill-clogging detritus, beginning Wednesday, giving businesses time

The indoor pollutants that affect health are formaldehyde, Volatile Organic Compounds (benzene and trichloroethylene or TCE), airborne biological pollutants, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, pesticides and disinfectants (phenols), and radon. These pollutants contribute to ‘sick building syndrome’, which causes symptoms ranging from allergies, headach

Anxiety affects everyone’s lives. Whether it’s a frequent visitor or rare occurrence, the onset of anxiety can cripple your daily routine. While some might turn to prescriptions or over-the-counter aid, there are multiple natural remedies that can help, many of which have been used for thousands of years.

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Across multiple studies, passionflower co

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he’d prefer to begin practicing yoga with spiritual practices.

"Yoga is about the development from the physical to the spiritual. Let us say I have started with the spiritual," Putin said smilingly when asked at a news conference whether he had already begun practicing yoga. "But this also means efforts to refine oneself."

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As if they weren’t mysterious enough…This is absolutely incredible!

The giant stone statues scattered around remote Easter Island are even more impressive than they first appear. Hidden from view, the heads are attached to bodies that extend meters underground.

The bodies are covered in ancient and as of yet indecipherable writings called petroglyp

Rotary International President K. R. “Ravi” Ravindran, in his presidential message published recently, cited Abraham Lincoln, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and foremost Sri Krishna to inspire is members about the true meaning of service to others: do so with love, and so inspired, to be "a gift unto the world."

“We in Rotary aspire to great deeds. We admire those who gave great gifts to human

North Sentinel Island, located in the Bay of Bengal, between Myanmar and Indonesia, is home to an isolated tribe that has never been colonized or even made contact with. These people are one of the last Stone Age tribes on Earth whose culture has been completely untouched by modern civilization.

Despite the fact that the island formally belongs to India, no one dares to visit it and approach the Sentinelese tribe. The reason is their extrem

Those growing up in a Hindu household, most of the have definitely consumed water from a copper vessel. Have you ever wondered why?

Ayurveda recommends that water stored and consumed from a copper vessel has the ability to balance all the 3 doshas in your

When people in the West throw their clothes away, their cast-offs often go on a journey east, across the oceans, to India’s industrial interior. In her film Unravel, Meghna Gupta traces a humanising path through this little-known phase of the gl

High blood pressure (HBP) infects the veins of society. It is defined as high pressure in the arteries, which are vessels that carry blood throughout the body. HBP increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, aneurysms and kidney failure.

Blood pressure is the amount of force that blood exerts against arte

America is getting another all-vegetarian drive-thru next month. Amy's Kitchen, a company known for its vegetarian convenience food and frozen meals, will open its first restaurant in Rohnert Park, California, a city north of San Francisco. 

Quick service and cheap prices won't mean fat-laden mystery meat when Amy's Drive Thru opens in July. The restaurant will offer meat-fr

Curcumin is derived from turmeric, the former being what gives the popular spice its bright orange-yellow color. Turmeric has been used for thousands of years, primarily in India, where it is a mainstay of Ayurveda, the traditional system of Indian medic

Everyone knows that sleep is very important for maintaining a good physical and mental health. However, the duration of your sleep is just as important as the way in which you sleep. Your sleep position can influence your health, help in keeping your skin look young, and improve y

Jayadvaita: Just like sometimes we’ll hear our men. They’ll be chanting… Like yesterday I heard someone was chanting “Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Nitai-Gaura.” Like that, I’ll hear different mantras. Someone is chanting ‘Radhe, Radhe, Radhe, Radhe.” like that, at kirtana.

Prabhupada: Well, that is not done by the acaryas. But there is no harm chanting “Radhe.” But