Musings by Midnight Episode 1

Musings by Midnight series is launched on The Vitality Cafe youtube channel and it will feature reflective exercises and meditations from time to time.

The first episode talks about past, present, future and the reflective exercise helps you choose your future consciously.

Any thoughts on this are most welcome.

A Journey to Wellness - The Path

Everybody in this world, is on a journey to wellness all the time.  Perfect wellness is what we all are aiming for.  We are looking for improvement in one or other area of our life - sometimes it may by physical wellness, sometimes emotional, sometimes mental (peace, stress relief etc), sometimes relationships, sometimes finances, and some more others.

We love being in the state of wellness, don't we?  And the journey towards more and more wellness is amazing and so much unique for each and every individual.  All our journeys cross paths with each other and what do you think we should do when we come across some other's journey?  Help them towards wellness ofcourse.  Do you think other's wellness will take us away from our path to wellness?  Think about it... Have you ever felt bad when you helped someone?  Sometimes, yes.  In that case, ask whether you felt bad when you were helping or due to events/thoughts after helping?  I am sure it is after the event.  Any guesses on why we feel bad after we have helped someone due to course of events/thoughts?  There is only one reason:  We left our path to wellness and started walking on theirs.  We were supposed to help them and go on our own since our paths had crossed on the way, instead we helped them and started walking on their path... what can we expect to happen?

We need to be aware that it is our own individual journey, it is unique and we will meet others on the way.  We need not walk their path.  We can walk with them for some time, till our paths coincide, but then we need to choose our path when the paths separate.

We need to remember - we are on the journey to WELLNESS, any thought or any incident that feels otherwise, means we are moving away from Wellness.  We need to learn to deliberately bring ourselves back to our own path.  Being on our path to wellness will feel the best... the best form of happiness, the best form of peace, the best form of love.  We need to find what makes us feel the best.

Meditation for De-stressing, Self-healing and Harmony at home

Here is some information about the guided meditation for self-healing, de-stressing and for harmony within the family or at home.  The meditation session/s can be booked online.

Benefits

• Strengthen your connection with the Source
• Increase self-awareness and mindfulness
• Use the energy through your own connection to heal your body
• Use this energy to bring peace and harmony in your homes

The meditation is much more beneficial when done together with the family members or in groups.

Duration: 30 minutes                                                                

Recommendations

• Healthy environment during the meditation
• Loose and comfortable clothing during the meditation
• Minimum accessories on the body during the meditation
• Light exercise/yoga before and after the meditation
• Using salt-water disposal unit during the meditation

Feel free to email us on thevitalitycafe@gmail.com for any questions or clarifications. 

You can also use the form given below to book your session.

 

Psychosomatic Disorders - What can we do about it?

What is Psychosomatic Disorder?

Psychosomatic disease/illness/disorder - conditions that manifest themselves in physical symptoms but have no discernable underlying pathology.

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

In a lecture entitled 'Brain, Mind and Body Connections' - the latest installment of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar's monthly Medicine and U community health forum, Dr. Abdel Moniem Abdel Hakam explained that the symptoms of psychosomatic disorders range greatly in severity and type, from mild complaints such as slight fatigue, weakness and insomnia to serious symptoms like mutism, chronic fatigue, paralysis, abnormal movements, blindness and deafness.

Low back pain and psychological disorder

A research conducted in Qatar between March and December 2012 concludes that the symptoms of depression and somatisation were prevalent among low back pain patients and that functional disability was higher in the patients.

There are many other researches done worldwide on psychosomatic disorders.

What can we do?

It is very important to analyze and try to understand whether the pain/discomfort you are going through is purely physical or is of psychological origin. The smart move will be to identify it in the beginning itself. You can surround yourself with more positivity than before, make conscious efforts to make yourself feel happy, engage in activities that you enjoy and similar other activities. Meditation is one of the great options in such cases. Meditation and mindfulness can greatly reduce your stress levels, making your thought process clear, removing any blockages and thereby reducing any pain/discomfort which was caused by stress.

Can Energy Healing Help?

If the intervention is done in the beginning, energy healing sessions can help within a week or few days. For long-term illnesses, the best option is combination of medication, regular doctor visits and energy healing sessions.

How does Energy Healing Help?

If you are going for Pranic Energy Healing, a pranic healer will work on the energy center responsible for emotions in your body along with the other energy centers. Malfunctioning of this energy center or chakra generally manifests as stress, fatigue, fear, lack of confidence, abnormal appetite etc and therefore, this is the primary energy center that needs to be worked on for a psychosomatic illness. Once this energy center starts functioning normally, the pain/discomfort that had resulted due to this gradually start disappearing and you can feel normal again. The changes can be subtle and gradual.

Some of the people who have experienced the healing sessions say, there were instances around them that used to anger them unusually and no matter how hard they tried, they could not control the instant outburst. After few initial sessions, these uncontrolled outbursts were controllable and the person could remain calm in situations that he/she could not think of acting normally. Along with these changes, there was physical relief experienced in lower back pain as well.

What next?

If you have a slightest doubt of your issue being psychosomatic in origin, you can try out any of the free healing sessions offered by various healers. You can also send an email to thevitalitycafe@gmail.com for more information.

Healing Sessions at your Residence

We are glad to announce Healing Sessions at your Residence. The Healer can now visit your home and you can have in-person individual healing session in the location you are comfortable and familiar with. You can share your issues in complete privacy and confidentiality and also ask any questions regarding the method.

Who can Benefit?

The sessions are specifically designed for:

• People who are unable to visit the center
• Who prefer in-person healing
• Who want to maintain their privacy
• Terminally ill or bed-ridden individuals
• Parents who would want healing for their children
• People who wish to have peace and harmony in the family/home

What is Included?

A single session will last for one (1) hour. The breakdown is as follows:

• 20 minutes - light exercises and meditation
• 30-40 minutes - healing and counselling

How should I Prepare?

Before you call a healer for a session at your home, you need to make sure of the following:

• There is no disturbance (television, mobile etc) in the room where you are planning to have healing.
• The door can be kept open during the session, but the family members should be instructed not to intrude.
• If the healing recipients are children, it is preferable that they are sleep during the healing. They should not stay in the room during meditation. Either or both parents will be meditating in this case.
• The healing recipient should wear light and comfortable clothing
• Jewelry and accessories should be minimized

How can I Schedule a Session?

You can send an email to thevitalitycafe@gmail.com mentioning the request for healing session at home, the location of your residence and relevant questions. We will contact you back with the availability of the healer in your area.

Welcome the New Year

2015 has gone and we all have faced a lot in this year. Let us accept that whatever has gone is gone and welcome the new year with lighthearted and positive attitude. Let us make more efforts this year to make our lives, the lives of our loved ones and all others better than before. Let us pledge to set aside a particular time for connecting with the self in order to spread the goodwill around us. Let The Vitality Cafe give a slight push to help you do this.

With all your blessings and wishes, we are now able to offer meditation at The Vitality Cafe for two days a week so that everyone can continue to maintain their health and make this world a better place to live. The meditation will be streamed live online so that anyone around the world can join and take advantage of the opportunity.

 
We will be doing Meditation on Twin Hearts introduced to the world by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui. Given below are some of the known benefits of Meditation on Twin Hearts.

• Meditation on Twin Hearts is used as a meditation tool for stress relief in Stress Management Programs. 
• There is a noticeable relaxation of the body, calming of the emotions and stillness of the mind. 
• Improved Family and Interpersonal Relationships by regular practice 
• Improved Work Performance by regular practice 
• Meditation on Twin Hearts opens the awaress to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone 

Visit http://www.thevitalitycafe.com/meditation.html and fill up the form to join the Group Meditation at the timeslots provided. Take this first step for your ownself and the begin the new year with new possiblities.

Healing and Karma

One of the most common question faced by healers these days is that, what if I am suffering the effects of my karma?  Can any kind of healing help me?

This is a very interesting question to ponder upon and discuss with similar minded people.  One of the healing gurus has said that, a healer should never stop himself or herself from healing because he/she think this is karmic.  Divine intervention can also help neutralize negative karma.

If you think you are suffering karmic issues, the best way to neutralize is to do good karma.  

To understand more about karma and to know about how it can be transcended, you can refer to the three-article series about karma.  Given below are the links.

  Part1

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 Regardless of whether one loves it or fears it, the ultimate intention of  everybody is to move beyond this Law of Karma, which means to      transcend it. Everyone wants to be free from the karmic bondage. 

Why to build karma and then live lifetimes just to fulfill the bondage     that we have created? 

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Part 2

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We are currently bearing the fruits of our previous actions. We need to accept the fact. But, what exactly is action? How and from where is it generated?

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Why do we decide to do something or act on something while not on the other option available?

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Part 3

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The freedom from the bondage of karma comes from detachment, not from detachment of action, but from the detachment of fruits of action.

How is detached action different from other types of action? What do such actions look like in this world?
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