Bindiya addresses a range of very relevant mental health concerns like stress, depression, anxiety, the emotional impact of the lockdown, an

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This is a way of measuring anxiety and depression which gets away from the use of language. This might actually be a better way of capturing a patient's mood than questions, especially when gauging the moods of children, and other patients who have trouble communicating verbally. Colors are often used as metaphors for moods, but no one had systematically researched color associations. This study found that people with depression or anxiety were more likely to associate their

Be like a tree, forever evolving. Growing, weathering storms, breaking, healing, aging uniquely, gaining strength from stillness, staying grounded, silently gaining wisdom, and becoming immensely individuated. Become your own unique self, find comfort in your own niche, where you are needed and meant to be. It is a part of the Ascension process. #ancientwisdom #healinghideaway #ascension #spirituality #spiritualgrowth#spiritualretreats #top10spiritualretreats #india #bindiyam

If we can talk openly about our flu, arthritis, obesity, even our cancer, then why can we not talk openly about our mental health? Why do we not treat our mind the way we treat our other body parts? There is no shame in having a mental health disease, just the way there is no shame in have a kidney problem. Let's break the stigma attached to it by openly talking about it. By accepting when we have a mental health issue, and by accepting others who have one. We can only take a

Simple, yet profound life lessons that I have learned or deepened, living in the Nilgiris (Blue Mountains) in India. They are uplifting, easy to embrace, and can be woven in to your life, no matter where you live. Try them out! Lesson 1: Gratitude There i something to be thankful for every single day. Look for it, and cultivate gratitude as a daily practice, by either taking a few minutes to reflect on it, or maintaining a daily Gratitude Journal. The things you are grateful

Cutting Energy Cords is a two-part procedure. The first part involves introspection. And the other, de-cording. The reason you start with introspection is because when you allow others to have power over you, it's usually because there is a vacuum, complex, fear or disfunctionality that exists within. This allows for forming and nurturing of energy cords that tie you to people. Till you don’t find, recognise and acknowledge this, you will not be able to successfully cut the c

Cording is the sharing of energy between two individuals who have had a strong emotional or physical connection. Two people who are corded can have brief telepathic connections between them. Thy can often sense when something is wrong or amiss with the other, and even have their moods or health affected by the others emotional or physical state. Photo: Andrew Magill What are energetic cords? Cords are energetic attachment points that get created between the two people, and a

Although you can meditate in almost any posture, there is an ideal posture to achieve best results. As meditation is a practice that is meant to control, heal and awaken your mind, and the mind and body are inextricably connected, your physical posture does play an important role. It promotes peace, control and strength of mind. It balances the energies in your physical body. Meditation Guide & Therapist Bindiya Murgai while conducting a Healing Hideaway Meditation Retreat Me

Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP is a powerful tool for educators who wish to upgrade, strengthen and deepen their skills and strategies to catapult learning and teaching to the next level of effectiveness. NLP in education helps students understand and take control of their thought processes and feelings, and use them to create positive impact in their personal and academic lives. One of the ways in which NLP achieves this is by categorizing the way we process sensory inf

2016 has been about many fulfilling connections -- workshops, talks, lectures, and a wide range of energizing engagements on mental health and healing with the most diverse groups of people. These are pics from one of my interactive lectures on counselling and therapy, with Psychology students at a Spanish University, IE in Segovia. Loved that I could do that sitting in my little mountain village in the Nilgiris. #workshops #talks #lectures #mentalhealth #healing #counselling

Guided Meditation is an extremely powerful way of being mindful and eliciting change in your life, due to the nature of the way the brain works. It is a process by which participants meditate in response to the guidance provided by a trained practitioner via a combination of music and verbal instruction. This is a secular, non-sectarian method that brings attention to our inner and outer experiences with acceptance, patience, and compassion. It helps with anxiety, stress, att

Here's an article on my practice that appeared in the leading National Daily newspaper, The Hindu. You will have to go to click on the image to read the entire piece. Post the article, people from all over, and from all economic and social stratas have been calling and sharing their problems and issues. These range from depression, to loss of a child, addiction, mental illness within a family that no one wants to address, domestic abuse, bad relationships, and even perversio