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New meditators often struggle with sitting in one place, and keeping the body and mind still. It truly can be challenging, especially for the restless, which is where Zen Buddhist practice of Kinhin, or 'Walking Meditation' becomes a really effective alternative. It's traditionally practiced between long periods of Zazen, or stationary meditation, as it relieves stiffness, and reenergises the body. However, you don't need to be a Buddhist, or a monk to practice it. Nor do yo

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

Another life lost to depression, as Hyderabad TV anchor, Radhika Reddy commits suicide, leaving behind a note that read, “My brain is my enemy.” As with many depressed people, she managed to put on a brave, even happy face at work. Nobody knew the dark, uphill battle she was fighting, wrecked not by an outsider, but her own mind. Depression is not something we can wish away. It’s as real, and often more painful than a broken leg. And it’s a lonely journey, as it’s silent and

Most people really grapple with accepting that they have a mental illness. There is understandably, a huge amount of fear about 'losing our mind,' and people and society at large, does not help. There are stigmas attached, people’s reactions include horror, severing ties, making mockery, and even treating a person with a mental illness like an outcast. Often relationships, marriage and job opportunities dwindle and all this makes coping with an already tough situation, even t

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

Three amazingly energising days at the Rex Conclive in Delhi NCR, Gurugram. Gave a talk on 'Improving India's Mental Fitness' by addressing the widespread epidemic of depression, and how to change our attitude towards mental illness. Had an amazing response from the audience and was very heartening to have scores of people reach out and share their struggles with me. Was followed by being inducted as a Rex Fellow and being awarded the Rex Karmaveer Chakra, instituted by iCong

India's gravest and least spoken about medical emergency is mental illness. There are 181 million mentally ill people in India, and less than 4000 mental health professionals. WHO predicts that 20% of India’s population will suffer from some form of mental illness by the year 2020. The figures are absolutely alarming, but the problem is that mental health still carries a huge stigma in Indian society. Most people just try to push it aside and hope for it to go away. Families