Tag: mental health

Heal & Move Forward with Rebirthing

What Is Rebirthing? Rebirthing, also known as Breathwork, is a therapeutic technique that allows you to release physical and emotional tension and find resolution to past traumas. It’s usually practiced under the guidance of a suitably experienced facilitator. During a rebirthing session, you lie down, close your eyes and follow a specific breathing pattern. This allows your mind to come gradually into a subtly different state of consciousness. You might find that your body begins…

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Breaking Free From Depression and Anxiety

If you suffer from depression or anxiety, you are far from alone. Depression affects 300 million people worldwide and the numbers are similar for anxiety. But there is hope! Here’s a refreshing take on depression and what you can do about it from Devaraj, one of Osho Leela’s therapists and workshop leaders. Recognise these thoughts? What’s the point? It’s not worth it. It doesn’t matter what I do, anyway. When you’re depressed, a bodily feeling…

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Celebrating the Leela Land: Butterflies & Dream Planting

Visitors to Osho Leela love strolling through the garden and grounds, soaking up the abundant beauty and recharging away from city life – and in the summer, camping on the field. Leela residents find sanctuary and nourishment from their often busy schedules running a personal development centre. I’ve heard more than once that the magical atmosphere comes from the ley lines that run underneath – all the way from Glastonbury. But did you know that…

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The Power of the Heart: Healing Isolation & Disempowerment.

How do we move past low self-esteem and empower ourselves to embrace life’s opportunities? I talk to Svabhavo, a workshop leader, alchemist and director at Osho Leela with decades of experience in supporting and guiding people. What’s behind the epidemic of isolation in today’s society? “Most people don’t love themselves because they’re taught from a very young age that they’re not really OK. They’re not taught social skills in their formative and teenage years. Instead,…

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Are you Too Comfortable – or Too Challenged? Finding that Elusive Worklife Balance

The average person will spend 90 thousand hours at work over their lifetime. How are you spending that time? Are you joyfully living your passion, in total flow with the creativity of life? Or does the thought of work fill you with dread? What is your body telling you? If it does, then your body is telling you that there is something off. You are out of balance and this needs your awareness. It can…

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Feeling Good about Yourself? The Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem

It’s easy to think that with today’s technology, we are all more connected to each other than ever before. But the reality is, isolation, low self-worth and rocketing levels of depression have become an ongoing feature of our landscape all over the world. In this blog post, I talk to Navajata, one of the experienced workshop leaders at Osho Leela, about why isolation and low self-esteem are such big problems and what we can do…

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Could Your Breakup Be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to You?

It probably doesn’t feel like it right now. That sinking feeling as you scroll through Facebook and see your ex-partner happy on a sunny holiday with their new love. The dread in your gut when you wake up to face another day of dealing with divorce fallout – the financial nightmare, the child custody battles. The emptiness in your heart when you face a bleak evening alone, missing your partner’s warmth and love. Surviving the…

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