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The 20 connected breaths is a well known breathing technique that has been popularized by Leonard Orr who is a strong advocate of healing breath work. You may find lots of variations of this technique if you look around and I have not found one that claims to be the “original one”. To me, it doesn’t matter which one you do as long as it works for you.

I come to you as a yoga instructor on this one so I choose to breathe in and out from the nose since it warms up the air and cleans it from various invisible undesired intruders. It also permits, in the fast breaths, to clean the nasal passage and all the sinuses and prevents hyperventilation to occur to fast.

The 20 connected can be done anywhere, anytime, at no cost and no danger whatsoever. It is sure to leave you centered, refreshed, energized and calm at the same time. Try it and witness for yourself. [Click here to read more →]

Tags: Health, How to's, Yoga // 4 Comments »

I haven’t been writing any articles for at least a month now. I also have been off the internet for at least two weeks in that time span. OMFG! (I can hear you screaming and pulling your hairs out). It’s actually quite simple: I moved out and I had to get my ISP to install my new connection in my new place.

At first, I was really worried with it all. I mean, Zen Happens is still pretty new and I didn’t want to loose my momentum and put all my efforts to implant it in the blogosphere right to the trash! Also, I hadn’t taken the time to contact my new ISP to ensure a quick service and avoid being offline for too many days. What was going to happen?

I would have never expected that this would have been such a blessing…

Yep, that’s right, an absolute blessing!

Being off the internet for the past while as had a very positive impact in my life and plus it didn’t affect Zen Happens negatively at all! Comments kept on coming in and my readership constantly went up. Really different from what I had expected in the first place. [Click here to read more →]

Tags: Balanced Living, Habits // 13 Comments »

Each time we interact with an individual or a group of people, be it in person, by email or on the phone, we are given an opportunity. The way we choose to act will determine the outcome of this opportunity. In fact, this doesn’t only apply to folks we meet for the first time, it also goes for our friends, family and every single relationships we cultivate in your lives.

In other words, depending on our natural or learned socializing skill level, we may end up despised and alone by the very people we deal with or praised and cherished by a gigantic network of associates and friends of all walks of life. Okay, these are obviously extremes and hopefully, you’re somewhere in between these two.

Before we start exploring the ‘zen how-to’ of social behaviors, it might be a good idea to take a peak at the roots of our needs and wants. What is it that we really want? [Click here to read more →]

Tags: How to's, Zen, communication // 10 Comments »

From Dictionary:

the power to influence others, esp. because of one’s commanding manner or one’s recognized knowledge about something

Authority takes many forms: It can be your teachers, your local priest, the president of your country, the authors of the books or blogs your read, the master guru marketing maven expert and the list goes on.

We first encounter authority in the form of, you guessed it, our parents. We look up to them as the ultimate source of authority. After all, they feed us, provide us shelter, they change our diapers and basically make sure that we survive and thrive in this world. That is fine in itself as our parents probably want the best for us and it’s certainly a good thing that we can rely on them at these early stages in our lives. This concept is not bad in itself. The problem is when you go from accepting to believing in that authority. [Click here to read more →]

Tags: Beliefs, Zen // Add Comment »

The other night, I had a fever. You know, the kind of fever that makes every moment last forever, that pains your whole body just enough to deprive you from all forms of sleep and makes you sweat like a long distance runner? Well, I had that. Yet, it was pretty much all gone 24 hours later. The fever, the runny nose, the sore throat, all gone.

It made me think that that fast immune response had to do something with the healthy habits I accumulated over the years. So here is a very incomplete list of some of the things that have helped me to stay in top shape for the past 2 years. Of course, feel free to add to it and make it better!

1. Stay away for Sugars
2. Opt for Organic, fresh and locally grown foods
3. Eat most of your food Raw
4. Only eat when you are hungry
5. When you are thirsty, drink water
6. Chew your food at least 30 times before you swallow it

[Click here to read more →]

Tags: Balanced Living, Health, Nutrition // 77 Comments »

It’s all about balance!

This is one of my favorite quotes right there.
I strongly believe that we are our own masters and that we can find a teaching in many aspects of our lives. Be it in our behaviors, attitudes, beliefs and opinions amongst other things. One place where I personaly look to find much of my wisdom bits is in my everyday words as in the above quote. Your words can show you what you have to learn from them if you pay enough attention. Here, the matter is balance.

When The Avenues Don’t Meet

In fact, the above quote greatly illustrates this. Finding balance in everything I do has been, and still is, a challenge for me, and for many freelancers I am sure. This is especially true if you work in different domains that are not all interconnected with each other. [Click here to read more →]

Tags: Balanced Living, How to's // 2 Comments »