A message from Will on collective stress and social media: It seems lots of people have been struggling in recent weeks, and there is a real sense of collective destabilisation, and so if you’re feeling any of that, please know that you’re not alone and that you will get through it. I’m also seeing it […]
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. Moliere No person can go through life untouched by grief. It is one of the universal human experiences, but no matter how much we acknowledge that loss is part of life, losing someone we love is undoubtedly one of the hardest things we can face.
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After thinking carefully for some time at Beeja about the subject of 5G – which is the topic of the following post, written by our founder Will Williams – we felt it was important to share the information and conclusions we have come to after a long period of reading and research. We are aware
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It’s understandable that part of how we define ourselves is by location. We may think of ourselves as European, or a Londoner, or even have the deepest affinity for where our parents are from. These locations tie us by cultures and values, shared memories and communities, and the feelings we associate with them are often
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The benefits of meditation are many and varied, and some – such as stress relief and better sleep – are particularly well known. However, some of the positive impacts continue to fly under the radar of the public consciousness, and as meditation teachers, here at Beeja we’ve heard about lots of obscure and wonderful ways
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Loneliness is not a new problem. In a 2016 survey, over 9 million people in the UK – almost a fifth of the population – said they are always or often lonely, but almost two thirds felt uncomfortable admitting to it. However, the weeks of lockdown and prospect of continued physical distancing measures in place
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Regardless of how badly you have been affected or if you have been affected on a personal level at all, there is no denying that the world is currently in a collective state of crisis and trauma. With over a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, multiple countries in partial or total lockdown
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How many 180s does it take to turn away from your preconceptions? Although cognitive biases are theoretically thinking habits, we tend to employ them unthinkingly. Think about the last time you met a new person, and how quickly you fleshed out your imagination of the rest of their life in your mind as the conversation
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The potency of communication is limitless. When our wordcraft is effective, ideas develop. As they root and shoot, feelings blossom or wither — spells are cast, laws are made, secrets shared and plans hatched and lives are changed forever. Discovering how meditating with a mantra can alter the way you wield words will help you
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Have you ever stared at an imperfectly laminated menu so hard that the specials seemed to wiggle on the page, squirming in a visual representation of the awkwardness that seems to be emanating from the table itself? “It’s been a while since I last had ramen…” you trail off as you surface, your heart sinking
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