High cortisol levels — produced during prolonged stress — can damage the hippocampus
Stay fit this Ramadan by exercising wisely. Work out an hour after iftar, start with light cardio, incorporate yoga for flexibility, and stay hydrated. Complement workouts with green tea to boost metabolism and overall well-being.
Wellness retreats offer a transformative break from routine, blending meditation, yoga, and nature’s healing power. They promote inner peace, rejuvenation, and personal growth, providing tools to return home refreshed, balanced, and reconnected with oneself.
A sankalpa, often translated as “intention” or “resolve,” is a heartfelt vow that aligns your inner purpose with your actions. Unlike traditional New Year’s resolutions that focus on external achievements, a sankalpa emerges from your core desires and is rooted in a sense of self-awareness.
The Dhaka Flow Festival 2024 has been a celebration of mindfulness and connection, set against the buzzing backdrop of Gulshan Society Lake Park. For two days, the park transformed into a vibrant hub where people from all walks of life—children, young adults, and the elderly, gathered to embrace wellness, creativity, and community.
Sonia Hossain, dancer and Zumba instructor, transformed her love of movement into a wellness journey blending dance, yoga, and mental health. She encourages people of all ages to embrace dance for physical and emotional well-being.
Eliza Chowdhury, a seasoned yoga instructor with certifications from India and Thailand, shares 5 yoga poses that are particularly effective for targeting and reducing belly fat.
As the soft rays of the sun peek through the trees at Dhanmondi Lake, a group of women spread their yoga mats. Md Rokanuzzaman Tutul, their instructor, fusses over the arrangement of mats, ensuring ample space is available for effective movement. This is the usual scenario you may encounter if you happen to visit Dhanmondi Lake on a fine morning.
Dhaka Flow inaugurated its Health & Healing Studio on 7 September, 2024, in Banani, through a lively event, introducing a new hub for wellness that aims to address the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of its visitors.
Yoga as an age-old practice has the power to transform lives. It not only improves physical flexibility but also boosts mental clarity. These yoga classes — conducted by four certified yoga instructors — cater to beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Hair loss or thinning can be a frustrating stressful experience for everyone. While there are many treatments and products available to help promote hair growth, yoga can also be a natural and effective way to boost hair growth. Yoga not only helps reduce stress, which can contribute to hair loss but also increases blood circulation and oxygen flow to the scalp that promotes hair growth.
The journey of Prana Wellness Center was quite an interesting one. The partners who co-founded Prana started off as student and instructor. The year was 2017 when Jane Alam Romel took yoga classes from Rumana Akter. As freeing as the classes were for them, soon they realised, they both share an incredible passion for yoga and wellness. After listing down all the possible pros and cons, they both finally decided to invest in a wellness centre with a vision to educate people on the benefits of yoga.
The Dhaka Flow festival, a celebration of health, healing, and the environment took place on 13 January 2023 at the picturesque, Gulshan Society Lake Park. The event brought together vendors of wellness products, fitness teachers, healers, and individuals from all lifestyles to connect and build a community.
If you want to do something other than have an outing at yet another restaurant, have a look at these upcoming events, and make plans to have an even better time.
Mindfulness exercise involves being present in the moment, observing our thoughts and emotions and sustaining the awareness of our bodily sensations and surrounding. Here are some ways on how you can exercise mindfulness to calm your mind and move past negative thoughts and emotions.
If you want to do something other than have an outing at yet another restaurant, have a look at these upcoming events, and make plans to have an even better time.
The purpose of yoga is to achieve liberation from suffering through the realisation of our true nature. By practicing the eight limbs of yoga, we purify our conscience so we can perceive our inner divinity. Two of these eight limbs, the yamas and niyamas, are the social and personal ethics that form the foundation of a yogic lifestyle that enables us to advance along a spiritual path towards enlightenment. These are tools for cultivating happiness and self-confidence. When you come across an obstacle, a moment that tries your patience, a person that rubs you the wrong way, think of it as an opportunity to practice using these tools. This will help you put your spirituality into action.
Yoga is relevant in our age. Far from being mystical and otherworldly, it is a teaching firmly grounded in the physiological realities of science. Our experience of the world depends entirely on the state of our nervous system. This, in turn, is influenced by a host of factors – genes, diet, environment, and lifestyle. If the nervous system is fresh and rested, the body is healthy and the mind is alert. As a result, our thoughts are powerful and clear, our actions, which are manifested thoughts, are successful and rewarding.
There are many wisdom traditions and spiritual maps to help you journey inwards. Yoga is one of these. Vedic scholars in ancient India spent many years in meditation to intuit this knowledge. Buddha studied with many of these teachers before his awakening. The knowledge was passed down orally till they were most accurately transcribed in The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. For this article, I am drawing from a fabulously accessible version translated by Alistair Shearer.
