A safe space for conversations on mental health and mental illness in India
By Neha Bedi As a teenager, I was often asked by my father; ‘Do you eat to live or do you live to eat?’ Born into a Sikh family that loves eating till they drop, this resonates so much with me now. Never have more of us thought so carefully about what we’re putting into […]
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By Adwaita Das In situations of distress or panic, we often reduce our breathing. But, to breathe is one of the best tools of self-soothing. It oxygenates the body, detoxifying the blood, airing out the brain, opening windows of fresh thought, channelising both mental and physical relaxation. It does NOT help to be told to […]
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With Indians daily battling stigma and many misconceptions when it comes to Mental Health, Gayatri Jayaraman shares some of what she believes to be key to a mind-spirit-body practice, what meditation has to do with it, and why understanding and accepting impermanence and change may be critical to making peace with our day to day life.
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By Adwaita Das You are unique and wonderful. You are worthy of all that is good. You deserve to be loved just the way you are. I see you. I see myself too. For the inner self as well, this love holds true. Also our planet Earth and precious Nature, I see you, I see […]
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By The Health Collective If you live in India and would like to order a complimentary set of these art postcards, get in touch! Fifty sets on offer for patrons, friends of the Health Collective and readers Email team@healthcollective.in or DM us @healthcollectif on Twitter.
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By Adwaita Das Loneliness can be a need for more compassion. We are allowed to choose who is in our lives. We are allowed to surround ourselves with loving relationships of all kinds. Just as the flowers bloom with nourishment, so too the humans blossom with support and understanding. Let us open ourselves to creating connections […]
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Here is part two of Tsuki’s journey. Many of us deal with cognitive distortions that affect usfrom time to time. Artist and designer Shoili Kanungo explores more in this original artwork, a comic strip for The Health Collective
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An Affirmation we may all need: I Show Myself Kindness.
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This pandemic may just have taught us to re-examine the things that matter, the relationships we take for granted, and how we go about building a support system in the first place
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In the month of India’s Independence as we think about what Freedom means and how it is won, here is an Affirmation that rings true for each of us as individuals
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