Author: Bhartendu Joshi

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Shrooms: How Much is Safe? Identifying, Risks and Benefits

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Shrooms or Magic Mushrooms are a part of mushroom family that contain psilocybin. Psilocybin is a compound, found in more than 200 species of mushrooms. It is a naturally psychedelic prodrug compound. These species are collectively called as psilocybin mushrooms. Psilocybin found in hallucinogenic mushrooms or shrooms is classified as a “Schedule I” drug. It currently has no accepted official use in medical treatment in the United States and United Kingdom or any other region.…

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Quarantine: An Opportunity to Help Your Country and Learn New Things

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Quarantine: These are tough times for everyone. Because of the Coronavirus outbreak, every country is struggling to fight this virus and save the lives of its citizens as many as possible. Most of the countries had to impose a whole month long lock-down to maintain social distancing. Its a huge step. Despite the fact that it can significantly bring down the economy of the world, we had to do it. There was no other way…

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Literotica: How to Use it Without Getting Addicted to It

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Literotica means literature for erotic plots and fictional stories. It is one of the biggest websites on the internet. Literotica has the biggest collection of fictional erotic stories. The website gets more than 55 million unique impressions in a month. According to Wikipedia female users have more numbers than males. It was founded in 1998 and has over 500,000 adult fictional articles, stories, poems, essays and even audio files. The interesting thing is, all the…

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How Having a Pet can Help You Overcome Depression

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Having a pet can help you with depression. Many psychiatrists recommend pet therapy to people suffering from clinical depression. Depression has spread like a wildfire these days. In America only, there are more than 40 million adults suffering from depression. Not only in USA but it is very common in Europe, Australia and Asia too. There are many new severe cases of depression everyday in every country on the planet. But thank God! There are…

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Is Depression Curable?

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Is Depression curable? Can I treat depression at home? Can I treat depression without taking medicines? Do I really need a psychiatrist in order to treat depression? Well, all these questions are debatable and the answers depend on the severity of the depression symptoms. Depression has all to do with your past, your history and your mental health. More painful your past is, more severe is the depression. But again, it also depends on person…

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How Meditation Can Save You from Depression and Anxiety

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Meditation definitely helps in depression and anxiety. I personally think that depression is just a kind of energy which has gone in the wrong direction. In other words, depression is an energy that has turned against you. So what does that tell you? If depression or anxiety is a negative energy then you can channel it to a positive energy, right? Absolutely right! It will not eliminate overnight but you will have to learn to…

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Meditation For a Good night Sleep, Guided Sleep Meditation

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Sleep Meditation: No, you can not sleep like a baby if you go to bed feeling stressed out. Stressed mind is always wondering meaninglessly with no final verdict. Going to bed angry or worried is not a healthy habit. Even if eventually you fall asleep, you are not going to wake up fresh. You would not have mental clarity. As a result, your body did not get the rest it needed. Not good, right? This…

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The Best Yoga Poses for Beginners

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Yoga means addition. Joining of the outer divine with the inner divine is Yoga. Yoga guru Maharishi Patanjali has presented the mystery of whole yoga in the form of sutras in his Yogasarshan. According to him, “Setting Chitta or heart in one place is Yoga. Our great sages and Munis have told yoga through the purification of body and soul. They have mentioned the eight ways to attain the divine, which is called as Ashtanga…

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Wabi-Sabi: A Japanese Art to Embrace the Change

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In order to understand Wabi-Sabi, let me ask you a question: When was the last time you cherished that odd looking nose of yours? Or your receding hairline, your dark circles that you hide behind your spectacles or those lines on your face getting clearer every day? We all know the answer, which is never. In addition, I have seen many people being stressful that they are aging and losing their looks. In other words,…

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Heartfulness Meditation: A Perfect Blend of Science and Spirituality

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Meditation has become a very common practice nowadays. It is now everywhere. And after knowing the benefits of meditation, you would know that it deserves to be everywhere. With its increasing popularity, people are adopting many methods of meditation according to their preferences and ease. There are many centers and institutes which teach tons of methods to meditate. It is really great if you have joined one of those institutes. But I don’t think that…

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Food And Nutrition

Here’s Why You Should Never Drink Water Standing Up

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I was a physically active kid. I used to play sports and keep myself active during the game. Every time I came home in the evening, I felt very thirsty and drank 2 or 3 glasses of water. My parents and some other elders in the family used to scold me whenever they see me drinking water standing. I always wondered why do I have to sit down for a few seconds just to drink…

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Nordic Walking: A Full Body Exercise

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You might already know about “Like the Flowing River”, which is a novel by well-known Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. It’s not as popular as his other novels are but it’s worth reading. The novel is an interesting collection of many short stories and real life experiences of Paulo Coelho. Every story has a lesson to learn and a message behind it. But why am I talking about that novel? While reading one of the stories…

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Tiger Woods: Maintaining Mental Toughness and Tackling Back Pains His Way

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Eldrick Tont Woods  or commonly known as Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975. We all know Tiger Woods as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. He has been regarded as one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for many years. Woods managed all the health issues that he has faced in his career by being mentally strong. He has unbelievably high level of mental toughness. He knows how to maintain emotional control…

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How Stress Affects Your Mental and Physical Health

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Stress is natural, we all have it in our lives. But you will be shocked to know that too much of it turns out to be a primary force for many mental and physical illnesses. A physical, mental, or emotional factor that forces us to have bodily or mental tension. The sources of stress can be external such as psychological or social situations. Or internal sources such as illness, or from a medical condition. This…

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Why Ashwagandha Might Turn Out To Be The Best Herb You Ever Tried

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“Ashwagandha” is a Sanskrit word which means “smell of the horse”, which refers to its unique smell and ability to increase strength. The root has a strong aroma that is described as “horse-like.” Botanically called Withania somnifera, it is also known as Winter Cherry and Indian Ginseng. Ashwagandha naturally grows in arid climate which is typical to India, Middle East, and Africa. Ashwagandha is one of the most important herbs in Ayurveda. It has been…

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