PARMJIT SINGH, PhD

In one of the mindfulness classes, we started discussing if ‘being present’ is a luxury or an essential skill for modern times. Does paying attention wilfully leads to a happier and fulfilling life? After a little while, we all came to acknowledge the importance of being present, whether being present to our kids, job, lovedRead more

How do we stop wasting our life? It is rather amusing how proudly people weave phrases such as ‘optimize your potential’, ‘live your life efficiently’, ‘time is money’ into their conversation without a moment of reflecting that this is a language of machines and applying this thinking carte blanc to humans is going to kickRead more

There are strong indications that mindfulness-based meditation intervenes in the pain reduction by altering the pain perception (how we perceive and experience the pain). However, it is not clear whether the pain relief or reduction is mediated by endogenous opioids (produced by the body) or it is cognitively managed. A very recent double-blind and randomizedRead more

If you know someone who has worked through depression, you’d know it well that it is a condition which can potentially compromise the quality of life. A disturbing aspect of this condition is that every occurrence of a depressive episode raises the possibility of another one by around eighteen percent. Usual treatment methods consist ofRead more