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Notes on Conscious Living

Conscious Motherhood

What Is Garbhsanskar? A Guide for Expecting Mothers

A complete guide to the traditional practice of nurturing a baby's emotional and mental foundation during pregnancy.

Conscious Motherhood

5 Prenatal Meditation Practices for a Calmer Pregnancy

Five simple practices you can start today — breath awareness, body scans, visualization, and more.

Inner Transformation

Urge Surfing: How Long Cravings Last and Why Fighting Fails

Urges rise, peak, and fall within about 20-30 minutes if not acted on — the research behind riding them out.

Inner Transformation

Why Willpower Fails: The Habit Loop and What Works Instead

Willpower intervenes at the last link in the habit loop, when judgement is least available. Here's what works better.

Inner Transformation

What Is a Sanskar? Meaning and the Neuroscience Behind It

What the term means, where it comes from, and how closely it maps onto modern neuroscience.