To restore the mind to a state of balance, peace and harmony in today’s frantic world, we need to reconnect to the core of who we are and the practice of dharana.

There are many techniques that allow you to let go of fears so that you don’t remain stuck.

Mindfulness meditation can help migraine sufferers.

Meditation is touted as a recipe for happiness and the evidence from millennia of practice and scientific studies suggests it does have a real, positive impact

Research suggests that without creativity happiness is hard to find, so it’s a good idea to find ways to light your creative fire and let happiness burn.

The Ayurvedic approach to enjoying the food that nurtures us brings to eating the same mindfulness that is central to yoga practice.

Banish chaos and disorder with this new approach to a more orderly life, which focuses on your mind rather than improved list making.

To be a positive parent and role model to your children you need to be happy within yourself and connected to your inner being.

Matthieu Ricard is a scientist, author, photographer and the Dalai Lama’s right-hand man. Above all, though, he’s a devoted Buddhist monk who seeks to promote compassion.

Two days of yoga, meditation and “me time” is the recipe for relaxation at Billabong Retreat near Sydney.

First identified in the 1950s, the genetic vitamin deficiency pyroluria is at last being recognised as a major cause of depressive illnesses.

If you’ve forgotten how live in the present, try being your child self again or learn from observing your own offspring how to find joy in everything.