Shazia Omar

The greatest present you can give is your presence!

It is a month of introspection, devotion and self-discipline. Comprising 30 days of abstinence, during Ramadan, it is important to keep your mind and body strong.

In the frenetic modern world, ingesting toxic air pollution, preservative-loaded food and the pressures of earning a living, now more than ever we need to draw on ancient wisdom to find a balance that nurtures health and happiness.

Surya Namaskar has many benefits. Here are a few: weight loss, better blood circulation, strengthening of muscles and joints, improved flexibility and toning, improved digestion and respiration, improved sleep, reduced depression and anxiety, regularised menstrual cycle, reduced blood sugar level, detoxification of the body and calming of the mind.

Many Bangladeshis experience depression and anxiety, but the general mass lack awareness on the causes, the symptoms or treatment of mental illnesses. Often people are even oblivious to fact that they suffer from mild to severe forms of depression.

We all at some points in our lives must cope with physical ailments. Flu, fever, endometriosis, slip disk, torn ACL, ulcers, acid reflux, piles, heart conditions, diabetes, chronic pain, etc.

Samskara saksat karanat purvajati jnanam.

The mind, or an individual's stream of consciousness, can become polluted by ignorance, attachment and aversion.

To celebrate International Women's Day, I had the opportunity of sharing my knowledge on yoga with two groups of corporate working

Mindfulness is about moment-to-moment living, being intentionally aware of the present moment.

Mindfulness improves mental, psychological and physical health — lowers rates of fatigue and burn out, lowers blood pressure,

I met a girl last week who came to me looking for work. She was young, perhaps 17 or 18 by the looks of it, so I promptly did my duty,

Ashtanga is a form of yoga that I have been practicing for three years under the guidance of a few incredible teachers.

CHILDREN are legally entitled to work in Bangladesh starting at age 14 but without a formalised savings mechanism, they are not able

Technology is not the panacea to all ailments in the fight against poverty but it certainly can improve the efficiency of large-scale programmes and should be applied to benefit the poorest.

Digital tools can empower the poorest by bringing them into the feedback dialogue. This gives clients of programmes the scope to steer their own growth and lodge grievances if necessary.

Awareness “If you don't take the lamp of awareness with you, you are going to create a hell around you. Light your lamp wherever you go, whatsoever you do, always do it in the inner light, with awareness.”

Asthma and arthritic conditions improve, adrenal glands are regulated

Yoga is a much deeper exercise than pilates or interval boot camp or running, cycling, jumping rope, because it works on three levels: body, mind and spirit. It facilitates the opening of mental faculties like the blossoming of a lotus flower.

MILLIONS of extremely poor Bangladeshis are living in our golden country seeking opportunities to participate in the economy to survive. They face barriers in attaining an education, job, health services, clean drinking water, or food.