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Sharing your happiness with Twitter followers right now? Odds are they’re going to pay it forward, a new study shows. An analysis of 3,800 randomly chosen Twitter users found that emotions spread virally through Twitter feeds — with positive emotions far more likely to spread than negative ones. “What you tweet and share on social […]

The Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute suggests that keeping away from Facebook for a short duration might make you a happier person. It adopted an interesting methodology for the study conducted among 1,095 people in Denmark. It asked half of them to refrain from using Facebook for one week. The participants were asked to evaluate their life […]

As per a new study published in Food Research International, being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a food product can impact a person’s mood. For the purpose of the study, a team of researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, the Netherlands, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria and VTT Technical […]

Degrees count. Previous experience counts. Fitment and references too matter. Competence and intellect of course! All these things matter when companies are hiring. However, in addition to these, companies are now increasingly looking at emotional health of the candidates. Talent Acquisition Head of an FMCG giant states, “When you are interviewing for a position, most […]

A growing number of companies like Yahoo and Intel, to healthcare corporations like Kaiser Permanente and Genentech – are taking a more holistic view of health. They are organising on-site meditation, tai chi, and yoga classes for their employees. In addition bike-to-work programs, gardening clubs, and even incentivized volunteer opportunities in local communities too are gaining […]

A new programme called SATYAM-‘Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation’ has been launched to strengthen research in the areas of yoga and meditation. An objective of SATYAM is to harness knowledge obtained in academic institutions and other related agencies for finding Science & Technology -led solutions that would enable us to cope with stress […]

Nearly 3,000 people had gathered for the David Lynch Foundation’s benefit concert, Change Begins Within at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night. Meditation teacher Bob Roth, who advocates transcendental meditation for stress control, inspired them to close their eyes for three minutes. Other celebrities who performed on the occasion include Seinfeld, Katy Perry, Sting, Angélique Kidjo, Jim James and classical […]

The 9th All India Students’ Conference on Science and Spiritual Quest (AISSQ) was held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur from Oct 30 to Nov 2. The conference was organised by Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata. The conference, inspired by Dr. T. D. Singh (His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami), a well known visionary and scientist-saint aimed at […]

Conference on “Spiritual Tourism for Sustainable Development – India : the Land of Gods” organized under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has recommended “Skill Council” to be set up under jurisdiction of National Skill Development Council (NSDC) so that the branding of spiritual pockets, locations and sites in India could be […]

Danish people have been voted the happiest people in the world a remarkable number of times in the last 40 years. It can be attributed to a number of things – most important perhaps being right and HAPPY parenting. The same is captured in a wonderful book The Danish Way of Parenting: A Guide to […]