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Do your practice, especially today! With an introduction to Bhramari Pranayama

Unlike the way our ancestors lived for so many generations, today’s pace of life is extremely fast. Although we are aware of the negative impact this hurried way of living has on the planet, increasing global warming, and we know the effect high levels of stress has on our health, it seems that we usually cannot stop this behavior. As a society, we are somehow forced to run towards the dead end of self-destruction. As individuals, society is constantly pushing us to quickly adapt to a faster world, without having much time to pause, reflect or to look back on our lives. Who hasn’t at one time or another felt like they are living in a “rat race”? I was having a good conversation with a close friend of mine and he taught me for the first time about the term “VUCA” — have you ever heard about it? VUCA is an acronym that stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. The notion VUCA was used for the first time by the U.S. Army describing the extreme conditions which