Art Therapist Monica

The start of the new year is always looked upon with anticipation of a new beginning. A world where our desires which are endless will be met be it a new job, a new boss or the vacation we have been dreaming forever. The excitement fades as we move through the year. Our monkey minds needs and desires change or are unmet, the magical becomes the ordinary Why not look at the new year as a moment of time then? A moment when we can be anything or nothing. · A moment when w

Snapshot of life be it Delhi or Beijing. Morning rush to get to office, a hurried “Hello”, to your colleagues followed by meetings, emails, calls and discussion. Lunch often a quick one talking to coworkers or alone and then the long ride home. For some the work continues even at airport tarmac or in the metro to ensure nothing gets missed. The day ends attending to family and dinner and then the Netflix or some other show is put on to relax at night. In between all the above

A common life of a common man! In terms of age, he /she will evolve from being a baby, a child, a teenager, an adult, a middle aged person, to being old and dead. Romantically, most will be in any or many of the following brackets in a lifetime i.e., single, married, divorced, widowed, and remarried. Health wise most of us will be in good shape at least when young. Over time most would have had some illness be it fever or cold or serious ones like cancer or paralysis. Sexual

Stressors abound in our modern world. Children, parents, jobs, hobbies, money, health all contribute to our wellbeing and to our stress. In case of anything going wrong, be it a car accident, an angry altercation with the neighbor, or a robbery, most of us react with emotions. The severity and kind will of course vary. The real beginning of healing is when we accept what has happened. Acceptance also comes with a realization that you may have contributed to what happened. Thi

What an odd statement but the statement has enormous implication in your life. Let me explain! As you fell off to sleep what did you think of? What area of your life? Who were the primary players in these thoughts? What emotional response did they bring forth, fear, loss, pain, healing or love? When you drift off to sleep, your last thoughts stay with you. You are in effect inhaling the last emotions of the day which can be negative or positive. Your thoughts are also influen

We all have wants and needs, real and cultivated, influenced by ego and culture and society. Maslow, in 1943 created a pyramid of these needs starting with physiological, safety, love, belonging and ending with self actualization. Appealing classification! Let’s use his pyramid for this message, albeit a bit differently. Replace erudite terms like self actualization with joy. Now let’s start looking at our needs and wants from the top down i.e., joy is the starting point. Th

Planet Earth, is a good learning school, a school where we are given opportunities again and again to change our ways of being, and for our patterns to evolve. For this to occur our lives are often shaken at times. The precursor could be difficult situations at work, a long illness of a family member, loan payments, marriage of our children, etc What do we do when faced with these? “Worry”, “Worry”, “Worry “, “Worry”. Worry is translated in the form of unimaginable scenarios

Just like we can’t escape life, we can’t ignore the wrinkles of time. They will reach all of us. Yet we get dismayed when we see blemishes, dark spots, white hair, or loose flesh. We all want to be wrinkle free with fresh dewy skin! Hence the invasion of pots of fancy jars and creams and cosmetic surgeons. But why do we need to be young? Remember even the universe gets old, new stars are born, leaves dry and fall, the earth’s surface wrinkles, the sea’s surface dries, so wh

The billowing god “Ganesha” is famous for his elephant ears. Prayers and wishes are whispered in his ears all year round. Children leave letters for Santa and ask that their wishes be fulfilled for Christmas. We trek to distant mountains or undertake pilgrimages to ask for blessings for ourselves and others. The bottom line “God must listen to us “. 99% of all humans have selective hearing. We all like to hear messages which are nice, in alignment with our thinking and judgme