PRAMA BLOGS
Fresh Juice and Sugar: Separating Fear from Fact in Juice Cleansing
There is a growing belief among some health professionals that juice cleansing is unhealthy. Two common claims are often repeated: that juices lack fiber and that they contain excessive sugar. These concerns, however, often overlook the purpose and structure of a...
Reshape your Mind with Ideation
In any sincere attempt at meditation or personal growth, one quickly encounters a fundamental truth: the mind does not remain empty. It is always moving, always forming ideas, images, and associations. The question, then, is not whether the mind will think—but what it...
“Downsize Me!”—The Secret to a Slimmer, Healthier Body.
The noted journalist and author of several best-selling books on food in contemporary America, Michael Pollen, sums up his ideal food philosophy in three simple rules: Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Eat food, mostly plants, not too much. When I first ran...
Juice and Renew: New Version of Popular Juice Cleanse Retreat!
By Ramesh Bjonnes Spring is the perfect time for renewal—both inside and out. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new version of our beloved Juice Cleanse Retreat at the Prama Wellness Center on May 29-31. This retreat is designed to help you feel lighter,...
The Benefits of a 10-Day Juice Cleanse and Yoga Retreat
A 10-day yoga, meditation, and juice cleanse retreat offers the time and structure the body and mind need for a genuine reset instead of a quick fix. Why ten days matter A weekend or three-day juice cleanse is a good introduction, but it rarely reaches the deeper...
Fasting and a Resilient Microbiome: Your Best Strategy Against Microplastics
By Ramesh Bjonnes Our modern environment may be saturated with microplastics, but the research points to an empowering message: by strengthening the gut microbiome, we can bolster our body’s natural defenses and reduce the harm these particles cause from the inside...
Meditating on AI
With all the uproar about AI these days, you may be wondering whether it can help you with your daily meditation. You’ve been trying to sit down once or twice a day to center your mind, withdraw from all the noise around you—and inside your head—and concentrate on...
The Healing Power of Sound, Chanting, and Meditation
At the Prama Meditation and Sound Journey retreat, you’ll discover how deeply sound can touch the mind, body, and spirit. Long before modern science explored the effects of vibration and frequency, ancient traditions recognized sound as a bridge to inner balance and...
Peace comes with Inner Transformation
You may have seen them in the headlines, on social media, or in person passing through your community. About 24 Theravada Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas are walking 2,300 miles to Washington, D.C. to awaken sentiments...
It’s a New Year and the Perfect Time to Start Fasting!
When the feasting is over, it’s time for fasting. Especially if you feel a bit heavy and sluggish from all the food and drinks you enjoyed during the holidays. People tend to eat heavier food during the cold season. But even if you eat and drink in moderation, fasting...
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Fresh Juice and Sugar: Separating Fear from Fact in Juice Cleansing
There is a growing belief among some health professionals that juice cleansing is unhealthy. Two common claims are often repeated: that juices lack fiber and that they contain excessive sugar. These concerns, however, often overlook the purpose and structure of a...
Reshape your Mind with Ideation
In any sincere attempt at meditation or personal growth, one quickly encounters a fundamental truth: the mind does not remain empty. It is always moving, always forming ideas, images, and associations. The question, then, is not whether the mind will think—but what it...
“Downsize Me!”—The Secret to a Slimmer, Healthier Body.
The noted journalist and author of several best-selling books on food in contemporary America, Michael Pollen, sums up his ideal food philosophy in three simple rules: Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Eat food, mostly plants, not too much. When I first ran...
Juice and Renew: New Version of Popular Juice Cleanse Retreat!
By Ramesh Bjonnes Spring is the perfect time for renewal—both inside and out. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new version of our beloved Juice Cleanse Retreat at the Prama Wellness Center on May 29-31. This retreat is designed to help you feel lighter,...
The Benefits of a 10-Day Juice Cleanse and Yoga Retreat
A 10-day yoga, meditation, and juice cleanse retreat offers the time and structure the body and mind need for a genuine reset instead of a quick fix. Why ten days matter A weekend or three-day juice cleanse is a good introduction, but it rarely reaches the deeper...
Fasting and a Resilient Microbiome: Your Best Strategy Against Microplastics
By Ramesh Bjonnes Our modern environment may be saturated with microplastics, but the research points to an empowering message: by strengthening the gut microbiome, we can bolster our body’s natural defenses and reduce the harm these particles cause from the inside...
Meditating on AI
With all the uproar about AI these days, you may be wondering whether it can help you with your daily meditation. You’ve been trying to sit down once or twice a day to center your mind, withdraw from all the noise around you—and inside your head—and concentrate on...
The Healing Power of Sound, Chanting, and Meditation
At the Prama Meditation and Sound Journey retreat, you’ll discover how deeply sound can touch the mind, body, and spirit. Long before modern science explored the effects of vibration and frequency, ancient traditions recognized sound as a bridge to inner balance and...
Peace comes with Inner Transformation
You may have seen them in the headlines, on social media, or in person passing through your community. About 24 Theravada Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas are walking 2,300 miles to Washington, D.C. to awaken sentiments...
It’s a New Year and the Perfect Time to Start Fasting!
When the feasting is over, it’s time for fasting. Especially if you feel a bit heavy and sluggish from all the food and drinks you enjoyed during the holidays. People tend to eat heavier food during the cold season. But even if you eat and drink in moderation, fasting...
Health & Wellness
Are Herbs Enough to Heal Inflammation?
Almost every day, I receive articles in my inbox claiming how various herbs can heal us, especially herbs that can cure inflammation. Herbs can support the healing of inflammation, but in my work, I have learned that they are secondary to more profound lifestyle...
Hara Hachi Bu: Eating as Lifestyle, Not Dieting
We are taught to think of hunger as a cry from the stomach. But true hunger begins not in the belly, but in the subtle workings of the mind. Long before modern science confirmed this, the Okinawans, guided by Confucian teachings, lived by a profound simplicity of...
8 Health Tips from a 105-Year-Old
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, a famous Japanese doctor who lived to 105, shared simple habits and ideas for living a longer, healthier, and happier life. Here are his 8 key points: Keep moving: Stay active throughout the day by walking, taking the stairs, and engaging in...
Experience Prama’s Ultimate Cleanse!
10-Day Juice Cleanse and Yoga with Sound Bath Sessions Why Choose the 10-Day Prama Juice Cleanse? Twice a year, Prama Wellness Center offers its most transformative retreat: a 10-day juice cleanse designed for those seeking profound renewal and deep...
Seven Reasons Why Water Is So Important to Your Health
Three decades ago, under the sweltering sun in India, I realized how important fresh and clean water is to life. I had been walking for hours in100 degrees Fahrenheit. Suddenly, I sank to my knees with exhaustion due to dehydration. Water is indeed essential for...
What’s The Big Deal About Doing a Juice Cleanse Retreat @Prama?
Whether you want to start down the path of juice cleansing for the first time, or learn about the scientific reasons for juice cleansing, or deepen your juice cleansing experience, a retreat at the Prama Wellness Center provides with the support you need. Here are...
Antioxidant Breakfast Recipe for the Fall and Winter Season
Combining blueberries, cinnamon, apple, and clove in a breakfast recipe creates a powerful antioxidant-rich meal that's particularly beneficial during the winter season. Here's why this combination is so effective: Antioxidant Powerhouses Blueberries: These berries...
10 Benefits of Juicing
The main purpose of juicing is to cleanse the body of waste products on an intermittent basis. It is a beneficial and safe detox method. When fasting on juice for more than 1 day, it is important that you have more vegetables than fruits in your juice to increase...
Ayurveda and Juice Cleansing
We do not normally associate juice cleansing with Ayurveda, but this ancient system of healing can offer helpful tips to enhance your cleansing experience. The studies on fasting by Dr. Yoshinori Ohsu, who won the Nobel prize in 2016, has shown that fasting induces a...
The Secrets of a 3-Day Juice Cleanse
Studies by Dr. Valter Longo have found that a three-day low caloric cleanse will reset your entire immune system. Another study from Harvard University showed benefits in heart disease markers after the same kind of cleanse. Studies have also shown other benefits,...
Meditation & Mindfulness
Choosing Joy & Letting Go of Stress
For many working at home these days the boundaries between the office and home fades and there is no escaping getting our jobs done. The pressure to get work done is internal and external, exemplified by the falling leaves in our yard and our feeling of responsibility to rake the leaves. How we perceive these perennial tasks can define them as stressful or not.
Meditation Enhances Brain Function & Grey Matter
We have been nurturing a meditation or contemplative practice for our entire life span. As babies we started with repeating sounds in a singsong fashion. In a recent NPR interview on Krista Tippet’s On Being program Alice Parker, a renowned chorale leader, commented on singing- “It’s one of the things that we’re born with.
Benefits of Silent Meditation
Whether you are an experienced or beginning meditator your can benefit from a more intensive period of silent meditation to quiet the mind and reset your heart felt priorities.
Intermittent Fasting and the Longevity Diet
Ramesh Bjonnes From August 23-27, we will feature a retreat about the practice of intermittent fasting here at Prama. There are a variety of intermittent fasting techniques, since not all forms work for all types of people. At the retreat, you will learn about all of...
The Yoga of Flow
Ramesh Bjonnes We often think of yoga as a set of physical exercises only. But yoga also has a deep spiritual heart, especially found in its meditation practices. When we hear that yoga means union and that the practice of yoga will lead us to experience this union,...
4 Ways to Get into a Higher Gear
Howard Nemon Last week, I wrote about a different way to think about rationalization. In the summer of 1990, my Teacher explained it as a specific faculty or ability of the mind. It is a mental process that can help the mind become more efficient and effective by...
Let’s get the Mind into high(er) Gear
In one of the last major lectures by my Teacher in 1990, he emphasized the importance of rationalization. He was speaking about developing the mind and how rationalization would help in this effort. Many of us were confused to say the least. We usually think of...
Meditation and the Better Brain
Howard Nemon You sit down to meditate. You close your eyes and try to practice your technique. You have heard of the many benefits attributed to meditation and maybe have experienced some. After you finish the meditation, you feel different—maybe more relaxed,...
Nurturing a Meditation Practice: A Birthright
We have been nurturing a meditation or contemplative practice for our entire life span. As babies we started with repeating sounds in a singsong fashion. In a recent NPR interview on Krista Tippet’s On Being program Alice Parker, a renowned chorale leader, commented on singing- “It’s one of the things that we’re born with.
Embracing the Wild Beasts of the Mind
At Pashupatinat Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, I received a lesson in taming the wild beasts of the mind.
Other Topics
3 Ways to Stay Balanced in an Unbalanced World
Whatever your ideological leanings or belief system, you can’t avoid the fact that our world is traversing a particularly imbalanced period. We are all affected and this makes it hard for us to stay balanced in our own lives. Why is balance so important? When we lose...
Finding Unity – Within & Without
You may be familiar with the story of the elephant and the six blind men, or a similar tale. As they inspect the elephant, each of the six men gain a different understanding of what the elephant is according to what they touch. One feels a wall, another a hose, a fan,...
12 Scientific Reasons Why a Spring Juice Fast is Healthy
Spring is here. It’s the time of the year when I tell people it’s good to do a juice cleanse. But then some of them will ask: is there any scientific evidence that a juice cleanse is effective? They may also ask me what actually happens to the body when we practice intermittent fasting.
12 Scientific Reasons Why a Spring Juice Fast is Healthy
Spring is here. It’s the time of the year when I tell people it’s good to do a juice cleanse. But then some of them will ask: is there any scientific evidence that a juice cleanse is effective? They may also ask me what actually happens to the body when we practice intermittent fasting.
Choosing Joy & Letting Go of Stress
For many working at home these days the boundaries between the office and home fades and there is no escaping getting our jobs done. The pressure to get work done is internal and external, exemplified by the falling leaves in our yard and our feeling of responsibility to rake the leaves. How we perceive these perennial tasks can define them as stressful or not.
History of Prama Institute & Wellness Center
This series will begin with the early history and move to the present expression of the PI and PWC to convey the intent of the founders and the relationship with the broader community that has come to appreciate the special nauture of what the PI and PWC offers to those seeking personal and social transformation.
