The Formulated Podcast

Oily skin isn't a serious condition, but some of us don't like having a shiny face, nor the possible side effects like blemishes, spots and blackheads.  

In the most severe cases, acne could result, but acne is more of a hormonal imbalance than a oily skin problem.  Only when acne sets in will you possibly be required to visit a doctor so that he can prescribe regular medicine or antibiotics.  

If you've never meditated before, you're going to hear the term "monkey-mind" a lot and wonder what it is and how to control it.  Monkey-mind just means that our thoughts come and go, a lot and we often allow our thoughts to control our day.

By learning simple meditation processes we can easily tame the monkey.

It starts with focusing on your breath.  Focus on the breath comin into and leaving your body.  Whenever thoughts come to mind, allow them to come, acknowledge them, but then let them go just as easily as they arrived, and continue to focus on the breath.

Once your mind has focused on the breath and is silenced, you can just be......

If thoughts come again to the mind, see them, acknowledge them and let them go again and re-focus on the breath.  When the thoughts have left, you can just be, once again.

It takes time to train the monkey-mind to bend to your will.  You might be wondering what you're supposed to "do."  Nothing!  Sometimes, if you really have to do something, you can repeat a mantra.

We'll get to mantras a little later.

In this podcast we go through the symptoms of dry skin, what you can do to prevent it and a couple of home remedies you can try to treat it.  It can be expensive trying to buy ready made creams and salves, but often the solution to the problem can come down to diet, how we treat our skin and what we do to prevent recurrences.

Contrary to popular belief, there isn't just one type of Buddhism.  There's actually a variety.  In this podcast we briefly discuss the various types and what they are rooted in.  

We're starting off the health section today the 24th June 2021.  We're starting off by looking at various skin and hair problems that can occur and each day, I'll cover a problem and what you can use to naturally treat each condition.

To learn more, head on to the health category on my site https://alistairvermaak.com for more information.

In this podcast episode we learn what Buddhism is.  We also learn the history of the founder Siddhartha Gautama who came from a wealthy family, but decided to give up his protected life in the kingdom of his father and wander out into the real world where he discovered all manner of suffering.

After meditating for an extended time, he realized that it was the cycle of man, his behavior, thoughts and actions that led him to suffer.  It was Siddhartha's belief that he could end suffering if he could teach others the error of their ways.

In this episode, we're just getting started and I briefly discuss Meditation and incorporating it into daily life

Just  My Opening intro letting you know what we'll be covering.  Come learn more about me at https://alistairvermaak.com