Mental Wellbing and HIV

New research by Positively UK, presented in their States of Mind Report, shows that three quarters of all HIV positive people experience mental health issues.  

For more about this, see:  
Positive Nation 
Mental Health Today
 
Mental health can impact on treatment, as people can miss doses of their meds as a result of depression and other mental health issues. 

The report highlights the need for mental health support for people living with HIV.  However, mental health services are shrinking due to budgetary constraints.  

This report may not be telling us anything we don't already know.  But as people of African heritage are already over-represented within mental health service users, and HIV is still spreading rapidly in areas where there are large numbers of African people, such as inner-city London, this is something we need to be very concerned about.  

Click here for a short audio on the benefits of meditation.  Meditation can have a very powerful effect on our wellbeing.  

 

Living with Joy Worldwide Meditation

I am so happy to be able to share this with you. Click here for Orin's Living with Joy Worldwide Meditation.

Plus click here to read about Orin and DaBen, and how you can change scarcity to abundance.

This is not specifically for people of Afrian heritage, it's for everyone.

Total Health Day

I will be leading a meditation day for people of African heritage on Saturday 26th September. I hope you will join us. Click here for details and to book. Complete beginners are welcome - you don't need to be interested in Buddhism.

In addition, the Total Health Day at the London Buddhist Centre, Saturday 19th September, is open to everyone. We will have free meditation sessions, yoga, talks and more. This day is open to everyone.

To read more about meditation and empathy, see Getting Past the Hate.