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  • CELEBRATION DIMENSION – A.S.D.® – C.F. 97978470587 – sports-amateur association and cultural association based on activities aimed at knowledge, creative expression, improvement, realization and evolution of the human being.
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The Relief that Comes at a Cost - Woman surrounded by clocks, notifications, and unfinished tasks, contrasted with a calm sunlit space, illustrating the neuroscience of procrastination and the short-term relief of avoidance.

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Are You Really Overreacting? - Image representing the contrast between chronic stress and emotional regulation, showing how trauma, the predictive brain, and the nervous system influence our reactions, while mindfulness and neuroplasticity support healing and resilience.

Are You Really Overreacting? The Neuroscience of Stress, Trauma and the Nervous System

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ARE YOU LIVING ON AUTOPILOT? (Why It Happens and How to Break Free)

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WHY DO YOU KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE PAST?

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THE TWIN HEARTS MEDITATION

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHO YOU ARE?

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THE GREAT INVOCATION

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THE ALCHEMY OF JOY: A Practical Handbook by Romea Ponza. A self-awareness and mindfulness book exploring inner transformation, conscious living, and personal growth.

THE ALCHEMY OF JOY: A Practical Handbook; Discover Yourself. Transform the Way You Live.

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The Relief that Comes at a Cost - Woman surrounded by clocks, notifications, and unfinished tasks, contrasted with a calm sunlit space, illustrating the neuroscience of procrastination and the short-term relief of avoidance.

THE RELIEF THAT COMES AT A COST – Anxiety, Emotions, and the Neuroscience of Procrastination We put things off to feel better. And almost always, we end up feeling worse. We know that the phone call will eventually have to be made, that the unfinished work will become more urgent, […]

The Relief That Comes at a Cost – Anxiety, Emotions …

Why Anxiety Feels So Real: When the future invades the present - Conceptual illustration showing the neuroscience of anxiety, where a stormy landscape symbolizes uncertainty and anxious prediction while a peaceful sunrise represents mindfulness, emotional regulation, and living in the present moment.

Why Anxiety Feels So Real: When the Future Invades the Present Introduction There is a kind of anxiety that arrives without warning. It does not always appear in front of an obvious danger. Sometimes it emerges while nothing seems to be happening. While you are waiting. Preparing to leave home. […]

WHY ANXIETY FEELS SO REAL: When the Future Invades the …

Are You Loving the Other Person or Your Story? - illustration depicting two people facing each other while glowing neural networks connect their brains, symbolizing how attachment, predictive processing, emotional memories, and expectations shape human relationships and social perception.

Are You Loving the Other Person or Your Story? The Neuroscience of Projection and Expectations Introduction Why do some people continue living inside our minds long after they are gone? Why can physical distance sometimes feel emotionally overwhelming? Why is it that a single unanswered message can trigger emotions far […]

Are You Loving the Other Person or Your Story? The …

What Kind of Relationships Are You Really Living? -Featured illustration depicting two people connected through glowing neural networks, symbolizing interpersonal neural synchronization, trust, co-regulation, and the neuroscience of human relationships. The image explores how healthy relationships promote emotional regulation, while uncertainty and ambiguity increase cognitive load and mental stress.

What Kind of Relationships Are You Really Living? The Neuroscience of Human Connection and Co-Regulation Introduction What places the greatest strain on the human nervous system? Many people immediately think of conflict. Arguments. Criticism. Disagreements. Yet modern neuroscience suggests something surprising. Often, what places the greatest burden on the brain […]

What Kind of Relationships Are You Really Living? The Neuroscience …

Are You Really Overreacting? - Image representing the contrast between chronic stress and emotional regulation, showing how trauma, the predictive brain, and the nervous system influence our reactions, while mindfulness and neuroplasticity support healing and resilience.

ARE YOU REALLY OVERREACTING? The Neuroscience of Stress, Trauma and the Nervous System Introduction Have you ever found yourself reacting far more intensely than you expected? Perhaps you became suddenly angry. Maybe a seemingly harmless comment hurt you more deeply than it should have. Or you felt overwhelmed by a […]

Are You Really Overreacting? The Neuroscience of Stress, Trauma and …

Why Chronic Stress Can Lead to Inflammation: The Neuroscience of Persistent Threat Many people sleep through the night, yet wake up feeling as exhausted as when they went to bed. Others take vacations, disconnect from work, or carve out moments of rest, only to discover that their body never truly […]

WHY CHRONIC STRESS CAN LEAD TO INFLAMMATION: The Neuroscience of …

stress and the immune system effects on the body

Stress and the Immune System: What Happens in the Body When You Live in a Constant State of Alert Stress and the immune system are closely connected, even though we often don’t realize it. Have you ever gone through a period of intense stress… and then gotten sick? A cold.A […]

STRESS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: What Happens in the Body …

Where stress comes from: Woman experiencing stress with neuroscience brain illustration and emotional overload concept

WHERE STRESS COMES FROM: the real reasons behind your discomfort Do you happen to feel stressed out? Maybe even when you’re not doing anything so demanding… You don’t have an immediate deadline… There’s no one pressuring you at that moment… And yet… you feel tension inside… As if something were […]

WHERE STRESS COMES FROM: The Real Reasons Behind Your Discomfort

living on autopilot mind mindfulness how to break free awareness brain impulse vs choice

Living on autopilot means going through your days without truly being present.You may have noticed it… and now you want to understand why it happens and how to break free. Have you ever reached the end of the day…and felt like you didn’t really live it? You did so many […]

ARE YOU LIVING ON AUTOPILOT? (Why It Happens and How …

thinking about the past mindfulness video

Why Do We Keep Thinking About the Past? What Your Mind Is Really Doing Have you ever found yourself going back to the same moment…again and again…even when you wish you could just let it go? A conversation.A mistake.A memory that keeps returning, as if it never really ended. And […]

WHY DO YOU KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE PAST?

How to calm your mind when it won't stop

  HOW TO CALM THE MIND WHEN IT WON’T STOP – Understanding the Busy Mind Sometimes the mind feels like it never pauses.Even when everything around us is quiet,inside, thoughts, images, and memories keep appearing. It’s as if the mind werea room with a radio playing,changing frequency on its own,never […]

HOW TO CALM YOUR MIND WHEN IT WON’T STOP: Understanding …

A woman with closed eyes surrounded by glowing energy, representing an active mind that never stops thinking

  Why the Mind Never Stops Thinking Have you ever wondered why the mind never stops thinking? Neuroscience shows that your brain is not designed to stop — it’s designed to generate thoughts continuously. So… You try to relax…you try to be present…and yet, thoughts keep coming. It’s not because […]

WHY THE MIND NEVER STOPS THINKING (Neuroscience Explains It)

self knowledge book The Alchemy of Joy

Hello everyone, I am truly happy to share something very special with you. Today, my new book is finally available: The Alchemy of Joy – A Practical Handbook This self knowledge book is a guide for anyone who feels the need to understand themselves more deeply and reconnect with their […]

THE ALCHEMY OF JOY: A practical handbook for Self Knowledge

Chakras and Energy Channels: The Seven Main Chakras: Radiant pink and violet lotus flower glowing with golden light against a soft celestial background, symbolising spiritual awakening, higher consciousness, and the crown chakra.

Chakras and Energy Channels: A Complete Guide to Self-Knowledge Knowing ourselves means understanding not only the mind and emotions, but also our energetic structure. Chakras and energy channels represent a fundamental map for interpreting the deeper functioning of the human being on the physical, psychological, subtle, and spiritual levels. In […]

Chakras and Energy Channels: A Complete Guide to Self-Knowledge

We have already talked about awareness in our previous articles “The alchemy of joy” and “Have you ever wondered who you are? “ even without mentioning it directly. In those articles, we have referred to a basic activity, preliminary to awareness, called observation, presenting it in a more or less introductory […]

SELF KNOWLEDGE – Awareness: what we refer to with this …

NOTES ON UNIVERSAL ENERGY The term energy derives from the late Latin energīa, in turn derived from the Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia). The word is composed of en, intensive particle, and ergon, ability to act. The omnipresent Universal Energy, also defined by the various spiritual and religious doctrines  and by the […]

SELF KNOWLEDGE: The Aura and the Subtle Bodies – Structure …

A crepuscular approach to a twilight era … Indispensable to give the right meaning to every experience of life, considering each as a part of a broader picture … Because EVERYTHING contributes to our healing and evolution … Existence is our teacher. As we experience our experiences, we evolve. In […]

“CELEBRATORY ALCHEMY”: The synthesis between Inferior Alchemy and Superior Alchemy …

Hi to you all, This is to inform you that the activities, the cooperations and divulgations that can be implemented through our association can be several and various. They can be of a spiritual, as well as artistic / creative, cultural and/or sporting kind (as sports we mean more something […]

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  The Twin Hearts Meditation, created by Master Choa Kok Sui, is a service tool through which, those who practice it, come to perceive their purpose and meaning of life, as well as their sense of belonging to the Existence and the connection with every living form. It consists in […]

THE TWIN HEARTS MEDITATION

… We are not our thoughts … We are not our emotions … There exists in us a higher level of consciousness that oversees and includes our mental activity … When reached, it allows us to rise above our rooted unhealthy habits, beyond the schemes , beyond family, cultural and […]

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHO YOU ARE?

                        “This Invocation or Prayer does not belong to anyone or to any group, but to all of Humanity.The beauty and strength of it are in its simplicity, and in its expression of certain central truths that all men […]

THE GREAT INVOCATION

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  • Uncategorized
  • The Disciplines
  • Pranic Healing
  • Spiritual Paths
  • Reiki
  • Meditation
  • Music and Singing
  • Energy Painting
  • The Masters
  • THE TWIN HEARTS MEDITATION
  • HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHO YOU ARE?
  • “CELEBRATORY ALCHEMY”: The synthesis between Inferior Alchemy and Superior Alchemy …
  • THE GREAT INVOCATION
  • REIKI AND PRANIC HEALING: two seemingly different disciplines based on the same basic principles … Crystal Energy enhances their effect
  • IL KOCHI METHOD – The best of oriental disciplines integrated into an innovative synergy, powerful but delicate at the same time
  • COACHING: are you ready to step out of your comfort zone? Maybe you are but you do not know …
  • MUSIC AND SINGING (… and not only): healing as a way to develop and cultivate a talent
  • INTERIOR GROWTH PATHWAYS: Reiki and Pranic Healing not only as therapeutic treatments but as an individual evolutionary path
  • WESAK – Testimony of Love that knows no barriers: What it is and Why It Celebrates
  • THE MASTERS AND THEIR HISTORY: Birth, evolution and development of the disciplines -REIKI – PRANIC HEALING
  • REIKI, PRANIC HEALING AND THE KOCHI METHOD: the ancient wisdom contained in a sweet touch that meets every need
  • CELEBRATION DIMENSION – A.S.D.® – C.F. 97978470587 – sports-amateur association and cultural association based on activities aimed at knowledge, creative expression, improvement, realization and evolution of the human being.
  • Hi, My Name is Romea…
  • Cookie Policy (EU)
  • THE MINDFUL LAB: Mindfulness and Neuroscience for a Deeper Understanding of the Mind
  • THE GREAT INVOCATION

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