Meditation, Google and Architectural Marvels

Week 6 // (6/17/2024)

We are Horizon. Each edition of our newsletter will offer practical tips, inspiring stories, and valuable insights across three key areas: Ambition & Growth, Art, Design & Style, and Health & Wellness.

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

Ambition & Growth

Spotlight on Resilience: Sundar Pichai & Google

Sundar Pichai

Creative Vision:

President Google: Sundar Pichai drives his people, keeping the vision of information being universally accessible and useful. He heads Google, furthering artificial intelligence, search, and hardware innovations, to build a technology that truly serves all.

Technological Breakthroughs:

Google only sets new industry standards with AI innovations and makes them even more ubiquitous through Google Assistant and Google Cloud. The pursuit resolves around other factors.

Strategic Partners:

It collaborates with various industries, including healthcare and education, to infuse AI and machine learning technologies in finding solutions to complex problems while making user experiences better.

Balanced Risk and Innovation:

In the context of AI, he has himself insisted on a balanced approach toward innovation to ensure that things developed with new technologies are being done responsibly. With Google's work in AI ethics and digital well-being, this goes to some commitment toward finding balance between advancement and impact on society.

Art, Design & Style

Your Weekly Creative Digest: Zaha Hadid - Architectural Marvels

Zaha Hadid

Architectural Vision:

Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect known for her groundbreaking and futuristic designs. Her work is characterized by sweeping curves, dynamic forms, and innovative use of materials, which have redefined modern architecture.

Collaborations and Projects:

Hadid's projects include iconic structures such as the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, the Guangzhou Opera House, and the MAXXI Museum in Rome. Her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, continues to push the boundaries of architectural design.

Impact on Contemporary Architecture:

Hadid’s influence extends beyond her completed projects, inspiring architects worldwide to explore new forms and structural possibilities. Her visionary approach and distinctive style have left a lasting legacy in the world of architecture.

Health and Wellness

Open — “Blending Old and New to Bring You to the Here and Now.”

Meditate:

Open’s Meditate session features guided meditation and light breathwork set to music, designed to restore individuals to their true selves. Tailored for all levels, it grounds participants in their senses, interrupting the mind's chatter and dispelling the notion that meditation must be silent and motionless. One participant remarked, "Open's Meditate session transformed my perception of meditation. It's immersive and engaging, keeping me fully in the present moment."

All-in-One Mental Health App

Open is a unique social space where meditation, movement, and practice converge both on and offline. It blends ancient traditions with modern innovations to help participants stay present in the moment.

“Our hybrid methodology is designed to strengthen the mind-body connection,” says Open. Through a mix of meditation, breathwork, music, movement, and practice, Open's classes bring together the best of both worlds to foster a deeper collective presence and awareness.

Movement:

Move builds upon a core methodology—a harmonious blend of music, breathwork, and guided meditation—by incorporating mindful movement to simultaneously challenge and restore both body and mind. Designed for all levels and open to everyone, Move channels yoga’s original purpose as a form of moving meditation, using the body as an instrument of awareness and inviting participants to experience the synergy of bodies in motion and minds engaged.

Breathe:

Breathe offers an immersive sensory experience that enhances the core methodology of mindfulness and presence. By grounding participants in their senses, it seamlessly integrates music, breathwork, and guided meditation to create a unique and transformative practice. Designed for individuals at all levels, Breathe moves beyond traditional meditative practices, showcasing the beauty and power of breath to usher participants into new states of mind.

Who We Are

Horizon is a platform founded on the belief that true prosperity is a life of balance. Horizon is created to elevate readers toward well-being, personal growth, and artistic expression.

Split between our focuses on “Ambition & Growth”, “Art, Design & Style”, and “Health & Wellness”, we follow a comprehensive approach to the pursuit of well-balanced achievement.