Meditation: The best way to reach your true potential as human being
Did you know you can shape your brain just as you build up your body through exercise? Enter Meditation
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Today at a glance:
I’m a listener of the Tim Ferriss Podcast, in which the host asks “Masters of the Universe” about the tools, hacks, and tactics they use to be successful in their life.
The most mentioned tool by far? Meditation.
If you want to experience the benefits of meditation, it will require commitment, discipline, and perseverance to sit with your mind.
Tips for your meditation
Start early.
Same time, every day.
Get creative about location.
Breathe.
Find the best position for you.
Take the calmness with you.
Take a moment and check in with yourself.
Don’t try to be good at meditation. Instead, try to be good at life using meditation.
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Did you know you can shape your brain just as you build up your body through exercise? Enter Meditation
“The training and rewiring of your mind is a badass endeavor.” —Dan Harris, 10% Happier.
I’m a listener of the Tim Ferriss Podcast, in which the host asks “Masters of the Universe” about the tools, hacks, and tactics they use to be successful in their life.
The most mentioned tool by far? Meditation.
The West began to embrace “meditation” as a technique to improve performance when Russian athletes used it to train for the Olympic Games in the 80s. Athletes that spent 25% of their time on physical training and 75% of their time mentally training performed better than those who spent all of their time exclusively on physical training. To this day, most of the best athletes, entrepreneurs and world leaders employ meditation as a central part of their life.
Some benefits of meditation are:
A trained ability to focus
Enhanced creative and strategic thinking
Less anxiety, more inner peace
Meditation is a skill. So, what’s the best way to learn any skill? Being an apprentice.
If you’re ever going through some difficulties in life, you have tools like meditation to lift you.
Meditating when things are being difficult takes you from survival mode to stillness and inner peace.
Meditating when things are going well takes you from stillness and inner peace to new levels of creative and strategic thinking!
So, meditate even when things are going well!
If you want to experience the benefits of meditation, it will require commitment, discipline, and perseverance to sit with your mind.
If you’re new to meditation and finding it challenging to maintain a regular practice, I wanted to point out that it’s completely normal for beginners to experience some discomfort or frustration when starting out. And I also wanted to share a few tips that will help you to create your meditation practice.
Tips for BEFORE your meditation
1. Start early.
Try to meditate first thing in the morning. It can be a nice way to start the day because you’re refreshed, you will end up awake, and ready for a mindful day.
2. Same time, every day.
Making your practice a part of your daily routine is key to developing a long-term habit.
3. Get creative about location.
The greatest thing about meditation is that it can be practiced anywhere — at home, at work, in a park, even walking in a busy airport. It doesn’t matter where it happens, as long as you take a pause, breathe and start being mindful.
Tips for DURING meditation
1. Breathe.
Meditation does involve focusing on the breath and using it as an anchor to focus your mind, but try not to overthink about the breath. Do it naturally.
2. Find the best position for you.
The ideal meditating position for most people is sitting in a chair, on a sofa or in bed, arms and legs uncrossed, feet flat on the floor, and a cushion underneath the backside, so that the back is resting naturally.
3. Take the calmness with you.
Whatever the activity, try to carry the state of mind you achieved during your meditation with you into the next task and throughout the rest of your day.
Tips for AFTER meditation
1. Take a moment and check in with yourself.
After each session, ask yourself: Are you more calm than you were when you sat down? Does your mind feel more clear? Are you more focused on the day ahead?
2. Don’t try to be good at meditation.
Instead, try to use it to be good at life. Meditation isn’t something we ever expect to master or excel at; rather, it’s a life-long skill we are constantly working on day by day.
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