Strength in Stillness

here’s a meditation practice where you can simply sit for twenty minutes and become naturally refreshed by allowing the mind to settle down.” Yes, you think the mantra but you don’t have to strain about it. Your mind goes where it wants to go, towards something more satisfying. Then, after TM’s twenty-minute mental spa treatment, I return to my day revitalized and ready for what awaits.

I would meditate. Then we’d go back to work, and I would eat afterward.

You will also learn simple best practices that seem obvious but aren’t, such as “It’s best to turn off your cell phone when you meditate,” and “Don’t meditate right after drinking a double espresso or eating a burrito.” (Note: there’s good logic here. Caffeine and digesting a burrito both raise your metabolic rate, and when you meditate, your body wants to rest. Deeply. I know. I tried both. That didn’t work out so well.)

Because any sound, positive or negative, has a powerful influence on the brain and the rest of the nervous system.