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Why Meditation is Your Ultimate Life Hack – Light Watkins and Emily Fletcher : 836

Jul 1, 2021

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Emily Fletcher

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Light Watkins

Join meditation teachers Light Watkins and Emily Fletcher as they discuss how meditation transforms high performance. Light shares his journey from struggling meditator to master, emphasizing the boldness meditation fosters. Emily explains the Ziva Technique, combining mindfulness and meditation for personal growth. They explore gratitude's power in manifestation and the essential role of rest and emotional well-being. Together, they highlight how embracing surrender through meditation can lead to a balanced, creative lifestyle.

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ANECDOTE

Control Freak to Surrender

Emily Fletcher, a self-proclaimed recovering control freak, attends Burning Man and visits India.
These experiences taught her the power of surrender and trust in something larger than oneself.

ANECDOTE

Meditation Failure to Householder

Light Watkins initially struggled with meditation, feeling like a failure due to whirling thoughts and discomfort.
He later discovered the householder track of meditation, emphasizing comfortable posture for daily life.

ADVICE

Meditation as Rest

Categorize meditation as "rest" to justify the time spent and understand its benefits.
Prioritize rest for enhanced productivity and overall well-being.

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People used to think that meditation made you gullible," says meditation teacher Light Watkins. "Now, they realized that meditation makes you bold, as some of the most influential business and thought leaders of our day see meditation as non-negotiable for making big moves."

Light has been immersed in the meditation space for two decades, first as a practitioner, then as an apprentice to his Vedic Meditation teacher, and finally as a teacher himself. He now leads meditation trainings and retreats world-wide. He’s been featured in major media, taught celebrity clients and written popular books on happiness and meditation.

You’d think he’d be a model meditator, but In reality, Light spent years sitting in uncomfortable positions with whirling thoughts, and feeling like he was failing at meditation. He couldn’t settle his body or his mind. He stuck with it (an inspiration to struggling meditators!) and eventually found his groove.

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation, the creator of The Ziva Technique and is regarded as a leading expert in meditation for high performance. For a decade, she’s led Ziva's powerful combination of mindfulness, meditation and manifesting designed to help you get better at life, not get better at meditating.

Mindfulness creates a state change, Emily says, and meditation creates a trait change.

She’s reached more than 40,000 students so far, including Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners, Navy SEALS, NBA players and CEOs. Also entrepreneurs, busy parents and anyone looking to level up. She also expanded her meditation reach to zivaKIDS with a brand new program aimed at kids ages 4 to 14.

If you enjoy this special episode with Light and Emily, sten to their full Bulletproof Radio podcasts about meditation:

Meditation is the Ultimate Rest Hack – Light Watkins #580

Learn more about Light's meditation program and books: https://www.lightwatkins.com

Meditation: The Ultimate High-Performance Tool— Emily Fletcher #568

Adult Talk: How to Get Your Kids to Meditate – Emily Fletcher with Dave Asprey – #817

Learn more about Emily's meditation program and books: https://zivameditation.com

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