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Its widely studied benefits include stress reduction, better sleep, enhanced focus, elevated mood, improved regulation of emotions, and so much more.
When practiced consistently and with intention, meditation has the unique ability to positively transform the way you think, behave, and interact with the world around you.
It can literally rewire your brain!But unfortunately, in the words of Tim Ferris, “meditation has a branding problem.”
Many of us view meditation as some woo-woo practice that’s exclusively used by ultra-spiritual gurus and self-important business executives.
We tend to imagine it as sitting cross-legged on a pristine mountain top, eyes closed, thinking about nothing, totally blissed out: A mental image that’s equal parts alienating and unrealistic.
What’s worse, the standard advice for beginners to “sit still and stop thinking” simply does not work.
It’s vague, it’s confusing, and it leaves people feeling frustrated and ready to quit before their practice starts paying off.
So what exactly is transcendental meditation?More than 380 peer-reviewed research studies on the TM technique have been published in over 160 scientific journals. These studies were conducted at many US and international universities and research centers, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, Yale Medical School, and UCLA Medical School...and they have shown irrefutable evidence that TM reduces insomnia, stress, anxiety, depression, blood pressure, cholesterol, congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis/stroke, free radicals, blood sugar, diabetes, pain, along with higher levels of brain functioning, longevity, sleep quality and much more.
The guy who taught me everything I know about TM is named Philip Land.Philip has been practicing TM for the past 40 years.
But he's no woo-woo, robe-clad, Eastern mysticist.
He's an unassuming, straight-talking, God-fearing, gun-totin' redneck living in northern Idaho. (When he's not teaching TM, you can find him walking his dog or taking selfies with Colonel Sanders.)
Philip has taught TM all over the globe, working with celebrities and high profile politicians. He's also worked in medicine, computed tomography, radiation technology, craniosacral therapy, hunting instruction, shooting, wilderness survival, and much more.
In this fascinating interview, you'll learn.. -How "bad ass, redneck, hunting, hippy, family man" Philip initially got involved with TM..8:50-Book: Principles by Ray Dalio
-Book: Money by Tony Robbins
-Center for Brain, Consciousness and Cognition (Dr. Fred Travis)
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