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Harry Duran What are affirmations and how do they work? Can a daily meditation practice compliment your affirmations? In this episode of The OneMind Meditation podcast, I explore these questions about meditation and affirmations with Harry Duran.  I met Harry on a 10-day silent retreat. He’s a long-time meditator and the host of a popular podcast called Podcast Junkies. In addition to being an inspired meditation practitioner, Harry has a lot to say about the power and practice of affirmations. (You can download Harry’s free PDF of Daily Affirmations below.) What Are Affirmations? So what, exactly, are affirmations? If you’re new to this idea, here is a simple definition from author and success coach Remez Sasson: Affirmations are sentences aimed to affect the conscious and the subconscious mind. The words composing the affirmation, automatically and involuntarily, bring up related mental images into the mind, which could inspire, energize and motivate. Repeating affirmations, and the resultant mental images, affect the subconscious mind, which in turn, influences the behavior, habits, actions and reactions. Affirmations have been around for a long time. They were a core part of the self-help movement as long as 80 years ago when Napoleon Hill featured them in his classic Think And Grow Rich. Somewhere along the line, affirmations got a bad name. As the cherished practice of many self-help, wish fulfillment, and manifestation fads, affirmations were often relegated to the spiritual materialism bucket. I had heard of affirmations before. For 15 years, I trained and studied in a rigorous spiritual community and affirmations always struck me as kind of silly, lightweight, and for spiritual consumers. In case it’s not obvious, I was also a bit of a spiritual snob. I never really took them too seriously. Eventually, that changed. I met a number of people whom I respect, that practice daily affirmations. The Dalai Lama, for one. In fact, many major spiritual traditions make use of the developmental power of affirmations. For example, here are 110 affirmations from the Bible and 26 Buddhist affirmations. But what does the research tell us about affirmations? A recent article in Psychology Today chronicles some of the compelling research behind affirmations citing, among other studies, new research out of Carnegie Mellon University that demonstrates some of the positive effects of practicing affirmations. Meditation And Affirmations And it’s a mistake to think affirmations are only for the selfish and superficial. Like prayer, meditation, chanting, or mantras, repeating affirmations is a time-honored tradition that can open our hearts and minds. Like most contemplative arts, it has the power to refine your soul and deepen your connection to the mystery of life. Affirmations can help you expand your perspective beyond the narrow confines of your own life. I practice them a few times each week. And every time, I feel better for it: more awake, more alive, more fulfilled, and more clear about my purpose here. Why are meditation and affirmations such a great combo? For one thing, meditation creates excellent conditions for expressing your affirmations. I love to emerge out of the quiet stillness and presence of meditation and speak the affirmations out loud, with a full and contented heart. If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to try it. In this episode of the podcast, Harry and I explore the power of meditation and affirmations and: Harry’s daily affirmation practice Why, when you’re meditating, it should be like a thief coming to an empty house How being a DJ in New York City led Harry to meditation Harry’s experience of the meditation zone Why meditation is like a frictionless state of consciousness How certain conversations, when entered into with mindful awareness, are like being in a state of flow Why Harry believes that flow states are our natural center of gravity Show Notes Get Harry’s Gift: Daily Affirmations PDF Learn about Podcast Junkies Connect with Harry Twitter: @podcast_junkies Twitter: @duranHarry Listen to Harry interview Morgan Dix on Podcast Junkies The post OM047: Meditation And The Power Of Affirmations appeared first on About Meditation.

What is the relationship between menopause and meditation? Can meditation help during this significant life transition? According to holistic health coach Katherine Miller, yes it can. Meditation And Menopause Katherine Miller is a holistic health coach and former meditation teacher and yoga instructor. Recently, she finished hosting a successful global tele-summit called Menopause Is A Trip. Katherine is a long-time meditator and spent two decades doing intensive spiritual practice in a spiritual ashram before starting her own holistic health business. In this episode of The OneMind Podcast, she discusses why and how meditation is such an important tool for women going through menopause. So why is Katherine focusing on menopause? In her own words: Katherine Miller Because too many women are looking for answers and not finding them! Menopause is just as important a transition in a woman’s life as puberty or childbirth. It’s a time of enormous transformation, personal growth and reinvention. So why is the experience of menopause so often awful? Because we come to menopause unprepared, unsuspecting, and at a disadvantage. In the last 60 years our world has changed enormously – we eat processed foods, take antibiotics, live a 24/7 high tech lifestyle, work full time in sedentary jobs, use hormonal contraception, and are exposed to more chemicals in a day than previously known to man. All these things have made our lives easier in many ways, but they have also compromised our health without us even realizing it. Katherine believes that meditation is one of the most important tools for women to manage these changes and nurture their health and wellbeing through menopause and beyond. In this episode, Katherine and I discuss meditation and menopause and explore: How decreasing estrogen levels increases women’s confidence How, after decades of intensive meditation, Katherine uses meditation to listen and tune in to the wisdom of her body Why she thinks of menopause in terms of the seasons of our lives Meditation brings awareness and consciousness to what your system needs Why it’s important to go inward during this time and how meditation is a perfect tool to do that. The mindfulness exercises and techniques that Katherine teaches to professionals to support this life transition and increase resilience How a few minutes of meditation a day can reverse the negative effects of stress Show Notes Connect with Katherine at her website: MBodied Learn about: Katherine’s Menopause Is A Trip Tele-Summit Check out: Katherine’s Coaching Get: Katherine’s Cleanses Get: 7-Day Map for Hormonal Happiness (Free) Read: The Confidence Gap from The Atlantic The post OM046: Meditation And Menopause: Everything You Need To Know appeared first on About Meditation.

How do you practice mindfulness during your day? What are some mindfulness exercises that can connect us more deeply to ourselves and to the world and people around us? In this short audio, we explore two mindfulness tips that will ground and deepen your connection to life. Two Mindfulness Tips First, we explore the power of listening. When we immerse ourselves in our immediate soundscape, we discover new layers of presence. When we listen with all of our being, it requires that we bring all of ourselves to the task. And when we do, we suddenly find ourselves in a vast space of present moment awareness. From that ground, we can discover new dimensions of ourselves, others, and the world around us. Second, we dive into the ancient art of observing the movement of our minds. This is a more advanced mindfulness practice, and it demands a lot of patience. However, this mode of mindfulness boasts a rich bounty for the diligent practitioner. Slowly but surely, you learn how to dis-embed your attention from the conditioned momentum of your own mind. In doing so, you create a space within yourself where you can actually observe habitual responses and patterns of thought. Through the simple act of observing and paying attention without judgement, you begin to free yourself from these habitual patterns. That is the miracle of mindfulness. Show Notes If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also like the Meditation for Life Mini Course Learn more about free awareness meditation with How To Free Your Mind & Discover Deep Peace Take a self-paced introduction to Meditation and explore theMeditation For Life Core Training Program Leave us a rating & review on iTunes The post OM045: Two Mindfulness Tips That Can Change Your Life appeared first on About Meditation.

What is the relationship between meditation and healing? Can meditation heal trauma? That’s a question we get asked a lot here at About Meditation. That makes sense, because these days, many people embrace meditation as a way to heal from different kinds of trauma. I came to meditation over twenty years ago on a quest for meaning. I found answers to some of my most pressing existential questions. And at the age of 21, notions of trauma and healing were not foremost on my mind. But twenty years on, that’s changed. Alex Musat In this episode of The OneMind Meditation Podcast, I talk with with long-time meditation practitioner, instructor, and life coach Alex Musat about mindfulness and how it helps us to heal and access the medicine of our hearts. Alex shares his deep and poignant insights into the journey from suffering to healing and thriving. How Mindfulness Heals A lot of us struggle with grief, loss, and unresolved trauma from our past. Most of us bury this pain deep inside and then spend a good portion of our life energy avoiding it. Understandably, it’s hard to understand that the best way to heal is to turn toward that pain and feel it completely. Our instincts for self-preservation tend to drive us in the opposite direction. Most of us run from our pain and it remains unresolved, trapped in our minds and our bodies. And yet emotional pain and trauma is part of being human. It’s unavoidable. We’re all a lot more sensitive than we like to think. And I don’t know any adult friend of mine who hasn’t suffered some measure of personal loss or emotional trauma. The idea that mindfulness and meditation can help us heal from these wounding experiences is nothing new. The merging of meditation and psychotherapy has picked up a lot of momentum over the last few decades. For good reason! A number of studies demonstrate that mindfulness is an effective intervention for healing various forms of trauma. Here are a few leaders in the field of healing trauma through mindfulness and meditation. Healing Through Meditation On the acute end of the trauma spectrum, Dr. Richard Miller works with soldiers who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and he uses a unique form of meditation called iRest to help them heal. You can listen to my interview with Dr. Miller here. Tara Brach, a buddhist teacher and psychotherapist, writes extensively on this topic in her book, Radical Acceptance. According to Brach, “Radical Acceptance” is the healing fruit of this work: In the weaving of these traditions I discovered what I now call “Radical Acceptance,” which means clearly recognizing what we are feeling in the present moment and regarding that experience with compassion. Carl Rogers wrote: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” In my own inner work, and in working with my psychotherapy clients and meditation students, I see over and over that Radical Acceptance is the gateway to healing wounds and spiritual transformation. When we can meet our experience with Radical Acceptance, we discover the wholeness, wisdom and love that are our deepest nature. Trauma expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is the founder of The Trauma Center and author of the book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. In his book, he describes how mindfulness techniques can help the mind heal after trauma. Meditation Is Not For Everyone Is meditation a surefire antidote to trauma? Not necessarily. It helps to have guidance from a seasoned practitioner who is trained in this healing modality. What can go wrong? It’s possible to meditate for many years and never heal. Why? Because meditation can be used to avoid pain and suffering. It’s called spiritual bypassing. Just like alcohol or drugs can numb emotional pain, accessing higher states of meditative awareness can become a source of avoidance as well. Robert Augustus Masters, PhD wrote the book on this topic. It’s called Spiritual Bypassing, and he describes it this way: Spiritual bypassing—the use of spiritual practices/beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs—is so pervasive that it goes largely unnoticed. As Masters suggests, spiritual bypassing is more common than you might think. Of course, this is not what meditation is all about, but it’s the shadow side of the practice, and it’s important to be aware of it. I invited Alex onto the show so you could benefit from his insight, sensitivity, and unique perspectives on mindfulness, healing, and living with an open heart. In this episode, Alex Musat and I explore: How Buddhism helped him understand the nature of his own suffering Why present moment awareness is the first—and every—step in the healing process How mindfulness practice can help untangle the knots that cover our hearts How Alex’s meditation practice evolved from mental to heart-based How Alex helps his students and clients heal Why he defines “the heart” as all of you in your totality in this moment How to Discover the original ground of care inside your own being Show Notes Connect with Alex Musat Work with Alex Musat Listen to Healing Wounded Warriors with iRest Meditation with Dr. Richard Miller Listen to Growth & Insight Through Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy with Ava Pommerenk Listen to Can Brainwave Entrainment Meditation Accelerate Your Growth? with John Dupuy The post OM043: How Mindfulness Heals & Opens The Heart appeared first on About Meditation.

For this holiday week we are replaying the episode on How To Turn Meditation Into A Keystone Habit. This is one of the most popular episodes of the OneMind Meditation Podcast. If you’d like to learn more about how to turn meditation into a habit, here’s a list of resources. Listen & Read: Listen to: OM 006: Build Confidence and Healthy Habits Through Mindfulness with Author Barrie Davenport Listen to: OM 017: The Ashram & The Entrepreneur—Exploring Meditation As A Habit with Sonia Thompson Read: 5 Simple Steps To Create A Meditation Habit That Sticks Read: The Surprising Statistics Behind Creating A New Meditation Habit Read: The One Thing You Must Do To Make Meditation A Habit The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod The One Thing by Gary Keller The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg [Video] How to Break Habits: Charles Duhigg Habit Study from University College London The post OM042: How To Turn Meditation Into A Keystone Habit appeared first on About Meditation.

Photos via Flickr CC: David Gabriel Fischer Recently I was interviewed by meditator and entrepreneur Sonia Thompson on the subject of meditation. Sonia is a good friend and she asked some very insightful questions. In fact, Sonia’s questions were so closely aligned with the most popular questions we receive here at AboutMeditation.com that I decided to dedicate this episode of the podcast to answering them for you. A lot of these questions cover the ABC’s of meditation. But even if you’re a seasoned meditator, I think you’ll appreciate revisiting some of these basic principles in more depth, because they never get old. Here are seven questions about meditation that everyone asks with a super brief summary of my response to each question. I answer each of these questions and provide context in much greater detail in the audio podcast. Seven Questions About Meditation That Everyone Asks 1. What exactly is meditation? Meditation is training for your attention. It’s a process and a practice. You can think of your meditation practice as a gym membership for your mind. You build the muscles of your attention through meditation. By focusing on one thing, like your breath, and repeatedly bringing your attention back to that anchor, you strengthen that muscle. That forms the basis for an empowering and enlightening process that starts to unfold within you. 2. What’s the difference between meditation and mindfulness? Mindfulness is meditation in action. It’s the deliberate practice of present moment awareness.It’s noticing and being attentive to whatever’s happening. For example, washing the dishes. Being attentive to the sensation of the water. The ambient soundscape around you. The feeling of being rooted and standing at the sink. The tendency of your mind to drift away. Mindfulness means practicing a refined and subtle form of paying attention to everything you do. 3.  What are the benefits of meditation? We can come at this from a few different angles. Physical: Studies show that meditation helps you relax, lowers your blood pressure, neutralizes and even reverses the effects of stress, decreases blood cortisol levels, helps with irritable bowel syndrome and digestion, and it can help you sleep better. Emotional: Meditation stimulates you relaxation response and helps calibrate your emotional state. It helps you achieve a deeper emotional equilibrium as you find a deeper ground of stability beneath or beyond the daily ups and downs. In essence, it helps you become emotionally centered and grounded. Mental: Neuroscience studies show that 8 weeks of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) grows the grey matter in your brain, increases focus, and increases productivity. Spiritual: Through meditation, you discover a part of yourself that is unlimited and unrestricted. You slowly but surely develop a sense of connection with everything. You find that sense of connection and wholeness through a very simplified stripped down state of being. In that experience of being, you understand at some core level that everything is fine just as it is. 4. Is meditation something that should be practiced daily? Can you get the benefits of it if you don’t do it everyday? The ideal is to meditate every day. Why?It’s important to build momentum. Like any skill you’re trying to develop, you won’t grown in the practice without commitment. Daily practice is best, and you can derive real benefits with just 3-5 min a day. 5. What are the common misconceptions people have about meditation? That a busy mind makes you a bad meditator. That meditation is only for a particular kind of person. That your mind shouldn’t wander, because it will. That you have to meditate for an hour every day to get benefits. That you don’t have enough time. 6. Is there an ideal amount of time new meditators need to engage in this practice before it becomes something that they “get” or start to see benefits from? It’s different for everyone. I meet people who have a big A-HA moment the very first time they meditate. For other people, like me, it may take much longer. 7. Should meditation be a structured practice?Are there times of day, postures, or targeted timing that should be devoted to practice? Ideally yes. Because, in the beginning, you want to create a habit out of it and the best way to do that is through rote structure. Pick a cue, establish a routine, and be clear about the reward you want from it. The cue for me is my cup of coffee in the morning. You can learn more about how to create a meditation habit here.   Show Notes If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also like the Meditation for Life Mini Course Learn more about free awareness meditation with How To Free Your Mind & Discover Deep Peace Take a self-paced introduction to Meditation and explore theMeditation For Life Core Training Program Leave us a rating & review on iTunes The post OM041: 7 Questions About Meditation That Everyone Asks appeared first on About Meditation.

Photo cia Flickr CC: David Gabriel Fischer Meditation and productivity. They certainly make for strange bedfellows. How, after all, can an ancient esoteric practice focused on “non-doing” help you to do more in less time with less wear on your system? This is the question I set out to answer in this episode of The OneMind Meditation Podcast. At the end of this episode, I also share a simple and effective meditation productivity exercise I do every morning. Meditation And Productivity: The Science & Social Proof There is a growing body of scientific evidence which suggests that training in meditation and mindfulness reduces distraction and makes you more productive. Perhaps the most popular study on this topic came out of the University of Washington in 2012. It showed that knowledge workers who trained in mindfulness stayed on tasks longer and made fewer task switches–and felt better about it–than a group without that training. They also demonstrated better memory for the tasks performed. Another study from Georgetown and University of Pennsylvania showed that marines with mindfulness training showed better working memory capacity (WMC) under high stress than non-meditators. We use our WMC to manage cognitive demands and regulate emotions. In essence, strong WMC allows you to stay focused–read more productive–under stress. Imagine how important this capacity is during life-threatening situations when it’s important to think on your feet and when many lives depend on it. At the same time, the business world has embraced meditation with open arms as the next big productivity hack. Ray Dalio manages one of the largest hedge funds in the world, and he says that, “Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had.” But how can it help you? How Can Meditation Make You More Productive? Of course, all of us are busy every day and most of us have a running check list–at work and at home–of things we need to do. But how well do we do those things and what’s the quality of our attention when we do them? That’s where meditation can help, because meditation is training for your attention. It helps you improve and refine the quality of your attention. This is important because everything we do requires attention. In fact, everything we experience happens upon the canvas of our awareness. And the thing is, the quality of your attention affects the quality of your life more than anything else. In our modern age, most of us live with divided and frayed attention. We have too much going on and we suffer from stress and information overload. As a result, we struggled to stay focused on one thing at a time. Meditation develops your ability to resistance distraction and immerse yourself in the present moment. Staying grounded in that present moment awareness has the opposite effect of stress. It helps you think more clearly, creatively, and with greater focus. A Productivity-Boosting Meditation Exercise Here are the four topics we cover in this exploration of Meditation and Productivity: Part 1: Why I wanted to talk about this topic (I share some pretty amazing news!) Part 2: What is the science and the social proof? Part 3: Why and how is meditation training for your attention? Why is it especially important in the time that we’re living? Part 4: I share an exercise with you that I practice every day to marry meditation and productivity. It’s a practice that has helped me a lot, and I think it can help you too. Show Notes Buy The ONE Thing by Gary Kellar If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also like the Meditation for Life Mini Course Learn more about free awareness meditation with How To Free Your Mind & Discover Deep Peace Take a self-paced introduction to Meditation and explore the Meditation For Life Core Training Program Leave us a rating & review on iTunes The post OM040: Meditation & Productivity: Everything You Need To Know appeared first on About Meditation.

What is brainwave entrainment and what does it have to do with meditation? Often referred to as binaural meditation, many people claim this technology can enhance your meditation practice and actually accelerate your mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. In fact, there’s a body of research which supports these claims. Brainwave entrainment has even proved effective in helping to heal people with trauma, mental illness, and addiction. Whether you’re new to meditation, or a long-time practitioner, you might want to consider adding brainwave entrainment to your transformational toolbox. We recently featured an article on this topic, but to help you understand more about this fascinating contemplative technology, I interviewed one of the leaders in the field of brainwave entrainment meditation on the OneMind Meditation Podcast. Meet the soulful and inspiring John Dupuy, founder of iAwake Technologies and author of the award-winning Integral Recovery. Discovering the Power of Brainwave Entrainment John Dupuy John discovered the power of brainwave entrainment after tragedy struck and he lost his brother to suicide. That was the beginning in a series of painful and challenging events in his life. Soon John was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. He was already an on-again off-again meditator, but after four years of hardship and struggle, he discovered a new depth of faith through his spiritual practice. The catalyst for this change was brainwave entrainment meditation. As John tells it, the technology had a huge effect on his meditation practice, enabling him to go deeper and farther than he had before. It was this spiritual breakthrough that initiated a deep and lasting healing process. It also led John to found iAwake Technologies, a company dedicated to sharing brainwave entrainment meditation with the world. John is passionate about the potential of brainwave entrainment to support healing and spiritual growth. But he never claims that this technology is a surrogate for meditation. On the contrary, John is a firm believer in the power of daily practice. Instead, he asserts that brainwave entrainment can enhance and deepen your meditation practice, not replace it. In that spirit, we wanted to invite John to share his expertise and his story with the About Meditation audience. → Also, don’t miss this complimentary 20-min brainwave entrainment meditation track from John and the iAwake team. In this episode, John and I explore: -How binaural meditation unites the body and mind -The healing properties of brainwave entrainment -Why John meditated intensively to heal from personal trauma -The discoveries in neuroscience that led to the creation of binaural technology -How brainwave entrainment technology can help accelerate your access to deeper states of awareness -How spirituality becomes a felt reality -How brainwave entrainment improves your focus and creativity -Why it’s in the suffering and pain where John finds the light -Some of the scientific research demonstrating the efficacy of brainwave entrainment -Brain science, Epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and the wonders of life-long learning -How brainwave entrainment can accelerate your capacity for learning Show Notes Get a free brainwave entrainment meditation music track (Disclosure: We have a business relationship with iAwake technologies. If you buy a program on the iAwake website, it will return an affiliate commission to About Meditation.) Learn more about iAwake Technologies and John Dupuy Buy Integral Recovery The post OM039: Can Brainwave Entrainment Meditation Accelerate Your Growth? appeared first on About Meditation.

What is tai chi? Is it true that this ancient martial art, often referred to as a form of moving meditation, can impact the health of your mind, heart, bones, nerves, muscles, and immune system? In fact, the latest research out of Harvard supports these claims and more. Of course, Tai Chi masters have known this for hundreds of years. And the benefits, they say, go much deeper than physical and mental wellness. Tai Chi is also a powerful and honored mindfulness practice. As Harvard’s Dr. Peter Wayne puts it, “I think of Tai Chi as a form of meditation or mindfulness on wheels!” The Harvard Medical School Guide To Tai Chi I had the pleasure of interviewing Peter for this episode of the OneMind Meditation Podcast. He authored The Harvard Medical School Guide To Tai Chi and serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine jointly based at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Peter is passionate about the art and science of Tai Chi. When he’s not at his day job, researching and studying the health benefits of Tai Chi, he’s teaching and practicing with students at his Tree of Life Tai Chi Center in Somerville, MA. To date, Peter has has led or collaborated on more than 15 peer-reviewed studies at the Osher Center. These studies include evaluation of the clinical benefits and physiological basis of Tai Chi for: -Chronic heart failure -Obesity and cardiovascular risks -Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -Vestibular (inner ear) balance disorders -Osteoporosis (low bone density) -Depression -Parkinson’s disease At the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, the curriculum focuses on Tai Chi Chuan, qigong, meditation, and related healing and martial art. The Center also offers a teacher training program. In this episode, we explore the art and science of Tai Chi with Dr. Peter Wayne and discuss: What Is Tai Chi? What is Chi? What are the health benefits of Tai Chi? Why is Tai Chi such a good compliment to seated meditation? Why Tai Chi is often referred to as a form of “moving meditation” The 8 active ingredients of Tai Chi How and why ecological principles provide a helpful framework for studying Tai Chi What science is showing us about the multidimensional impact of tai chi on our health Some of the exciting Tai Chi studies taking place at Harvard   Show Notes Buy The Harvard Medical School Guide To Tai Chi by Peter Wayne, PhD Explore the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center Learn more about the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Buy A brief history of Chi by Yu Huan Zhang Buy Waking the Tiger by Peter Lavine Buy The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD The post OM038: Harvard’s Guide To Tai Chi with Dr. Peter Wayne appeared first on About Meditation.

Photo via Flickr CC: Thomas Huang Be grateful for adversity, for it forces the human spirit to grow. For surely the human character is formed not in the absence of difficulty but in our response to difficulty. ~Jim Rohn Have you ever come back from death? There aren’t a lot of people on earth who can say they’ve died and come back to life. Hal Elrod is one of them. Hal’s story, as he recounts it in his bestselling book, The Miracle Morning, captured my heart and mind a little over a year ago. But his story was just the beginning. In his book, Hal also introduced me to a unique morning routine that changed my own life. He calls it the Life SAVERS. In this episode of the OneMind Meditation Podcast, Hal shares his story and the incredible events that have unfolded since his accident and how they led to his book, The Miracle Morning. Today, Hal is at the forefront an impassioned movement of people who are changing their lives through a novel approach to their morning routines. This approach, which Hal calls Life SAVERS, includes a powerful blend of self-development practices. Silence Affirmations Visualization Exercise Reading Scribing (Journaling) I can personally attest to the transformative powerful of Hal’s approach to morning routines and have already recorded a podcast episode about it called How To Turn Meditation Into A Keystone Habit. So what does all this have to do with meditation? I invited Hal onto the show because he places a strong emphasis on silence as part of his Life SAVERS routine. And beyond that, meditation dovetails elegantly with these other practices. In time, the Life SAVERS become mutually reinforcing habits, enhancing one another. If you’ve struggled to hone your morning routine, I can’t recommend The Miracle Morning strongly enough. It can change your life. It definitely changed mine.   Show Notes  Visit HalElrod.com Buy The Miracle Morning on Amazon Join the Miracle Morning Community Visit Best Year Ever Blueprint.com Read Habit Stacking by Steve Scott Read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Try Immersive Meditation with Michael Ellsberg Try The 6 Phase Meditation on Youtube Listen to Mindfulness Teacher Julianna Raye Listen to How To Turn Meditation Into A Keystone Habit Read The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco Read Vision To Reality – by Honoree The post OM037: Meditation & The Miracle Morning with Hal Elrod appeared first on About Meditation.