Fact: Americans spend a lot of money protecting their belongings. This is not surprising. If something is valuable, it makes sense to take care of it. Annually the average American spends about $2,000 on auto insurance, about $6,000 on health insurance, and a little less than $2,500 to protect their home. Money is willingly spent…
Helpful Meditation Tips (that have nothing to do with meditation)
To say that the last several years have felt like a bit of a blur is more than a bit of an understatement. The other day—which in reality was probably a month ago, if I counted the actual days—my coworker mentioned she and her husband were visiting Europe with a family friend. This particular family…
How to Meditate
For anyone who’s been sucked out of the present by the distracting whispers of worry or has had their minds bombarded by anxious thinking, it’s easy to have a clear “why” for beginning a meditation practice. Even those not being bullied by fear would probably acknowledge the benefits of meditating. But to be perfectly honest,…
The Truth about Meditation Part 2
Just the mere mention of meditation can bring to mind visuals of a room full of yogis, legs crossed in poses, their eyes closed, and hands atop their knees with serene looks upon their faces. But today is a good day to eliminate some myths and wrong ways of thinking so we can open the…
The Truth about Meditation Part 1
After what we’ve experienced over the last few years, it’s not surprising that meditation has become as mainstream as breathing. It’s hard to go about your day without hearing something about meditation—it’s headline news, has provoked numerous studies, is written about in lifestyle magazines and is recommended as a way of dealing with fear and…