How to become a positive person in life
The BBC programme Horizon presented a few years ago, the case of a man (medical journalist Michael Mosley) who requested to become a warmer and happier person and to sleep better, as he was suffering from insomnia for the last 20 years. In order to achieve his goals, he was asked to do a daily meditation and a fun exercise on his laptop, where he had to find the one positive face, amongst 19 grim or angry faces.
In 7 weeks his brains had physically changed, but more importantly for Michael, he felt positive, happier and he slept better.
I meditate every morning from 6 till 6.30 and do sometimes a short practice during the day. Since I took up the discipline I am more creative, productive, focussed, energised, positive and happy.
Tracey came to a meditation workshop, feeling quite nervous as she had never done anything like this and did not really know what to expect. She is an active mum of 2 and also holding down a part-time job. She told me: never switch off. I am always physical on the go and when I sit down, my mind races and goes through all the things I have to plan and have to do. When she read the announcement of the workshop she was attracted to the down-to-earth element and also to the fact that it promised her to feel relaxed. She did not think she had relaxed for the last 4 years, since she became a mother. Afterwards she wowed about how relaxed she felt during the workshop and how she felt the stress just melting away. When I spoke to her a few days later, she told me she slept better, felt considerably calmer and was trying some of the short practices a few times a day.
Tracey makes me smile. Because she picked up what I want to put out there: how easy it is to start to practice mindfulness meditation.
Meditation works like supplements: you have to take one pill each day to make it work, not 30 in one go so you are done for the month……
Tips on how to make meditation work:
Set aside a few minutes each day, be disciplined
Find a practice you really like, enjoy
Don’t have expectations, just go with the flow
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