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4 Scientifically Proven Techniques to Amplify Your Meditation Practice

4 Scientifically Proven Techniques to Amplify Your Meditation Practice

Are You Getting What You Want Out Of Your Meditation Practice?

I once told a Zen Philosophy PHD student about my meditation practice. He told me it was cheating. 

According to him “real” meditation means you need to sit for 12 hours each day, for 50 years, in the Himalayas, in complete silence, with your legs crossed, while saying “ohm”, give away all of your worldly possessions, eat nothing but rice and boiled vegetables and drink 35 cups of green tea each day… in order to achieve enlightenment. Or something like that.

In any case, everyone has heard about the importance of mediation and yet very few people are actually making progress in their meditation practice. They learn how to do it and then never improve. It's like the guy who’s been typing with two index fingers for 30 years and never learned how to use both hands on a keyboard. 

If you want to get more out of your meditation practice, this article is for you. 

You'll learn:

  • Why most spiritual teachers have absolutely no idea how to teach meditation. 
  • 4 methods to amplify your meditation practice and take it to the next level (backed by real science).
  • How to meditate like a monk in the Himalayas without leaving your house.
  • One very effective (and expensive) way to teach your brain to monitor itself. 
  • A method you can use each morning to stop your brain from procrastinating. 

23 Ways To Rewire Your Brain To Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt And Resistance

23 Ways To Rewire Your Brain To Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt And Resistance

There are two types of people in this world...

  1. Those who conquer their fears.
  2. Those that get conquered by them.

This post is about the 2nd type of person...

In this post, you'll Learn:
1. How to get out of your head when you are nervous.
2. A simple hack to shutting off nervousness that you can do in 8 seconds. 
3. Why James Bond is NOT someone you want to idolize.

3 Simple Steps To Create An Exercise Habit That Sticks!

3 Simple Steps To Create An Exercise Habit That Sticks!

My friend Dave is disappointed with life.

His job sucks, his life lacks meaning, his income is low, and he’s not confident.

All of these issues stem from what he see’s in the mirror. He’s skinny. Like really skinny.

It may be a compliment to call a girl skinny, but It’s the kiss of death for a guy. It not only insults his general manliness, but makes him feel weak, feminine, and soft.

Because he hates the way he looks, he finds it hard to be happy, grateful and assertive in his daily life. You would think this would be enough to start lifting weights and pounding down protein shakes. It isn’t.

Like most of us, he has tried to start an exercise habit, but failed.

In this article, I'm going to show you how to create one that sticks. 

How To Learn Life Lessons From Your Farmer

How To Learn Life Lessons From Your Farmer

Our lives (even if we are not farmers) are governed by rhythms, flows and seasons of our lives. We go through cycles of work, tinkering, learning, experimenting, planning, growing, organizing, cultivating, testing and resting.

When we respect these seasons, we flourish. When we don’t, we burn out, get sick, get fat and age early. 

Are you respecting the Seasons of Your Life? Most of us push until something breaks. You need to look no further than the census of 2013 to understand that most Americans are overworked, overweight and overspending.

Our culture tells us to over-do it. Do it fast. Do it now.

And we do.