Good article, thanks.
I’ve found meditation 🧘♂️ very helpful in making me more aware with less anxiety. It helps me think more clearly.
I learned how to do transcendental meditation in the mid-70’s. My grades improved dramatically. I should mention, however, that I quit smoking cannabis. That obviously helped me think more clearly. I took a class to learn TM.
I soured on TM after I found out that Maharishi Mahash Yogi was starting to sell siddhi classes where you would learn to levitate and walk through walls. My source for this info was Time magazine.
In the mid-00’s I learned how to do do mindful meditation from books. I was going through a hard time then, and practicing meditation really helped get me through it. And, it made me a better employee.
I still meditate 1-3 times a day, but only for a few minutes at a time. Even this is helping me. I believe Paul McCartney still practices TM, which I found interesting.
I started with biofeedback in the 80’s which was so beneficial that I...stopped doing it! I also did TM for a couple of years but found 20 minutes 2x daily was hard to fit into life, which is absurd, but there you have it.
I work in a hospital- it’s been pretty intense and I started doing biofeedback again last week. I can feel the difference already. Whew.
“Be still, and know that I am God...”