Being In Meditation. How To Replace the To-do List Mindset

Although meditation became kind of a buzzword in the last years, and we have started hearing a lot about it since the beginning of the pandemic, the general opinion is that it is an extremely hard thing to do. For most of us at this point, training and taming our monkey mind, or lowering the volume of the chatter in our brain are easier said than done. James Brown, our guest for today's show, believes that right there lies the problem of finding meditation hard: for him, meditation is about being; it is not another item in a to-do list. 

James Brown is a Meditation Teacher, founder of Vedic Path Meditation in San Francisco, and the FLOW Meditation online program developer. James walked away from his 25 years career in advertising as a Creative Director to embark on a two-year study program capped off with a four-month intensive in India, studying with Vedic masters. James is considered one of the world's leading experts on this Vedic approach to meditation. His calling is to teach simple, easy, and powerful meditation techniques to as many people as possible. 

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of a more straightforward and compelling approach to meditation. James kindly answered some questions from the audience; he shared details of his journey into meditation and how it changed his life. We also talk about breathing as a diving board, why meditation is so hard for people, and how to make it easier. We reflect on why comparing our interior with someone else's exterior is pointless, and, in addition, James guided me through a short practice session of Vedic Meditation that made tears come down flooding my face. 

Join James and me on this trip towards these simple yet potent meditation techniques. 

Some Questions I Ask:

• When you walked away from your career as Creative Director, people must have looked at you like, you're doing what? (12:10)
• How is your meditation technique different than the rigid meditation that people have in their minds? (13:29)
• Do you think that one reason people resist meditation is that maybe they don't want to feel what's underneath? (33:48)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• James brilliantly reflects on the world as it is right now and the return to normality (5:11)
• From feeling like a fraud to becoming a Meditation Teacher (8:40)
• How can using breathing as a diving board be a game-changer in our meditation experience (15:36)
• Distractions are welcomed in Vedic Meditation (37:54)
• What is the correct dose of meditation (43:42)

Resources:

• Vedic Path Meditation website
• FLOW Meditation website
• FLOW Meditation Free Lesson
• Book: Hermann Hesse - Siddartha

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