The benefits of meditation are everywhere right now…everyone is talking about how meditation can change you for the better but what about you? How can meditation change your life specifically? This is what we will dive into today. Meditation is about as good for us as water, people! But how meditation will change you is anyone’s guess but a journey worth taking. Let’s talk about the lessor known meditation benefits and how it might be just the thing that changes you for the better with just a short and simple daily meditation practice. And, the best part is the more you meditate, the more you stand to gain.

In this episode we will learn:
~The benefits of meditation that you’ve never heard before
~How to think about meditation so benefits actually motivate you to start AND keep it up
~The Saw Meditation

Quotes:
“No one can predict how meditation will change you…but it absolutely will.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

“I see teaching as many people as I possibly can how to meditate regularly an ethical obligation. It’s simple to learn, it’s free and the benefits are astounding.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Books, ideas, people, websites mentioned in this episode:
Change Or Die: The Three Keys To Change At Work and Life by Alan Deutchman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51369.Change_or_Die
Venerable Pannavati at Heartwood Refuge https://heartwoodrefuge.org
Meditation Benefit and studies Taken from Emma Seppälä, Ph.D.blog and liveanddare.com
Also, writings from Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Dan Siegel, MD, Deepak Chopra, MD and Dr. Joe Dispenza
Benefits to meditation: Cheri on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist



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