When I asked Michelle how she knew if her meditation was helping her, I really liked her response:

"I track on 2 things--what is happening when I'm meditating, & then I track much more closely on what's happening in my life as a result of a deepening meditation."

I also loved this little nugget:  When introducing meditation to children, she shared Susan Kaiser Greenland's wise words:

"A short time, many times."