Reasons to Keep Meditating

At a recent group meditation, we shared with each other the reasons we keep meditating.  I thought they would be of interest to you.  Some of us have been meditating many years, and others just a few months.  We all agreed on these benefits.

Because of meditation…….

  • I don’t get so triggered, I feel a sense of equanimity in almost every situation.
  • I have more trust that everything is unfolding perfectly, and faith that life is good.
  • I feel like I am on the right track and that improves my self confidence.
  • I am much less anxious and feel calm and centered.
  • My spiritual life has improved, I feel a connection with my higher power that I hadn’t felt before.
  • I can stay in the moment. I worry less about the future and how everything is going to turn out.
  • I don’t take what happens personally.
  • My relationships are more fulfilling, and I communicate my needs more easily.
  • My aches and pains are gone, and I feel really good.
  • I actually can hear my intuitive voice and I follow my intuition more.
  • I experience a lot more synchronicities in my life.
  • My focus on tasks at hand has improved and I am clearer about what I want and don’t want.
  • I wake up every morning feeling loved.
  • I actually have more time in the day to do other things.
  • I sleep much better and am alert all day.

Do you have other reasons you like to meditate? I’d love to hear them.

Sarah McLean
Sarah McLean is an acclaimed teacher and thought leader who is determined to create more peace on this planet by helping people wake up to the wonder and beauty of their lives and the world around them through the practices of meditation and mindfulness. She inspires audiences everywhere blending the spirit of Zen wisdom with Vedic knowledge and self-inquiry. She helps demystify meditation and makes it accessible to anyone. It was over 30 years ago when she began her daily meditation practice, and moved in to a Transcendental Meditation community. There, she received advanced training in meditation and studied Ayurveda. Since 1993, when she became the education director for Deepak Chopra’s Center for Mind Body Health, she's been teaching contemplative practices and mind/body health. In 1997, she went to India to live in a traditional ashram in India, When she returned to the States, spent two years as a resident trainee in a Zen Buddhist monastery. She fell in love with Self-inquiry and served as the director of Byron Katie's School for the Work. In 2012, she founded the McLean Meditation Institute, home of the Meditation Teacher Academy which certifies meditation and mindfulness teachers through its 300-hour teacher training program. Sarah is also the co-director of the Feast for the Soul, a nonprofit, now in its 17th year. Her bestseller, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, and her most recent book, The Power of Attention: Awakening to Love have received rave reviews. She now lives in Santa Barbara, California where she trains meditation teachers and offers online classes and lives a life she loves.
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