My year of daily meditation
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I have been meditating for 10 minutes every morning for over a year. The moment of peace helps jumpstart my day (similar to the “Rocket Start aka Turbo Start aka Boost Start aka Head Start” in Mario Kart — N64 version preferred).
I have noticed a number of benefits: heightened ability to stay calm during stressful situations (sounds like an X-Men superpower), heightened ability to be more present/focused (aka less distracted — has helped my Chess game A LOT), and more controlled breathing (which helps with the previous two).
To get the full benefits, practice meditating every day. It builds up, just like compound interest.
How did I get started you ask? Nov. 1, 2016 when I co-chaired the 2016 ThinkLA Trends Breakfast (photo below) and Russell Simmons kicked off the event with a 5 minute meditation session. I remember sitting next to Alexis Ohanian (who gave one of the best ThinkLA talks after, maybe the meditation helped…remember that day Alexis, felt likes ages ago!) and finding a moment of tranquility amongst 400+ LA media/advertising professionals. Stepping even farther into the time machine, I first learned about various breathing techniques used by professional athletes from Dr. Andy Walshe at our 2014 ThinkLA Trends Breakfast (photo below). But it was not until 2016 that I combined meditation + breathing.
Personally, I enjoy the Oak app. Simple and comes with three different breathing techniques. Screenshots of what I like, below.
