How To Calm Your Mind

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Levels. What
matters most in life is the quality of our experiences and the
ability to be awake to what is real and true in our lives for both
the difficult and the happy times. But that is harder than it
sounds. More and more, we struggle with attention and focus. In
today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss
why we are so easily distracted, my own journey into meditation,
and the incredible health benefits of a regular meditation
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from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why
are attention and focus so hard to come by? (4:35 / 2:20) 
Training the mind (7:15 / 4:55)  Why I studied Buddhism in
college (8:20 / 6:24)  My experience doing a silent meditation
retreat (13:13 / 11:00)  The point of meditation and the
benefits it offers (14:58 / 12:42) How to do a simple mindfulness
meditation (17:51 / 15:15)  Mentioned in this episode Ziva
Meditation