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This post isn’t meant to be detailed.  Only to tell you that I think meditation is one of the greatest benefits you can do for yourself.  It doesn’t cost anything and you can do it anywhere.  When you are feeling mad or upset you can set yourself away from everyone for 5 minutes and do a short meditation to help calm down and refocus which helps to reduce stress and takes you away from a situation before you say or do something you didn’t intend to.

Meditation is a practice that helps you look within yourself.  There are various forms of meditation from helping you reflect on your day to focusing your mind.  No matter, my purpose of meditation is to calm and ground myself.

Meditation has been shown to ease health problems such as high blood pressure, depression, and anxiety (source).  It can help you focus and problem solve by sitting and concentrating while removing all outside distractions for a short period of time.

Out of the various forms, Transcendental Meditation is considered the most practiced.  You can find out more about TM here.

Starting March 11, you can also sign up to do a 21-day meditation challenge.  Try this out and see if meditation has anything to offer you.  You can find out more here.