Coach Michelle’s Meditation Journey.

Coach Michelle shares her meditation journey: What she tried to get started, how she failed, what she’s learned and what she’s gained! For the accompanying video to this outline visit the Performance High Facebook page. 

Tried

• Read meditation books
• Tried to do it myself

Failed Because…

• It felt like “wasted time”
• Misconception of what meditation is about…I thought the goal was to do nothing

Benefits

• Health
• Increases Immune Function
• Decreases Pain
• Increases Happiness
• Increases Positive Emotion
• Decreases Depression, Anxiety, Stress
• Improves your ability to Regulate Emotions & Introspect

Mental Abilities

• Improves your ability to Focus & Pay Attention
• Improves Memory

Learned

• Meditation is a very active process, it’s very challenging & can be very difficult
• Point of meditation (rather than goal) is to be mindful, aware, intentional
• When aware of your thoughts you are able to focus them
• Being aware is the hard part
• Much of life is spent on autopilot, habitual

Gained

• Ability to redirect my thoughts
• Put myself back to sleep
• Change emotional response
• Sense of calm to start the day
• Greater ability to give myself & others grace

There is no success or failure…only what is.

Live Facebook Video with Coach Michelle on the Performance High Facebook Page