Q: Can I habit-stack by wearing my LED red light mask while meditating?

A: I don’t recommend it.

In the same way we don’t meditate while:

· having a bath

· listening to a New-Age soundscape

· sitting in a sauna

Why not?

Because we want to COMPLETELY relax and let go.

That means we don’t want:

· a faint sense of “Am I going to drown in the bath?”

· any unnecessary distractions from mood music

· to be over-heating the body by too much sauna

And, we don’t want to have to fiddle with adjusting or removing our LED mask in the middle of meditation.

TOP TIP:

One of the best ways to stack meditation on top of other things is to meditate in trains, planes and cars (when you’re not driving!).

Are you able to meditate while travelling? And if this has sparked another question, send it my way and I’ll answer it on another Meditation Monday.

~ Jillian

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Q: What if I don’t have time to meditate?

A: Let’s look at what we know:

- We have a limited amount of time.
- We make choices about how to use that time.
- Some of those choices are more conscious and others are less intentional.

Then the questions become:

- How smart are those choices?
- What’s the ROI on each one?
- How much leverage are those choices giving you?

Let’s look at some basic needs: eating and sleeping.

What if you choose to skip sitting down for a proper lunch and instead power through on a bag of crisps? No question that delivers a lower return on your health and energy.

You can skip a meal every so often and you’ll be fine. No long-term issues.

It’s when you skip lunch seven days in a row that you start to see a negative impact.

What if I said, I don’t have time to sleep?

I can get away with that for a night and still function okay. I won’t be at my best, but I’ll get through.

It’s when I start missing sleep five nights in a row that things become a worry.

This is where Vedic Meditation makes all the difference. It’s restful and nourishing.

Twenty minutes of meditation equals deeper rest than sleep.

- It’s a smart choice.
- The ROI is very high.
- The leverage that comes from being calm and alert is huge.

On that basis I will choose to make time for meditation.

Let me know if this question resonates for you. And if it’s sparked another question, send it my way and I’ll answer it on another Meditation Monday.

~ Jillian

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Q: What is meditation?

A: Meditation is a technique to draw the mind into quieter layers of thinking.

As the mind turns inwards, you reach a point where thinking is so faint it disappears.

The mind is very deep.

And then even the most subtle thoughts dissolve, and the mind is left silent yet awake.

Rather than experiencing thoughts, you experience the source of all thoughts.

In this state you’re fully conscious, yet not thinking.

You, minus your thoughts.

This is a state of bliss. Energising, nourishing, balancing.


Let me know if this question resonates for you. And if it’s sparked another question, send it my way and I’ll answer it on another Meditation Monday.

~ Jillian

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Q: Can meditation make you too relaxed?

A: No. Meditation isn’t going to turn you into some zoned out bliss-bunny with no drive or ambition.

Quite the opposite.

Inner peace is not about withdrawing from life.

Meditation is going to make you more stable inside and more aware of what’s going on outside.

Rather than making decisions from a place of stress-induced excitation, you can see the big picture.

Your brain functioning is optimised. That means you’re using your prefrontal cortex rather than being driven by the limbic system which shuts down your creative thinking.

With more energy and staying power, you can level up your functioning while staying calm and strategic.

Let me know if this question resonates for you. And if it’s sparked another question, send it my way and I’ll answer it for another Meditation Monday.

~ Jillian

Q: Will meditation stop me from ever getting stressed?

A: No. We’ll all experience stress in our lives.

No matter how much you simplify and organise your life, you’re still going to get stressed at times.

What meditation does, is stop you from staying stressed.

The question is not how to avoid or manage stress. The most important question is how quickly can you reset and recover?

It is possible to reverse the impact of stress and trauma. With the right conditions, the body will automatically dissolve accumulated tension and return to a more optimal state.

There are many ways to try to come back into balance. They don’t all have the same impact.

Here are 3 factors that will have the greatest impact on your ability to reset:

— How deeply can you settle your nervous system?

— How quickly can you do this?

— How consistently can you make it happen?

This is why I favour Vedic Meditation:

— Profound levels of rest and balance across the entire nervous system.

— Within a few minutes, you’re resting much deeper than sleep.

— The simple daily practice fits with a busy life and so changes happen quickly.

Let me know what else you do to reset and return to a more balanced state.

~ Jillian

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