I used to not meditate. I used to struggle with the act of sitting down with no distractions and only focusing on my breath. It was boring and I remember the first time I ever did one, which was in November 2023. I just searched up on YouTube this follow-along meditation and I did 10 minutes right away. I wish I had gone ahead and got the better of my ego and had made it actually sustainable for myself because it made me want to quit how I was doing it. I did not enjoy the process of this and I just want to tell you: imagine there was a way to do the meditation process without it feeling difficult, with it actually being enjoyable and with it getting you healing results. Wouldn't that be the best case? Of course and in this post I'll just tell you exactly what I did to achieve that so without further ado let's do it. The benefits 1. Presence. They say that a present name is happy. That's actually true but a lot of people say that but you probably don't know why. It's because whenever your mind isn't wandering and whenever you're spending time with a friend or whatever or you're immersed in a task that gets you in the flow state, then what does your mind fixate on? Usually negative thoughts and that's why having a present mind is much better for your happiness, your healing journey, and all this nervous system regulation. 2. Positive feedback loop. Whenever we have more friends and connections in our life, our nervous system will get more regulated and at peace because it's been like, "Oh well I've got a group of people," because your nervous system is still, it still thinks it's thousands of years ago, right, and it only sees survival instincts like "Oh food, water, social connections, all that," and this will help with that, meditation will improve your social life due to increased happiness. 3. Improved focus. Whenever you start meditating, even for a little as I would say, even three minutes, you will be able to focus better on what you care about, like maybe starting to be a doctor or something like that, or being an online culture something.

Like many people, I too get anxious sometimes. For the longest time, whenever I had these anxious moments throughout my day-to-day, I could not for the life of me figure out how to overcome them. As a result of that, I would get angry at myself and then put myself on a negative frequency and everything would just go down from there. That was such the wrong way to go about it but luckily after some digging… Some course watching and looking around in the right places, I found a solution to this and let me tell you what that is. 1. The Physiological Sigh. This is a breathing technique that was popularised by Andrew Huberman a lot. If you search up the video on YouTube, you can find this. The gist of it is you take two deep inhales for your nose and then you take a massive exhale out of your mouth as if it's through a straw or something. This is really an effective strategy to work and I highly recommend you going on YouTube and searching up “physiological sigh Huberman” because it is excellent. You see while I could tell you to do those long-term things like heel trauma, meditation, and gratitude journal and all that. Whie those things are awesome and you should have them as part of your daily schedule, the thing about them is they are not a strategy you can use in the heat of the moment of anxiety so this is why these things I'm teaching you here are more effective for when you are in the moment of anxiety. 2. Gratitude What do I mean by this? Whenever you feel anxious I want to say as well the worst thing you can do is just try to tell your brain, "Oh put it down, put it down, suppress it, suppress it," because that just actually bumps it up worse. Instead of that try to think of what you're grateful for and don't suppress the thought. Just let it go there and let it be there and it is uncomfortable but that's how it is. You just think of gratitude. Maybe say out loud that you're grateful for something to a friend or family member or even just think in your mind about what in the surrounding you're grateful for right now, you can take out your phone and write something you are grateful for.