{"id":2278,"date":"2019-08-23T01:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2019-09-01T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T20:16:09","slug":"mediation-can-be-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/mediation-can-be-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation can be cool."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BusinessLink<\/a> invited me to be on two panels last week, at events they host each month for entrepreneurs and small business owners in Alberta. The topic was well-being and how to manage your health while also growing a business, the struggles of which I\u2019m all too familiar with. Really interesting people on the panels \u2013 experts in their fields of fitness, mindfulness and mediation and I learned a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who know me well, know that I\u2019m not into the \u201cfluffy\nstuff\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always been so close-minded, judgmental and had almost an\naversion to anything I deemed \u201cmystical\u201d or \u201cwoo-woo\u201d. I\u2019m sure you know the kind\nof experiences I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I totally discredited the value, and frankly, the power of\nmediation and mindfulness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, I feel like activities like yoga, meditation, spirituality weren’t presented or taught in a way that appealed to all humans \u2013 that a person needed to be on some other spiritual plane to recognize the full value of the experiences and teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out\u2026not true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meditation can be cool. And it can be for every one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the woo-woo adverse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not about exactly how and when you practice mindfulness\nand meditation, it\u2019s just that you do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julianna Bootsman from White Box Leadership<\/a> taught us a breathing exercise where you breathe in for a count of five, hold that breath for five, then exhale for five, repeating this four times. All while visualizing a box and with each repetition, you move along one side of the box (four reps, four sides to the box\u2026get it? 😉. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try it. See what happens to your emotions, thoughts and body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beauty of this one is it can be done anywhere and doesn\u2019t\ntake much time. We did it in a conference room, I\u2019ve now done it in bed to fall\nasleep\u2026you could do it on the train, in the car, at the dog park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any of the times I\u2019ve tried this technique, there was not\na candle, yoga mat or mantra in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve experienced it to calm my mind, focus my thoughts and\nbring an elevated heartbeat back to resting. If my brain is anxious or on edge,\nthis \u201cbreathe in a box\u201d technique calms the barking dog in my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sisters, my dad, my husband, these other panel\nentrepreneurs\u2026they\u2019re all right. Mediation can be cool, its power is\ntransformational and it doesn\u2019t have to be woo-woo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This newly open-minded gal is going to see what else it can\ndo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BusinessLink invited me to be on two panels last week, at events they host each month for entrepreneurs and small business owners in Alberta. The topic was well-being and how to manage your health while also growing a business, the struggles of which I\u2019m all too familiar with. Really interesting people on the panels \u2013 experts in their fields of … <\/p>\n

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