I’ve put together a beginners guide covering the what, the why and the how of meditation, answering some of the questions I get asked all the time.

I was invited by Leanne Spencer Owner and Founder of Bodyshot Performance, to be interviewed for their Podcast. They were keen to hear more about Vedic Meditations benefits for your overall health and wellbeing.

Presenteeism: the practice of persistently working longer hours, working when ill and taking fewer holidays. The relatively recently classified condition of presenteeism has been around for a long time.

One of the most effective ways to treat stress is to meditate. Taking time out twice a day to disconnect from everything going on around us gives us the opportunity to rest deeply and release stress.

The positive impact of regular amounts of good sleep will result in increased productivity, less absenteeism and sick days, and greater job satisfaction and loyalty.

Do you find it difficult to get to sleep and stay asleep? Waking in the night with a ‘tumble dryer’ of thoughts swirling around and getting up feeling anxious? You’re not alone this is very common.

One of the fascinating fundamental aspects of Vedic Meditation is having the opportunity to rebalance daily - to take twenty minutes to recalibrate.

With the beginning of the year now behind us many people will be struggling to implement their intentions to change or add something to their lives, to improve and find happiness.

By taking time out to look after yourself you are investing in your ability to help others. Relationships improve so that there is less friction, more adaptability and understanding.

If, like many people, you pride yourself on putting others’ needs before your own, consider this: if you are running on empty, what do you have left to give to other people?

One in three Londoners hate their job, while 30% of Londoners hardly ever look forward to going to work in the morning. Could meditation be the answer?

Analogies are a wonderful way of making the numerous benefits of meditation easy to understand and visualise. Here are a few of my favourites, which I find myself using regularly.

In our first guest blog post, MindMojo meditator Sophie Turton shares the positive impact of her first three months of regular meditation. 

It’s wonderful to see the conversation about men’s mental health unfolding and gaining momentum, but we still have a long way to go. 

The roots of Vedic Meditation go back thousands of years to the land of the Vedas, India. Explore where it all started, what it is, and why it’s so relevant today.

If you’re going to pick just one resolution for 2018, my recommendation would be to start meditating. The benefits are wide-reaching, and will impact all areas of your life.

With regular meditation comes a greater trust that our reactions are true. Ego and intellect are put to one side, allowing instinct and intuition to take precedence.

We don’t meditate to put something into ourselves, but to give ourselves the opportunity to let what is already there come out: like blowing the dust off our inner light bulb.

“Giving myself permission to take just twenty minutes twice a day to ‘be’ and not ‘do’, allows me to take the multiple benefits of meditation out into the day.”

Does meditation physically change the way your brain works? Let’s take a look at the research…