Unlock the Power Within: The science behind meditation

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We're not here on this planet for very

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long. Our time is valuable and

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you could literally spend 15 years going

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down a rabbit hole on YouTube and really

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never accomplish anything.

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83% of Americans identify as not very

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happy, which can hold you back and

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negatively affect your relationships and

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your business. On this podcast, we

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discuss the proven steps to happiness so

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you can restore balance and rekindle your

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joy.

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Welcome to another episode of How to Be

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Happier for Entrepreneurs. Today we've

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got my buddy from the other side of the

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country, Portland, OR. Welcome, Jeff

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Patterson. How are you?Hey, I'm doing

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great. Thanks for having me. Hey, so

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we're going to talk about meditation,

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something that I kind of thought was woo

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woo and not too important

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until I had a life transformation. It's

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been a been a part, a big part of my.

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Life transformation and it continues to

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be a big part. So we're going to jump

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right in. Jeff, tell us why is meditation

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so important to one's health and

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happiness?You know, there's there's

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so many benefits to incorporating a

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meditation practice that it's almost

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like, where do I begin?But you know what?

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I've been running my Academy

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here for 30 years. I've had over

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26,000 students come through the Academy

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and. I have literally heard

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hundreds of stories of how the

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meditative arts has positively influenced

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people's lives, and it can be things from

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working with reducing stress or

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anxiety. It can be for improving

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performance if you're in athletics,

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improving your health. You know,

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so, so many different directions. You can

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take the practice within the meditative

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arts. I kind of break it down into five

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categories. So we have more

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of our athletic or combative

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side of the practice that helps improve

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your performance. There's the therapeutic

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side, the medical side, the philosophical

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side and also the meditative or spiritual

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side. And you know, you could follow any

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one of those paths by starting to

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practice. Do

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you kind of specialize or or are you

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better in one area than than the next in

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those five areas?No, there's

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it's kind of a. You know, I I

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definitely don't follow the medical path.

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You know, all of Chinese medicine is

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based off of Qigong theory. I'm not a

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Chinese doctor, so that isn't something

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that I specialize in. However, the

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philosophical side, the spiritual side

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and the athletic side is something I've

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been involved in pretty, pretty

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consistently for, you know, 36

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years. So someone's listening to this and

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saying I've tried meditation. I just

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couldn't do it. Didn't work for me. How

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do you?What do you say to them?You know,

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I'm glad you asked that, because that's

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probably the most common question

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I get or statement I get from

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people that come in here and they say,

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oh, I tried meditation, but it just

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didn't work for me. I couldn't quiet my

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mind. Well, you know, somewhere

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along the way. People got this

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misconception that in order to meditate,

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you need to be in this state of Nirvana

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and reach this blissful state and never

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think of anything. And that's so not

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the case. You know, it's it's, you know,

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I've spent my whole career traveling

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around the world, training with different

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meditation masters and teachers from all

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over the planet. And I've never once met

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anybody who doesn't get distracted. You

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know, it's just the way we live, right?

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You know, And so. You know, meditation

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isn't meant to be that

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place where everything's quiet.

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However, we learn tools to

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help find that center and find that

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focus. For example, if

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you do a ritual practice every day

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and say you do a sitting meditation or a

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Qigong set or a Tai Chi routine or

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whatever it is for you, and you get

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distracted 50 times during that 20

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minutes. Every time you get

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distracted, you use your breath, you use

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your posture, you use your movement if

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it's a movement practice to help bring

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you back to focus. And now you just got

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50 repetitions of being off

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center and coming back to focus. Now if

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you do this every day, one year, five

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years, 10 years, think about how much

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power you build up being able to deal

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with these distractions and come back to

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focus then. Doesn't matter. You're

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walking down the street and somebody says

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something to throw you off your game or

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you have a stressful day at work or

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whatever happens. You're you're just

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dialed. You're able to stay in that focus

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centered state, which allows you to

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respond from a much more

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relaxed, educated place.

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Love it. So did you say 26,000

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people you helped?Yes, so.

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I usually say this to the end, but I'm

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just so curious. Of the 26,000 people,

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Jeff, give us a success story of

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someone that's just like stands head and

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shoulders above the rest. Like someone

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came to you in this state and after

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meditation they were this different

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state. You know there there's been a many

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of them. However, you know, I always

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think of when people ask me that

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question, this gentleman named Bill

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who. Started with me 30 years ago

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when I first started my Academy and at

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the time he was in his early 50s

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and he had a really high stress career. I

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mean, this guy was literally as stiff as

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a 2 by 4. You know, he used to come in

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and he wanted to learn sword fighting.

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And after a couple weeks of knowing him,

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I was like, Bill, you know, we got to put

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the sword fighting on hold for a while

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and you should really start doing some

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meditation and some Tai Chi and I think

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it'd be really helpful for you and. You

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know, after a couple of years, his whole

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Physiology changed. He's still

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doing it 30 years later, which is a

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testament in and of itself.

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But, you know, just stories like that and

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seeing how it transforms people's lives

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is what's made me so passionate about

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trying to get the message out there.

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Yeah. So I probably started meditation in

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earnest three years ago, and I've been

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doing yoga on and off, and about a month

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ago I committed to doing yoga almost on a

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daily basis. And I've been doing a great

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job and I'm noticing in yoga and

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in meditation, the more I practice, it's

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just like with anything in your life.

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Like my breathing is getting better, my

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postures are getting better. Like my mind

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is is more quiet, more

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present. And can you just speak to

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that?Like for the person who says, Oh my

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gosh, my mind's racing, I'm always going,

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isn't if they just stick with it just

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like anything, isn't that going to get

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better and better each day and each week?

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It does and it is something that builds

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momentum, you know, and through the years

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I've seen, you know, like I mentioned, a

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lot of people coming through the Academy.

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and I can say with pretty good

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confidence is that

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usually when somebody new comes to the

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practice, I always tell them that

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they want to integrate at least a

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20 minute a day ritual of a meditative

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practice. If if

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they do this, and they also integrate

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some active practices, which are things

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that you can do when you're walking down

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the street or standing in line at the

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grocery store, there's just ways to

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integrate some of these mindset training

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tools, some of these breathing techniques

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into your day-to-day activities so it

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becomes more of a way of life. But if

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they do this minimal level of commitment

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of a 20 minute a day practice, integrate

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some of these active practices and maybe

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some of the philosophical practices and

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they stick with that for a year, I bet

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95 to 98% of those people will do

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this practice for the rest of their life

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cause they'll see so many benefits from

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the training that you know they'd be

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crazy to stop. The ones that don't stick

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with it are the ones that. Don't find

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that discipline in the beginning. They,

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you know, they're a little bit uncertain.

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They don't have a strong why as to why

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they're being drawn to the practice. And

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you know, you hear a lot of those stories

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too. You know, not everybody's successful

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with the practices, I'm sure you know.

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But if you are

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thinking about taking on a meditation

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practice, one thing that I can say is

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that what's really worth your

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time is in the beginning. Sit down and

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really think about why do you want to

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take on the practice?Do you want to stay

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around longer to watch your grandkids

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grow up?Do you want to improve your

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stress levels?Are you dealing with

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anxiety?Do you want to improve your

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performance on the field?If you're an

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athlete, whatever that is, and

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really think about why that's important

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to you. So that way, tomorrow morning,

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when that alarm goes off and it's time to

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do your ritual practice, you're not so

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tempted to hit the snooze button and say

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I'll do it tomorrow. You have a reason to

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get out of bed and make it happen. And if

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you do that, it'll be one of the best

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decisions you've ever made. Jeff, I think

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that's good advice across the board,

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right?Why do you want to get married?Why

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do you, why do you want to lose weight?

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Why do you want to take this job?

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So many people do things because of

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familial expectations or society.

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And the why behind stuff is

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so freaking important, so important.

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So that's that's great, great advice. I

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look, I, you know, a gazillion times more

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than I do. But I remember something

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fascinating that I read a couple years

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ago about they studied monks and people

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who who meditated for hours and hours a

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day and their default mode network. And

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maybe you can speak to default mode

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network was turned really far down. And

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I know the opposite of that is people

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with depression, anxiety often have their

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default mode network turned really high.

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So. Is that one of the, that's just one

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of the things that sticks in my mind. Is

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that one of the most beneficial kind of

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mind health things that come from

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meditation or is there something else

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that you could speak to that, yeah, this

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is what will happen in your brain and

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body when you regularly meditate?

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Yeah. So I think what would

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answer the question with the most

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thoroughness would be to talk briefly

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about what I call the five regulations

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and. Within these

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regulations, they're the core

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fundamentals of any meditation practice,

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whether you're doing Tai chi, Qigong,

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meditation, it doesn't matter what it is.

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And they are regulating the body,

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regulating the breath, regulating the

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mind, regulating the energy, and

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regulating the spirit.

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Briefly, I'll go through and describe

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these so you have an idea what I mean

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when I say that when I say regulating the

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body. Think about a time where

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maybe you're sitting down at your desk at

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a computer for three or four hours and

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your shoulders round forward and your

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neck starts feeling sore and you're

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feeling very lethargic. And then think

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about another time where the most

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important person in your world walks into

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the room and your body perks up and your

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energy's strong and you feel great. This

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one idea of how our

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overall physical structure and our

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alignment can affect our mental.

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Emotional and and physical standpoint and

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energy is huge. And so it's kind of

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like the one of the first stages in in a

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meditation practice is how do we regulate

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the body?How do we adjust our skeleton so

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we're always performing at our

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best physical ability?And then

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we have regulating the breath.

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Regulating the breath is a lifelong

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practice. It's very complex. There's.

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Literally, you know, Qigong is often

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referred to as the science of the breath

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because there's literally hundreds of

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different breathing strategies and

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different ways that we use the breath to

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get different outcomes. And

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because there's so many different

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breathing strategies, we broadly

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categorize them into yin methods and yang

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methods. Yin methods are often.

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Deeper, more holistic style of

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meditations like the embryonic

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breathing or circulation patterns that

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we'll do. And what I mean by yin

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breath is if you ever listen to somebody

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sleep, their natural breathing pattern

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is a longer inhale and a shorter

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exhale. And this is the body's natural

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way of bringing your conscious mind into

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your subconscious mind, which is where we

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are when we're sleeping and dreaming.

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style of breath with our meditation

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practice, we can do longer inhales,

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soft retentions at the end of the inhale

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to help bring that energy inward. This

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is great for stress reduction, for

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dealing with anxiety, for improving

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focus, and there's lots of reasons why we

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would do this. Then we have the young

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style. Jeff, can I ask a question on that?

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That's fascinating to me. You're you're

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saying when we sleep or when we want

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to get into meditative state?A longer

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inhale, shorter exhale

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that, yeah, that is a Yin style breath

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when we're bringing the energy inward.

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Yes. So some of the meditations I do from

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expand, I'm blanking on their name, but

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the Monroe Institute talks about

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lengthening your breath to get you

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in a sleep state. Is that or is that

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something different or are they just

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incorrect in what they're advising?

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Well, so. You can work on

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deepening your breath and that is, you

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know, that's one of the benefits of doing

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breath work is we start to use more of

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our lung capacity cause the average

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person out there I read once

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uses 40 to 60% of their lung

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capacity, which is horrible. And you know

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when you start thinking about

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every day the human body has.

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Millions of cells that die and that are

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replaced and we're constantly

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rebuilding our bodies. If

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we're only supplying ourselves with

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50% of the oxygen in the body that we

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need, when those cells are being

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rebuilt, they're not coming back. And

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it's quite as strong and healthy as they

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once used to. And you know, they did a

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study at Harvard Medical School where

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they took. A

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fair amount of elderly patients who were

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suffering from dementia and

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they put them in oxygen chambers and had

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them practice deep breathing. And in a

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fairly short amount of time, all of them

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noticed up to 30 to 40%

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improvement in their memory capacity.

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Wow. One idea of

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learning how to use more of our lung

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capacity through breath work. Can be

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huge in our, you know, our

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overall mental health and as we age.

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So, so on that note, Jeff, and maybe

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you're getting ready to say it, sorry,

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what is the one thing cause I'm gonna

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start doing it. What's the one thing that

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we can do to to go from 40

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to 60% of our lung capacity to using

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whatever 8090% of it?

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There's a there's a lot of things and it

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and it takes work to do. I have a

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series of lung conditioning exercises

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that I teach as part of the program that

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teaches you how to focus on all

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areas of the lungs and works with

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keeping them elastic and pliable and and

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healthy. And I recommend, you know,

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if if you don't know anything like that,

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just work with some deep breathing, you

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know, two or three times a day and really

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try to. Take in as much air as you can

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comfortably and let it out. Just

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that little bit. Even doing like some

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high-intensity cardio is good for using

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more of your lung capacity. All of those

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things are helpful. Interesting. Why are

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you here talking about meditation?

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I'm here because through the years, you

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know, I've been running this Academy for

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30 years. It's

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always been fun. Seeing

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somebody come U in Brazilian jiu jitsu

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and I take them to a competition and they

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do well and win some medals or win a belt

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or whatever. But when I have somebody

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coming into the meditative arts. And they

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tell me that they used to deal with

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stress and anxiety and they were scared

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to go out of their house. And now

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meditation has changed their life, or

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they were thinking about committing

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suicide and the practice turned their

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life around. That really hits me in the

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heart, you knowAnd so I've heard so many

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stories of how meditation has changed

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people's lives. I just want to get the

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message out there. It's why I've written

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my last couple books. It's why I created

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my online program. I want to share

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these practices with as many people as I

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can. How can we get a

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copy, a free copy?I think you said of of

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your book.

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You can go to

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theyieldingwarrior.com/book

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and get a free copy of the book there.

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Just pay for shipping and handling. You

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can always reach me through the website

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there as well. So let's roll back. Thank

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you for that 30 years ago. Why

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meditation?Well, what got you into it?

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So it came to be in a bit of a

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roundabout way. I was very

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much into Western boxing and

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I'd met this coach who was a

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phenomenal coach, really wanted to get to

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spend some time with him and

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he trained at a boxing gym that I went to

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and. After following him around for three

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or four months, he finally started

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teaching me some stuff and helping me

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out. And after about two or three

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weeks of working with him, he said

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something to me that changed my life

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forever and that he said, you know, if

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you really want to be a good boxer, you

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should start doing Tai Chi and

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meditation. Now at the time I'm this 19

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year old kid thinking. Isn't like Tai Chi

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for old people in the park. How's that

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going to help me be a better, better

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fighter, you knowBut I had so much

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respect for him. I took on the practice

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and you know, it it changed my life in

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many ways. And as I mentioned, I've seen

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it affect a lot of other people as well.

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Love it. Tell us a little bit about Qi

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Gong. I'm personally really interested

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in it. Yeah. So. So Qi

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Gong is

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a very. Big

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endeavor. There's lots of different

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directions you can take to practice. You

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know, it involves breathing exercises.

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There's energetic circulations in the

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body and different meditations from a

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sitting practice. There's form work that

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you do that specializes and works

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in different areas of the body. You can

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focus on learning how

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to circulate the energy in the body and

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do different things with it. You know, we

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were. Kind of got a little sidetracked

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there for a minute, but we were talking

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about breath work as one of the

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regulations and we talked about the

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inside of the breath. There's also the

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Yong side of the breath, which fits very

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well in with the Qigong question, which

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is why I'm circling back to it. Oh, thank

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you in that.

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So once you learn how to use the breath

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as a strategy, we got the

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inside, we've got the Yong side. An

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example of a Yong breath would be. You

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know, you ever had to push your car or

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you pick up something heavy. Your natural

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instinct is to exhale, put tension in the

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breath, make it audible. This helps

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generate energy. Well, when you start

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learning how to use the breath as a

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strategy, and in Chinese philosophy they

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call this balancing the con and Li or the

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water and fire. It teaches us how

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to use the breath to

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adjust. Our physical, mental and

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emotional well-being throughout the day.

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You know, most of us go through the day

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with emotional ups and downs. Some people

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are like a roller coaster. Others of us

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may be a little more balanced. But when

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you start to notice these changes and

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shifts, maybe you're starting to get a

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little excited. We can use the yin side

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of the breath to help bring that back

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down. And when you start feeling maybe a

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little depleted, we could use the yang

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side of the breath to help build us back

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up and having this as a tool.

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To maintain more balance and focus

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throughout the day can be really helpful

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for our overall energetic state.

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Then we have regulating the mind, which

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is part of the practice as well. In

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regulating the mind, we already briefly

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touched on that. You know, when you're

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meditating, you get distracted, you use

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it to bring you back to center.

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This is something

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that you know you'll work on for the rest

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of your life, and we all will. It's

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so easy though, to get distracted. You

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know, there's this, there's this story

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that I love about these two old monks and

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they're walking down this dirt Rd. after

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a big rainstorm and they come

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up to this big mud puddle and on the

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other side of the puddle is this

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beautiful lady and she's standing there

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in a white dress and the older monk yells

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across the puddle and says, ma'am, are

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you OK?Is there anything we can do to

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00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,560
help you?And she says yes, I.

540
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,040
I I need to be somewhere and if I walk

541
00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,480
across this puddle, I'm gonna get my

542
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,360
dress all dirty. So he rolls up his pant

543
00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,080
legs and he walks across to the other

544
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,1000
side of the puddle and picks her up, puts

545
00:22:04,1000 --> 00:22:07,040
her on his back, takes her to the other

546
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,200
side, sets her down and she's off on her

547
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,880
way. Well, him and the younger monk walk

548
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,200
a couple miles down the road and the

549
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,1000
younger monk is just furious at this

550
00:22:15,1000 --> 00:22:18,240
point. And he says, you know we're not

551
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,240
supposed to touch ladies, but you did

552
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,320
back there at the puddle and the older

553
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,640
monk looks down at him and says. You're

554
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,760
still thinking about that lady. I left

555
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,240
her back there at the puddle. And you

556
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,760
know, so many times in life

557
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,720
we get stuck 2 miles down this road where

558
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,320
we're stressing about things that we

559
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:37,1000
should have let go back at the puddle,

560
00:22:37,1000 --> 00:22:40,720
you know?And it's learning how

561
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,520
to recognize these imbalances

562
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,320
by incorporating meditation into our

563
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,880
life and improving our awareness. We're

564
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,040
able to see these things when they first

565
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,360
get out of balance rather than two miles

566
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:56,320
down the dirt road. And so this is like

567
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:57,1000
the third pillar in those five

568
00:22:57,1000 --> 00:23:00,320
regulations. The 4th pillar

569
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,840
is regulating the energy and regulating

570
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,760
the energy we could literally talk about

571
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,200
for hours. It's.

572
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,1000
Basically, you know, with a lot of the

573
00:23:09,1000 --> 00:23:12,040
meditations we do, we do different

574
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,200
energetic circulations. We talk about

575
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,400
bringing the energy inward to the bone

576
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,640
marrow or outward towards the skin to get

577
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,640
different results and

578
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,600
we'll use this. And as you

579
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,480
have developed a high level of regulating

580
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,360
the body, the breath and the mind, then

581
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:33,1000
regulating the energy is easy. And then

582
00:23:33,1000 --> 00:23:35,920
the last regulation is regulating the

583
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,360
spirit. In regulating the spirit, you

584
00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:41,040
know, if you are a monk or you're

585
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,800
somebody who lives a meditation lifestyle

586
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,120
and that's your whole life,

587
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,600
usually the ultimate goal is working

588
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,160
towards that stage of enlightenment. You

589
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,080
know, for me, I've, I've traveled around

590
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,600
the world many times and trained with

591
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,120
some amazing teachers. I've never once

592
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:58,960
met anybody who's enlightened. I don't

593
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,640
know if it's even possible in today's

594
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,120
society. But that's the

595
00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:06,040
basics of the five regulations and that's

596
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,400
the fundamentals of Qigong. Everything

597
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,120
comes from those, from those foundational

598
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:13,840
principles. Now, within the Qigong

599
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,480
practice itself, there's

600
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,120
so many different practices. I mean,

601
00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:20,880
there's hundreds of different Qigong

602
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,600
forms. There's, you know, all, like I

603
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,680
mentioned, all the breath work. There's

604
00:24:25,1000 --> 00:24:28,200
the philosophical side of the training,

605
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,840
the medical side of the training, the

606
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,600
spiritual side. I mean, there's.

607
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,680
Really, it's a big can of worms to get

608
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,040
into that. So for someone like myself

609
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,800
who's interested in finding out more

610
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,880
about Qi Gong specifically, what would

611
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:41,1000
you recommend I do?

612
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,760
You know, the most important thing with

613
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,320
Qi Gong or any form of meditation

614
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,720
is to find yourself a good guide. You

615
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,320
know, there's our we're not here on this

616
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,240
planet for very long. Our time is

617
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,880
valuable and. You could

618
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,1000
literally spend 15 years going down a

619
00:25:00,1000 --> 00:25:03,560
rabbit hole on YouTube and really never

620
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,280
accomplish anything, you knowAnd I've

621
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,640
actually seen people come into the

622
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,920
Academy who have said they've been doing

623
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,960
this audio program or this video

624
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,200
program. And they'll come in here and

625
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,760
they'll realize after having somebody who

626
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,480
has had a guide and had been able to help

627
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,120
them, that, you know, after 15 years

628
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,600
they've accomplished what somebody else

629
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,280
did in six months. And you know, it's.

630
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,360
It's worth your time and energy,

631
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,240
one, to have the right direction, you

632
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,920
know, because when you go on to

633
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,400
YouTube and you look at a video, if

634
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,040
that's your source of education, you know

635
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,640
there's so much out there you don't even

636
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,440
know what it's about or why you're

637
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,160
learning it or what the benefits of or.

638
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,200
Or sometimes it some things could be

639
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,320
maybe before you're ready for them too,

640
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,840
and might not be the. Best for you to do

641
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,720
from a health standpoint. And so it's

642
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,840
very important to have somebody help kind

643
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,800
of guide you along. So on that

644
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,760
note, Jeff, how or why I should say

645
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,920
is the Yielding Warrior program, your

646
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,120
program different than other meditation

647
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,040
programs?Well, I can't speak to all

648
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,040
the meditation programs out there cause I

649
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,680
there's so many I don't even know. You

650
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,440
know, one of the things that I have done

651
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,320
that I that seems to be different to me.

652
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,040
Is that I'm looking at

653
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,840
meditation from a holistic perspective,

654
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,560
and I'm not focusing on this form of

655
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,360
meditation or this movement practice or

656
00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:37,520
this movement practice. I'm teaching

657
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,320
people the science behind meditation and

658
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,960
why this breath does this and why this

659
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,200
movement practice does this and how to do

660
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,280
these different energetic circulations.

661
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,400
So you approach meditation

662
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,960
from an educated standpoint. And

663
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,440
understand how to make an evolving life

664
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,160
practice around meditation and

665
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,160
get the most out of your time while

666
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,440
you're building a practice.

667
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,680
I love it. What do

668
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,520
you think is the greatest lesson that

669
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,840
you've ever learned in your life?

670
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,160
You know something that my old boxing

671
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,960
teacher told me once a long time ago, he

672
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,640
said. You want to create a

673
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,560
life, not make a living. And you know, I

674
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,560
was the first kid in my whole extended

675
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,560
family to go through college. I got two

676
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,040
degrees. Everybody's expecting me to go

677
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,800
get some big important job, doing

678
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,800
something important. And you know, I

679
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,120
remember this was back in

680
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,600
1994, telling myself that,

681
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,920
you know, even if I only make $30,000 a

682
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,840
year, if I do what I love and

683
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,160
I'm and I'm happy about it. That's that's

684
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,920
all that matters to me, you know, and and

685
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,440
I followed that passion and I never would

686
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,800
have thought it could have turned into

687
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,760
what it has. However, it's

688
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,040
following that passion is what's made my

689
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,760
life so great in many ways. That's

690
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,640
beautiful. Yeah. So I I got into

691
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,360
real estate 22 years ago or whatever,

692
00:28:15,1000 --> 00:28:18,080
to make a lot of money because I thought

693
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,600
that would bring me. Peace, joy and

694
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,320
happiness. And I thought it would prove

695
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,560
something because I didn't. I didn't feel

696
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,520
worthy at the time. And a lot of things

697
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:27,640
have changed in the last three years

698
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,520
where I I do feel worthy. And now I'm,

699
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,280
you know, I know God put me here to do

700
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,040
the work that I'm doing to be a healer

701
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,1000
just like you are. And it's it's

702
00:28:35,1000 --> 00:28:37,880
so freaking rewarding to be able to wake

703
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,640
up every day and do exactly what

704
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,400
you love to do. I'm trying to impart that

705
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,960
wisdom on my 17 year old daughter and 22

706
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,320
year old son like. Because they grew up

707
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,640
most of their lives with this

708
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,280
hard-charging father who was like, you

709
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,960
can't do that. You can't go work there.

710
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:53,1000
Like you're not going to make enough

711
00:28:53,1000 --> 00:28:56,200
money. And now I've completely changed

712
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,080
and I'm like, look, go, go, go do

713
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,080
anything. Because if you, if you really

714
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,280
love it, the money is probably going to

715
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,520
come. Just just focus on I I I shifted

716
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,360
from trying to make a bunch of money to

717
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,1000
prove my worth to now all I want to do is

718
00:29:07,1000 --> 00:29:10,080
make an impact. And I've been making an

719
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,240
impact and the money's actually coming

720
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,1000
more than ever before. It's funny how

721
00:29:14,1000 --> 00:29:17,240
that works. Yeah. It's it's really

722
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,800
interesting. So if you're listening to

723
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,800
this and you're like, huh, I wonder if I

724
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,840
have those old, you know, limiting

725
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,560
beliefs like I did, do yourself your a a

726
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,840
a favor in your family or business if you

727
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:28,720
have one and go to

728
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,760
unlocklimitlessyou.com/quiz and take

729
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,680
the three minute self-love quiz. That's

730
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,240
all it takes. And with that it might

731
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,120
start a journey. They will change your

732
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,240
life in ways that that you can't imagine.

733
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:42,440
So as we wrap up, Jeff, this was really

734
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,160
insightful. I love it. I'm gonna take

735
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,600
some action items. I'm gonna go check out

736
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,360
your stuff. I'm gonna start doing. I've

737
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,840
been working on breath work. I'm gonna,

738
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,280
I'm gonna take it to the next level. I'm

739
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,800
gonna look into Qigong locally. What have

740
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,840
I not asked you that you think is really

741
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,800
important and helpful for our listeners

742
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,080
to know?And maybe you can also tell them

743
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,680
where where to find you and if they want

744
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,240
to get started with or without you, what

745
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,480
would be the next step in terms of

746
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:05,520
exploring meditation?

747
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:08,800
You know that

748
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,200
the most important thing thinking about

749
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,440
taking on the practice, as I mentioned

750
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,640
already, think about your why, find

751
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,960
yourself a guide and make the

752
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,800
commitment to

753
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,240
give it an honest effort. And like I

754
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,400
mentioned earlier, for those students

755
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:29,920
that have come through here that have

756
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,160
given it that year commitment and really

757
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,080
put in that time and that energy there.

758
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,760
They're doing it for the rest of their

759
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,920
life. There's something to be said for

760
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,200
that. While that first year might be a

761
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,800
little bit challenging, if

762
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,1000
you see so many people that follow that

763
00:30:45,1000 --> 00:30:48,560
path and then stick with it for the rest

764
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,280
of their life, there's something to be

765
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,080
said and there's a reason

766
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,720
why they're sticking with it. And so, you

767
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,440
know, not everything in life is easy. But

768
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,680
if you put the time and energy into it,

769
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,200
it'll be one of the best things you've

770
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:04,880
ever done, you knowAnd if you're looking

771
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,720
for help on building a practice like

772
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,480
that, my online program's available at

773
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,960
theyieldingwarrior.com. I also have a

774
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,920
teacher training program up there for

775
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,680
those of you that maybe own a

776
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,440
yoga studio or a martial arts studio, and

777
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,640
you're looking to add another build

778
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,360
pillar in your business that reaches a

779
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560
different clientele because. You know,

780
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,560
people that are doing jiu-jitsu or if

781
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,1000
they're doing stronger yoga are in a

782
00:31:30,1000 --> 00:31:32,640
different crowd than the ones that are

783
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,840
looking to come in and

784
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,200
do a meditation practice or Tai Chi and

785
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,720
Qigong. And you know, here at my Academy,

786
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,680
just my meditation program generates

787
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,560
about $40,000 a month. And so it's a

788
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,080
great, pretty strong pillar here at the

789
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,680
Academy and it only takes

790
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,560
about, I think we have eight classes a

791
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,560
month or a week. In the the

792
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,120
meditative practice. So it's not

793
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,560
something that takes a huge time

794
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,600
commitment and it's something that can

795
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,080
add a lot of value to a pre-existing

796
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,600
business you may have. Yeah. So you to

797
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,1000
reiterate what I said a couple of minutes

798
00:32:09,1000 --> 00:32:11,920
ago, you didn't get into this business to

799
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,760
make a lot of money, but you're doing

800
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,360
really well because you're focused on

801
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:16,920
changing people's lives. So kudos to

802
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,520
that. And I want to say that I'm a

803
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,200
testament. I'm going to to to what you

804
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,920
said earlier about you've said a couple

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of times. These folks start it, they do

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it for a year and then they continue it

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the rest of their lives. I've been doing

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yoga now and and meditating. I guess yoga

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is a form of meditation for the last

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three years and there is zero chance that

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it will not be a part of my life the rest

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of my life because. I mean, for God's

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sakes, when you see the little old lady

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or the little old man that's hunched over

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and can barely get off the couch, I often

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think to myself, what would he, what

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would the, what would the human species

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be like if everyone started yoga at an

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early age and did it three or four times

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a week for the rest of their life,

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including meditation. So anyway, I'm a

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testament to what you're saying. Jeff,

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thank you so much. That was wonderful.

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Amazing information. Keep making the

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impact that you have been making all

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these years. Yeah, thanks for having me.

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I appreciate it. Yes, and that concludes

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