I first heard about Transcendental Meditation back in the early 1990s. I had recently qualified as an architect, and the whole industry was going through a period of doom and gloom. I was working from morning to midnight in London and still couldn’t get on top of things. I was young, I had the energy, but there weren’t enough hours in the day.

One day I was with the man who mentored me at that time. We got into the back of his car, and he said: “I’m going to close my eyes — don’t disturb me.” When I asked him what he was doing, he pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down a name and telephone number, and said: “Go and see this lady.”

I knew nothing about TM or Maharishi. After the personal instruction, my teacher put me in a rocking chair with a blanket over me, and I disappeared. I knew instantly that it was right for me. It was amazing. I knew from the first day I sat in that chair it was going to save my life.

I had just started a family with young kids and I felt that, left unchecked, my health was going to suffer. I saw an immediate improvement to my breathing, to my heart rate.

TM has turned out to be a really effective managerial tool for me. I realised at one point that it wasn’t about doing more, it was about doing less, but doing it more strategically, more effectively. If I start the day with 10 action points, I usually find that five or six have already been handled in some way while I’ve been meditating. That leaves only a few things requiring my attention.

The “myhotel” concept came from two things. First, the “my” brand means “I’ll do it my way.” When I started, hotels were designed by men for men. It was a cookie-cutter approach, and I didn’t want to do it that way. Research showed that we were moving into a lifestyle decade, and that women were going to contribute more at the executive level. Also, we wanted to meet people at the human level, not just deal with corporate transactions. So “my” also means an individual experience for each guest.

Where we still pioneer is with the distinct local flavour of our hotels. We look at each market we’re in, separately, and tailor products and services to that market. The culture and values are the same, but the expression of those values differs from location to location. That definitely came from TM, specifically Maharishi’s idea of unity in diversity.”

I entered service in August 1942 and graduated from flying school in August of 1943, with ten hours of flying time in a P-40.

Next, I joined the 78th Fighter Squadron in Hawaii for further training. We flew P-40s, P-47s, and then P-51s. The last week of December 1944, we flew our planes to Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, and watched as they were loaded onto an aircraft carrier. We spent sixteen days at sea before arriving in Guam in January 1945.

“These many benefits—inner peace, contentment, and freedom from anger and blame—seem to come to all who learn TM.”On March 7, we flew to the Island of Iwo Jima, eight square miles of land where ninety thousand soldiers were fighting: sixty-seven thousand Americans against twenty-three thousand Japanese defenders. The smell of death, the sound of warfare, and the sights remain with me to this day. We strafed for the Marines for thirty days until the island was secure.

On April 7, 1945, along with fifteen other members of the 78th, I flew the first long-range, eight-hour escort mission of B-29s over mainland Japan. I watched from above as bombers dropped firebombs on Tokyo. Little fires became big fires, and square miles of the city burned. Not once did I think there were people on the ground. They were Japanese, my enemy, not people!

I flew a total of nineteen missions over Japan, on either escort or strafing missions on airfields, sea shipping bases, trains, and military installations. I flew with sixteen young men who did not come home. While flying the very last combat mission over Japan on August 14, 1945, the day the war ended, my wingman Phil Schlamberg was killed. He was the last man killed in combat in WWII.

Then I came home and had to face reality. Almost every night in my dreams I saw the faces of my squadron mates who had been killed. I couldn’t hold a job, nor did I have any desire to live. I thought about suicide a lot.

I met my wife, Helene, on Good Friday in 1949. We were married on October 22. I could not hold a job, and we moved more than a dozen times. I stopped working altogether and made a living gambling on the golf course. I had a wonderful wife and was the father of four wonderful sons, but I couldn’t enjoy them. I was unhappy with life itself until the summer of 1975.

In June of that year, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi appeared on the Merv Griffith show. Helene saw the program and decided that she wanted to learn Transcendental Meditation. She started in July, and I learned in August. This was 30 years after I had been at war.

My life took on meaning and purpose within the first month of doing TM twice a day, every day. I stopped seeing my dead comrades every night in my dreams, and my sleep deepened. I became an expert in real estate financing and consulted with major West Coast banks. More importantly, I went to Japan on business in 1983 and for the first time, saw Japan and her people as human beings rather than the faceless enemy.

Our youngest son, Robert, graduated from college in 1984 and took a job teaching English in Japan for one year. Now it’s 2014 and Robert has not returned yet. He married the daughter of a Japanese fighter pilot in 1988, and they have two sons and a daughter.

I can say without a doubt that if I had not been doing TM, the Japanese, my enemy, would never have become a part of my life. My anger for my enemy turned into love for my family because of the benefits I received from TM.

These many benefits—inner peace, contentment, and freedom from anger and blame—seem to come to all who learn TM. I know it made me a better husband, a better father, and a better person, without me ever thinking about those traits and characteristics. Without trying. It happened as a natural result of my mind diving deep within and my body dissolving deep-rooted stresses.

As a recovered PTSD veteran, I feel that Transcendental Meditation should be offered to all veterans. To reach this goal, I helped found Operation Warrior Wellness with the David Lynch Foundation in 2010 and TM For Veterans in 2014.

Today, at age 90, I continue to promote TM for the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. When I speak to these veterans, I speak from my own experience. I tell them that this meditation not only has brought me peace and contentment, it literally saved my life.

It doesn’t sound real, yet this is the life of Megan Fairchild, age thirty, who is starring in the current revival of the Broadway musical On the Town to great acclaim.

Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post writes, “The bell-bottomed boys traditionally dominate this show, but the brightest star in this new revival isn’t one of them: It’s Megan Fairchild, a New York City Ballet principal now making her Broadway debut. That she’s graceful and strikes breathtakingly beautiful lines was a given.…But it turns out the elfin ballerina’s also a nimble, effortlessly funny comedienne. The show explodes with unfettered joy every time she’s onstage.”

When I mention the rave reviews to Megan, she says modestly, “Yes, it’s been crazy.”

Linda Egenes: What made you take a year off from your successful career with the New York City Ballet (NYCB)?

Megan Fairchild: I think it’s no coincidence that my little opportunity happened after I learned Transcendental Meditation almost a year ago. Just five months after starting TM, I got a text from the casting director of On the Town, wondering if I’d be interested in auditioning.

And I’m like, “I am not a Broadway performer. This is crazy.” I laughed about it for a day, and then something happened. The next morning I woke up and I thought, “Why not?”

That was a really important moment for me. Normally I would have been too shy, or would have thought no, that is not me and stayed in my little bubble. Instead, I was thinking that I am at a point in my career where I am ready to try new and different things, and this could be an exercise in jumping out of my comfort zone. I honestly believe that TM had something to do with that decision.

LE: How is performing on Broadway different from ballet?

MF: It’s more fun than I expected. Not that there isn’t pressure on Broadway, but there is a little bit more of an “it’s just entertainment” kind of attitude, as opposed to ballet where everything has an ideal or perfect line that you are trying to create. There’s a lot more freedom when dancing on Broadway.

LE: Would you say it’s less stressful? I mean, there’s a popular perception that ballet is a stressful profession.

MF: I love my job at the NYCB because I love the people I go to work with. […] But now that I’m stepping away from ballet for a year, I see how much pressure we are all under. We are never done working on being perfect. It’s never, “Oh, that’s great.” It’s always, “Oh, you need to get your leg higher; I need you to turn around one more time in that pirouette; or, wouldn’t it be better if your feet were pointed more?” It’s endless.

LE: I understand that it was stress that brought you to TM in the first place.

MF: I would have panic attacks where I would pass out and be rushed to the emergency room. They were so intense that, literally, when I was regaining consciousness, I heard someone screaming, and it was me.

This happened every two years since I was eighteen. Life would get stressful, and one little thing like going to get a shot at the doctor’s office would trigger my whole system to shut down. Then it started happening more often, just six months apart. I had to miss some performances. So I thought, “OK, this isn’t cool. This is affecting my job. I need to figure out how to manage my life in a way that is going to be a little more relaxing.”

One of my ballet masters at NYCB, who did TM, suggested that I try it. She was the consummate professional and always in the moment and ready to get her job done. I felt like, well, if she does it, and she swears by it, then I’m going to try it.

LE: So these episodes have subsided?

MF: Yes. The last one was before I started TM. There have been moments that, in the past, would have caused me to get light-headed and possibly go into an episode, but now I watch the moment pass by without any big event. My level of pushing my body was up so high that, basically, a fuse would blow. With TM I turn my stress dial back a little bit every day instead of letting it constantly turn up and build on itself.

LE: Does transcending in your daily TM practice help with balancing artistry with technique?

MF: I think it helps you be a little more fearless. Before, I would hold on to trying to be really perfect and also was kind of obsessed with certain technical steps. Now, it’s more of a bigger picture, being completely in the moment of each step as it’s happening instead of worrying about that technical step coming up. I am enjoying my own performance more and taking every step and every movement to its fullest.

I think what makes a great performance is when you are free to dance to the music in a way that feels fresh and spontaneous and isn’t contrived. You are in the moment and reacting to the music as the orchestra plays it.

In general, I have more patience with myself.

LE: In what ways?

MF: Say I do a bad turn or I don’t feel my best that day, or maybe I don’t feel like always being in a leotard or something. TM helps me to let the little stresses that come with being a ballet dancer just roll off a little easier. I am a lot more resilient. I am not getting obsessed over the difficulties of working with this partner or that. It’s just a little easier.

I used to feel that things would stick to me like Velcro, and now, things just roll off. I still recognize moments happening that would normally frustrate me, but they just don’t irritate me as much as they used to. I am more able to deal with the stresses that come with my job.

I watched the three of them play, one snowball, another.

Their laughter and smiles infectious as they struggled to stay upright on the damp grass.

I stood at the top of the hill, a smile from ear to ear, as I watched my wife and kids play, and I wondered, “How many of these moments have I missed?”

“And to think I’m different because of 20 minutes twice a day. That’s all I’ve changed”. When I think about the selfish person I was a year ago (and I’m not referring to suicide), I wonder about the times days like the snowballs and laughter happened, but I was too busy worrying about myself.

I could have done more for my wife and kids; I see that now, but then, I couldn’t see anything but my own ambition and ego.

Ambition, which had led me astray, ego, which had nearly killed my marriage, but now that I’m better and see who I was, I think about moments, small moments that I may have missed because I wasn’t paying attention to the “moment.”

But one thing stands out among everything. The person I was missed some awesome things, things I’ll never get back; but I’m trying.

I look at my children playing: my son tearing it up on video games, my daughter and her Palace Pets. I broke a promise to them; one I’ve been working to repair.

“…one thing I’ve noticed about TM…, I find myself more in love with my wife than I believe I’ve ever been.” For my wife, whose trust and love I often took for granted, I try to make new moments for us. Moments only we know about. Whether it’s laughter about me acting out something that happened at work, or doing one of the numerous voices I’m able to do, I’ve begun to find myself in the ego I once held sacred.

I look for ways to make up for the person I was, whether that’s my son telling me about school, showing me the details of his new Lego collection, or my daughter explaining the intricacies of which Palace Pet belongs to which Disney Princess.

I listen more to them now. My wife, I truly hear her. I don’t judge her as I once did. I take notice of her more. And that’s the one thing I’ve noticed about TM and who I am now… I find myself more in love with my wife than I believe I’ve ever been.

I see the way she fixes her hair to try to hide the grey, and the way she looks at me as if I were an alien when I respond to a question in a way my former self wouldn’t have.

I see all these things about my family.

And to think I’m different because of 20 minutes twice a day. That’s all I’ve changed.

On his blog, Brian writes, “I’m a Writer, dad, Transcendental Meditation practitioner and I have a day job on the Vegas Strip.” If you have any questions or comments for Brian, you can leave them on his original blog post here.

Other posts from Brian:

My First Experience with TM: Diving to the Source

My First Experience With Transcendental Meditation, Pt. II: I Feel Alive Again

My First Experience with Transcendental Meditation, Pt. III: Crawling from the Chasm of Doubt and Into the Calming Pool of TM

Alejandro Altamirano Sandroni is a young coach in footbal. Currently at the helm of Olímpic de Xàtiva, a 2nd division “B” team in the football-crazy country of Spain, he knows what it means when you are obliged to win.

To always keep on winning, in fact.

With most football coaches axed less than a year after their appointment to the dugout, you would be hard-pressed to find a more stressful job.

Alejandro, what are the most challenging aspects of your job as a coach?

ALEJANDRO: It is a fascinating profession. To manage, and try to convince a group of diverse players to work together is what I like most about my job. Keep in mind that I have to deal with such different players! From 19-year-olds who are just entering the world of professional sports to players who are 34-35, with a lot of experience under their belts.

The most important thing for me is to ensure that all human relationships are strong. That is the foundation for all team endeavors, be it in football or in life in general. Working together as a group requires a good dose of humility from each of the team’s members as everyone has to give up certain aspects of their individuality for the team to prosper.

What inspired you to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique?

ALEJANDRO: There were two reasons in particular. First, a friend who always talked to me about the benefits of TM. Secondly, there came a time when I was too stressed out to enjoy doing what I actually love the most in this world – my job.

At that moment I realized that something was wrong. I decided to look for some effective tools to help me rediscover the joy in my profession.

So did you notice any changes after you learned to meditate?

ALEJANDRO: The most important change I’ve noticed is that TM brings me peace and a larger perspective on things. My experience with Transcendental Meditation is very good and I recommend it to everyone, especially now that we all live in a society of such hurry and stress.

How, in your opinion, would athletes benefit the most from practicing TM?

ALEJANDRO: I believe that the biggest benefit for an athlete is the increased level of concentration when making decisions on the go – an ultimate goal towards which all of us, coaches and players alike, strive.

TM brings peace of mind to deal with situations under high stress and tension. And it gives a much broader view on all the moments you live through as an athlete. The serenity to take responsibility, not go round looking for excuses. As a good friend of mine says: “Do what needs to be done.” Then you start enjoying everything.

Originally posted on TMhome.com.

“… I quickly realized how different every inch of my body and mind felt without it being a part of my life.”I continue to love and practice yoga, but it’s not a daily thing for me. Transcendental Meditation, on the other hand, is a daily practice. The benefits have ranged from lower blood pressure to a general sense of clarity. In my afternoon meditation, I typically feel revived, awakened, and more apt to productivity for the remainder of the day. In the past few months, between practicing TM, quitting drinking, and leaving my phone in the living room at night, my sleep has never been better.

There are certainly times over the past year that I wasn’t in the zone and wouldn’t practice, but I quickly realized how different every inch of my body and mind felt without it being a part of my life. I felt weird doing it when staying in hotels with friends, even when they knew that I did it daily. I felt weird closing my eyes on a subway, concerned about what was happening around me and potentially missing my stop.

What I’ve realized is that I need to own my meditation. Who cares what other people think? Who cares if people judge me for meditating? If this is something that I find beneficial to my life, which I certainly do, then why do anyone else’s beliefs matter? They shouldn’t have an impact on me when I know how much of a positive impact TM has on me. I value TM and shouldn’t let anything get in the way of my practice.

What “Owning My Meditation” Looks Like

In early October, I was amongst a team producing a conference that supported and inspired women to express themselves authentically through the work that they do. We had spectacular women contributing on panels, giving keynote speeches, teaching fitness classes, and My Zen Home also sponsored a meditation room. The time leading up to this event was extremely stressful – many late nights, last-minute fixes, and, overall, just a lot going on. With most events that I had produced, it was a one-day/night situation, yet, with this, it was about to be four very full days.

When I get stressed my body often goes into shock, shuts down, and I get sick. How was I going to prevent this from happening while producing this event that we’d been working on for so many months?

“I closed my eyes and felt immediate relief. Tuning into myself and my mantra for those 20 minutes allowed me to be in the present.” The night before the first day of the event I was having visions of myself in the hospital. I kept thinking that my body was really going to shut down, and I wasn’t going to be able to get through this event. Shortly thereafter—with a pep talk from my parents fresh in my head—I realized that the event was going to come together and everyone would do their part, including me. In this time I realized that in order to express myself authentically through the work that I was doing, I also needed to take care of myself. That meant spending 20 minutes in the afternoon of each day of the conference in the meditation room. Taking time for me. 20 minutes that allowed me to relax, get rejuvenated, and revive myself for the remainder of the day.

I walked into the meditation room, took my walkie-talkie headset off, removed my shoes, and got comfortable on a cushion in the very calm space. I closed my eyes and felt immediate relief. Tuning into myself and my mantra for those 20 minutes allowed me to be in the present. It allowed me to focus on me. If it wasn’t for that space, and the knowledge I have in practicing TM, my body could have likely shut down. TM for me has been a really helpful and healthy safety net. It’s the only 20 minutes of my day that, although thoughts may come and go, I am totally focused on myself and my well-being.

It’s imperative that everyone take time for themselves, whether that means practicing Transcendental Meditation, taking a yoga class, going to the gym, or simply just being. Those daily routines and practices are what keep us grounded and balanced.

Learn more about Harper here.

“I love teaching people to meditate. Particularly the skeptics — the ones who say, “Meditation? I don’t believe in that stuff.” Or who tell me, “I’d love to meditate, but I could never do it because my mind is too busy—I could never clear my thoughts.” Or who think meditation is some sort of a generic thing, as in, “I meditate when I jog/listen to music/nap/paint.”

There are so many basic misunderstandings about meditation: that it’s difficult, or a religion, or an escape, or basically nothing at all.

“…Manhattan hedge funds, media companies, schools and hospitals now offer TM as part of their wellness program.” When meditation is properly understood and practiced, none of these is true. It’s an incredibly simple, practical, effective tool to help the busiest, most cynical, most alpha-dog personalities gain a state of profound rest and relaxation that is, in many regards, deeper than sleep. Meditating 20 minutes, twice a day translates into a host of healthful benefits.

I’ve been teaching the Transcendental Meditation technique for more than 40 years. When I first learned to meditate, most people thought it was some sort of a religion or philosophy. But today, meditation in general, and TM in particular, is considered mainstream.

And there’s one very good reason for that: scientific research. Hundreds of studies have shown that TM really works—that, for example, it can reduce stress, improve focus and creativity, and reduce high blood pressure. This makes it so much easier for people to look beyond the name “meditation” and give it a try. In fact, you’d be amazed at how many Manhattan hedge funds, media companies, schools and hospitals now offer TM as part of their wellness programs.

My parents raised me and my three siblings with a deep sense of appreciation for the good fortune of our lives, and taught us that it behooved us to give back to others in need.

Growing up I had a love for public service. I worked for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and had my sights set on going to law school, entering politics and, ultimately, being a U.S. senator. All that changed with the bloodshed of the ’60s, and I shifted my focus to education, with an emphasis on developing curriculum.

Through a series of serendipitous incidents, I ended up learning to meditate, and within a few years, found a desire to teach the technique to inner-city school kids. So I became a teacher, and since then have instructed thousands of people. But the highlight for me came nine years ago, when I was fortunate enough to team up with the great filmmaker David Lynch—also a devoted meditator—to establish a charity in his name.

“Because of their big-heartedness, we’re bringing genuine meditation and deep relief to those who need it the most.” The idea caught fire in ways I could never imagine. Today, the Foundation brings TM at no cost to thousands of NYC’s youth and adults in underserved schools, women’s shelters and veterans’ hospitals. We’re active in 35 countries and have provided meditation scholarships for nearly 500,000 at-risk youth, veterans, incarcerated men and women, and survivors of domestic violence.

There are now more people learning TM in NYC than in any other city in the world. Some of the more prominent practitioners—including Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern (both 40-year meditators), Martin Scorsese, Donna Karan, Dr. Oz, Hugh Jackman, George Stephanopoulos and Lena Dunham—are also among the most generous.

Because of their big-heartedness, we’re bringing genuine meditation and deep relief to those who need it the most.”

You can learn more about the David Lynch Foundation here, or watch a complete intro to the TM technique by Bob Roth here.

Even then I was a happy person, but it wasn’t appropriate to show it. If you’re really happy in certain areas where I’m from, you become a target. You have to be careful about what you express and when you express it. I was in so much pain because of that.

I made a choice that I was going to be happy no matter what the people around me thought about it. To be honest, it was coming from an aggressive, warrior-type attitude, and if anyone challenged it, they were going to be met with strong opposition.

The first time I did the TM technique, I felt like I had come home. Tears ran from my eyes because I felt so deep and so connected. I immediately felt more rested and had more energy during activity. All of my activity during the day, the classes I was taking, became such a joy that they didn’t feel like work—they felt more like nutrition to me.

After starting TM, a lot of the emotional numbness dissolved, and I have a level of sensitivity that I didn’t have before. I learned that my happiness didn’t have to be backed by aggression and pain. Now it’s easy, spontaneous, and effortless for me to feel happy.

Now I’m beginning to understand how life can be so easy, so effortless. We just contact the pure intelligence within, and we can have our heart’s desire show up at our doorstep.

The Technique: Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural technique practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It is easy to learn and enjoyable to practice, and is not a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle. Over six million people have learned it — people of all ages, cultures, and religions — and over 350 published research studies have found that TM markedly reduces stress, anxiety, and fatigue, and promotes balanced functioning of mind and body.

This practice has changed the quality of my life in so many ways that it is hard to list them all, let alone effectively describe them. For starters, as someone who suffered with intense anxiety and panic attacks for most of my life, I now live nearly anxiety free, and TM is one of the key ingredients to that major shift.

My habits in general have changed as well, beginning with my diet. Soon after starting this twice-daily practice I gave up meat and dairy and in general began to take better physical care of myself. I also completely cut out alcohol and marijuana. I no longer have any urge for these substances which I consumed on a daily basis for nearly 20 years, and I now get the same or deeper relaxation and stress relief from TM. As a professional singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, I relied on these substances for creative inspiration.

Now I find myself not only able to get to this same creative place, but with a more present and clearer understanding of the process of reaching that place. Best of all, this inspiration no longer comes with the price of hangovers, lack of ambition, poor eating habits, and other deteriorative side effects. Instead, TM provides me with the energy to work on the ideas that come to me… diligently, honestly, and effectively.

What drew me to the practice initially was discovering the long list of HUGELY successful people who practice it, some of them for decades. I could not believe that so many giants of their industry, some my own personal heroes and favorite artists, had all been doing this same thing every day, twice a day. This could not be a coincidence.

OK, for starters, Yoda practices TM.

Seriously, Star Wars creator George Lucas is a long-time practitioner of TM and [it is said that]he based the Jedi Master character on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the man who left the Himalayas in 1958 to bring this ancient and much needed practice to the modern western world. The same man who taught my teacher, Harry Martinian, TM in NYC in 1968.

A certain band from Liverpool also studied with Maharishi and practice TM. In fact Paul and Ringo still travel the world with the David Lynch Foundation raising awareness and resources to teach children and veterans the method.

Besides the foundation David Lynch has also put out a wonderful book called Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity— which I highly recommend!

Then the list continued with filmmakers like Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese who have apparently been meditating for decades!

TM seems to help the funniest people be funny as well! Russell Brand has spoken at length about how the method has helped him tremendously as an artist and recovering addict. Here is a great video clip

The VERY funny Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern are both extremely vocal that each of them has been practicing TM every day since their late teens! These two men are often described as the best at what they do, and the common ground between them is that they each take 20 minutes twice a day to sit and shut their eyes and experience this connection to this unlimited consciousness. They are also both fellow Long Island boys, like myself.

I recently got to discuss with another iconic comedian and Seinfeld’s good friend, Colin Quinn, that we started TM at the same time, and how great its effects have been in the last few years.

I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Dr. Norman Rosenthal on Tawkers, who discovered seasonal affective disorder and pioneered the light therapy treatment of it.

“Dr. Norm,” a practitioner of TM himself, wrote the book Transcendence, in which he interviews some of the influential folks I mentioned above among others about their life changing experiences with Transcendental Meditation.

Now when people tell me “I don’t have the time,” or “I have tried to meditate and it just doesn’t work for me,” I want so badly for them to understand that this method is so sustainable. I had tried many other methods of relaxation and mediation that I ended up giving up on, but this is truly something your mind just wants to do. After learning the correct method passed down for thousands of years, it works for ANYONE (even veterans with PTSD who often cannot even find help or relaxation with medicines have found relief).

It is not a chore to meditate each day, it is something I just do. If I didn’t meditate, I would feel like I didn’t shower or brush my teeth. As for the time, it became evident to me that for the 20 minutes I spent twice a day mediating, I was gaining hours back in time in efficiency, focus, and just operating at my best.

I am so grateful that I discovered this method, for my teachers, and for the practice itself.