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You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

Released Tuesday, 15th May 2018
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You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

You Are Your Own Guru: Meditation For The Masses with Light Watkins #139

Tuesday, 15th May 2018
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I didn’t start meditating to be cool – I started meditating to save my life. By 26 years old I loathed my very existence, and was trapped in a downward spiral of self-destruction. I’ve tried numerous methods of finding peace of mind using various practices of meditation, but Vedic meditation has been my Holy Grail.

I also know that meditation is one of the things you all are hungry to learn more about, so I sat down with Light Watkins, an author and Vedic teacher who wants to empower the everyman to meditate.

To help, Light wrote one of the best books I’ve ever read on the topic: Bliss More: How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying. You can think of Bliss More as the meditation version of the The 4-Hour Workweek: lean, effective, and at home on a bio hacker’s bookshelf near you.

Some meditation practices and techniques are very specific and rigid, both physically and mentally. This is what a lot of people think of when they hear the word “meditation,” and in all honesty, those practices can be a struggle for the amateur who sincerely wants to make a daily practice out of meditation.

If you want to sit with your legs crossed on the floor for an hour, that’s fine! But that’s NOT necessary to achieve the best or most efficient results from meditation – you can’t focus your way to bliss.

Vedic meditation, on the other hand, is about reshaping the relationship with the mind to effortlessly experience fully-awake restful consciousness and its many physiological benefits.

“The mind is not the enemy. The mind is not the obstacle. The mind is actually your ally. The mind is noble.”

–Luke

 

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

  • Urban escape room & evasion course
  • How to succeed in meditation (without really trying)
  • Changing the conversation around meditation
  • Why Light’s book is accessible for the everyman & experienced practitioners
  • Reframing writing as a practice
  • Dealing with criticism (& laughing at negative reviews on Yelp)
  • How Light (a young man from Alabama) first got into meditation in the 90s
  • Experiencing Light’s first “meditation orgasm”
  • Thom Knoles, a maharishi (or pre-eminent master-teacher) of Vedic Meditation
  • Why meditation is only effective when it’s a daily practice
  • Becoming a good teacher (“You don’t have to beat Michael Jordan to coach him to a championship.”)
  • Training in India
  • Listening to our intuitive voice
  • Your energetic economy
  • Having many choices VS knowing the right choice (for you)
  • The early, rocky stages of a meditation practice
  • Stress relief & meditation
  • Fun fact: we all have the same number of thoughts
  • Appreciating beauty
  • Calming the fight or flight reaction
  • Why Light keeps his services accessible and affordable
  • How Light prays


 

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The Life Stylist

Established in 2016, The Life Stylist Podcast is a platform devoted to unlocking human potential. Host Luke Storey engages in cutting-edge conversations with leading spirituality, biohacking, and personal development experts.Covering a vast array of topics, including sex and relationships, psychedelics, addiction recovery, yoga, meditation, natural birth, EMF mitigation, medical myths, spirituality, alternative medicine, biohacking technologies, and higher consciousness, The Life Stylist Podcast remains at the forefront of holistic exploration.Among his esteemed guests are US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., trauma experts Dr. Gabor Maté, Mastin Kipp, and Dr. Nicole LePera, and spiritual luminaries like Dr. Joe Dispenza, Teal Swan, Byron Katie, Gabby Bernstein, and Sharon Salzberg. Luke has also featured biohacking pioneers Dave Asprey, Ben Greenfield, and health guru David 'Avocado' Wolfe, as well as truth seekers like David Icke, Mikki Willis, Del Bigtree, JP Sears, and the most censored man in media – Alex Jones.The show has welcomed environmental advocates such as Dr. Zack Bush and actor Adrian Granier, and leading voices in conscious relationships like author Neil Strauss, Dr. John Gray, Mama Gena, and John Wineland. Exploring creativity and consciousness, The Life Stylist has hosted music producer Rick Rubin and authors Steven Pressfield, Jamie Wheal, and Steven Kotler. Luke's commitment to health sovereignty has sparked paradigm-shifting episodes with Dr. David Perlmutter, Dr. Will Cole, Dr. Kelly Brogan, Dr. Steven Gundry, and Dr. Christiane Northrup.Luke Storey, a former celebrity fashion stylist turned motivational speaker, metaphysical teacher, and thought leader, has spent the past twenty-seven years relentlessly searching the world over to design the ultimate lifestyle. Through The Life Stylist Podcast, he continues to share his strategies for healing, happiness, and high-performance living each week, inspiring people worldwide to transform their minds, bodies, and spirit.

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